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Election 2004 > Opinion/Analysis Items

"The August Day Plutocracy Would Love Us to Forget", Today marks the 100th anniversary of the most 'radical speech' an American ex-President has ever delivered. (Chuck Collins and Sam Pizzigati, Common Dreams, 08/31/10)

"Rotten Eggs and Our Broken Democracy", The power of large corporations over our government. (Amy Goodman, TruthDig, 08/26/10)

"Democracy or Lobbyocracy?", There are now over 11,000 lobbyists. (Arshad Khan, Common Dreams, 08/22/10)

"Protofascism Comes to America", The rise of the Tea Party. (Ted Rall, Common Dreams, 07/22/10)

"Village Politics", Rebuilding engaged communities. (Paul Rogat Loeb, Common Dreams, 07/19/10)

"The Deregistration Dilemma", Are lobbyists quitting the business as federal disclosure rules tighten? (Open Secrets Blog, 06/30/10)

"White House's Lobbyist Liaisons Blasted By Watchdogs", The Obama administration is more in touch with lobbyists than it would like people to know. (Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post, 06/28/10)

"The Gulf and Our Oily Campaign-Finance System", A two-party oligarchy and a campaign-finance system that are leading us towards self-destruction. (John R. MacArthur, Providence Journal, 06/16/10)

"Money vs. Judicial Merit Selection", The use of dollars to fund the campaigns of judges. (Christopher Brauchli, Common Dreams, 06/13/10)

"Revolving Door", 1,447 former government workers lobby for Wall Street. (Arthur Delaney, Huffington Post, 06/03/10)

"The American Century is So Over", Flawed leaders remain oblivious to the harm they do to the nation they lead. (Dilip Hiro, TomDispatch, 05/29/10)

"Disclosing the Meekness of the 'DISCLOSE' Bill", The bill's stated purpose is to help voters know who (or what) is behind paid political ads. (Jim Hightower, Creators, 05/26/10)

"How to Turn Congress Inc. Back to Just Congress", The biggest political scandal is the pay-to-play system that deep-sixes the kind of bold reform that we voted for and need. (Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post, 05/12/10)

"Democrats Haunted by Corporate Ties", The Democratic Party is closer to corporate America than many would care to admit. (Jonathan Allen and Eamon Javers, Politico, 04/21/10)

"FEC Commissioner Helped RNC Conceal Role in 2004 Vote Suppression", Hunter provided misleading statements under oath. (Brad Jacobson, Raw Story, 03/30/10)

"The Rightwing Witch Hunt Against ACORN", They edited the tape to meet their agenda. (Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, 03/08/10)

"Look Who Took Money From Toyota", Public funding for all state and federal political campaigns. (Leonard Pitts Jr., Miami Herald, 02/25/10)

"Fighting Back Against a Corporate Court", A recent Supreme Court decision marks a turning point for our democracy. (Michael B. Keegan, Common Dreams, 02/18/10)

"Lobbyists Retreat But Never Surrender", More than 15,600 companies spent at least $3.2 billion on federal lobbying last year. (Michael Winship, Common Dreams, 02/06/10)

"Donna Edwards' No Corporate Monopoly of Elections Amendment", Giving corporations monopoly power over our politics would be deadly to democracy. (John Nichols, The Nation, 02/04/10)

"Democracy in America is a Useful Fiction", Corporate forces carried out a coup d'état in slow motion. (Chris Hedges, TruthDig, 01/25/10)

"Coakley's Corporate Connection", Both parties are the parties of big business. (Russell Mokhiber, SinglePayerAction, 01/15/10)

"Mr. Smith Rewrites the Constitution", To maintain a filibuster, senators no longer have to keep talking. (Thomas Geoghegan, New York Times, 01/11/10)

"Kentucky Officials Manipulated Clay County Elections for Decades", Election insiders are the greatest threat to the integrity of elections. (Brad Friedman, BradBlog, 01/05/10)

"Are Presidents Afraid of the CIA?", Obama keeps giving signals that he is afraid of the CIA. (Ray McGovern, Common Dreams, 12/29/09)

"The Five Lies of Congress", Electing a Democrat instead of a Republican will change our policies substantially – it isn't about the party, it's about the money. (Pat LaMarche, Daily News, 12/17/09)

"The Campaign Cash Behind the Afghanistan Escalation", Obama remains faithful to the defense industry interests that so generously funded his campaign. (Sue Sturgis, Facing South, 12/01/09)

