Any chance California goes from blue to red?

Here's some interesting speculation from the blogosphere of California.Things often are not what they seem, and complacency is a killer."The polls have shown California to be Obama country for months. And the pundits are still predicting a sea of blue. But there has been a...

Absentee voting allows everyone to participate

SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - The 2008 presidential campaign has entered the home stretch as Election Day quickly approaches. Soldiers and family members eligible to vote are being encouraged by the Army to take...

Military Ballots Being Rejected in Virginia

"Fairfax County Registrar Rokey Suleman is disqualifying an overwhelming majority of the military federal write-in absentee ballots received in his county on the basis that no address had been given for those...

Citizens' Election Verification Poll (EVP)

Election Defense Alliance is calling for people to help exit poll the US 2008 election. By standing outside a polling place and inviting people to fill out a short form, you can help make sure this election accurately reflects the People's will. I'll be working from 6 am to...

13 Million Voters Purged -- and Counting!

Jamess at DKos posts a collection of links and snips related to recent news coverage of massive impending voter disenfranchisement. Marking Opinion just on GP; straight coverage and opeds."13 Million Voters Purged -- and Counting! by jamess Sat Oct 18, 2008 at 02:35:03 PM PDT"

RFK, Jr./Palast/Rollingtone: [The Election Is] Already Stolen

Investigative report by RFK, Jr. and Greg Palast just published in Rolling Stone magazine describes various GOP dirty tricks that have been setting the stage for massive 08 Dem disenfranchisement; caging, purging, blocking, challenging; this doesn't even get into the fact...

Mentally challenged man says Aide Voted for Obama against his Will

"ALBANY, GA (WALB) - There are allegations of voter fraud, as a Dougherty County family claims the vote of a mentally challenged relative was stolen. They say the adult day rehab program where Jack Justice...

Canadian Election: I Voted!

Election day in Canada: I rolled up at the local school as the polling place was just opening. The volunteers were not yet finished taping up the "vote here" signs, and impatient voters were pooling by the...

N.Y. mixup: 'Barack Osama' on ballot

I seriously doubt the "typo error" spin on this.   Looking at my keyboard, the letters "S" and "B" are nowhere near each other.   If you're typing with your hands on the "home row", you would...

Reflections on an Election [Ballot Access and Wall Street Contributions]

On the night of October 7, 2008; the whole world will be watching the second Presidential Debates between John Mc Cain and Barack Obama. The debate will be live from Nashville, Tennessee and I could care less. The...

Brazil poll result mixed for Lula

" Brazil's local elections have brought mixed results for President Luiz Ignacio da Silva's Workers' Party. Almost 130 million Brazilian voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect mayors and councillors. ...

How to Vote in Ohio 2008

2008-09-30:"Some Ohio citizens may find it easier to vote this election thanks to recent rulings that blocked two Republican tries at vote suppression. In one case, Republicans challenged same day registration...

Massachusetts Looks to Turn Over New Leaf on Pot

"Massachusetts Looks to Turn Over New Leaf on Pot August 14, 2008 O’Ryan Johnson Boston Herald An overwhelming number...

Ohio Voters Head to the Polls

A vote in Ohio is going ahead today amid a controversy over the voting procedures in the state. "With the credit crisis roiling Washington, Wall Street and the presidential campaign, voters in the key battleground state of Ohio cast their first ballots amid a controversy over...

Will Florida be the deciding state for Election 2008

"And eight years after Florida's recount drama, a new election debacle in Palm Beach County, home of the infamous "butterfly ballot," as well as new voting laws and untested voting machines, suggest the Sunshine...
 

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