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Have you wondered why you are being issued new voter ID cards despite you having the old ones? Any guesses? Well the reason is that government has lost all the data regarding the old voter ID cards and this is their way of data recovery.

I learned something very disturbing today at Healthcare United. Did you know that one in four health care workers is NOT registered to vote?!There are over 10 million health care workers in the U.S. Twenty five percent of them are not registered to vote. That's 2.5 million potential votes!!! The shortage of nurses and physicians is not going to be fully addressed until we elect a President and a C

There are 304 million Americans, and each one of them has been to Starbucks® 3 times in the last 40 minutes. On the other end of the popularity spectrum, less than 50% of eligible Americans® have registered to vote in the upcoming presidential elections. To make matters worse, 20% of those who did register are planning on not voting TWICE this November. As concerned American citizens who love d

The recent relevation that Gordon Brown likes a good chinwag with voters who have written to him is heartwarming but puzzling.Firstly, how does he find the time to do this? I'm always busy and (in case you haven't realised) I'm not running the country. I can't imagine ringing random people just for a chat, I'm busy enough with interviewees and friends.After a long day involving Prime Ministers' Qu

I was only slightly amused to read headlines late yesterday afternoon noting that “both sides claimed victory” in the voter suppression lawsuit that was set to go to trial in Marshall yesterday. (Capitol Annex almost drover over to Marshall to liveblog the trial, in fact). The fact is that the victory belonged to Democrats–and Texas voters–not the Texas Attorney General. Th

Gas Station TV is offering $10,000 to one voter in the “Wanna Be a BroadcaSTAR” competition. The will continue through June 30 at the BroadcaSTAR homepage. Fans may view the finalist videos and cast their vote once per day for the most talented individual competing in the BroadcaSTAR contest. Every initial and [...]

It's late in the day but the Conservatives have been forced to admit that secret voting data has inadvertently been released! Around 8,000 records were sent to Manx Radio of all places (see here). The Labour party have been held to account over the last couple of years as a series of high-profile data disappearances caused them embarrassment and ordinary people great concern. So with the final hou

AH yes, of course it would make it harder for the Democrats to vote in more than one precinct, or tohave the dead and dogs voting. Anyone in their right mind should not be against someone showng an ID to...

YouTube and C-SPAN have partnered to launch a nationwide online and television broadcast initiative. The videocentric program allows voters the opportunity to voice their views on the issues most important to them in the 2008 election. The "YouTube Voter Video on C-SPAN" initiative is an Internet/cable broadcast collaboration centered around the upcoming Pennsylvania primary that encourages

It is nice to see that there is at least one daily newspaper in Texas that has the right idea on Voter ID: With proposed voter identification bills, they say their overriding concern is ballot security, and they say it’s a serious problem. They talk of illegal aliens voting and voter fraud undermining democracy. In the last Legislature session, those pushing a voter ID bill were asked for evidence of a crisis. They couldn’t produce it. […] Republicans promoting this say the state could provide photo IDs for voters without drivers’ licenses. Of course it could. But some people — namely the oldest and poorest Texans — would be unreachable, out of the loop and facing obstacles as they exercise their right to vote. Texas has no compelling reason to pass a voter ID law. The l

The AP is an unbiased reporting agency (heh):About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by a fellow bride of Christ because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph. Sister Julie McGuire said she was forced to turn away her fellow sisters at Saint Mary's Convent in South Bend, across the street from the University of Notre Dame, because they had been told earlier that they would need such an ID to vote. The nuns, all in their 80s or 90s, didn't get one but came to the precinct anyway. "One came down this morning, and she was 98, and she said, 'I don't want to go do that,'" Sister McGuire said. Some showed up with outdated passports. None of them drives. They weren't given provisional ballots because it would be impossible to get the

The AP is an unbiased reporting agency (heh):About 12 Indiana nuns were turned away Tuesday from a polling place by a fellow bride of Christ because they didn't have state or federal identification bearing a photograph. Sister Julie McGuire said she was forced to turn away her fellow sisters at Saint Mary's Convent in South Bend, across the street from the University of Notre Dame, because they h