"Centrist Democrats = Corporate Sellouts", Why do they call them Democrats? (Ari Berman, The Nation, 10/28/09)

"The ACORN Standard", All organizations receiving federal dollars should be subject to Congressional scrutiny. (Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, 10/15/09)

"Obama The Impotent", The US political scene with its uncompetitive, winner-take-all electoral system marinated in money and special interest influence is deeply troubling. (Steven Hill, Guardian, 09/22/09)

"Will the Corporate Supremes Now Dance on Democracy's Corpse?", The global corporation may soon take possession of our electoral process. (Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 09/14/09)

"Rove vs. ACORN", Rove viewed ACORN as a threat to the GOP because of its success in registering low-income voters and turning them out to vote on election day. (John Atlas, Common Dreams, 08/21/09)

"Democracy's Gold Standard", Hand-marked, hand-counted paper ballots that are publicly tabulated at every polling place in America. (Brad Friedman, Commonweal Institute, 08/13/09)

"Pay-to-Play is Washington's Sport of Kings", It's money that they love – and nothing will change until we disable the Washington cash register. (Michael Winship, Common Dreams, 08/01/09)

"The 'Bipartisan Compromise' Scam", The Democrats get paid by the same corporate lobbyists as the Republicans. (Cenk Uygur, Huffington Post, 07/28/09)

"Why Holt Bill is Bad News for Democracy", Nancy Tobi spells out exactly why the Holt Bill is bad news for democracy. ( Joan Brunwasser, OpEdNews, 07/15/09)

"Fascism Coming to a Court Near You", The Roberts Court is planning to clear away all impediments to unrestrained corporate participation in electoral politics. (Thom Hartmann, Common Dreams, 07/06/09)

"Register Everybody", Everyone who is eligible should be registered to vote. (Roll Call, 06/29/09)

"Supreme Court Pulls Teeth From the Voting Rights Act", Once an election is done, it is hard to undo. (John Nichols, The Nation, 06/22/09)

"Pockets of Influence in Washington", The inside pockets of many lawmakers hold surprising volumes of loot. (Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate, 06/18/09)

"Electionline Weekly", Election-related legislation across the country. [pdf] (Election Line, 06/11/09)

"Whither the Sacred Campaign Promise?", A systemic assault on the campaign promise is under way. (David Sirota, San Francisco Chronicle, 06/05/09)

"Max Baucus Should Not be Deciding Health Care for America", The 'Senator for K Street' is putting campaign donor profits ahead of the basic needs of the people. (Kevin Zeese, Baltimore Chronicle, 05/31/09)

"A Call for Universal Voter Registration", Millions of Americans were unable to vote in the last election because of problems with their registration. (Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, 05/24/09)

"Expanding Voter Participation", The roadmap is clear. (Page Gardner, American Forum, 05/21/09)

"How Lawmakers Can Tailor Earmarks to One Contractor", Watchdog groups say an independent third party, like Congress' investigative arm at the Government Accountability Office, should review all requests. (Laura Isensee, Dallas Morning News, 05/18/09)

"Next Phase of Election Reform", Start with facts. (Robert F. Bauer and Trevor Potter, Roll Call, 05/05/09)

"Voting Machine Expert Criticizes Clueless Industry Report", A voting machine security expert explains why a study that contends that mandatory code disclosure would undermine the security of commercial voting machines is wrong. (Ryan Paul, ARS Technica, 04/20/09)

"Revamping Voter Registration", Revamping voter registration to reduce disparities in the electorate. (Erin Ferns, TPM, 04/16/09)

"More Evidence Paperless Voting Not Safe", Three recent revelations about electronic voting emphasize why paper ballot voting with post-election audits are a basic requirement for secure elections. (Christian Smith, Progressive States, 03/26/09)

"Federal Certification Test Cannot Determine Error Rate", Federal certification test for vote-counting accuracy cannot determine the error rate of the equipment. (Ellen Theisen, VotersUnite, 03/21/09)

"4-5 Million Voters Disenfranchised in 2008", And this is only those who encountered registration problems or failed to receive absentee ballots. (Mark Crispin Miller, OpEdNews, 03/11/09)

"Wall Street's Best Investment: Paying for Policy in Washington", The financial sector invested $5.1 billion in political influence purchasing over the last decade. (Robert Weissman, Common Dreams, 03/04/09)

"Voter, Beware", History shows that voting requires broader protection. (Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker, 03/02/09)

"Irrational Fear of Voter Fraud Inspires Irresponsible Election Reform", How integral is democracy when it comes to election integrity? (Erin Ferns, TPM, 02/26/09)

"The 'Americans Want Bipartisanship' Myth", Manipulative usage of the 'bipartisan' label. (Glenn Greenwald, Salon, 02/24/09)

"Way to Rig Elections on Scale Unimagined", Right here, right now. (WillYourVoteBCounted in Election Reform, Democratic Underground, 02/15/09)

"The Third-Party Delusion", The third-party delusion and the need for a mass movement for progressive change. (Dave Lindorff, Common Dreams, 02/09/09)

"All the Comforts of Home", Republicans destroy and Democrats serve cookies. (David Michael Green, Common Dreams, 02/06/09)

"The US is Ready for Election Reform", Changes that could make conducting elections more efficient and accurate. (Bill Boyne, Post-Bulletin, 02/03/09)

"All Cost, No Benefit", States aim to raise voting barriers to prevent rare crime. (Erin Ferns, TPM, 01/23/09)

"The EAC Need Not Continue Violating Federal Law", The EAC is proposing to extend its dereliction of duty for another two years. (John Gideon and Ellen Theisen, VotersUnite, 01/20/09)

"New Information Sheds Light on GOP IT Guru's Tragic Death", New information casts doubt on some of the rumors and speculation surrounding Connell's death. (Larisa Alexandrovna, Raw Story, 01/14/09)

"Franken Increases Lead", Franken increases lead over Coleman as Minnesota recount nears finish line. (Brian Bakst, Huffington Post, 01/03/09)

"The Biggest Political Scandals of 2008", A slideshow of the political scandals of 2008. (Marcus Baram, Huffington Post, 12/29/08)

"Potential Franken Victory Sends GOP into Paranoid Fits", When Republicans lawyer up, that's just preserving the sanctity of the vote – when Democrats do it, they're "stealing" something. (Sam Stein, Huffington Post, 12/25/08)

"OH Election Fraud Attorney Reacts to the Death of Mike Connell", Cliff Arnebeck says that the loss of a key witness will not deter his pursuit of justice. (Brad Friedman, BradBlog, 12/22/08)

"US Voting Access a Work in Progress", A summit called "Voting in America – The Road Ahead" details our ballot booth access inconsistencies. (Pat LaMarche, Bangor Daily News, 12/19/08)

"Toward a Better Registration System", Eliminating a mountain of paperwork is a top priority for gathering of election administrators. (Eliza Newlin Carney, National Journal, 12/15/08)

"A Glitch That Should Never Have Been", A discrepancy in election results due to flawed software reveals that activists are right to question voting machines. (Times-Standard, 12/07/08)

"Are Long Lines the New Poll Tax?", Long lines at polling places correlates strongly with African-American population. (Michael Peshkin, In These Times, 11/25/08)

"Time to Rethink Electoral Politics", We must change our election system and remove any possibility of future electoral mishaps. (Spencer Gottlieb, The Hoya, 11/24/08)

"Voter Registration Should be Automatic", We need to adopt a system of automatic and permanent voter registration. (Robyn Blumner, Courant, 11/23/08)

"2008 Results", Fewer white voters while minorities set records. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 11/18/08)

"How I Spent Election Night in a Baltimore Jail", Baltimore city police arrested revelers without cause or provocation. (Michael M. Hughes, Baltimore City Paper, 11/14/08)

"It Still Felt Good the Morning After", This was the week that Americans reclaimed their country. (Frank Rich, New York Times, 11/09/08)

"A Busy Day for Lawyers", Malfunctioning machines, ballot glitches, and election-law litigation. (Amanda Bronstad, National Law Journal, 11/05/08)

"Prosecute Election Officials", Prosecute election officials involved in stripping legitimate voters of the right to vote. (J. E. Robertson, CafeSentido, 11/02/08)

"How Ohio Routed 2004 Voting Data Through Bush Company", Documents reveal how Ohio routed 2004 voting data through company that hosted external Bush Administration email accounts. (Larisa Alexandrovna and Muriel Kane, Raw Story, 10/31/08)

"Voter Fraud? No, Voter Suppression", Both issues have been studied and only one is an actual problem – but it's not getting the attention. (David Morris, Star Tribune, 10/29/08)

"Bush Undermines Democracy with Attack on 200,000 New Ohio Voters", How far will an already politicized Justice Department go to assist a Republican win on November 4? (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 10/27/08)

"How to Stop the Rigging of Election '08", What we can do now to protect the votes. (Sarah van Gelder, Yes! Magazine, 10/23/08)

"Here's What You Have to Do to Make Sure You Get to Vote", Voters should verify their voter registrations are current and then vote early to avoid Election Day delays at polling places. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 10/21/08)

"GOP Terrified of American Voters", The GOP fears the wrath of Americans drawn into political participation by anger at the direction the GOP has tried to take their country. (Jay Bookman, Journal-Constitution, 10/19/08)

"Obama Camp Connects ACORN Probe to US Attorneys Scandal", DOJ's election-eve investigation into ACORN is a repeat of the politicization of the department that we saw in the US attorney firings scandal. (Zachary Roth, TPMMuckraker, 10/17/08)

"Steal Back Your Vote!", Greg Palast and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. believe that the 2008 election has already been stolen and they suggest that you steal it back! (Sari Gelzer, Truthout, 10/14/08)

"Your Votes Could Disappear Without Leaving Paper Trail", Technology could reject the voters and turn blue states red. (Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman, Zwire, 10/12/08)

"Voter Purges Could Cause Florida-Like Presidential Recounts", If the November vote is close, key swing states that have been illegally rejecting voters could become recount battlegrounds like Florida. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 10/09/08)

"Casting Paper Ballots is Our First Victory", We know what has happened and we know the consequences in inaction. (Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 10/07/08)

"Ballot Fiasco: The Sequel", Just spend a little more on paper. (The Star, 10/05/08)

"Does Your Vote Count?", It depends on who's counting your votes. (Florence Gallez, The Tech, 10/03/08)

"24-Step Checklist Offers Ballot Counting Standards", Election officials are urged to practice smart, transparent ballot accounting. (Brennan Center for Justice, 10/01/08)

"What Does the Future Hold for Elections?", Data indicates that the inconvenience of voting is the primary reason Americans are not participating in our elections. (Michelle Rupe Eubanks, Times Daily, 09/28/08)

"Be a Poll Worker and Save American Democracy", Be a poll worker and stop the 2008 election from being stolen. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Free Press, 09/26/08)

"GOP: Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote", The Republican Party's efforts to profit politically from the economic misery of others. (Peter Dreier, The Nation, 09/23/08)

"Why the Polls Drive Us Crazy (And Shouldn't)", If you've been on an emotional roller coaster, you might want to disembark. (Joshua Holland, AlterNet, 09/20/08)

"Why Hurricane Ike Demands Paper Ballots on November 4", We need universal access to paper ballots. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Free Press, 09/17/08)

"Election Theft for 2008 Already Underway", Will Americans be able to trust the vote count in 2008? (Kevin Zeese, OpEdNews, 09/15/08)

"A Promise Unfulfilled for Millions of Disenfranchised Women Voters", 88 years later, a promise unfulfilled for millions of disenfranchised women voters. (Brittany Stalsburg and Scott Novakowski, Women's International Perspective, 09/12/08)

"Busted!: Gallup, CBS, USA Today, etc. Tinkers with Party ID Again", Most of the major polls are the result of questionable Party ID shifts – some polls even have party ID equal. (Excelscior1, Daily Kos, 09/09/08)

"Beyond the Conventions", A new incarnation of right-wing populism is shadowing the near horizon. (Norman Solomon, Common Dreams, 09/04/08)

"Preemptive Strikes Against Protest at RNC", Law enforcement seeks to preempt lawful protest against the policies of the Bush administration during the convention. (Marjorie Cohn, Common Dreams, 09/02/08)

"Interview with Gov. Don Siegelman", People don't want to believe that elections are stolen, we go to war under false premises, and that our Department of Justice is used as a political tool. (BradBlog, 08/29/08)

"AT&T Thanks the Blue Dog Democrats", AT&T thanks the Blue Dog Democrats with a lavish party. (Glenn Greenwald, Salon, 08/26/08)

"Voting Machines Can Never Be Trusted", Voting machines can never be trusted says GOP computer security expert. (Intellpuke, Free Internet Press, 08/24/08)

