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Elections & Voting
On voter registration, the Columbus Dispatch gets it right, almost
By Bob Fitrakis
Is election reform brewing in the Buckeye State?
In an extensive and well-argued editorial the Columbus Dispatch made the case
for the integration of key state government databases into a statewide
electronic voter registration system under the control of the secretary of
state’s office, as proposed in pending legislation.
Nov 19, 2009, 00:14
Elections & Voting
Don’t believe everything the Oracle tells you
By Michael Winship
ATHENS, Greece -- Last Sunday, we visited the
ruins of ancient Delphi, two hours or so from here in the Greek capital, an
extraordinary site at the base of Mount Parnassus overlooking the Pleistos
Valley, almost half a mile below. You could see the acres of olive trees there.
The Ionian Sea shimmered on the horizon.
Nov 11, 2009, 00:17
Elections & Voting
Why the right wing hates and wants to smash ACORN
By Bob Fitrakis
The level of the current right-wing frenzy
against the Association of Communities Organizing for Reform Now (ACORN) can
only be understood within the dynamics of President Barack Obama’s 2008
election and John Kerry’s “official” loss in 2004.
Sep 30, 2009, 00:16
Elections & Voting
Elections matter, or do they?
By Nick Egnatz
As the U.S. Empire, now under President Obama,
continues the Bush agenda, many question where is the peace/antiwar movement?
Sep 28, 2009, 00:23
Elections & Voting
Your electronic vote in the 2010 election has just been bought
By Bob
Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
Unless US Attorney General Eric Holder
intervenes, your electronic vote in 2010 will probably be owned by the
Republican-connected ES&S Corporation. With 80 percent ownership of America’s
electronic voting machines, ES&S could have the power to shape America’s
future with a few proprietary keystrokes.
Sep 25, 2009, 00:14
Elections & Voting
Roll over Damschroder and tell Rove the news
By Bob Fitrakis
I’m always amazed at the political career of
Matt Damschroder, Deputy Director of the Franklin County Board of Elections.
He’s just been named to the bipartisan Committee to Modernize Voter
Registration (CMVR).
Sep 18, 2009, 00:18
Elections & Voting
Determining U.S. political leaders -- from Israel
By Wayne Madsen
(WMR) --
A high-level Democratic congressional source has told WMR that in 2004 the
Democratic National Committee outsourced a contract to an Israeli-linked
firm to count the votes in the critical Iowa caucus. The caucus, in which John
Kerry placed first, John Edwards finished second, and Howard Dean came in
third, effectively spelled the end of the Dean campaign.
Aug 24, 2009, 00:18
Elections & Voting
Newly released RNC emails show Repubs breathlessly pumping up ‘Democrat scandals’
By Margie Burns
At exactly the same time the GOP was circulating an illustrated flier
on a purported “Democrat Ethics Breakdown,” excoriating Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman among others, behind the scenes, the GOP was acknowledging
its own difficulty in appropriately reporting financial contributions.
Aug 13, 2009, 00:10
Elections & Voting
The passing of Aquino, the rigging of elections and the need for people power
By Bob Fitrakis
The death of former Philippine President Corazon
Aquino on August 1, 2009 should be remembered for many reasons: not just
because she led the People Power revolution in the Philippines that stood for
peace and human rights, and not just because she did it after the brutal
Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos had her husband assassinated, but most
importantly, she stood up to one of the first documented stolen elections.
Aug 4, 2009, 00:32
Elections & Voting
Ahmadinejad won, indeed, despite the likely interference of the US
By John Chuckman
A recent article called “Ahmadinejad Won, Get
Over It” by Flynt and Hillary Leverett is not the only source with serious
credentials offering reasonable, non-sensational explanations for events around
Iran’s presidential election.
Jun 29, 2009, 00:10
Elections & Voting
Are the Iranian election protests another US orchestrated ‘color revolution’?
By Paul Craig Roberts
A number of commentators have expressed their
idealistic belief in the purity of Mousavi, Montazeri,
and the westernized youth of Tehran. The CIA destabilization plan, announced
two years ago (see below) has somehow not contaminated unfolding events.
Jun 23, 2009, 00:22
Elections & Voting
Lebanon elections: A defeat of democratic order
By Abbas J. Ali
“They Were Broken . . . Lebanon Wins,” was the
headline of Saudi Arabia’s influential newspaper, Asharq Alawsat, a day after the June 7 parliamentary elections in
Lebanon.
Jun 23, 2009, 00:20
Elections & Voting
Ahmadinejad re-elected: Israel and Obama’s Iran puzzle
By Ramzy Baroud
The election victory of Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is likely to complicate US President Barack Obama’s new
approach to his country’s conflict with Iran. The reason behind the
foreseen obstacle is neither the US nor Iran’s refusal to engage in future
dialogue but rather Israel’s insistence on a hard-line approach to the problem.
Jun 22, 2009, 00:17
Elections & Voting
The larger context of the 2009 Iranian elections
By Reza Fiyouzat
Much furor is being expressed by all sides,
foreign and domestic, regarding the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential
elections held on June 12. The rapid announcement of the total results in a
mere few hours after the closing of the polls, came as a shock to the
supporters of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the main ‘reformist’ challenger to
Ahmadinejad. Since then, there have been massive spontaneous demonstrations in
Tehran as well as in other major cities, such as Shiraz, Tabriz and Rasht. At
least eight people have been killed in the clashes between the police and
Mousavi supporters.
Jun 18, 2009, 00:21
Elections & Voting
2009 Euro elections: When politics and democracy go their separate ways, apathy and cynicism set in
By Chronis Polychroniou
Results of the June 2009 Euro elections
conformed to most expectations about the world’s most boring and least
significant political contest and produced no real surprises or major
deviations from the elections held five years ago. As in the 2004 elections,
apathy, low turnout, and the continuous rise of extremist and fringe political
parties were by far the most striking features of the 2009 elections.
Jun 16, 2009, 00:20
Elections & Voting
The upcoming presidential elections in Iran
By Reza Fiyouzat
Searching for and finding similar instances of
political brand-making committed in wildly different settings and situations
can be instructive. Followers of things Iranian may have noticed a couple
parallels between the campaigns of Iranian presidential candidates for the June
12 elections and those of the U.S. presidential elections past.
Jun 9, 2009, 00:20
Elections & Voting
Killing hope: Cover-up of the stolen 2004 election
By Pete
Johnson
Any hope of prosecuting the perpetrators of the
stolen 2004 presidential election ended when Mike Connell died Dec 19 in a
plane crash.
Jan 5, 2009, 00:26
Elections & Voting
The GOP attack on democracy continues in Ohio
By Bob
Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
The Ohio Republican Party has escalated its
attacks on democracy on two key fronts.
Nov 21, 2008, 00:26
Elections & Voting
Election protection in Ohio (and America) isn’t over
By Bob
Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
As the sun sets on Bush 2, it is clear that a
very thin line of electoral protection preserved Barack Obama’s victory in Ohio
-- and the nation.
Nov 19, 2008, 00:16
Elections & Voting
A new political party is needed
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
Set aside any Obama euphoria you feel. The other
important news is that third-party presidential candidates had a miserable
showing this year, totaling just over one percent of the grand total with 1.5
million votes nationwide, compared to some 123 million votes for Barack Obama
and John McCain.
Nov 13, 2008, 00:20
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