One of the worst editorials we’ve seen lauding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Crawford case relating to Voter Identification comes from none other than the Texarkana Sun, in far North East Texas. Check out some of what the Sun had to say earlier this week: It’s just common sense. But don’t try to tell that to some people. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court wisely ruled states can require photo identification before allowing someone to vote. The justices voted 6-3 to uphold an Indiana law requiring proof of identity from voters. The decision also impacts about 25 states across the U.S. that have such laws. It is likely more states will pass the requirement now that the Constitutional issue has been settled. For most of us, the idea of showing photo identif

Okay, folks tis the season to register to vote if you've not already done so.There will be a voter registration drive tomorrow in front of the Starbucks in Itaewon. Now, there are two Starbucks in that area. The drive will be at the one near the police station and Itaewon Station. It's just across from the Hamilton Hotel and next to the KB bank. VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE In front of STARBUCKS, ITAEWON (near fire station) SAT., May 3, 2008 11:00am-5:00pm For more information, contact Wende 010 2893 3653 votekorea@gmail.com

On Monday, in Crawford v. Marion County Election Board, the Supreme Court upheld the Indiana law requiring voters to have a government issued photo identification card in order to vote. Suit was brought by opponents of the law who claimed that the requirement to have a photo identification card created a substantial barrier for [...]

Who's behind the mysterious "robo-calls" that have spread misleading voter information and sown confusion and frustration among North Carolina residents over the last week? Women's Voices Women Vote. board member John Podesta, former Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton, donated $2,300 to HRC. Another contributed $2,500 to Clinton's HILLPAC.read more | digg story

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in the Indiana Voter ID case. And they ruled against corruption and fraud in elections. Hopefully we can get a Voter ID bill here in the Democratic Republic of Chicago and finally get...

It should surprise no one that the Texas House’s own Axis of IDiocy–Reps. Betty Brown (R-Terrell), Leo Berman (R-Tyler), Dwayne Bohac (R-Houston) and Debbie Riddle (R-Tomball) are praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Crawford case, upholding Indiana’s voter ID law. From the Axis of IDiocy’s joint press release: State Representatives Betty Brown, Leo Berman, Dwayne Bohac and Debbie Riddle said today that they were pleased with the court’s decision and hoped that it would bolster support for similar legislation which passed the Texas House but failed in the Senate. “We would again like to reaffirm our support for legislation that passed through the Texas House of Representatives that would have strengthened voter confidence and helped gu

It looks like millions of angry voters opposed to the current housing bailout plans are having an impact. According to the LA Times: WASHINGTON — Nine months into the worst housing crisis in a generation, Congress this week took up the most aggressive government plan so far to break spiraling home foreclosures and tumbling house prices [...]

There have been many combinations of family electoral success in the UK. In the House of Commons we have husband and wife (Nicholas and Ann Winterton), brothers (David and Ed Miliband), sisters (Angela and Maria Eagle), and many more examples. In local council chambers, many husband and wife teams exist. However, what none of them have ever done is stand against each other in the same seat!Wigan is going to be different this year. Tory councillor Richard Clayton is being challenged by his son, Richard Clayton Jnr, over his matrimonial behaviour. In this election Junior is standing as an Independent. He admits he is "partially" battling his dad as a protest against his father's conduct and says he is concerned about Coun Clayton's refusal to heed earlier pleas to stand down because of it. W

A new report Thursday reveals that Secretary of Veterans affairs James Peake told two Democratic senators his department will not help injured veterans register to vote before the 2008 election. What this means is that many injured veterans still in VA hospitals will effectively lose their right to vote.read more | digg story

Già immagino i vostri volti scandalizzati: “Ma come, il Teatrino si permette di fare propaganda politica”? No, non preoccupatevi, non potrei mai farlo, data la mia scarsa propensione a questo genere di faccende. Però, permettetemi di dirlo, ho percepito in questi giorni un tale livello di squallore in tutti i politici in gioco, che ho maturato la certezza che [...]

