Tag Archives: voting
The Texas Miracle #16: The Texas Tea Party’s Last Service
Does disarray in the Dallas GOP spell doom for the Texas Republican Party? Plus a woman who's literally dead of the 2016 election, and another round of Stump-A-Ferner trivia.
On the Texas Miracle podcast: Are things spiraling out of control for the Texas tea party? Plus ferners face Texans in a bout of Lone Star sports trivia....Read More
Following Observer Story, Voting Rights Group Asks DOJ to Investigate West Texas Sheriff (Updated)
A D.C. group has asked the DOJ to investigate the alleged voter intimidation tactics of a West Texas sheriff featured in a recent Observer investigation....Read More
The Texas Miracle #5: What’s Wrong with Texas Voters?
Why don't Texans vote? Will Rick Perry wear his hipster glasses in his official portrait? How'd that tiger get loose? Plus more on this week's podcast.
Why don't Texans vote? Will Rick Perry wear his hipster glasses in his official portrait? How'd that tiger get loose? Plus more on this week's podcast....Read More
Years After Voter ID Law, Alternative IDs Confuse Texas County Officials
Critics say rarely issued election identification certificates are more 'illusion' than 'remedy.'
After calling dozens of counties, the Observer found that many state employees don't know how to get Texans the alternative voter IDs the law allows them....Read More
How To Turn Texas Blue
Mary Beth Rogers' new book is a blueprint for turning Texas blue, or at least giving Democrats a fighting chance.
Mary Beth Rogers ran the last successful statewide Democratic campaign in Texas — in 1990. Here, she lays out a plan for turning Texas blue again. ...Read More
Texas Needs a Nonviolent Revolution at the Polls
What can one person who cares about others do when our dangerously pivotal Texas needs a nonviolent revolution? Something? Anything?...Read More
House Republicans Open Another Front in Voter ID Fight
Four years after Texas passed one of the strictest voter ID laws in the nation, lawmakers will debate another measure on Thursday that could make it even more d...Read More
Tyrant’s Foe: Fred Lewis is Helping Underserved Communities Turn Out the Vote
As head of Texans Together, Fred Lewis helps poor and minority Texans gain a say in state government....Read More
King Street Patriots to Get More Neighborly, More Partisan for 2014
Rather than simply repeat the one-off poll-watcher fiascos that have turned off so many Houston voters in minority neighborhoods like Kashmere Gardens, Moody Pa...Read More