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Elections & Voting Last Updated: Oct 26th, 2007 - 01:06:24


Elections & Voting
Congress about to "just say yes" to permanent secret vote counting
By Nancy Tobi

Centralized control of voting is a form of tyranny, pure and simple. Joseph Stalin is said to have explained why: "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."

Jul 2, 2007, 01:46

Elections & Voting
Ohio, the DOJ scandal and "Thor," the god of voter suppression
By Bob Fitrakis

The current scandal involving the firing of U.S. attorneys cannot be separated from the Bush administration's scheme to suppress black, poor and working class voters. In order to divert attention from its voter suppression tactics that won Bush the White House in 2000 and 2004, the Bush administration created the myth of "voter fraud." Using fake "voting rights" organizations, obscure groups to finance civil suits and pressure the U.S. Department of Justice to bring criminal charges against voter registration organizations, Karl Rove and his political operatives like Mark F. "Thor" Hearne have succeeded in undermining the United States' democracy.

Jun 20, 2007, 01:02

Elections & Voting
The evils of lesser evil voting
By Joel S. Hirschhorn

Condemn progressives for voting enthusiastically for Democrats and the inevitable response is something like �just imagine how much worse voting for Republicans would be.� Similarly, many true conservatives and Libertarians see voting for Republicans as a necessary evil.

Jun 6, 2007, 02:31

Elections & Voting
The GOP's cyber election hit squad
By Steven Rosenfeld & Bob Fitrakis

Did the most powerful Republicans in America have the computer capacity, software skills and electronic infrastructure in place on Election Night 2004 to tamper with the Ohio results to ensure George W. Bush's re-election?

Apr 24, 2007, 01:32

Elections & Voting
Bye-bye to Cleveland GOP election chair Bob �Ballots for Bush� Bennett
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

Ohio�s Bob �Ballots for Bush� Bennett, an essential player in putting George W. Bush back in the White House in 2004, is no long chair of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. His milestone resignation leaves a legacy of scandal, recrimination, massive voter purges, felony convictions and a pivotal role in a stolen presidential election.

Apr 17, 2007, 01:25

Elections & Voting
The French presidential election -- Part 3 of 3: Policy proposals
By Jeffrey S. Victor, Ph.D.

France and the United States have many similar social problems, such as massive illegal immigration, poverty and youth violence in urban areas, and declining levels of educational achievement. Are French politicians able to offer some new ideas to solve the social problems that we share?

Apr 10, 2007, 01:19

Elections & Voting
Two big victories boost Ohio�s election protection movement
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

In a victory for election protection activists, Ohio�s powerful GOP Chair Bob Bennett will be forced to face a public hearing on his removal as chair of the Cuyahoga (Cleveland) Board of Elections. And in a second triumph, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has agreed, as part of a legal settlement, to take possession of the ballots and other key documents from the disputed 2004 election that gave George W. Bush a second term in the White House.

Apr 6, 2007, 01:58

Elections & Voting
Soros kicked AIPAC. Obama kicks Soros. Let�s kick all three.
By Lenni Brenner

It is a sign of the changing political times that the March 12 American Israel Public Affairs Committee Washington conference received much more candid journalistic treatment than AIPAC events have ever received. The NY Times March 14 report, �Clinton and Obama Court Jewish Vote,� got right to the point:

Apr 6, 2007, 01:55

Elections & Voting
More potential 2004 election illegalities rock Ohio�s Hocking County as Cleveland braces for a legal firestorm
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

As the third of four members of the Cuyahoga (Cleveland) County Board of Elections resigns under pressure from Ohio�s new secretary of state, additional potential illegalities in Hocking County have resurfaced with new weight against a GOP executive director already under serious fire.

Apr 2, 2007, 01:18

Elections & Voting
Elections French-style: 12 candidates in race for presidency
By Jeffrey S. Victor, Ph.D.

The French now have a dozen official candidates from which they can choose a new president of the Fifth Republic. The dozen were able to file the 500 necessary signatures of mayors in order to qualify by March 16.

