May 2008
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This week for NPR
HBO Films’ RECOUNT debuts tonight. Last week I was in Washington, D.C. and stopped by National Public Radio to tape a simultaneous vlog and radio interview with Ari Shapiro, this week’s host of Weekend Edition Sunday. We taked about how the film — like our work at Why Tuesday? — is raising questions about the state of America’s voting system.
I also shot some other...
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WatchI spent the day today at NPR in Washington, D.C. working on a couple of pieces for Sunday Soapbox. I also had a chance to step out for an iced tea with Andy Carvin, online genius for NPR, who streamed part of our chat live online with his QIK cam. Pretty awesome.
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Vote-by-mail →
On Tuesday, Oregonians’ choice for president will become known, but they’ve already been voting for weeks. That’s because Oregon is the only state in the Union that votes entirely by mail. This week for Why Tuesday? and NPR Sunday Soapbox I met with United States Postal Service Communications Program Specialist Larry H. Dozier to learn more about voting-by-mail. Check it out.
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Un-Super Delegates? →
My vlog this week for NPR Sunday Soapbox focuses on how superdelegates, Democratic party leaders and elected officials with votes in the nominating process not tied to any popular voting whatsoever, have unintentionally shifted the debate about election reform from the nuts-and-bolts of America’s voting systems, to our party system.
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Examining Pitfalls of Indiana's Voter ID Law →
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo ID is constitutional. For NPR Sunday Soapbox I explored the issue, visiting an election law expert and hopping on a bus to time how long it takes to get a photo ID if you don’t already have one.