Elections

How Do You Say Hanging Chad in Italian?

Echoes of the 2000 U.S. presidential election are being heard from across the Atlantic, as the results of Italy's hotly contested election face a challenge

By

| Fri Apr. 14, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

Public Opinion Watch: 2006 Election Outlook

What are the indicators that will help us predict the outcome of the upcoming midterms?

By

| Fri Mar. 31, 2006 1:00 AM PST

Recent polls: Bush clueless on Iraq

Recent polls: Democrats can compete in emerging suburbs; Bush is short of ideas on Iraq.

By

| Wed Dec. 14, 2005 1:00 AM PST
chavez_265x276.jpg

Democracy Under Threat in Venezuela

Chávez will only gain from the US-backed opposition's ploy to undermine elections

By

| Wed Dec. 7, 2005 1:00 AM PST

Advertise on MotherJones.com

Ohio strikes a blow for voting reform

Court decision: the unequal application of voting laws in the states violates the Constitution.

By

| Tue Dec. 6, 2005 1:00 AM PST

Photo ID Requirement Compromises Voter Rights

And it won't solve the problems of voter fraud and misconduct.

By and

| Tue Nov. 8, 2005 1:00 AM PST

Steal This Vote: An Interview with Andrew Gumbel

The US electoral system is deeply dysfunctional?and always has been.

By

| Tue Oct. 18, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

The Bush-Carter report on election reform misses the point

The Carter-Baker report on election reform misses the point.

By

| Mon Sep. 19, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
everyvote_200x97.jpg

Don't blame voters for our dysfunctional electoral system

Convoluted procedures, not voter confusion, are the real obstacle to smooth elections.

By

| Tue Sep. 6, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

The voter ID requirement: the voting rights barrier of the 21st century

Laws requiring voters to present very specific forms of ID are becoming the voting rights barrier of the 21st Century.

By

| Mon Aug. 29, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

George W. Bush and the "empathy squeeze".

How Bush converted an economic program aimed at strip-mining America into a program for winning blue-collar hearts and minds.

By

| Thu Jun. 23, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

Why the Democrats Will Keep Losing

Biases built in to our electoral institutions hurt the Democratic Party every time.

By

| Fri Jun. 10, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

A Hundred & One Days: An Interview with Asne Seierstad

Finding the human stories in Baghdad before, during, and after the US invasion

By

| Thu May. 12, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

Iraq "Uptick," Superpower Downtick?

<b>By Tom Engelhardt</b><br /> From the beginning, the Bush administration has been fighting a complex two-front war.

Mon Apr. 25, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

GodAssault: Morality as the Ultimate Game

<b>By Lisa Lambert</b><br /> If you play it right, you'll win a change in fortune--if not here, then in the after-life.

Fri Apr. 15, 2005 12:00 AM PDT

Iraq: The Real Election

<b>By Mark Danner</b><br /> What exactly did the January vote mean?

Fri Apr. 8, 2005 12:00 AM PDT
faith_200x167.jpg

Why the Right and the Left Are Both Wrong On Values

What?s missing from the debate over values in America

By

| Tue Mar. 1, 2005 1:00 AM PST

Fault Lines

<b>By Dilip Hiro</b><br /> The election has exposed and sharpened the sectarian and ethnic divisions in Iraqi society.

Wed Feb. 16, 2005 1:00 AM PST

Flattened Iraq

<b>By Tom Engelhardt</b><br /> Elections or no, the actual condition of Iraq and its people may in most ways have worsened in the past two years.

Wed Feb. 16, 2005 1:00 AM PST
foyle_200x178.jpg

Adonal Foyle: Changing the Rules of the Game

Away from the basketball court, the record-breaking center is a tireless activist for campaign finance reform.

By

| Fri Feb. 4, 2005 1:00 AM PST