[X-posted from Texas Kaos] We all know that voter intimidation is a reality when it comes to political machines and the Rio Grande Valley.Tactics currently being used in Laredo, however, seem to have stooped to new lows. Via Pro8News (note: this is a cached page; we’re waiting on the video): Tonight we bring you footage rarely seen where some supporters vying for the elderly vote are caught red handed.[…] The man behind the camera is Rene Cervantes, a private investigator who got a tip that this was happening in a senior community. (CERVANTES) “So when I went they took some video and I was outside the facilities. There were two candidate assistants or helpers that were talking to the elderly people.” (REPORTER) Rene Cervantes asked Jose Gonzales if they’re t

Pare che il 90% delle celebrità hollywoodiane vagamente interessate alle prossime elezioni voterà per Barack Obama, ma abbiamo trovato anche qualcuno che supporta Hillary Clinton. Si tratta di America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), che Sabato è volata in Pennsylvania dove ha partecipato al seminario “Rompendo le barriere: donne in politica” in supporto della candidata democratica. Condividi (Fonte: www.thegossipers.com) Tags: Sport, [...]

I’ve been more invested and interested in politics during this election than I have every been. Maybe it is because I’m a bit older, or maybe it is more interesting. Dac and I often talk about what we want in a candidate (and eventually President) and we revisit who we support more each [...]

Mobile Voter is making it easy for people with mobile phones and time on their hands to volunteer: In 2008, we’re going boldly into the future of volunteerism! Have you ever spent 20 minutes waiting for your train with nothing to do? Or unexpectedly had the afternoon off? Have you also wished that you could give back to your community without

Flaw exposes sensitive user data Pennsylvania officials pulled the plug on a voter registration website after a user posted online instructions that showed the site was exposing sensitive information about people who used the service.… Read more…

Remember back in 2006 and 2007 when Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott was crowing about a bunch of “voter fraud” indictments in Hidalgo and Starr Counties? It appears, now that the majority of those cases have been dismissed, that the AG has little or nothing to crow about: Criminal charges against two politiqueras accused of tampering with ballots in the 2005 McAllen mayoral election were dropped Tuesday, the same day their case was scheduled to go to trial. Hidalgo County Court-at-law Judge Jaime Palacios dismissed the case against Maria Helena Belasquez and Alicia Liscano Molina at the request of prosecutors who did not feel they had enough evidence to convince a jury of wrongdoing. The decision comes five days after a similar case was dismissed against another politiquera,

"Pop the champagne, cue the music, let's party! McCain has wrapped up the Republican nomination.""Champagne? For McCain, are you kidding?""How bout some Cold Duck, would that suffice?""Why are you in the mood to celebrate?""I thought we should, after all, McCain's our man!""McCain's our man, true, tell me one thing McCain's said this election that you can recall?""Umm, I can't remember anything McCain has said.""Have you felt "inspired" by anything McCain has said?""Ah, actually nothing I can recall.""So let me get this straight, you want to celebrate the nomination of a guy whom you say does nothing to inspire you and you can't remember a single thing he's said the whole election?"True.""Then why did you want to celebrate?""Because all the fun and excitement is over on the Democrat's sid

All the sources in this blog post (which are in black-coloured fonts) are taken from this Wikipedia article. Abortion and contraception Obama stated his abortion position as: "Abortions should be legally available in accordance with Roe v. Wade.". [He also consistently voted] in favour of legalized abortion, family planning services, and having female contraceptives covered by health insurance. Atsuyama’s comment: How unfortunate, I have to disagree on this one. As a Catholic, I’ve never seen abortion as a concept that should be legalised, ever. It’s indeed clear enough that foetuses are living humans, and not pre-humans,. However, as a liberal, I see contraception as something that should be left as a free choice. Environment Obama has taken the stance that global warming is

If you have never cast your vote in past general elections, you might wish to know how is the voting process working. You can obtain basic understanding about the polling process from the following materials:1) For English version, please surf the Web page listed as the following:-do-you-vote-picture-guide-for-first-timers/2) For Chinese version, please click to download the following image file:

