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Managed Care July 2000 Bob Carlson |
What Legislature? Health Care Issues Increasingly Going Straight to Voters Residents of Massachusetts and Washington State may have a chance to opt for universal health care, in the form of physician-led ballot initiatives, this November. |
Salon.com November 16, 2000 Eric Boehlert |
Al's ballot blues Florida relaxed its standards two years ago and the resulting flood of presidential candidates may have cost Gore the election... |
Reason June 2000 John J. Miller |
Tough Choice Can school choice win in Michigan? Should it? |
Teacher Magazine May 2000 Samantha Stainburn |
Hasta La Vista: January 1998 Given the tense, ethnically polarized environment of turn- of-the-century California politics, 1st grade teacher Gloria Matta Tuchman certainly grabbed the bull by the horns when she introduced a statewide ballot initiative in 1997.... |
Salon.com December 7, 2000 |
Gore awaits court decisions Rulings could come as early as Friday in all three pending cases; Florida Legislature prepares to meet in special session... |
Salon.com December 11, 2000 Eric Boehlert |
Bending the rules boosted Bush totals Republicans objected to Democratic efforts to extend vote tally deadlines -- but pressed to change standards for absentee ballots... |
Salon.com December 1, 2000 |
Florida high court throws out "butterfly ballot" suit Meanwhile, a circuit court judge allows the Seminole County case to continue, while the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments... |
Salon.com October 18, 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Vote-buying, Silicon Valley style Tech industry heavyweights learn that throwing millions into a campaign can't substitute for building a grass-roots coalition... |
BusinessWeek July 8, 2010 Elgin & Palmeri |
Steve Peace: California Revolutionary The man who is changing the way California -- and possibly the rest of the country -- elects its leaders is a political maverick with an eccentric legacy in both Sacramento and Hollywood. |
Salon.com December 13, 2000 |
Split over the decision Two law professors offer two views of the Supreme Court ruling. Rotunda: The Florida court was acting like a psychic hot line; Raskin: The Supreme Court has disgraced itself... |
Salon.com November 14, 2000 Anthony York |
The final four Will manual recounts continue in any of the contested counties? And if they do, will the results matter? |
Salon.com November 28, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Another supervisor scrutinized Seminole County prepares for its close-up, and an elections official faces accusations of needling Democrats and illegally abetting the GOP... |
Salon.com November 13, 2000 Alicia Montgomery & Daryl Lindsey |
Gore: Democracy at stake; Bush camp: Gore breaks the law. The fight over the presidency continued to simmer in Florida Monday, with both candidates raising the ante from salvos to legal battles.... |
Salon.com December 14, 2000 Gary Kamiya |
Supreme Court to democracy: Drop dead With a single rash, partisan act, the high court has tainted the Bush presidency, besmirched its own reputation and soiled our nation's proudest legacy... |
Salon.com November 21, 2000 Jake Tapper |
The court comes through for Gore The recounts count, and dimpled chads might, too, but a menacing James Baker promises the GOP will fight back. |
Salon.com November 28, 2000 |
Bush, Gore file Supreme Court briefs GOP claims Florida high court violated Constitution by extending election certification deadline; Demo attorneys dismiss argument as "insubstantial"... |
Reason October 2008 Kerry Howley |
The One-Man Wall How a single Arizona legislator's obsession has changed immigration policy for the worse. |
Salon.com November 10, 2000 David Horowitz |
The coup Al Gore's reckless attempt to subvert the election shows he is not fit to be president... |
BusinessWeek June 2, 2011 Simone Baribeau |
A Push for Arizona-Style Immigration Laws Stalls Out While 28 states this year have considered legislation toughening immigration enforcement, only three have passed laws. |
Salon.com November 30, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Praying for Gore A whiff of desperation begins to permeate the Democratic ranks... |
Salon.com November 21, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Florida follies Where every vote counts -- if it belongs to the right candidate. |
Salon.com November 9, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
Can this election be saved? As lawyers swarm to Palm Beach, the legal questions surrounding Florida's vote only multiply... |
Salon.com November 9, 2000 |
Political war breaks out in Florida Democrats, claiming 20,000 voters were disenfranchised, demand hand recount of votes in four counties. GOP slams Gore camp for "politicizing and distorting" the recount... |
Chemistry World November 10, 2014 Rebecca Trager |
US states reject GM labeling laws Voters in Oregon and Colorado have rejected ballot measures that would have required foods containing genetically modified organisms to be labeled as such in those states. |
Reason May 2009 Paul Jacob |
