Ohio secretary of state decision to bar unsolicited absentee ballots could impact turnout for SB5 vote

It is unknown how a deal struck to streamline voting during the 2012 presidential election, while barring some voting-access outreach by counties in 2011, will affect turnout in Ohio as voters will go to the polls next week to decide, among other ballot items, Issue 2, the veto referendum on More…

Elderly voters the biggest push behind the GOP wave

The election post-mortems keep rolling in. Politico’s Byron Tau’s report on the remarkable shift in voting patterns among America’s oldest voters goes a long way to explain why last week’s contest became such a rout for Republicans. Voters over 65, he writes, favored Republicans by a 21-point margin after More…

Proud To Be a Virginian

As someone who’s lived almost my entire life in Virginia, this election means a great deal to me, as it does to most voters in the state.

For the first time since 1964, Virginia is in play in a presidential election. Many residents are surprised to see Virginia shaded blue More…