Jezebel: Voting

How The Iowa Caucus Is Different From Other Elections

Anna North — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:20:00 EST

Tonight, Republicans in Iowa will cast their votes for the party's nominee in the 2012 election. They'll do it via caucus, which you've probably heard is a little different from run-of-the-mill voting. I learned just how different when I caucused in 2008. More »

Saudi Women Allowed To Vote Without Male Permission, Can't Do Much Else

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:42:00 EST

Today Saudi Arabia announced that in its next election women will be allowed to run of office and vote without the approval of a male guardian. It's really quite generous, though for some reason, women aren't partying in the streets. Probably because they still need a man's permission to drive, travel, work, study abroad, marry, divorce, or be admitted to a public hospital — you know, stuff that actually makes a difference in their lives. More »

Old Timey Organization Warns That Ladyvoting Will Lead to Alcoholic Cravings, 'Petticoat Rule'

Erin Gloria Ryan — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:50:00 EST

Back in the olden times, things were simpler. Serious things like voting and wearing monocles were left to the men, whereas women were kept in a state of perpetual kittenhood, tending to the little ones, keeping the house clean, and nodding in agreement with their husbands. Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. That is, until the horrifying spectre of women's suffrage reared its head. If only we'd heeded the warnings of this anti-19th amendment pamphlet released by the National Organization OPPOSED to Women's Suffrage, perhaps we would have avoided all the problems. More »

Seven Things You Should Know About Egypt's Elections

Erin Gloria Ryan — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:00:00 EST

Today, Egyptians are heading to the polls to cast their ballots in the first stage of the first truly free parliamentary elections in the country since Hosni Mubarak seized power in 1981. Enthusiasm is tempered by suspicion, and security is tight. But what in the world is going on? More »

Michele Bachmann's Fundraising Numbers Revealed

Lane Moore — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:55:00 EDT

"FEC filings show MN Congresswoman raises $4.1 million from 70,000 contributors in Q3, claims $1.5 million cash on hand. More »

Michele Bachmann Finally Shows Up For Work After Missing 88 Consecutive Votes

Erin Gloria Ryan — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:40:00 EDT

Michele Bachmann, that fibbing bank-loving Presidential candidate from the great state of Minnesota, has finally broken an admirable streak by showing up to vote after failing to do so 88 consecutive times. More »

Saudi Women Would Rather Drive Than Vote

Anna North — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:25:00 EDT

Many Saudi women are unimpressed with their new voting rights, and say they really need the right to drive. One tells NBC, More »

Saudi Women Granted Right To Vote

Anna North — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:00:00 EDT

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has granted women the right to vote in the kingdom. But in a nation where elected officials carry little power, does it even matter? More »

Class Invited To Vote On New Mom's Grade

Anna North — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:40:00 EST

A female student had to miss class at UC Davis's veterinary school in order to give birth. So her professor allowed the class to vote on her grade. More »

Toe The Line

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:20:00 EST

Peiti, Sudan, Jan 9: Southern Sudanese women wait to cast their votes at a polling station. About four million Southern Sudanese voters began casting their ballots in a referendum on independence that is expected to split the nation in two.

Joe Miller Challenges Ballots With Ladylike Handwriting

Irin Carmon — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 11:05:00 EST

Here are some correctly spelled ballots cast for Lisa Murkowski that are being challenged by Joe Miller. It's been suggested that they all have traditionally female handwriting, but Miller's spokesman told a Talking Points Memo reporter the idea was "ludicrous." More »

Oakland Elects First Asian-American Female Mayor Of A Major US City

Anna North — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 09:35:00 EST

Election officials say Jean Quan will become Oakland's first female mayor, and the first Asian-American woman to be mayor of a major U.S. city. The format of her election was a first as well. More »

Waiting For Democracy

Lauri Apple — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 17:20:00 EDT

[Yangon, Burma, November 5: A woman sits by a campaign poster hung for the upcoming election in Myanmar, which many say is a "sham" because of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi's ongoing house arrest. Image via Getty.]

