The micromobility firm Lime is offering free rides on its e-bikes and e-scooters to help encourage voters to get to the polls as soon as early voting starts.
The micromobility firm Lime is offering free rides on its e-bikes and e-scooters to help encourage voters to get to the polls as soon as early voting starts.
In 2020, Michigan smashed its record for voter turnout. With 5.5 million voters casting ballots across the state, 71% of residents 18 or older participated in the general election. Two years later, the state broke records again, with the highest midterm election turnout in the state’s history. Compared to the … [continued]
To ensure a healthy democracy, we need an informed and motivated electorate. To help achieve that, our higher education systems can and should play a major role in supporting a culture of civic engagement. And yet there are many efforts currently underway to diminish student voter turnout and participation in … [continued]
A case study in North Carolina.
Every election, something a bit surprising happens. Approximately half of the country doesn’t vote. I get it — it sounds like a chore, and “what does one vote matter anyway?” But it’s actually fun! And I’m not lying.
A victory for progressives in Wisconsin last week may be a sign that the stranglehold on power that Republicans have enjoyed for so long is about to come to an end.
Even if the U.S. is successful at managing coronavirus infection rates and lethality, it has the capacity to wreak havoc on the November election.
On Election Day, vote for the Earth. Nothing else matters.
Voting is the most basic right conferred by the Constitution. Here is the story of someone who would love to vote but can’t. Maybe it will convince you to go the polls and cast your ballot this November.
Fed up with their electricity provider Alliant Energy, one of Iowa’s largest monopoly utilities, Decorah area residents decided to explore their options for pursuing cleaner, local energy and how the city could create a municipal electric utility for its 8,000 residents and business community. Advocates formed Decorah Power, a grassroots group of residents and community organizers making a clear case for municipal control, and the group has been garnering support for putting the public back in their public utility.