Mar 27, 2007, 01:19

Elections & Voting
New Ohio evidence exposes apparently illegal 2004 recount activity by Hocking County�s GOP election director, and a stinging complaint is filed in Cleveland
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

The Republican executive director of the Hocking County Board of Elections (BOE) may have written at least one memo outlining possibly illegal behavior during the scandal-ridden 2004 Ohio presidential recount. And an explosive five-count complaint has been filed by Ohio�s new Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner against two GOP directors in Cuyahoga County. It is built in part on evidence gleaned from the federal report issued by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) after the 2004 election, from stories broken at the FreePress.org website, and evidence gathered by grassroots voting rights activists in Cleveland.

Mar 27, 2007, 01:16

Elections & Voting
Speaking Truth to Power responds to ChoicePoint
By Carolyn Baker

On March 19, Speaking Truth to Power featured an article written by me entitled �Godfather Government: A Way Of Life Is Not A Scandal� in which I quoted Greg Palast regarding Choicepoint, a controversial data-gathering company and its spurious practices in relation to the 2000 election, its connection with the Republican party, and its information gathering and dispensing services with regard to individuals and organizations. The following day, I received an email from Chuck Jones, Choicepoint�s Director of External Affairs who stated:

Mar 27, 2007, 01:11

Elections & Voting
Explosive new vote fraud developments continue to rock Ohio and Florida
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

Breaking news in vote fraud cases in both Ohio and Florida are feeding a firestorm of controversy that is likely to continue escalating, with major implications for the 2008 election and the future of e-voting machines.

Mar 26, 2007, 00:59

Elections & Voting
Forced resignations and stiff prison sentences intensify the escalating blowback from Ohio�s 2004 stolen election
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

In a bold move �to restore trust to elections in Ohio,� Ohio�s newly-elected Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has requested the resignation of all four members of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. The two Democrats and two Republicans were formally asked to resign by the close of business on March 21. Cuyahoga County includes the heavily Democratic city of Cleveland. Brunner is a Democrat who was elected, last November, to be Ohio�s Secretary of State.

Mar 21, 2007, 00:34

Elections & Voting
Election fraud, my ass
By Paul Rogat Loeb

They just wanted to protect the sanctity of the vote. That�s the administration�s pious explanation for why they fired eight U.S. Attorneys who were Republican enough for Bush to have appointed them in the first place.

Mar 16, 2007, 01:11

Elections & Voting
Taking democracy seriously
By Joel S. Hirschhorn

As surely as politicians lie, citizen apathy produces democracy atrophy. Much more than a right -- in a democracy voting is an irrevocable civic duty. No mental gymnastics can help you jump over this ugly reality: Voter turnout in all American elections averages markedly less than half of eligible voters. This disgrace must be fixed.

Mar 8, 2007, 10:29

Elections & Voting
After Ohio�s recount rigging convictions in Cuyahoga, is Coshocton County next?
By Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

After the recent convictions of two Cuyahoga County Board of Election (BOE) workers for felony recount tampering, Republican County Prosecutor Robert Batchelor is stonewalling efforts to investigate similar well-documented charges in Coshocton County, Ohio.

Mar 7, 2007, 01:24

Elections & Voting
Turning the vote theft issue on its head
By Bev Conover

The issue isn�t voter fraud; it�s politicians and election officials who opt for the convenience of computerized vote counting -- whether it�s optical scanners or touch screens containing memory cards.

Feb 22, 2007, 00:59

Elections & Voting
What's wrong with Holt II (HR 811)
By Bev Harris

You may have received one of the mass e-mails recently from Common Cause or People for the American Way (PFAW), urging you to support hurried passage of the new Holt bill. Below is a concise list of problems with the bill.

Feb 12, 2007, 01:18

Elections & Voting
Ohio's spreading stolen 2004 election scandal claims another victim
By Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

With two felony convictions already in its wake, Ohio's spreading stolen 2004 election scandal has claimed another victim -- Michael Vu, the controversial executive director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

Feb 12, 2007, 01:14


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