voter registration

Should You Have to Prove Citizenship to Register to Vote?

Posted on 03/19/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsIs requiring proof of citizenship for voters a way to protect the integrity of elections? Or is it an illegal tactic that will keep many older Americans and minorities away from the polls? On March 18 the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on both sides of that issue in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona. Under the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, people can register by mail to vote in federal elections using a standard form that, among other …

Not Yet Registered to Vote? In Most States There’s Still Time, But You’d Better Hurry

Posted on 10/8/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsOne strange and sometimes troubling thing about American democracy is that a lot of us don’t participate in it. According to a 2006 Pew Research Center study, about one in five adults aren’t registered to vote, and another 23 percent are “registered but rare” voters, who hardly ever show up at the polls. It’s as if we’ve forgotten that there were was a time, not that too long ago — 1964, to be exact — when three American heroes named Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael …