Steven Rosenfeld
Salon.com
San Francisco, CA, United States
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"The Georgia way": What 2021 taught Democrats about how to win elections in the South
An oral history recounts the organizing that led to 2020’s historic presidential and senate victories in Georgia → Read More
The "Cyber Ninjas" mess turns into a big problem for GOP: Arizona audit liaison threatens to quit
Arizona audit liaison, Ken Bennet, threatens to resign from post during talk show citing Cyber Ninja ethics concern → Read More
Democracy headache: More than 70 percent of Trump voters distrust the best-run election in years
As 2020’s elections continue, there may be millions who mistrust American democracy → Read More
Decades of inequality shadow voter turnout in rural Georgia
Small-town voter drive reveals why trusted family, friends and local leaders can boost turnout in Senate runoffs → Read More
Decades of Inequality Shadow Voter Turnout in Rural Georgia –
There are thousands of voters of color who could play an outsized role—if they vote. → Read More
Why Trump’s lawsuits are having little impact on the vote counts
Trump’s suits have been filed late, target small issues and are error-ridden. → Read More
If Trump will stop at nothing, will nothing stop him?
Will the election and legal system withstand the coming test? → Read More
Justice Department has no legal authority to interfere in 2020 vote counts
Bill Barr and the DOJ cannot reject or seize ballots, or interrupt the locally run election process → Read More
Steve Bannon's back: Ex-adviser says Trump plans to claim victory early
Bannon claims Trump’s declaration will be based on votes at Election Day polls → Read More
Huge swing state hurdle: returning your absentee ballot
In many swing states, voters cannot simply return an absentee ballot to an Election Day poll → Read More
Big Swing State Hurdle: Returning Your Absentee Ballot –
In many swing states, voters cannot simply return an absentee ballot to an Election Day poll. Those voters who try will get to vote, but not without more paperwork and possibly creating delays for other voters. → Read More
Study: Younger voters are most likely to have their absentee ballots rejected
A California Voter Foundation study identifies the causes behind the highest ballot-rejection rates → Read More
Polling place bottleneck delays could begin soon after they open
During the busiest periods, the process will slow due to COVID-19’s constraints → Read More
The red flags that foreshadowed Georgia’s June 9 primary election meltdown were ignored
Clues and causes kept coming, but state officials told counties to proceed → Read More
Coronavirus means 2020 elections could be decided by courts
Court’s actions in Wisconsin suggest federal courts are reluctant to reverse decisions by state authorities → Read More
Will Congress pass a rare bipartisan bill to allow online voting in light of coronavirus?
“I don’t think anyone, in the next month or two months, is planning on doing it in person.” → Read More
Why nationwide voting by mail isn’t a panacea in a pandemic
Many legal, technical, logistical and political obstacles stand between now and November’s election → Read More
Democrats’ next big 2020 worry: Nominating delegates amid coronavirus outbreak
Top Democratic Party officials are scrambling to figure out how to handle voting by crowds at their next big event → Read More
A red flag for upcoming elections: South Carolina debut's of new voting system plagued by problems
By early afternoon in the state’s capital county, every sixth machine had an issue → Read More
Voting tech gone wrong: How scrambled data upended a Nevada caucus site
No matter how good the technology might have been, the human errors that marred the process weren’t anticipated → Read More