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Trump Data Grab Will Likely Motivate Voters

In bid for voter data, Trump’s DOJ lays groundwork to undermine confidence in midterms by Jonathan Shorman, Iowa Capital Dispatch March 17, 2026 The U.S. Department of Justice has begun connecting its push to obtain sensitive personal data on millions … Continue reading

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Voting 2026: Don’t Despair. Prepare.

Brennan Center ‪@brennancenter.org‬ The conflict in Iran has intensified efforts to undermine U.S. elections. Brennan Center experts break down the legal stakes and what must be done to keep elections free and fair on The Briefing with Michael Waldman.  What state … Continue reading

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Flashback 2008

What characterized the 2008 presidential election for Democrats was the systematic use of nearly every procedural, legal, organizational, and technological lever within the electoral process to bring people to the polls that were previously infrequent voters. The Obama campaign innovated … Continue reading

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Election Expert: Machine Counted Paper Ballots Plus Post-Election Audits Is Best

“The combination of machine-counted paper ballots with rigorous post-election audits is far more likely to give us a trustworthy vote count than the complete abandonment of machine-counted ballots.” Guest column published in the Des Moines Register  by Douglas W. Jones … Continue reading

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Video: Obama Rally For Democrats in Vegas

Must see.  President Obama explaining why everyone must vote.  “The consequences of staying home would be profoundly dangerous to our democracy… Right now we have a chance to restore some sanity to our politics.” “I believe in facts. I believe … Continue reading

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Important Changes In Early Voting

With Iowa’s new voter ID law the rules changed for early voting. Here’s good information from Johnson County Auditor Travis Weipert about the new rules. I modified the press release to make it applicable statewide. It’s less than 120 days … Continue reading

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The Importance Of Voting: Virginia

Remember about six months ago when Virginia shocked the nation with a thorough repudiation of the Republican Party in their state legislative and gubernatorial election? Virginia and New Jersey hold elections for state offices in odd years which somewhat suppresses … Continue reading

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Step One In Retiring Reynolds Is In Process

  In case you hadn’t heard early voting is going on prior to the June 5th primary. This is step one in repealing and replacing the Reynolds regime that continued and even accelerated the Branstad policy of turning Iowa into … Continue reading

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Reminder: Primary Election June 7th!

We have a very important race in the Democratic Party this year. We need Democrats to vote to choose the opponent for stumbling Senator Chuck Grassley. In case you feel that you may forget to vote on June 7th, you … Continue reading

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What do President Obama, Howard Dean, and Bernie Sanders have in Common?

Watch and find out.  Obama to young people:   “If you participate you’ll change the country…. the system doesn’t work if people opt out. The easiest, simplest cure for getting our democracy to work is everybody voting.”  

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