American Voice 2004: Can I vote for a third party candidate without undermining a major party candidate?
Q. I’ve heard that there is a way in which a vote for a third party candidate like Ralph Nader would not take a vote...
Q. I’ve heard that there is a way in which a vote for a third party candidate like Ralph Nader would not take a vote...
Q. Several Catholic bishops have declared they will deny Communion to politicians who support policies that allow abortions. Do they have the right to do...
Q. Is it possible to hold elections where every vote counts and a vote for a minority party or candidate is not wasted? Answer:...
Q. My precinct will use electronic voting machines in November. Can I trust that my vote will be counted? Is there anything I can do...
Q. Is it true that our voter turnout is much lower than that of other democracies? Don’t Americans care enough to vote? Answer: Throughout our...
Q. Every time there is a terror alert communities spend millions of dollars for additional security. Who pays these costs? Is the money taken from...
Q. The major broadcast networks were criticized for their very limited coverage of the Democratic National Convention. Could they respond by giving much more airtime...
Q. Wasn’t the National Guard originally the state militia under state control? Today there are over 100,000 National Guard currently deployed in military conflicts around...
Q. Why are we stuck at 435 members of the US House? Are we less represented than the Founders intended? Answer: Let’s be clear. The...
Q. The Supreme Court has allowed the words “under God” to continue to be included in the Pledge of Allegiance. Could you give me some...
Q. My friend says he’s going to wait to vote until late in the day on November 2nd. By then the media will have started...
Q. Whatever happened to welfare reform? In 1996, after an extensive and heated debate, Congress voted to dramatically change our welfare system. Since then the...
Q. We hear a lot about Medicare but relatively little about Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for low-income families. Yet Medicaid actually covers more...
Q. In the first presidential debate, President Bush declared that we are about to deploy an anti-ballistic missile system. I thought that idea had proved...
Q. The Nation recently declared the Justice Department is batting “0 for 5000” in convicting those arrested for terrorist activities. But the U.S. Department of...