If I came up to you and offered you to pick between the following two choices, which would you take?Option #1 - I will give you a million dollars cash right now, on the spot, no strings attached.Option #2 - I will give you a penny today, which you can bring back to me tomorrow to trade me for two pennies (double). The next day you could bring me the two pennies, at which time I would give you four. This doubling would continue for 31 days. For example, this is what the first 10 days would look like.Day 1 - 1 centDay 2 - 2 centsDay 3 - 4 centsDay 4 - 8 centsDay 5 - 16 centsDay 6 - 32 centsDay 7 - 64 centsDay 8 - 1.28 dollarsDay 9 - 2.56 dollarsDay10- 5.12 dollarsContinued for another 21 daysYou may have seen something like this before, but it is not surprising that many people would take

This from the AP:The faltering economy has caught the Iraq war as people's top worry, a national poll suggests, with the rapid turnabout already showing up on the presidential campaign trail and in maneuvering between President Bush and Congress.Twenty percent named the economy as the foremost problem in an Associated Press-Ipsos poll released Friday, virtually tying the 21 percent who cited the war. In October, the last time the survey posed the open-ended question about the country's top issue, the war came out on top by a 2-1 majority.About equal proportions of Republicans, Democrats and independents in the new poll said the economy was their major worry, suggesting the issue looms as a potent one in both parties' presidential contests. It was also cited evenly across all levels of inco

My story is about a travel adventure. I'm going with my mom. I want to visit some place that has an aquarium.I'm going to find a destination that has a waterfront at TravelVoter.com. There's always an aquarium at the waterfronts.On Travel Voter, I can find a hotel and a vacation package to start my adventure.

In Crawford v. Marion County Board of Elections, the landmark Voter ID case presently before the U.S. Supreme Court, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has taken the lead for the right wing and, along with eight other state attorneys general, filed a brief in support of an Indiana Voter ID law. The problem is that the brief [.pdf], written by Abbott and his staff at the AG’s office is riddled with errors and outright lies. You have to look no further than page four to find both the first major error and the first major lie of the brief: Petitioners' claim that voting fraud is largely chimerical is belied by the facts. For example, for decades, the State of Texas has grappled with the challenges of voting fraud. Lyndon B. Johnson's 1946 Senate campaign is only the most infamous instance, but serious allegations of voter fraud have persisted, especially in South Texas, for more than a century. Can you spot the error? That’s right! The “Ballot Box 13″ affair ha

Developing . . .Complaints and protests are coming from hoards of Democratic voters in Iowa who recently cast their votes for the presidential primary election. The chief complaint seems to be (yep, you guessed it) a confusing and "tricky" ballot.Apparently Democrats, by the hundreds, accidentally voted for write-in candidates . . .

By now, you’ve no doubt heard about the massive delay in processing citizenship and naturalization papers across the country. Of course, Texas’ processing center has one of the worst backlogs. And, as it turns out, this will keep potential voters from the polls here in the Lone Star State: Gonzalez ordered his staff to give priority to naturalizations, but some applicants will miss voting in primaries, which begin in January. Yet another way to keep likely Democratic voters away from the polls.

Washington, DC—Early voting measures are touted by election reform advocates as a principal way of increasing voter turnout, but a new empirical study by political scientists concludes that most early voting options have a negligible or even negative impact on turnout.The research, conducted by Paul Gronke, Eva Galanes-Rosenbaum, and Peter A. Miller (all of Reed College), is entitled “Early Voting and Turnout” and appears in an election reform symposium in the October issue of PS: Political Science & Politics, a journal of the American Political Science Association. The full symposium is available online at Symposium: The Future of Election Reform in the States.Early voting describes any system where election rules and procedure are relaxed to allow voters to cast their ballot prior to the official Election Day. By the late 1990s twenty U.S. states had at least one type of early voting on the books. The aftermath of the 2000 presidential elections and passage of the 2002 Help

