What Happens When You Don't Have The Right To Have Your Vote Counted?

The right to vote is worthless without the right to have that vote counted. Especially in Presidential Elections which involve the Electoral College.

Votes are Supposed to be What it's all About; Not Money

"The right used to talk about 'pulling yourself up by your bootstraps' out of poverty. Think about that metaphor for a second. Imagine someone trying to do that physically -- grabbing straps on their boots and trying to lift themselves. It's an apt metaphor, since it's nearly...

Problems plague new Ohio voting machines

May, 2006. Same problems will be there in November 2006. That's when there's an election. Or something that resembles an election.

Why the spotlight on Ohio?

Who runs Ohio, gets Ohio's electronic voting machines. Who gets Ohio's electronic voting machines, gets Ohio's 20 Electoral Votes. Who gets Ohio's 20 Electoral Votes, gets the White House. Who gets the White House, runs the World.

Ohio again center of political stage - Governor's race drawing spotlight

Old molds are being broken. Moderate Republicans are leery of Blackwell's stringent stances. Liberal Democrats find some of Strickland's positions too conservative.

The count goes on -- Results delayed until Friday

Good. Let's see more slow counts in future elections. Better a slow count and correct than a fast count and wrong.

Ohio Elections 2006, 2008, 2010

Complete directory of Ohio candidates in the current election cycle. Also Ohio political parties, the official Ohio election office and Ohio news sources.

The next Governor of Ohio will either be black or an ordained Methodist Minister

November 7, 2006 -- Republican Blackwell versus Democrat Strickland. Traditional party stereotypes will not make any sense in November. Voters will have to find some other yardstick to judge by.

Cuyahoga County election problems stretch into Wednesday

Better late and correct, than early and wrong. There's nothing bad about taking a few days carefully hand-counting votes. Especially in Presidential Elections.