"Seven Ways Your Vote Might Not Count This November", Some of the most serious election protection problems can be discovered and fixed before the presidential voting begins. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 08/22/08)

"Same Old White Guys Run the Debates", Would more women or those of other ethnic backgrounds ask the presidential contenders different questions? (Marie Cocco, TruthDig, 08/19/08)

"The Plot Against Liberal America", The inevitable consequence of plutocracy is bought government. (Thomas Frank, New Statesman, 08/17/08)

"Hack the Vote", Five ways Internet tricksters could tamper with the 2008 elections. (Christopher Beam, Slate, 08/15/08)

"Don't Cage Dissent", The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the two dominant US political parties to the cherished tradition of dissent – things are not looking good. (Amy Goodman, TruthDig, 08/14/08)

"Top 10 Idiocies of the General Election … So Far", We've had some really dumb moments in Obama vs. McCain so far – here are the worst. (Allan Uthman, Buffalo Beast, 08/12/08)

"Big Business is Making Sure It Wins the Presidency", This election might finally expose the essentially unchanging, oligarchic nature of our political system. (Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, 08/09/08)

"The Integrity and Security of Voter Registration Drives", Quotas have no place in a voter registration drive. (Dennis AuBuchon, American Chronicle, 08/06/08)

"Study Says Some Polls Were Busting at the Seams", Millions of voters crowded polling places doubling recent turnout in some states. (PoliticsInColor, 08/04/08)

"Vote-Tampering a Direct Assault on Democracy and Freedom", It has been proven that tampering with the results of these machines was all too easy. (Robert Bonadonna, Citizen-Times, 07/31/08)

"The Systematic Destruction of Voting Rights in America (Part 1)", You might think your vote counts – but you might be sadly mistaken. By (Heidi Stevenson, Natural News, 07/28/08)

"Three States Accused of Illegally Purging Voter Lists", Civil rights attorneys say states are not following federal law. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 07/25/08)

"Nine Senators Introduce Bill to Help Vets Register to Vote", At issue is whether injured vets living at VA facilities will be helped to vote in 2008. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 07/23/08)

"Scary Politics in Alabama", How the GOP framed Gov. Don Siegelman. (Larisa Alexandrovna, Ig Publishing, 07/21/08)

"Mother's Milk of Politics Turns Sour", Follow the money. (Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Common Dreams, 07/19/08)

"Ohio Attorney Files to Lift Stay on '04 Election Case", Ohio attorney files to lift stay on '04 election case, citing allegations and evidence of massive fraud by a number of GOP operatives. (Steve Heller, BradBlog, 07/17/08)

"The Fall of Poll News", The five things you need to know about polls. (Sean Gonsalves, Common Dreams, 07/15/08)

"Many States Turning to Paper Ballots for Fall", Paper ballots are making a big comeback. (Brian C. Mooney, Boston Globe, 06/17/08)

"The Cravenness and Complicity of Congressional Democratic Leaders", The political dispute in Britain vividly illustrates how craven and barren our own political system has become. (Glenn Greenwald, Salon, 06/15/08)

"Bluewashing", Corporate money tries to buy a Democratic race. (John Nichols, The Nation, 06/10/08)

"It's a Hands-On Democracy", Leave the counting to the humans. (Paul Jacobs, OpEdNews, 06/09/08)

"Obama and the Open and Unexpected Future", The prospect that a movement might transform Obama even as his very rise continues to transform the rest of us. Video: Barack Speaks to HQ Staff & Volunteers ... Why This Fifty-Five Year Old White Lifelong Republican Wants Obama to Win. (Tom Hayden, Common Dreams, 06/08/08)

"Nelson Bill Would Abolish Electoral College", It's time for Congress to really give Americans the power of one-person one-vote, instead of the political machinery selecting candidates and electing our president. (Michael O'Brien, The Hill, 06/06/08)

"Exposing the GOP's Voter Suppression Campaign", Teams of election law attorneys and specialists must guard against efforts already underway to disenfranchise Democratic voters. (Bill Boyarsky, TruthDig, 06/05/08)

"Corrections", The New York Times perpetuates the myth it created – that Bush won Florida in 2000. (Larry Beinhart, Common Dreams, 05/27/08)

"Ralph Nader's Serious Campaign", Ralph Nader is succeeding despite the dismissals of the political class and the media that sustains it. (John Nichols, The Nation, 05/24/08)