Why I'm Not Voting Today

Anna North — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:55:00 EDT

I won't be voting in today's elections. The reason: I made a mistake. But so did my state, and thirty-nine others. More »

Your Election Day Open Thread

Irin Carmon — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:50:00 EDT

Ladies of the U.S. electorate, you're said to be un-fired up for these midterm elections. You are said to be the Democrats' dealbreaker. What say you about yourselves and your vote-casting, wherever you are? More »

You Have Better Things To Do Than Vote

Irin Carmon — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:54:00 EDT

"I'M LEAVING A FUCKING INTELLIGIBLE COMMENT ON YOUTUBE," and other half-assed reasons for not voting. More »

We Wish We Dressed This Lovely At The Polls

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:55:00 EDT

[Ngong, Kenya, August 4. Kenyan Masai women wait in a line to vote for the new constitution. Image via AP]

The Sex Party Makes Has An Interesting Take On Voter Registration

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:08:00 EDT

This Australian Sex Party ad aims to make voter registration sexy with the slogan "I'm legal, how about you?" Why are American political ads still bogged down with appeals to civic duty when everyone just wants to see half-naked women? More »

Poll Position

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:10:00 EDT

[Bujumbura, Burundi, June 28. Image via AP]

Mavis Tells Tavis About Jockey Dreams And Suffragette Heroes

Anna North — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:00:06 EDT

Mavis Leno, a board member of the Feminist Majority Foundation and Jay Leno's cooler half, spoke on Tavis Smiley last night about a political awakening involving jockeys and suffragettes. More »

"Moon" Butt-Enhancement Sends Six To Hospital • Women Avoid Calling 911

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:40:00 EST

• New Jersey health officials report a recent influx in women hospitalized with infections from black-market butt-enhancement injections. ix women from the Dominican Republic were brought in with backsides resembling "moonscapes" and deep tissue infections from the hazardous mixture. • More »

Palin For President? Not Likely

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:40:00 EST

According to a recent poll, 71% of Americans don't want to see Sarah Palin run for president. And when broken down by party, only 30% of Republicans are gunning for a chance to back the former Alaskan governor. [CBS] More »

Suffragette City

Anna Holmes — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:10:00 EDT

[Vilnius, Lithuania; May 17. Image via Getty]

Democracy In Action Is A Beautiful Sight

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:10:00 EDT

[Guwahait, India; April 23. Image via Getty.]

Election Day Images: Yes We Can...Wait Happily In Line To Vote (Part 3)

Maria — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:20:00 EST

Here's the last of the reader-submitted photos of the lines, small and large, that were outside of polling stations around the country today, November 4, 2008. From New Hampshire to California, citizens enthusiastically voted, even if it meant they had to stand in a long line. Congratulations! Now, if you'll excuse us, some of us are off to the bar to drink in the election coverage and soothe our frazzled nerves. More »

With All This Voting Going On, Who Will Protect Our Right To Swear With Impunity?

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:40:00 EST

If you weren't already aware, voter turnout is really high. That's led to some scattered problems, which will be chronicled after the jump. [Washington Post]
In the mean time, the fucking Supreme Court heard the fucking case about fucking swearing on fucking TV. They didn't say "fuck" once, so I felt like someone had to. [Washington Post]
A lot of people in California who really love each other rushed to get married today in case a bunch of small-minded, easily-led voters decide to make it illegal today for them to do so tomorrow. [NY Times]
Joe Lieberman "fears" for the future of this country if the Democrats gain a filibuster-proof majority today, and has vowed to join with Republicans to filibuster anything they want to show his contempt for his constituents and the Americans who decided they were okay with a Democratic Senate. [Think Progress]

Election Day Images: Yes We Can...Wait Happily In Line To Vote (Part 2)

Maria — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:20:00 EST

Readers are continuing to send us their polling place photos and many of them are braving some pretty long lines (check out the one on the left!). Remember to snap a photo when you vote today and email it to us at tips@jezebel.com as we will continue our coverage of reader's polling places throughout the day. We won't forget you West Coast and late-working Jezebels! Check out the newest snaps after the jump. More »

It's Election Day, So Go Vote Already

Megan Carpentier — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST

Election Day marks the end of this interminable campaign, though not the issues that drive it or, one hopes, the electorate's interest in politics. To help me mark the time, former Jezebel Moe Tkacik takes a break from running up and down the East Coast and hobnobbing with the intellectual elites and a Congressman or two to hit up the elections, the financial crisis, the housing crisis and the great Ponzi scheme that was our financial system. Oh, yeah, and that elections thing. More »

Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, remembers...

