Tag: election
group name: electionreform
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October 13, 2006 10:26 PM EDT --
We have won nothing yet
That election catch is not in the net
The cause for celebration now is fiction
If they control electronic voting addition
Every free loving man and woman here
Needs to vote their . . . more
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April 30, 2006 02:01 PM EDT --
(This haiku is dedicated to Alan Dechert and Open Voting Consortium .)
I just want to know
how our votes will be counted.
Open Voting NOW!
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April 17, 2006 10:59 AM EDT --
Here in California, where Arnold suspiciously won the state house (despite offending women (he molested hundreds), Jews (his dad was in the Nazi S.A.) and Latinos (speaking against the right of illegials . . . more
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October 11, 2006 10:45 PM EDT --
Hopefully the Democrat Party will be successful this election cycle. In order to not look like more of the same, the Democrat Party needs to take an aggressive role addressing many of the issues . . . more
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April 04, 2006 12:53 PM EDT --
[ This is a slightly modified version of an article I wrote for Blue Mass Group ]
As Andy noted on his blog last week, the 21st Century Democrats endorsed John Bonifaz for Secretary of the Commonwealth . . . more
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June 26, 2006 03:30 PM EDT --
Behold the list of potential candidates for the 2008 democratic presidential primary:
Evan Bayh
Joe Biden
Hillary Clinton
Tom Dashle
Wes Clark
Chris Dodd
John Edwards
Russ Feingold
Al Gore . . . more
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April 13, 2006 07:43 PM EDT --
A furor seems to have erupted recently among verified voting activists about HR 550, a bill that seeks to improve our voting laws by requiring a paper trail and audits. The key protagonists:
Rush Holt, . . . more
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April 19, 2006 02:51 PM EDT --
When I joined Gather, I swore up and down that I would stay away from political posts. I absolutely HATE politics (especially in the last 6 years), but unfortunately, the consequences of political decisions . . . more
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November 10, 2006 02:00 PM EST --
Millions of Democrats Converted as they exclaim: There is a GOD.
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April 22, 2006 02:58 PM EDT --
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, who won the last New Hampshire presidential primary, opposes Democratic party plans to dilute the primary's impact.
Kerry told the New Hampshire Union Leader the . . . more
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October 31, 2006 03:21 PM EST --
CNN reports today that:
So far this campaign, the political parties have exposed voters to nearly $160 million in ads attacking congressional candidates. How much spent painting a positive image? About . . . more
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April 12, 2006 05:51 PM EDT --
I created a new group this afternoon, Election Reform and Voting Rights (electionreform.gather.com):
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A place to talk about election reform and voting rights, both to learn and to . . . more
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October 24, 2006 05:15 PM EDT --
I just voted since early voting is now legal in Utah. While I have voted using an absentee ballot before as I was out the country or in another state attending university, voting today seemed weird. I . . . more
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May 10, 2006 06:54 PM EDT --
I'm passing on an email that I received from Open Voting Consortium . (Normally, I like to only post things I have written. I will always let you know if I post something I didn't write. This is . . . more
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October 19, 2006 07:49 PM EDT --
By PETER PRENGAMAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. - Orange County Republican leaders on Thursday called for the withdrawal of a GOP congressional candidate . . . more
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September 26, 2006 11:05 PM EDT --
In the unlikely event that both the President and Vice President are rendered unable to preside over the country, the constitution states that the Speaker of the House will assume that role, followed by . . . more
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April 23, 2006 01:56 PM EDT --
Yesterday, I posted about Kerry's opposition to a DNC advisory commission's plan to place one or two caucuses from more ethnically, racially and economically diverse states between Iowa's caucus . . . more
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August 22, 2006 11:43 AM EDT --
In the past several years, I've become very skeptical about the integrity of our democratic process. Increasingly, blogs, followed by traditional media, have revealed instances of voting machine . . . more
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May 03, 2006 04:21 PM EDT --
Hello, I just set up a new group for Gatherers to share their experiences with electronic voting. I have no experience voting that way myself, as my district uses punch cards. But I've heard stories . . . more
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September 20, 2006 05:09 PM EDT --
At lunchtime today I heard a story on NPR about electronic voting that has me back at gather looking for people's stories about their experiences.
1. No paper trail.
2. Setting machines up with a . . . more
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