Reports are now coming in from the Values Voter Summit this weekend, and it appears that we have some winners (Romney and Huckabee) and losers (Giuliani and Thompson) in the contest to pander to the fundy crowd.It sounds like Mitt Romney excelled at telling Christian extremist voters exactly what they wanted to hear, well except for the whole Mormon thing which he still considers to be a non-issue. Romney won the straw poll, with Huckabee, often considered to be a favorite among Christian fundamentalists, placing second. This is an impressive win for Romney, as Huckabee is sounding more and more like the sort of theocrat these folks are seeking:He called for a constitutional amendment declaring marriage to be between a man and a woman and decried the "holocaust of liberalized abortion.""We do not have the right to move the standards of God to meet cultural norms. We need to move the cultural norms to meet God's standards," he said, bringing the crowd to its feet.Fred Thompson, on the

Christian extremists are now threatening Republican presidential candidates with the formation of a third party if the Republicans fail to get in line. Rev. Barry Lynn, director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State described the Values Voter Summit as, "the biggest collection of theocrats in one room since the Salem Witch Trials." An apt description if there ever was one.According to Americans United, Christian extremist groups are gathering in Washington D.C. this weekend to pressure Republican presidential hopefuls into conforming to their religiously-based political agenda. All major GOP candidates are expected to attend the Values Voter Summit.According to Lynn,Their goal is simple: to consolidate their power within the GOP and elect a president who is in their pocket. They want to ramp up their efforts to run everyone else’s lives according to a narrow and rather hateful definition of Christianity.To pressure the Republican candidates, these extremists are thre

Former AR Governor Enjoys 5:1 Victory over GOP Rival in On-site Contest LITTLE ROCK, AR – Former AR Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee proved today that he is “favorite son of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

****UPDATE BELOW****I read a recent post at The Soccer Mom Vote that I admit got my blood pumping. The title was "Values? Really?" so I was prepared for a beating up on conservative voters. The gist of the piece was that this person thinks:religion has no place in the political debatereligiosity does not mean the person has morality, or always does the right thing. (which I agree with) conservative religious voters are hypocrites, because we don't think government programs are the best vehicle to help the poor and downtrodden. This was my comment on that post:Politicians always inject their beliefs into policy decisions. Otherwise they wouldn't truly believe them. Even if those beliefs are atheistic, Muslim, what have you. So don't be singling out the Christians as somehow being unworthy to run for office simply because they admit they are guided by their values.Every politician, as well as every voter, has values. They are always guided by these values. We disagree on which v

Here we are in the final stretch of V-day, its been an exciting event with hourly updates on the campaign blog and some awesome post's from the Huckabee bloggers who are taking part in this event. ... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Here is a link to an extended version of that video we've all seen of that 21 year old kid, Andrew Meyer, from the University of Florida being tased at a school assembly while trying to question John Kerry.The clip of the actual tasing has been on the news over and over again, but it's very different when you see the incident in full. There's so many disturbing things about this. Here' s just a few:Andrew didn't push his way up to the front to ask these questions, like the crazy person the media has made him out to be. He waited his turn and was given the mike.He was holding up and asking questions about Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast. I've read this book and within in it we find out that millions of voters were caged by the Republicans. I assumed that nothing was being done because our representatives didn't know about it. However, John Kerry clearly says he read the book. How could he have read that book, and 3 years later still have done nothing about it? More importantly, why

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Official Press Release MIKE HUCKABEE TRIUMPHS AT VALUES VOTER DEBATE Former Arkansas Governor Wins with 63% of Vote Little Rock , AR – Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was the clear winner of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Congratulations to Gov. Huckabee, he WON the Values Voter Debate straw poll: Here are the official results of the straw poll conducted before and then immediately after the Values Voter debate. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Tonight at 7:30 PM Eastern is the Values Voter Debate in Florida. Absent from this debate will be fout of the five top-tier candidates: Mitt, Rudy, McCain, and Fred (or "Rudy McRomneyson" for short). You can watch the debate here Don't miss it!

