As the morning of United States Election Day 2008 had kicked off, several states had reported voting issues at the polls. There have been reports early in the morning of voting machine problems in Virginia and New Jersey. There have been reports of problems caused by rainy weather in both North Carolina and Virginia. In […]
Absent-Minded on Absentee Ballots
I’d like to address the Westchester County Board of Elections. I wouldn’t say that they’re incompetent, but right now I’m thinking they’re a little dumb. As a registered voter in Westchester who attends school in Broome County, I need an absentee ballot in order to vote (look, I’m not driving 3 hours in both directions […]
Something Stinks in Wisconsin
Something stinks in Wisconsin, and it’s not the cheese. Once again a ultra right-wing Koch brothers astroturf group, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), and the Republican Party are engaging in voter suppression, if not outright voter fraud. AFP is one of the organizations that helped fund the phony Tea Party organizations. Some might recall, during the […]
Did Predictions of Historical Voter Turnout Fall Flat?
President-elect Obama was supposed to, conventional wisdom went, win the election via the high turnout of young people and African Americans who do not usually vote. Why, then, are the vote totals at this point roughly the same as they were in the 2004 Kerry-Bush Race? Estimates for total voter turnout once provisional and absentee […]
Voters Facing Serious Glitches
Across the country, unnerving errors at the polls, both mechanical and human, are piling up. Minor Problems Reported Nationwide Reports of voting problems are gaining severity throughout the country. In the St. Louis area, voters have reported waiting up to six hours to cast their ballots. Dick Bauer, the St. Louis County board of elections […]
Florida’s Early Voting Could Give McCain Some ‘Serious Pain’
As the days before US Election Day on November 4 dwindle until nothing, one can still participate by early voting. One can head out to the actual voting areas or use an absentee ballot. It is revealed that early voting is heavy in Florida, one of the crucial battleground states for the election. Democratic Presidential […]