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Activists Worry About Long Voting Lines in Virginia

As the presidential campaign draws to a close, election reformers, best known for battling GOP-led vote suppression efforts, are tuning out any talk of a Sen. Barack Obama landslide. They are focusing instead on Democratic elected officials in Virginia who, they say, are ill-prepared for tomorrow’s vote.
“You have an unprecedented turnout in a historic election,” [...]


Challenging the Challengers

The Brennan Center for Justice, a self-described “part think tank, part advocacy group” at the NYU Law School, just held a news conference at the National Press Club on voter suppression.
The presentation was mostly a rehash of now-familiar talking points: minorities are targeted; Samuel J. Wurzelbacher (aka Joe the Plumber) would be purged if he [...]


New Wiki Counters GOP Voter Suppression

Can Wikipedia help vanquish voter suppression in America?
That’s the model some activists are betting on.