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Monday, June 16th, 2008The Election Assistance Commission gets profiled in USA Today.
Interesting article but the best part is that it serves as a reminder that report after report finds “little evidence of voter impersonation or of felons trying to illegally cast ballots.”
First the Nuns and now the 97-Year-Olds
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Remember the nuns in Indiana that couldn’t vote in the primary because they didn’t have the proper ID according to the new Indiana Voter ID law? Skip over to Arizona for the latest: 97-year-old Shirley Preiss, who has voted in the past 19 presidential elections, is the casualty in the voter ID battle.
Preiss was […]
Fitrakis and Friedman Represent
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008Remember two days ago when Congressman Dennis Kucinich read aloud 35 Articles of Impeachment against President George Bush and included two on election integrity - Article 28 [pdf], which accuses him of “tampering with free and fair elections,” and Article 29, [pdf] which charges him with “conspiracy to violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965? […]
Sex Sells. Tampering with Free and Fair Elections Doesn’t.
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Yesterday, Congressman Dennis Kucinich, in a dramatic display that lasted more than 5 hours, issued 35 Articles of Impeachment against President Bush, including Article 28, which accuses the President of “Tampering with free and fair elections,” and Article 29, which accuses him of “Conspracy to Violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965.” A quick Google […]
Stealing Pennsylvania
Sunday, June 8th, 2008I’m sure he didn’t realize what he was saying. But this morning during a discussion of the McCain campaign strategy ABC News’ George Snuffleupagus* said that the McCain campaign would try and “steal Pennsylvania” from Senator Obama. I’m sure he thought he was being hyperbolic by using the word “steal,” but with a majority of […]
SATURDAY: Uncounted at the National Conference on Media Reform
Friday, June 6th, 2008A National Conference for Media Reform Special Session on Election Integrity has been scheduled for Saturday, June 7, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.
We all know that coverage by the corporate media of the systemic problems plaguing our elections has been woefully inadequate. Let this special session - developed by the perseverance of Ethan Scarl, Linda […]
Now That It’s Over
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008We’ve been told time and time again that the issue of the integrity of the 2008 has taken a backseat to the Democratic primary horse race. "Wait until June," they tell us, "then we’ll cover the stories of missing names in vote reporting software in New Jersey, the failure of ES&S Touch-Screen Voting System in […]
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