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<title><![CDATA[Abby Rapoport - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/23258.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Abby Rapoport]]></description><category domain="23258">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[GOP vs. Democracy in North Carolina]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/republicans-vs-democracy-north-carolina</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s hard to overstate the magnitude of the voting bill currently hurtling through the North Carolina legislature. What the Republican-dominated body calls a &ldquo;Voter Protection&rdquo; bill has a laundry list of provisions, almost all of which make voting harder for the general...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Three New Facts About the Tea Party]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/three-new-facts-about-tea-party</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For a movement that&rsquo;s helped to reshape the Republican Party&mdash;and by extension, reshape American politics&mdash;we know shockingly little about the people who make up the Tea Party. While some in the GOP once hoped to co-opt the movement, it&rsquo;s increasingly unclear which...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Guns--Not the Mentally Ill--Kill People]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/guns&#226;&#128;&#148;not-mentally-ill&#226;&#128;&#148;kill-people</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Newtown, Connecticut, shootings, we've had an overdue national conversation about mental illness. But will the solutions be more dangerous than the problem?After a year of violent tragedies that culminated with the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Remember the Provisional Ballot Problem?]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/remember-provisional-ballot-problem</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Login or RegisterDonate        Abby Rapoport  November 20, 2012In Ohio, it hasn't gone away.Ohio has finally begun to tally provisional ballots. This was supposed to be the moment we were all waiting for"&rdquo;back when the presidential election was going to be airtight and everyone was...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Voter ID Requested, But Not Required]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/pennsyvlania-voter-id-now-requested-not-required</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Login or RegisterDonate        Abby Rapoport  October 2, 2012A commonwealth court judge extends the transition period, allowing poll workers to ask voters for identification but not require it.Thanks to a decision today by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson, Pennsylvania's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Have A Lot of Govenors to Protect]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/democrats-have-lot-governors-mansions-protect</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Login or RegisterDonate        Abby Rapoport  September 21, 2012Of the 11 gubernatorial races this November, Republicans are only playing defense in three.Republicans already dominate governor's mansions around the country. Twenty-nine states have GOP governors, thanks largely to 2010,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin Voter ID Fight Goes Down to the Wire]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/voter-id-fight-gets-down-wire-wisconsin</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Login or RegisterDonate        Abby Rapoport  August 24, 2012Even if the controversial law is fast-tracked to the state Supreme Court, election officials will not be ready to implement it fairly before Election Day.We may be months away from Election Day, but in states fighting legal...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voter Rights Lose in Pennsylvania]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/voter-rights-lose-pennsylvania</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This morning, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Judge Robert Simpson denied a request from four voting-rights groups to block the state's voter ID law. Over the phone, Penda Hair, executive director for the Advancement Project, was deflated."It's a very sad day for democracy," she said. ... "To...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Get the Vote Out in a Voter ID World]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/how-get-out-vote-voter-id-world</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Login or RegisterDonate        Abby Rapoport  August 13, 2012Outreach in states with voter ID laws is crucial to make sure all eligible voters can vote, but it's no simple task. Voter ID laws create an unnecessary barrier to voting that disproportionately affects poor and nonwhite...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Romney's Big Lie About Military Voting]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/red-white-and-untrue-romneys-big-lie-about-military-voting</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Login or RegisterDonate        Abby Rapoport  August 8, 2012No, Obama is not trying to restrict military voting in Ohio. If Ferris Bueller taught us anything, it was this: If you're going to lie or mislead, do it in a big, over-the-top kind of way. At least it'll be memorable.It's a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ted Cruz's Deceptive Triumph]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/ted-cruzs-deceptive-triumph</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Login or RegisterDonate        Abby Rapoport  August 1, 2012Yes, it's a new era in Texas politics"&rdquo;but not the one everybody seems to think.Just about every national pundit has the same take on Ted Cruz's victory in Texas's Senate primary: Another Tea Party triumph! It's just like...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Holder's New Fight Against Voter ID]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/eric-holders-new-fight-against-voter-id</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Login or RegisterDonate        Abby Rapoport  July 24, 2012Pennsylvania is now under investigation.Yesterday, Eric Holder opened a new front in his fight to preserve voting rights, as the Department of Justice announced that it would launch an investigation into Pennsylvania's voter ID...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Do We Need a New Voting Rights Act?]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/do-we-need-new-voting-rights-act</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Friday, two counties in Southern states requested that the Supreme Court reconsider a key element of the Voting Rights Act. Both Kinston, North Carolina and Shelby County, Alabama hope the Court will find that Section 5 of the Act&mdash;the one that requires states and counties with a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Case for Election Day Registration]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/wisconsin-recall-conservative-case-election-day-registration</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Login or RegisterDonate        Abby Rapoport  June 11, 2012For years now, Republicans have pushed for more barriers to voting, with the implication that voting access will benefit Democrats. So how did the Republicans win Wisconsin's high-turnout recall?As the nation waited for the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Wisconsin's Not-So-Silver Lining]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/wisconsins-not-so-silver-lining</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Login or RegisterDonate        Abby Rapoport  June 6, 2012It looks like the Democrats may have won a single senate seat last night. But they'll have to win again in November for it to matter.Around 1 a.m. Wednesday night, while most of Wisconsin's recall activists coped with their...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Texas Incumbents Suffer for Not Being Extreme]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/texas-incumbents-suffer-not-being-extreme-enough</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Can Democrats Rally in Wisconsin?]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/how-walker-loses-wisconsin</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin recall effort may look like a lost cause for the Democrats and union activists who hope to see Governor Scott Walker voted out in a couple weeks. Over at the Washington Post, Jenifer Rubin offered a piece titled "Democrats are dreading a Wisconsin wipeout." InTrade, the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Need Not Fear Tax Hikes]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/dont-fear-t-word</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You don&rsquo;t have to be a genius to know the basics of running for office: Look sharp, love America, take in big money, and&mdash;most important&mdash;promise you won&rsquo;t raise taxes. Thanks to Grover Norquist and his band of anti-tax crusaders, raising taxes has come to seem akin...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gay Marriage Moving Forward Around the Country]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/gay-marriage-moving-forward-around-country</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's not just Washington state. Maryland, Maine and New Jersey are also home to new initiatives for gay marriage.It's been a good week for gay-rights advocates. Washington state gained the crucial 25th vote needed to pass same-sex marriage. The news prompted headlines around the country,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Let the Wisconsin Recall Battle Begin]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/article/one-million-strong</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When I reached United Wisconsin spokesman Erik Kirkstein by phone this afternoon, he was already breathless and having trouble coming up with the neat soundbites PR people are supposed to have on hand. He was clearly ready to celebrate."I guess you've heard; it's already been leaked," he...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Here Comes Trouble: A Perry Primer]]></title>
							<link>http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=here_comes_trouble</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Abby Rapoport</author>
							<description><![CDATA[If Texas Governor Rick Perry didn't get you intrigued when he announced his candidacy for president on Saturday -- well, you'd best brace yourself for a long primary season. You won't be able to ignore him for long. His speech at the RedState Gathering in Charleston was vintage Perry,...]]></description>
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