Archive for July, 2008
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008We just got an email from Stacie Miller of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and the Legal Leader of the Election Protection Coalition about a silent, but deadly to our democracy, problem:
The volunteers who staff our polling places are honorable citizens performing an important civic duty - but they need proper training. Do they […]
Check Up On It
Monday, July 7th, 2008Things are tough out there - rising food costs, record high gas prices, real estate and housing problems - and with an already traditionally low voter turnout, perhaps the last thing on people’s mind is making sure that all their voter registration ducks are in a row. But this year, not doing so would be […]
Florida in 2008: Still Hot. Still Humid. Still Disenfranchsing voters.
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008Florida, oh, Florida. What are we going to do with you? We’re all afraid that the November 2008 election will be, in the words of baseball great Yogi Berra, “deja vu all over again.” But you, my stately friend, you’re trying to make sure of it, aren’t you?
Seriously, what is it with you and your […]
You Want Us to Vote on That Crap!?! Fuggedaboutit.
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008OK, let’s just say, for arguments sake, that there was no malicious intent behind the myriad of electronic voting machines problems. OK, I know. Stop laughing! I am trying to prove a point here.
Let’s just say the vote flipping problems are caused by “buggy” software created by inept programmers and the malfunctioning printers are because […]