Electoral Reform

How the GOP Gamed the System in Florida How the GOP Gamed the System in Florida

As thousands of blacks registered, the state threw many others off the rolls.

Apr 12, 2001 / Feature / John Lantigua

On Butterfly Wings On Butterfly Wings

This is going to be yet one more article on the never-ending recount-a-rama in Florida. But first a flashback to a pre-Election Day campaign moment: It's October. George W.

Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / David Corn

Deconstructing the Election Deconstructing the Election

The history which bears and determines us has the form of a war rather than that of a language: relations of power, not relations of meaning.       ...

Mar 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Win McCormack

Pardons in Perspective Pardons in Perspective

We learned a few things from Dan Burton's hearings into the Clinton pardons. We learned that Bill Clinton's pardon of billionaire expatriate Marc Rich was no last-minute rush job.

Mar 6, 2001 / The Editors

The Florida Fog The Florida Fog

The truth is out there--perhaps. During the postelection turmoil in Florida, Al Gore advocates prophesied that after the inauguration, journalists would descend on the disputed ba...

Mar 1, 2001 / David Corn

The Great Florida Recount The Great Florida Recount

The great Florida recount is under way.

Jan 31, 2001 / Feature / David Corn

Scrub Helps Shrub Scrub Helps Shrub

Florida purged its voter rolls, thanks in part to a web of corporate players.

Jan 18, 2001 / Feature / Greg Palast

Partisanship Rules Partisanship Rules

Abolishing the Electoral College is one way the Florida fiasco could be addressed.

Dec 14, 2000 / Eric Foner

GOP Could Be Courting a Disaster GOP Could Be Courting a Disaster

We know what they're afraid of. Cut through the Republican verbiage that has clogged the airwaves and courts and you find one simple but disturbing point: They fear an accurate...

Dec 9, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Wanted: Three Electors Wanted: Three Electors

Let the chattering classes focus on chads and undervotes and Florida recounts and what the courts--state and federal, all the way up to the Supreme Court--would or wouldn't do. L...

Dec 7, 2000 / The Editors

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