I finally got my new blog up and running!  It’s called the Swing Voter and I will doing all of my writing on there from now on.  It is a dedicated moderate/independent blog serving up politics, news, and opinion.  So far I have only had time to transfer some of my favorite articles from here [...] For the whole article, visit me at collegecritic.net!

Bill Online Easily, Fast & Free with PayPal. No Software Needed. Sign Up Now! If you want to vote in the upcoming September 18 primary election, you only have a few days left to register or re-register, if necessary. Voter registrations must be postmarked no later than August 24 or delivered in person to your County Board of Elections no later than August 24. You can download the voter registration form from this link and also find the address of your local board. If you are a Ron Paul supporter, and need to re-register, or register as a Republican, to vote for him in the 2008 Presidential Primary, now is a good time to do it so you don’t forget. If you are not familiar with Ron Paul, check out his website.  You will find a straight talking candidate who doesn’t pander to any special interests. Technorati tags: New York State, Board of Elections, Erie County, voter registration, Republican, Ron Paul, President, 2008 Sponsored By: Images by Mike in WNY Unique and Ori

A voter is giving Barack Obama some heartfelt advice, that to me makes a lot of sense, and not only blows off the voter but seems to go out of his way immediately afterwards to do the exact opposite. The voter is Maggie North of Claremont, NH and the advice she gave Obama was basically to take the high road. She said getting involved in spats with the other candidates would only hurt him. His response was that it was just part of the process and likened it to collegiate “hazing”. And this was, of course, jumped on immediately as proof of his immature character and unfitness to lead. Obviously in a Presidential campaign the candidate will get advice form every corner and then pummeled for not taking said advice. I’d hate to suggest that anyone should become “more of a politician” so lets just say he should be a bit more circumspect about his answers. Not that it really matters as Hillary already has the nod from the Democrats as long as she does not do something stupid between now

So the MSM has been really quiet today regarding this morning’s testimony by Paul McNulty, the Deputy Attorney General of the United States. Many “journalists” are saying that nothing important was learned.How wrong they are.This morning we had it confirmed that Paul McNulty, the Deputy Attorney General, was given a report on February 6th, 2007 that said black voters were caged and their votes were not counted in the 2004 election. We learned that even though he had the information, the Deputy Attorney General decided to do absolutely nothing about it. In fact, he allowed Tim Griffin, the man accused of the caging, to remain the interim US Attorney in Arkansas until he resigned effective June 1st, 2007. Griffin’s resignation was triggered when John Conyers, of the House Judiciary Committee, picked up the caging lists from Greg Palast, the reporter that exposed Griffin’s caging extravaganza.Had it not been for John Conyers of the House of Representatives, Tim Griffin would sti

The Maryland Democratic Party seeks a Voter File, Early Regional Field Coordinator. This position reports to the Executive Director. Job Description: The Voter File - Early Regional Field Coordinator is the State Party’s liaison to central committees, campaigns and other organizations for their voter file needs. In addition, they will maintain the Party’s website under the leadership of the Communications Director. The coordinator will also work with counties: Howard, Anne Arundel, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City in the area to develop and implement a field program. This position reports to the Executive Director and the Communications Director. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: (more…)

So we have more politicizing of the Department of Justice by the Bush White House. I wonder if we have ever had a “mutiny” of sorts by the GOP against a sitting President? He seems to be doing his damnedest to take the party down with him. President Bush’s job performance numbers are in the 20’s which is the lowest any President has had in a generation. It’s even lower than Richard Nixon’s numbers when he resigned. Rick Hasen, a professor at Loyola Law School who runs an election law blog, said that "there's no question that Karl Rove and other political operatives" urged Justice officials to apply pressure on U.S. attorneys to pursue voter-fraud allegations in parts of the country that were critical to the GOP.In this case it would seem that the fired attorneys weren’t prosecuting enough cases of voter fraud against Democrats in particular. Not that I feel a lot of sympathy for them as any time one of their candidates wins it’s “the will of the people” and when on

By JOAN LOWY, Associated Press Writer Wed Apr 11, 1:06 PM ET WASHINGTON - Television and film producer Norman Lear has joined forces with some of the Internet’s most popular sites to encourage 18-year-olds to register and vote in the 2008 presidential campaign. Although Lear has long been associated with Democratic politics, the Declare Yourself outreach campaign [...]

