Category Archives: voting rights

Real Scares For Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Who could pass up the opportunity to post a column on things to be truly scared of Halloween? Not me for sure! Earth’s survival We are crapping badly in the only nest we have and refuse to clean it up! … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Voting Machines Can Still Be Hacked

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Dave Bradley

While media focuses on the horse race aspects of the next presidential race and adherents of one candidate or another argue into the night of nuanced aspects of policy, most have forgotten one aspect of elections that could have a … Continue reading →

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Iowa Woman Arrested, Charged, Tried, For…Voting

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Trish Nelson

When we have to rely on the national cable news media to give the appropriate coverage to events happening right here in Iowa, it’s pretty bad. Thank you, Melissa Harris-Perry and MSNBC reporter Zachary Roth for covering this egregious incident.  … Continue reading →

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Watching Tea Partiers Make Laws

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Dave Bradley

Viewing the results of elections versus what the polls tell us what Americans want, an observer has to wonder if voters are in some kind of a stupor when elections come around. While pollsters find time after time that Americans … Continue reading →

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Congressional Black Caucus Will Defend Voting Rights

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Trish Nelson

thevotingnews.com/voting-rights-debate A day after a top Republican seemed to dismiss the need to restore a critical part of the Voting Rights Act, lawmakers Thursday told NBC News they would re-introduce bipartisan voting rights legislation next week, in what the Congressional … Continue reading →

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Stop Voter Suppression in Iowa

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Dave Bradley

The ACLU put out a video starring Lewis Black talking about voter suppression in the US. Remember, if Republican ideas were so popular they would be doing everything they could to increase voter turn out. The fact that they feel … Continue reading →

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Prisoners And Voting

Posted on July 7, 2014 by bfiaralphscharnau

With just five percent of the world’s population, the U.S. has 25 percent of its prisoners. We have the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. Since 1972, America’s prison population has increased sevenfold. Most of the commentary … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Vote Tuesday

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Dave Bradley

Tuesday is primary day in Iowa. Most districts have some contested races at some level from the courthouse to the state house to the US House and Senate. Please be sure to vote Tuesday to help shape the races for … Continue reading →

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How To Pick A Secretary Of State

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Trish Nelson

Previous BFIA posts on the topic: Iowa-gop-continues-post-election-voter-harassment-efforts Voter-intimidation-in-iowa-public-hearings-thursday Iowa-secretary-of-state-matt-schultz-may-be-held-accountable-for-voter-purging Contrasting-our-sos-candidates A note from the Anderson for Iowa campaign: By now you’ve probably heard in the news about the growing number of controversies and scandals from Secretary of State Matt Schultz’s … Continue reading →

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Contrasting Our SoS Candidates

Posted on December 28, 2013 by Dave Bradley

The following letter to the editor was written by Don Paulson of Muscatine. He is the Muscatine County Democratic co-chair. Here he draws a clear distinction between our current secretary of state and the Democratic hopeful. There is quite a … Continue reading →

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