Illinois College Students Say They Were Threatened With Arrest And Turned Away From The Polls

Students at Wheaton College outside Chicago, Illinois were looking forward to voting — many for the first time — in last Tuesday’s presidential primary. But instead of exercising their constitutional right, many students were threatened, intimidated, and turned away from the polls without a reasonable explanation....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/21/3761656/illinois-student-voting/

Milwaukee Students Wait More Than Two Hours To Cast A Ballot

As the polls officially closed in Wisconsin’s presidential primary, students at the private Catholic school Marquette University faced two-hour voter registration lines at their polling site in the basement of the student union.


In a record turnout election, the wait times were exacerbated by a newly-implemented and poorly-publicized voter ID law and cuts to early voting hours — both signed into law by Republican Gov. Scott Walker. Students in the massive line and impartial election observers told ThinkProgress they found the experience “ridiculous.” ...
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/05/3766887/marquette-voting-problems/

Wisconsin Students Push Back Against ‘Attacks’ On Their Voting Rights

Tuesday’s presidential primary will the first in Wisconsin’s history to require voters to present photo identification at the polls, and an estimated 300,000 people in the state do not have one....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/04/3766032/wisconsin-voter-id-students/

Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law Requires an Education Campaign, Which the State Hasn’t Funded

The controversial law is about to get its inaugural use in a major statewide vote, Wisconsin’s April 5th primary...
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-voter-id-law-education-campaign-state-hasnt-funded

Election 2016: Super Tuesday Results (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

So, a big big Super Tuesday for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. This thing is not over, but it is taking a definite and remarkable shape. A billionaire breaking all the rules and freaking out the Republican Party he’s looking to lead. A “political revolution” on the Democrats’ side riding right behind a deeply inside Democrat. Delegate counts piling up fast now, but no guarantee against more surprises. This hour On Point, the verdict of Super Tuesday, and American politics in a wild new place. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2016/03/02/election-2016-super-tuesday-results

Bomb Threats, Glitches, And Confusion Reported In Florida’s Primary

These folks were confused, upset, and disappointed they couldn’t vote today. http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/03/15/3760522/florida-primary-voting-problems/

Democrats Have A Huge Voter Turnout Problem

https://youtu.be/ijwDdpS0R_w

The Only Site You Need To Check Before Voting

We all need this.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ballotready-election-day-voting_us_56cc6b4ae4b0ec6725e3e469

Could the 2016 Election Be Stolen with Help from Electronic Voting Machines?

Harvey Wasserman of Columbus, Ohio, has been a vocal critic of electronic voting machines. He co-wrote the book, "What Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election." His upcoming book is titled "The Strip & Flip Selection of 2016: Five Jim Crows & Electronic Election Theft." We talk to him about his concerns for the upcoming presidential race.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/OvF213popIA

Generational War: Baby Boomers Underestimate The Passion Of Young Voters

"...The next time you see a picture of a Donald Trump rally, look closely and try to identify anyone in that crowd under the age of 30. If you identify as many as five “ralliers” in that age group, you should keep that picture because it will be a collector’s item. The fastest growing group of voters today is 18 to 30 year-olds. The idea that they don’t vote is a myth. Out of the 65 million votes that sent Obama to the White House, around 24 million were from the Millennial Generation.

They’ve been identified by some as the “O” generation. That “O” represents Obama, not “old folks.” Eighteen to 30-year old voters this year will outnumber the remnants of baby boomers who are beginning to look like peculiar artifacts to a generation that is all in on the idea of “change.”

Young voters are not going away. There is a greater chance that the people in those GOP rally photos will see far fewer birthdays than the 18 to 30-year olds who seem to have very little in common with graying Republican voters..."
https://youtu.be/uu97zE2w5AQ

Real Time with Bill Maher: The War on Drugs...and Voters (HBO)

Bill Maher and his guests – former Rep. Trey Radel, Adam McKay, Thom Hartmann and Kristen Soltis Anderson – discuss the voter suppression taking place under the guise of the War on Drugs in this clip from January 29, 2016.
https://youtu.be/abVd1KkTWlU

Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime – January 29, 2016 (HBO)

Bill Maher and his guests – Kristen Soltis Anderson, Thom Hartmann and former Rep. Trey Radel – answer viewer questions after the show.
https://youtu.be/bxaZcjLtGVg

Muslim groups unite for voter drive, outreach to confront Islamophobia

“Our voices will be united, and we will be heard,” she said. “We want our youth to be safe, and exposing them to this type of activity is a path to empowerment.”
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/12/21/muslim-vote-drive.html

The Supreme Court Looks Poised To Blow Up Everything You Think You Know About Redistricting | ThinkProgress

After two hours of argument, however, there is little reason to think that the Roberts Court will take a modest approach to redistricting. To the contrary, Evenwel now seems likely to upset the racial balance of many states’ congressional delegations and throw many states’ redistricting processes into chaos. Harris, meanwhile, could be a sleeper case. Though the plaintiffs in that case still appear unlikely to receive five votes for their position, at least some members of the Court appeared open to a surprising shift in the Court’s gerrymandering jurisprudence...
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/12/08/3729595/the-supreme-court-looks-poised-to-blow-up-everything-you-think-you-know-about-redistricting/

Bernie Sanders' 12 Best Reasons for Being a Democratic Socialist

Sanders stands beside the New Deal, Great Society and civil rights movement.
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/bernie-sanders-12-best-reasons-being-democratic-socialist

More Evidence of Electronic Vote Tampering in Ohio...

Thom Hartmann shares congressional testimony from computer programmer Clinton Curtis regarding tampering with electronic voting machines.
https://youtu.be/IPLtzoTs8ok

Catholic bishops revise voter guide after debate over ‘Pope Francis agenda’

“I believe that this document is gravely hobbled,” said McElroy, who was an outspoken advocate for the church’s social justice teachings even before Francis named him to the large and growing Southern California diocese earlier this year.
“Specifically, I think the pope is telling us that alongside the issues of abortion and euthanasia — which are central aspects of our commitment to transform this world — poverty and the degradation of the Earth are also central,” McElroy said. “But this document keeps to the structure of the worldview of 2007. It does not put those there.”
Instead, he said, the voter guide “tilts in favor of abortion and euthanasia and excludes poverty and the environment.”

http://www.religionnews.com/2015/11/17/catholic-bishops-revise-voter-guide-debate-pope-francis-agenda/

Alabama Demands Voter ID--Then Closes Driver's License Offices In Black Counties

What happens when a state with a tough voter ID law suddenly makes it much harder for minorities to get driver's licenses? We are about to find out in... Read more

Report warns of outdated voting machines

The alarming state of antiquated machines in more than a dozen states shows that the machinery is up to 15 years old.
http://youtu.be/ZiZILnVqei4

The Influence Of The Latino Vote in 2016 (Diane Rehm Show)

More than 13 million Latinos are expected to vote in 2016, double the number that cast a ballot nearly a decade ago. Much of this growing group is concentrated in key swing states like Nevada, Colorado and Florida. For these reasons, understanding who Latino voters are, the issues important to them and how to get a part of their vote has become high priority for presidential candidates — a strategy that became very clear following the last presidential election, when Hispanics turned out heavily for President Barack Obama. We look at the influence of the Latino vote in 2016.
Interview:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2015-09-01/the-influence-of-the-latino-vote-in-2016