Sylvia GillpatrickAug 25, 20201 min500,000 Primary Ballots Rejected in 2020. Trump Won By Less Than 80,000 Votes In 2016. Terrifying.More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries. That could make the difference in battleground states this fall. We need...
Sylvia GillpatrickAug 21, 20201 minAn Avalanche of Voter Suppression. . . It is almost impossible to overstate the vast number of ways to prevent American from voting. Vote Save America has a great article...
Sylvia GillpatrickAug 7, 20201 minObama's First Wave of Endorsements Is In!President Obama has released the first wave of his 2020 endorsements. I will get them onto the individual state pages for Adopting a...
Sylvia GillpatrickAug 4, 20201 minElectoral College and History of Racism in USAs our revived national conversation on race has made clear, the legacies of slavery and white supremacy run wide and deep in American ...
Sylvia GillpatrickJul 22, 20201 minStates May Curb ‘Faithless Electors,’ Supreme Court RulesWASHINGTON — States can require members of the Electoral College to cast their votes for the presidential candidates they had pledged...
Sylvia GillpatrickApr 5, 20203 minUS Postal Service in Danger• Congress: House Democrats, led by Oversight and Reform Committee chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, have warned that the U.S. Postal Service...
Sylvia GillpatrickApr 5, 20201 minMOVIE: Gerrymandering in MichiganOn Friday, the documentary feature film "Slay the Dragon," which explores gerrymandering and the successful effort to eliminate it in...
Sylvia GillpatrickApr 2, 20201 minWisconsin -- a Battleground State -- Is Holding Election on April 7, Getting Sued Already"The Democratic lawsuit argues that because of mounting coronavirus cases and a statewide ban on gatherings of more than 10 people, ...
Sylvia GillpatrickMar 4, 20201 minSuper Tuesday -- Biden vs. SandersJoe Biden powered to a dominating sweep of the South and surprisingly strong showings in New England and the Upper Midwest on Tuesday...
Sylvia GillpatrickMar 4, 20201 minDelegate Counting in Democratic Nominations"To become the Democratic Party’s nominee, a candidate needs to win 1,991 of the party’s delegates. Here’s how that happens. Democrats ...
Sylvia GillpatrickFeb 20, 20201 minRepublican Propaganda on FacebookFacebook created “Project P” — for propaganda — in the hectic weeks after the 2016 presidential election and quickly found dozens of...
Sylvia GillpatrickFeb 17, 20206 minGreat Ideas from Virginia to Make Voting EasyVirginia is leading the way to get fair voting practices in place in their state. This is a great summary of the actions and the impact...
Sylvia GillpatrickJan 7, 20201 minRussian Disinformation Targeting US VeteransRussian trolls are targeting American veterans, and Trump’s government isn’t helping, group says
Sylvia GillpatrickNov 28, 20191 minRepublicans Tried to Rig the Vote in Michigan – But ‘Political Novices’ Just Defeated Themn 2016, Katie Fahey, a Michigan woman with no political experience, put up a Facebook post asking if anyone she knew wanted to do...
Sylvia GillpatrickNov 22, 20191 minFacebook Allows Political Ads to Mislead and LieAs Facebook cracked down on disinformation flooding its social media platforms, executives decided to codify a key loophole: Politicians...
Sylvia GillpatrickNov 11, 20192 minWHAT TO DO TO DUMP TRUMP . . . NOW!One year out -- Donate to organizations that are dedicated to getting out the vote, building a campaign and hiring volunteers for...
Sylvia GillpatrickNov 11, 20192 minHOW GERRYMANDERING WORKSPretty simple really. You just draw the lines in a way that make sure that the minority party, usually Republicans, win. Here is how this...
Sylvia GillpatrickNov 11, 20191 minWHERE, AND HOW, IS IT DIFFICULT for AMERICANS TO VOTEIt is head-spinning to realize all the ways that voting is manipulated and suppressed in American elections. I had no idea. This is a...
Sylvia Gillpatrick Aug 25, 2020 1 min 500,000 Primary Ballots Rejected in 2020. Trump Won By Less Than 80,000 Votes In 2016. Terrifying. More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries. That could make the difference in battleground states this fall. We need...
Sylvia Gillpatrick Aug 21, 2020 1 min An Avalanche of Voter Suppression . . . It is almost impossible to overstate the vast number of ways to prevent American from voting. Vote Save America has a great article...
Sylvia Gillpatrick Aug 25, 2020 1 min 500,000 Primary Ballots Rejected in 2020. Trump Won By Less Than 80,000 Votes In 2016. Terrifying. More than 500,000 mail ballots were rejected in the primaries. That could make the difference in battleground states this fall. We need...
Sylvia Gillpatrick Aug 21, 2020 1 min An Avalanche of Voter Suppression . . . It is almost impossible to overstate the vast number of ways to prevent American from voting. Vote Save America has a great article...