Steven Rosenfeld
Steven Rosenfeld is a senior writing fellow and the editor and chief correspondent of Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute. He is a national political reporter focusing on democracy issues. He has reported for nationwide public radio networks, websites, and newspapers and produced talk radio and music podcasts. He has written five books, including profiles of campaigns, voter suppression, voting rights guides and a WWII survival story currently being made into a film. His latest book is Democracy Betrayed: How Superdelegates, Redistricting, Party Insiders, and the Electoral College Rigged the 2016 Election (Hot Books, March 2018).
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Views Wednesday, November 14, 2018 The Florida Election Recount Is About to Get Very Confusing Florida’s statewide recounts first faced technical obstacles surrounding the sorting and scanning of millions of ballots. Now political and legal obstacles are poised to add another layer of complexity over determining who is the next governor, senator and agriculture commissioner. The first of... Read more |
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Views Monday, November 12, 2018 Here’s Why the Georgia Governor’s Race Is Far From Over Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams’ gubernatorial campaign Sunday filed a federal lawsuit to extend counting ballots by a day—to Wednesday—and to reexamine thousands of ballots that have been rejected for arcane technicalities. “Our legal strategy is simple—count every vote,” said Lauren Groh-Wargo,... Read more |
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Views Friday, November 09, 2018 For Georgia and Florida, Midterm Election Counts Continue Unresolved races for governor and U.S. Senate in Florida and Georgia were heading into uncharted territory Friday, as ballot submission deadlines, candidate lawsuits and preparations for recounts—or runoffs—all converged. By the close of business on Friday, all 2018 midterm ballots to be counted,... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 07, 2018 It Was a Blue Wave Election—And the Republicans Are Feeling the Fallout The 2018 midterms were a blue wave—despite what Fox News hosts blared on Wednesday morning, mimicking the line White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders offered late on election day. But that wave doesn’t mean the anti-democratic features of America’s electoral process didn’t kick in, to... Read more |
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Views Friday, October 26, 2018 There Are Unfolding Voting Controversies in Two Key States’ Upcoming Elections—Here’s What’s Going On With Election Day nearing, the partisan rhetoric over voting is growing and not helping those at the center of the storm—actual voters in key states. Perhaps this is inevitable given a political culture where rants and raves take center stage, as best evidenced by President Trump making new noise... Read more |
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Views Thursday, October 18, 2018 Voter Data Suppression Is GOP’s Latest Anti-Voter Tactic As early voting has begun across America and seen record turnouts , the big question is: Will people voting for Democrats surmount the obstacles that the GOP has built in red-run states to achieve winning popular vote majorities? Those obstacles began with extreme gerrymanders in 2011 for state... Read more |
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Views Friday, October 12, 2018 With Such High Stakes This November, Here’s How to Make Sure Your Vote Is Properly Counted Editor’s Note: The 2018 midterm elections are quickly approaching. These non-presidential elections historically give voters a chance to change the country’s course. They will decide whether or not Republicans keep a majority in Congress, important governor’s races and more. A Voter’s Guide to the... Read more |
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Views Thursday, October 04, 2018 A Voter’s Guide to Registering for the 2018 Election—Beat the Deadline! Editor’s Note: The 2018 midterm elections are quickly approaching. These non-presidential elections historically give voters a chance to change the country’s course. They will decide whether or not Republicans keep a majority in Congress, important governor’s races and more. A Voter’s Guide to the... Read more |
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Views Saturday, September 22, 2018 America's Political Pollsters Could Be Missing the X Factor in the 2018 Elections—'Hidden Voters' Four months after last November’s statewide elections in Virginia, Echelon Insights, a voter polling, data and analytics firm working with Republicans, finally knew how badly the 2018 electoral landscape was going to be for their party. By March, the state of Virginia had updated its statewide... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, August 29, 2018 DNC Superdelegates Have Been Tamed—But Millions of Democratic Primary Votes Are Still Vulnerable On Saturday, the Democratic National Committee sanctioned its superdelegates—blocking 716 officeholders, state and local party officials, and other well-connected Democrats from casting a first-round ballot at 2020’s Democratic National Convention toward the 2,383 votes needed to nominate its next... Read more |