"Pedometers and Other Black Boxes", To whom are the voting machine companies accountable? (Joan Brunwasser, OpEdNews, 05/21/08)

E-Voting Machines Short Circuit Election Transparency, The danger is even worse than you may realize. (Michael Dean, BradBlog, 05/18/08)

"Election Fraud, Not Voter Fraud, is a National Security Threat", Introductory remarks during Joint Hearing on The Erosion of Public Confidence in Our Federal Justice System. (Mark Crispin Miller, Baltimore Chronicle, 05/16/08)

"Bush Operative Pushes Voter-ID Law", A senior legal adviser to the Bush-Cheney 2004 reelection campaign is working behind the scenes to help enact a Missouri state constitutional amendment that would suppress the vote this November by requiring voters to show proof of citizenship. (Jason Leopold, Public Record, 05/14/08)

"Voter ID Court Ruling a Barrier to Ballot Box", Voting advocates estimate as many as 20 million people lack government-issued photo identification. (News-Press, 05/11/08)

"The Superdelegate Problem", The conflict between popularly chosen delegates and powerful, unelected 'superdelegates'. (Bernard Weisberger, TruthDig, 05/09/08)

"Supreme Court Ignores Wisconsin Data", US Supreme Court ignores Wisconsin data that would have blown a large hole in the majority decision. (Bruce Murphy, Milwaukee Magazine, 05/06/08)

"Hung Up But Upheld", The US Supreme Court upheld Indiana's Voter ID law in spite of the potential barriers it places in the path of citizens trying to vote. (Andrew Prinsen, Nuvo, 05/04/08)

"A Poll Tax By Another Name", Voter ID rule sets stage for stolen election. (Daily News, 05/01/08)

"Interview with Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman", Allegations of election fraud against Rove and the Bush Justice Department. (Thom Hartmann, Common Dreams, 04/30/08)

"Supreme Court Upholds Repressive Voter ID Law", It is more important than ever for lawmakers across the country to pass laws protecting the right to vote. (Brennan Center for Justice, AlterNet, 04/28/08)

"Voter Suppression and the Major Parties", The two parties collude to discourage the vote by creating laws and regulations that make it difficult for citizens to cast their vote – or have any assurance that their vote was counted once it was cast. Dirty Tricks. (Marcia Ford, Donklephant, 04/23/08)

"Change Voting System Now", Senator Bill Nelson has a plan to change the way and day we vote. (Jacob Soboroff, Huffington Post, 04/21/08)

"How Republicans Hijacked the Justice Department to Swing Elections", The GOP may have committed massive vote fraud by encouraging widespread voter purges and restricting registration campaigns. (Steven Rosenfeld, Ig Publishing, 04/15/08)

"Lobbyists Spend Record Sums to Influence Washington", The United States has the best democracy money can buy. (Abid Aslam, Inter Press Service, 04/11/08)

"Lessons Learned So Far From the 2008 Primaries and Caucuses", The Committee on House Administration hearing on 2008 Presidential Primaries and Caucuses: What We've Learned So Far. (TalkRadioNews, 04/09/08)

"Interview with Clint Curtis", An interview with election integrity advocate, vote-rigging whistleblower, and congressional candidate Clint Curtis. (Jim Cirile, BradBlog, 04/07/08)

"The War on Voting Rights", Voter fraud smears, Voter ID, and corruption at DOJ. (Project Vote, 04/04/08)

"Emergency Bill", 'Emergency Bill' tries to make electronic voting more accurate, but will it? (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 04/03/08)

"The Untold Story of How the GOP Rigged Florida and Michigan", Could the Republicans pick the Democratic nominee? (Wayne Barrett, Huffington Post, 04/01/08)

"Keep the Republic", Now is the time to start standing tough for fair elections. (Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Media Services, 03/27/08)

"Will Rush Limbaugh be Indicted for Voter Fraud?", As Ohio election officials investigate illegal crossover voting in the 2008 primary, questions arise on Limbaugh's role. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 03/21/08)

"Many Voting for Clinton to Boost GOP", GOP voters who say they would never back Clinton in a general election are voting for her now for strategic reasons. (Scott Helman, Boston Globe, 03/17/08)