List: Citizen Empowerment The author, the president of the Citizens in Charge Foundation, discusses three barriers to citizen participation in politics. |
Reason Aug/Sep 2001 John J. Pitney, Jr. |
Chad All Over Assessing the 2000 presidential election... |
Reason October 2004 Tim Cavanaugh |
Love for Sale The ease with which Berkeley's legal prostitution initiative came to a vote shows how progressive and feminist opposition to the sex trade may be evolving. |
Salon.com December 5, 2000 |
Seminole County case to go forward A judge agrees to hear the Democrats' argument to throw out thousands of absentee ballots, bolstering the vice president's belief that he still has a shot... |
Salon.com November 9, 2000 Jake Tapper |
Gore troops storm Florida Democratic bigwigs' visit to the Sunshine State has left them "deeply troubled," as they prepare for a legal battle... |
Salon.com March 5, 2001 Jake Tapper |
Did Bush camp encourage military personnel to vote after Election Day? In an excerpt from his new book, the author uncovers the down and dirty partisan scuffle to win the Florida recount battle -- and the presidency... |
Salon.com November 13, 2000 Damien Cave & Carina Chocano |
Florida officials clarify duplicate mailings It's standard procedure to send two absentee ballots to Floridians abroad, but the system is still confusing and ought to be changed, an official says... |
Salon.com November 13, 2000 Eric Boehlert |
The disappearing ballots of Duval County More than 22,000 were tossed out in this Republican stronghold, but most of them were cast in minority, Democratic neighborhoods, and the Gore camp is crying foul... |
Salon.com November 16, 2000 Anthony York |
Crazy in Palm Beach The cast of characters in the Florida saga rivals the O.J. trial, but the stars are the members of this wealthy county's elections board.... |
BusinessWeek June 16, 2010 Palmeri & Marois |
The Money That Fueled California's Election Revolt Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his allies hope their Proposition 14 victory will help end California's political gridlock. |
Salon.com November 11, 2000 |
Hands off! The Bush campaign files a motion in federal court to stop the hand counting of Florida ballots... |
Salon.com November 9, 2000 John Lantigua |
Go figure How did a liberal, Jewish district end up casting a disproportionate share of votes for ultraconservative Pat Buchanan? |
Salon.com November 11, 2000 Anthony York & Eric Boehlert |
Everything you need to know about the Florida recount Hanging chads! Overvoting! A crash course in the Sunshine State electoral idiosyncrasies that could determine our next president... |
Salon.com November 11, 2000 Anthony York |
The Volusia triangle Where ballots disappear, partisans scuffle and election officials try to put the genie back in the bottle... |
Searcher December 2007 Barbara Quint |
Searcher's Voice - The Sacrament of Citizenship Regardless of how the election process has changed over the years, it's still a privilege to vote. |
Reason June 2008 David Weigel |
Union Rules The Democratic coalition rubs its hands at the prospect of taking over Washington. |
Reason May 2008 Radley Balko |
So Long, Seattle In November 2006 voters in Seattle overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative prohibiting taxpayer subsidies to professional sports teams, so the SuperSonics are looking to leave. |
Salon.com November 11, 2000 Cary Tennis |
What could go wrong at a polling place? Everything, says an experienced poll worker... |
Salon.com November 25, 2000 Jake Tapper |
"Rotten to the Gore!" Bush supporters take it to the streets in Broward County, as the counting continues into the night in Palm Beach... |
Salon.com November 9, 2000 John Lantigua |
We've had a wreck here The Rev. Jesse Jackson and thousands gather to protest the controversial ballot that caused many Gore supporters to vote for Pat Buchanan... |
Reason June 2001 Sean Paige |
The Great Pickup Stick-Up When a friend phoned last year to say that the state of Arizona was about to buy him a brand new pickup truck loaded with all the luxury options, I took it with a grain of salt. But it was a debacle of policy, what may go down in stupid government lore as the Great Pickup Stick-Up... |
Salon.com June 13, 2000 Anthony York |
As the party implodes Reform leaders discuss canceling their convention as Perot-Buchanan forces trade insults, and the party prepares for its vote-by-mail presidential nomination. |
InternetNews August 31, 2004 Roy Mark |
States Offer Overseas E-mail Ballots N.D. and Missouri hope to reach its voters where mail is slow and fax machines are virtually non-existent. |
Salon.com December 4, 2000 Todd Gitlin |
Back to the civil rights barricades What's at stake in Florida is nothing less than the right to vote and to have it count. And once again an angry, elitist GOP is on the wrong side... |
InternetNews March 24, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
GOP Lawmakers Blast Card Check Act Backed by unions, opposed by IT, Employee Free Choice Act draws fire from party leadership in Senate. |
BusinessWeek October 23, 2006 Stephen H. Wildstrom |
Beware The High-Tech Ballot Untested technology and poor training can lead to election disaster. |