On Tuesday, the White House revealed that President Bush had met with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales back in October to discuss the lackluster performance of U.S. attorneys on voter-fraud cases. The Department of Justice fired seven prosecutors on Dec. 7. What's so important about voter fraud? [more ...] Blog Search Links: Blogdigger Bloglines Blogpulse Feedster Icerocket Technorati

Let me start off with a simple concept. One person, one vote is the back bone of our democracy. Always has been and should remain so. So why all of a sudden are people like the Star and Tribune editorial staff wanting to change it? Well behind the thinly veiled attempts to show that elections decided by a plurality are inherently unfair; the real reason is that Mike Hatch lost to Tim Pawlenty and many Democrats want to displace the blame for the result onto third party candidates. They also want to stack the deck in the future so that third parties do not have the sort of influence that they currently have. Let's first start out with the idea that you need to gain a majority of the votes to declare a legitimate victory. This is simply not true. Many Democratic governments are run by multiple parties, where a majority victory is rare and where multiple parties must work together to gain consensus. If we have a flaw in our own system it is likely the lack of consensus building and th

Now we know ... they're designed to suppress the vote of Republicans, and in particular the votes of elected Republican officials. Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) "found out just how serious elections officials are about the new voter ID law when he showed up to vote at his polling place," reports the Cincinnati Enquirer. "Even though" the poll workers knew "perfectly well" who he was, Chabot was turned away from the polls when it was deemed he did not have proper ID. Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) also had problems voting, reports Think Progress. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) was also turned away from the polls because of improper ID, WLTX-TV reports. Taegan Goddard has the links to the individual stories.

Election Day had barely begun when complaints started pouring in about problems with the new and improved electronic voting systems in a number of states. But rather than admit that the electronic voting scheme is fraught with problems, this time the talking heads are blaming poll workers. Let’s see…in 2000 it was Floridians who were incapable of punching their ballots correctly (even though they’d been successful for decades). In 2004 it was the people in Ohio who couldn’t seem to get it right. Both times, problems with voting favored the Republicans. This year, the blame is going to poll workers. Will the Republicans again capitalize in a system seriously gone awry? And if they do, how much more of these shenanigans are we going to put up with? elections, voting, electronic+voting+machines Tags: elections, voting, electronic+voting+machines Click these buttons to share this story:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and d

Today is election day, and if you're anything like me (let's hope not) you'll be whistling over your morning breakfast at the thought of taking part in the wonderful democratic practice. Election day is my Superbowl Sunday. Every second Tuesday in November I'm like a baby in a titty bar. And if you think about it, it's a lot like legalized gambling. Only you can't win money… just good policies. And you can't really lose anything that you haven't already lost. At least not immediately. I mean other than your soul... but who needs a soul?Our very own Journalistic Error had a "Voter Guide" enclosed this week, assuring that those of us too stupid to make up out own minds could still take part in the democratic process. Because I know that a lot of people are guilted into voting, I'm here to offer my help as well. Here are some things to keep in mind when you cast your ballots today. And because this is a satirical publication, some of the following will fly in the f

Today, GWB is in Montana flogging his agenda and suggesting Democrats are bad for America. I don’t know about you, but there doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of uniting going on by the supposed and self proclaimed “uniter, not a divider.” The W, Rove and Co must really think that the average American Voter is downright stupid. Otherwise, why would they feel the need to break down the very complex geopolitical climate and substantially challenging issues that he and his party have created (e.g. Iraq) in to two very straight forward concerns that are followed up by the usual dualistic rhetorical prop where one side is always wrong and their’s is the only “right” way? Is any one else offended by how stupid they must think we are? There’s a lot of big issues facing the voters around the country. The two biggest issues are these: Which party is going to keep your taxes low and keep this economy growing; and which party is going to take

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