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On Tuesday I’ll drive from Chicago up to Sauk City, Wisconsin, to do voter protection, that is, pollwatching while holding a law degree. Wisconsin historically has offered exceptionally inclusive voter access, including in-precinct same-day registration. But one of the many delightful consequences of the Republican takeover of the state is a photo-i.d. law which isn’t [...]
Archive for the ‘Vote Casting and Counting’ Category
July 31st, 2011
Category: Politics and Leadership, Vote Casting and Counting
I’m with Al Hunt: The Americans Elect third party plan is a quixotic way to make the two major political parties hew more closely to the sensible middle. More importantly, it’s completely unecessary. Creating a national third party is a Brobdingnagian task. If one had the millions of motivated moderate voters and millions of dollars [...]
November 1st, 2010
Category: Vote Casting and Counting
I am not a sentimental person. But this poem about voting gets me a little choked up every time.
March 11th, 2009
Category: Vote fraud
Due to registration errors and lost absentee ballots. Another 2-4 million were discouraged by long lines or voter ID requirements.
February 23rd, 2009
Category: Vote fraud
I know Minnesotans don’t do “angry,” but they’re being cheated out of one of their state’s two votes in the Senate. Someone should say something about it.
January 28th, 2009
Category: Vote fraud
Republican accusations of vote fraud in 600 cases in Ohio. Republican special prosecutor checks them out, finds one actual instance of fraud. Yawn.
December 19th, 2008
Category: Vote fraud
I’m all for ragging on Norm Coleman, and I’m grateful that TPM has been doing such a good job of it. And it certainly looks to me from the Strib website that Coleman really did file a bunch of competely meritless ballot challenges (and the Franken folks filed more than a few). But I can’t [...]
October 24th, 2008
Category: Vote fraud
The New Mexico Republican Party is doing it, as part of the “voter fraud” hoax.
October 9th, 2008
Category: Vote fraud
They say they don’t pay by the card, do have strong QA, turn in all registration cards because it’s required by law, and flag questionable cards when they’re turned in. If anyone on the other side has facts to contradict these claims, I’d like to hear them.