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:20:00 EDT

Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, remembers a time not long ago when she was barred from voting because of her race. This year, Cooper voted early and hopes Barack Obama will be elected as the nation's first black president. "I ain't got time to die," she says. In the meantime, she watches The Price Is Right and Oprah. She doesn't know the secret to longevity, but says, "Being cheerful had a lot to do with it. I've always been a happy person, a giggling person — a wide-mouthed person!" [CNN] More »

In 1920, the first year that all American...

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:30:00 EDT

In 1920, the first year that all American women could vote for president, Irma Schmidt walked to her hometown fire station with her grandmother, mother, and aunt to vote for Warren G. Harding. Now 110 years old, Schmidt has voted in every presidential election since, and is believed to be the oldest registered voter in Connecticut. Schmidt is an unaffiliated voter, and has cast her ballot for Truman, Kennedy, Reagan, and Kerry in the past. "Voting was always something you looked forward to," she says. Staff members at the nursing home where she lives says she reads newspapers and talks about the news every day, but she wouldn't say if she's voting this year, or which candidate she prefers. [The Hartford Courant] More »

Oh, Yay! Hillary Wins!

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:00:00 EDT

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Today was the first time in many years that I had the objectivity to see Philadelphia as crappy. One man's objectivity is another's spoiled upbringing, so you might also say I saw my old city with the contemptuous eyes of my old classmates at Penn, the ones who complained about panhandlers and run down buildings and all the other superficial symptoms of a plague they'd been so lucky to miss. I hated those fucks. I defined myself against them. I wanted to stay purely out of spite for them, but Philadelphia had no job for me. Philadelphia had no job for anyone who wasn't a barista or a bartender or a bike messenger or somehow a member of the entrenched, and I was sick of being a barista. The beauty of Philadelphia was that it had plenty of rotting houses for those wise enough to recognize that jobs are dumb and ephemeral and overrated and that that notion wasn't just some loser philosophy they should have left behind in art school. More »

Chelsea Campaigns For Mom Via Phone Calls To The View

Slut Machine — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:30:00 EST

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Today on The View, the gals talked about yesterday's Super Tuesday insanity and the fact that three of them were recipients of personal phone calls from Chelsea Clinton herself, who'd heard that they were on the fence about who to vote for. But why did Chelsea call Sherri Shepherd? Is she a registered Democrat? (She's been going on and on about the Republican candidates forever.) Not surprisingly, the only View co-host who Chelsea didn't ring was Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who seemed a little salty about being left out of the fun. Clip above. More »

Remember Kelle from ANTM Cycle 3? The one...

Slut Machine — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:30:00 EST

Remember Kelle from ANTM Cycle 3? The one who grew up in "the last gated community in New York City" and cried when she looked at herself in the mirror? The one who Janice Dickinson said looked like she had a penis? Well, she popped up in a video on the New York Times' website today, discussing how she's a registered Democrat, and that Super Tuesday will be her first time voting. As for whether she identifies first as an African American or as a woman, she says that it doesn't matter, because ultimately neither will play a part in who she chooses to vote for. Aww, Tyra raised such a cute, smart girl! [NY Times] More »

On The View this morning, Sherri Shepherd...

Slut Machine — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:45:00 EST

On The View this morning, Sherri Shepherd recounted her close call of almost missing the cutoff for registering to vote via absentee ballot for the election in November. (Shepherd resides in New York, but is a California resident.) And apparently this is the first time that Sherri will be voting...ever! Having turned 18 in 1985, the now-41-year-old has missed out on the past five presidential elections because she "never knew the dates or anything." She said it was important to vote in this one, though, because otherwise, she wouldn't have a right to complain on The View about whomever is elected for an entire year. (She probably meant to say "four years.") More »

Will Britney Grovel for America's Forgiveness? Should She?

amparry — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:00:00 EDT

Rumors are flying that Britney Spears might appear on Sunday's Emmy Awards to apologize for her performance at the VMAs. WTF? What does she have to apologize for? She gave a shitty performance, she didn't go on a racist tirade or run over a crowd of schoolchildren. Britney, babe, don't let those assholes convince you to humiliate yourself even more for their ratings pleasure. Go home, take a shower, and play with your kids. [US Weekly]

Don't You Know? Jordan's Breasts Are For Flashing Not Nursing!

amparry — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:30:00 EDT

Breast milk proponents in the UK are calling for a ban on baby formula advertisements after an ad appeared alongside a photo of mammary-enhanced new mom Jordan in a gossip rag. Um, clearly she was just worried about the baby suffocating. [Daily Mail]