Monthly Archives: July 2012
“Merced County voting restrictions should be lifted, feds say”
McClatchy reports. And here’s the press release from the “Bailout King,” Gerry Hebert.
Be Careful If You Sign Up for Romney Mobile App
CNN reports that if you want to be among the first to find out about Mitt Romney’s Vice Presidential pick, you should sign up for his mobile app.
I signed up for the Obama text message to find out about… Continue reading
“Tea party retools as network of field operatives, keeps pushing GOP rightward”
Interesting WaPo report.
“Republicans Outraising Democratic Rivals in House Races”
Bloomberg reports.
“The Only Way to Fix Campaign-Finance Regulation Is to Destroy It”
Ron Faucheux has written this piece for the Atlantic Online.
Allegations of Phony Vouchers for Election-Related “Street Money” in Trial of PA State Supreme Court Justice
Strong allegations:
Ms. Sasinoski referred back to an incident just before the 2003 general election when she claimed that Janine Orie, the judge’s sister and office manager, asked her to copy receipts and vouchers of her travels with the… Continue reading
“Racial and ethnic proportions of early in-person voters in Cuyahoga County, General Election 2008, and implications for 2012”
NE Ohio Voter Advocates has issued this report. Here is the summary:
Data from the Cuyahoga BOE giving addresses and voting times of all voters in the 2008 General Election were used to reconstruct racial voting patterns amongst early… Continue reading
“Election law ‘literally an ass’: Key”
Despite this headline on MSN New Zealand, it does not appear, alas, that election law is literally an ass.
“How corporate PACs deal with bad PR”
A Politico primer.
“Lawsuit challenges Ohio provisional ballot rules”
Reuters reports.
“Fla. elections official steps down before primary”
Hmmm.
UPDATE: See this updated story, which includes the following:
But Salas was also deeply involved in the effort by the state to identify non-U.S. citizens on the voter rolls….
Salas spent 26 years working for Miami-Dade County, including… Continue reading
“Occupy Wall Street Politics & Electoral Reform Working Group Releases Report on First Voting Experiment Survey Sample, Prepares for Election Day Alternative Voting Study”
See this press release.
Surprise: Republicans Fundraising Off Voter Fraud Allegations
Last week I had a blog post entitled Democrats Fundraising Off Voting Wars in PA Voter ID Suit, which began:
Christian Adams reports.
One of the main claims I make regarding voter i.d. in The Voting Wars is… Continue reading