Andrew Gumbel

Andrew Gumbel is the author of Steal This Vote: Dirty Elections and the Rotten History of Democracy in America (Nation Books) and a US correspondent for The Independent of London.

Currently

  • Antitheft Devices

    November 6, 2008

    2008 will go down as a year activists were able to keep a rotten electoral system honest.

  • Election Protection is Working

    November 4, 2008

    It's clear that efforts to protect voters rights are working this time--in Virginia, Florida and Ohio.

  • Virginia: The New Florida?

    November 4, 2008

    As Virginians vote in record numbers, some key Obama strongholds were reported close to a standstill.

  • Vote Suppression Watch

    October 22, 2008

    A close look at dirty tricks in key swing states.

  • Protect This Election

    October 22, 2008

    Pieces of Karl Rove's plan to suppress the votes of students, minorities, the transient and the elderly are still in place--and could threaten any races that are remotely close.

  • Justice, Bush-Style

    October 1, 2008

    GOP loyalists have taken over the Justice Department and retooled the civil rights division as a political weapon.

2006

  • Fixing Elections

    November 9, 2006 Subscribe

    Let's stop obsessing over conspiracy and focus on the real problem: lack of reliability, transparency and accountability in our electoral system.

  • Guardian of the Ballot Box

    October 19, 2006

    Ion Sancho, an election supervisor in Florida, is dedicated to creating a fair and accurate voting system. But his passion has nearly cost him his job.

  • Letters

    August 9, 2006 Subscribe

  • The Coming Ballot Meltdown

    June 28, 2006

    Ohio is the bellwether for the nation's electoral health and the prognosis is bad. Error-ridden e-voting, draconian restrictions and widespread incompetence could cause another November breakdown.

2005

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Podcast

RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 12/29/08
This week, the year in Radio(Nation).Palin, Clinton, and Bush; Klein, Navasky and Danto. Our most compelling interviews of 2008. (13mb mp3)

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Blogs

» The Dreyfuss Report

Panetta? Ummmmm... Well..... | Could Obama have made a weirder choice for CIA director? Here's why Panetta is doomed.
Robert Dreyfuss

» The Beat

Franken Named Minnesota Winner | Board says DFL candidate prevailed by 225 votes over GOP incumbent Coleman.
John Nichols

» Act Now!

Allow Media into Gaza | Israel is encouraging abuses by preventing foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip.
Peter Rothberg

» State of Change

Is Kaine the Right Choice to Lead Party? | Will Tim Kaine be a good DNC chair? Much will depend on what the Obama team has planned.
Ari Berman

» Editor's Cut

A Trillion Dollar Recovery | We don't need a stimulus, we need a recovery. And that means investing $1 trillion over the next two years.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» Capitolism

Year in Review | A look back at a crazy year.
Christopher Hayes

» The Notion

Hard Times Without Studs | One of Terkel’s former book editors considers a Studs-less world.
Tom Engelhardt

» And Another Thing

Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again | The Weathermen were not just a bunch of idealistic young people.
Katha Pollitt