Islamists say they have a majority in early voting in Egypt; a Bahraini blogger stands up to riot police; and why the Grammys are still relevant.

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Florida Sets Early Presidential Primary

An attack on the right to vote is underway across the country through laws designed to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. If this were happening in an emerging democracy, we’d condemn it as election-rigging. But it’s happening here, so there’s barely a whimper. The laws are being passed in the name of preventing “voter fraud.” But study after study has shown that fraud by voters is not a major problem — and is less of a problem than how hard many states make it for people to vote in the first place. Some of the new laws, notably those limiting the number of days for early voting, have little plausible connection to battling fraud. Read full article > >

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How states are rigging the 2012 election

Is it too little too late? With early voting under way in many states, President Obama concluded a multistate tour Saturday in a last ditch effort to temper Republican momentum and urge voters to vote for Democrats in the midterm elections. “Two years…

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Obama’s Last-Ditch Efforts

Democrats are doing better in early voting than you might expect: In fact, more Democrats have cast ballots than Republicans in several states, including Iowa, Maryland, North Carolina, Louisiana, and Nevada’s Clark County, which is home to two-thirds…

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Early Voting Offers Dems Hope