With more and more stories coming out about just how much of a battleground Texas might be in 2020, I got curious about how voting rights are faring in the Lone Star State. ✦ The Texas Civil Rights Project filed… Read More ›
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Voter Suppression Picks Up Steam Before 2020
Where’s the one place you need to keep an eye on if you want to protect against voter suppression? Your own backyard. Most of the stories that we read are about national issues. Especially online. It’s hard for local stories… Read More ›
Beto O’Rourke: The 7 Issues Guide
The Democrats have a big field of candidates running for President in 2020. To briefly use a sports analogy, I see our candidates as the starting players on the Blue team, each bringing their own unique strengths to the table… Read More ›
Special Elections in February 2019
Look at any Tuesday and there is a high chance that an election is happening somewhere in the country. Post midterms, we should expect a lot of movement–new governors asking state legislators to join their administration which then opens up… Read More ›
15 States Trying to Expand Voting Rights in 2019
Republicans are doing everything in their power to make voting as difficult as possible. The gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 a few years ago doesn’t help. That said, there are other remedies and it is really important… Read More ›
Spread the Vote’s Exciting Expansion
View at Medium.com Is it possible to be excited about a big change? Spread the Vote, a voting rights organization I’m a big fan of, announced some big changes recently and instead of being concerned, I found I was… Read More ›
Activism Yearbook: Our Wins in 2018
These are the highlights of the wins we got in 2018. They represent a tapestry of great outcomes that were secured by the efforts and activism of citizens, swift public backlash against racist and hateful news, judges ruling against the… Read More ›
The 5 Most-Read Posts on Political⚡Charge in 2018
‘Tis the season of fun lists looking back at 2018, so we decided to look into what our top articles were this year. It’s an interesting mix that gives a pretty good look at the type of blog we are–one… Read More ›
Midterms 2018: How was turnout?
The question everyone has is, in the end, did more people turn out and vote in these midterms? The answer is yes. In the 2014 midterms, 36.7% of eligible voters voted. In the 2018 midterms, at least 48.5% of eligible… Read More ›
What Is the Early Vote Telling Us So Far?
Will there be a blue wave or a red save? 37 states offer some type of early voting and many of them have been collecting ballots already. So we do know a few things. And before we look at… Read More ›
10 State Legislative Houses that could Flip
The midterms aren’t just an opportunity to provide a check on Trump and his administration by flipping the House in Congress, but by flipping houses in state legislatures, too. As we enter the midterms, Democrats currently have control (that is, a… Read More ›
BlueWave Interview: Christina Sanders from Spread The Vote on Voter ID
Voter suppression is real. Spread the Vote sprang up to tackle the barriers that Republican politicians have put up around voting, by helping citizens get the ID they need to vote. While they work nationally, they have dedicated teams in… Read More ›
Trump goes after Hispanic Americans: What can we do?
It’s happening. The Trump administration is working to strip USA-born Americans of their citizenship. This is happening right now on the southern border in Texas. We have a birther sitting in the Oval Office and his worldview is infecting the… Read More ›
May 22: It’s Election Day!
It’s Election Day in four states today. Kentucky, Georgia, and Arkansas have their midterm primary elections; Arkansas also has 3 special elections; and the 7th Congressional district of Texas has a number of runoffs following their March primary. If you’re… Read More ›
Texas, Gerrymandering, and the Supreme Court
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments about Texas’ case about racial discrimination in how the congressional and state legislative districts were drawn in 2010. This case is one of several in front of the Supreme Court regarding redistricting,… Read More ›
Primaries & Special Elections: May 2018
What a busy month! There are 13 special elections, 11 primaries and 1 runoff scheduled in May 2018. Use this information for your own civic engagement, or share to your network to spread the word and increase awareness and turnout!… Read More ›
The 2018 Elections Look to be the Most Competitive in Ages and That’s Great News
Donald Trump’s biggest accomplishment as President is that he has inspired thousands of Americans to run for public office. Unfortunately for Trump, most of these people are running because they are horrified by what he has done as President. Ballotpedia… Read More ›
Early Voting in Texas Tells An Interesting Story
Today, Dallas News posted this attention-grabbing headline: Texas Democrats’ early voting totals should ‘shock every conservative to their core,’ Abbott email says We recently wrote about why Texas’ voter turnout is so low and what can be done about it…. Read More ›
Special (& Primary!) Elections in March 2018
There are 2 state primaries and 6 special elections scheduled in March 2018. For the special elections, click on the district number (courtesy of Ballotpedia) to get the information you need such as: a map outlining the district, why the… Read More ›
Why Texas Voter Turnout is So Low and What Can Be Done to Reverse It
Voter turnout in Texas is terrible. In 2016, only 58% of eligible voters in the United States turned out for the presidential election. In Texas, it was even worse, at 51%. Voter turnout in the United States could be best described… Read More ›
