Watching the Election

The two sites I’ve been reading most about the election, besides The Washington Post, are Electoral-Vote.com and Five Thirty Eight.

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In Michigan, the Republican party intends to try to prevent people whose homes have been foreclosed from voting.

In Ohio, the McCain campaign sent out absentee ballot applications that included an unnecessary question that, if left blank, invalidated voters’ applications.

Until the Alaska legislature banned the practice, then Mayor Pailin charged rape victims for their own forensic tests.

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Security Of Electronic Voting Is Condemned

Security Of Electronic Voting Is Condemned

National Institute of Standards and Technology: “Paperless electronic voting machines […] “cannot be made secure.”

Rare stamp may be sealed in Florida ballot box

Rare stamp may be sealed in Florida ballot box

A rare 1918 stamp with an upside down plane on it may have come in on an absentee ballot, but the law forbids anyone to open the ballot box for 22 months.

Today is the end of the electronic voting machine

Today is the end of the electronic voting machine

Daily Kos piece on why we should move to Oregon-style vote-by-mail systems.

Election 2006: Senate and House Races Updated Daily

Election 2006: Senate and House Races Updated Daily

This site was a fun one to watch in 2004, though polls have lots of flaws.

Reports of voting machines in Texas changing people's votes

Reports of voting machines in Texas changing people’s votes

And so it begins!

How to steal an election by hacking the vote

How to steal an election by hacking the vote

I can't stress enough how scary it is that our democratic process has been ruined by these voting machines.

Some Voting Machines Chop Off Candidates' Names

Some Voting Machines Chop Off Candidates’ Names

Let the games begin! I cannot believe how much money we’re paying these incompetent companies to run our elections as poorly as they do.

Building a Better Voting Machine

Building a Better Voting Machine

Wired’s doing a feature on how to make sure our elections are fair.

Rolling Stone : Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- Will The Next Election Be Hacked?

Rolling Stone : Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — Will The Next Election Be Hacked?

Rolling Stone : Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

Rolling Stone : Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

Article by Robert Kennedy (and researched by a friend of mine) about fraud in Ohio.