"Voter Fraud Phantom Returns to Haunt Policy Makers and Voters Themselves", What has become most evident in the last year is how far partisans are willing to go in order to legalize voter suppression tactics through the smoke-screen of 'voter fraud'. (Project Vote, 03/15/08)

"Florida and Michigan Delegate Battle Lacks Common Sense", There is a fair solution: split the delegates. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 03/14/08)

"Did Republicans Give Hillary Her Victory in Ohio?", Hillary Clinton's larger-than-expected victory in Ohio may have been won with votes from Republicans, and from independents who usually vote Republican. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Free Press, 03/10/08)

"The Election That Might Not Happen", In 2000 Bush and Cheney stole the election in Florida. In 2004 they played dirty tricks in Ohio. In 2008 could they go one step further and suspend the election altogether – the necessary architecture may already be in place. (Betsy Hartmann, Common Dreams, 03/06/08)

"A New Role for Defense Contractors? Counting Votes", One of the nation's leading defense contractors makes a bid to take over Diebold. (New York Times, 03/03/08)

"Provisional Ballots May Be the Hanging Chad of '08", State laws are vague and incomplete with regard to casting and counting provisional ballots. (Tova Andrea Wang and Edward Foley, The Hill, 02/28/08)

"The Extinction of Political Debate", The long slow decline of political debate in this country. (Paul Greenberg, Democrat-Gazette, 02/24/08)

"Super Dilemma", In their role as superdelegates, Maryland officials may have to choose between their loyalty to a candidate and the will of the electorate. (Thomas F. Schaller, Baltimore Sun, 02/20/08)

"Screw the Voters", Let superdelegates decide. (Paul Rockwell, Common Dreams, 02/18/08)

"Restoring Democracy", There is no time to lose in restoring our democracy for so many of our citizens. (Russ Feingold and Jack Kemp, Baltimore Sun, 02/15/08)

"Americans: People Without a Country", Now all those that thought their vote actually counted are about to see the awful truth. (Jim Kirwan, Rense, 02/11/08)

"My Brother the Superdelegate", And why I don't trust him to pick the next president. (Ari Emanuel, Huffington Post, 02/10/08)

"Bad Voter Lists May Have Botched New Mexico's Democratic Caucus", Nearly 13 percent of NM Democrats found they were not on precinct voter rolls when they showed up to choose a presidential nominee. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 02/08/08)

"Super Tuesday's Voting Glitches", Barriers to voting emerge in Georgia and Los Angeles. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 02/06/08)

"Crash Tested E-Voting Machines Spread Doubt on Super Tuesday", Six states at 'high risk'. (Dan Goodin, The Register, 02/05/08)

"Rich Media, Poor Debates", Media coverage is skewed in favor of conservative candidates and policies that favor the wealthy. (Jamison Foser, Media Matters, 02/04/08)

"Former OH SOS Snubs Congressional Invitation", Conyers may move to compel testimony on Ohio voter suppression from Blackwell. (BradBlog, 02/01/08)

"How Easily Offices are Stolen in the US", The election will go to a friend of drug companies, insurance companies, imperialism, and war. (Pat LaMarche, Bangor Daily News, 01/30/08)

"Republican Candidate Calls for 'Tightening Up' of Hand Count Procedures", Republican candidate calls for 'tightening up' of New Hampshire election contest hand count procedures. (Bradblog, 01/28/08)

"Conspiracy Theorist", Why would anybody cheat in an election? (Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Media Services, 01/24/08)

"Every Vote Counts", We must actually find out who counts the votes. (Richard Belzer, Huffington Post, 01/22/08)

"Holes Hidden in Plain Sight", The 'seals' are not seals. The 'chain of custody' is not a chain of custody. (BlackBoxVoting, 01/20/08)

"Huge Diebold Disparities Uncovered in New Hampshire Recount", Memory cards missing as attorney voices concerns about transparency. (Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet, 01/18/08)

"US Elections Still in SNAFU Mode", America's election system is broken. (Bernard Weiner, Crisis Papers, 01/16/08)

"Fraud Alert", The Indiana law belongs to a malign tradition in this nation's history of disfranchising people of color and poor whites under the banner of 'reform'. (Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker, 01/14/08)

"Experts Question Clinton's New Hampshire Primary Win", There is a paper trail in New Hampshire that can be used to verify the vote – if those ballots are counted by hand and not run through possibly suspect scanners. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 01/11/08)

"Alarms Should Go Off", Alarms should go off whenever the discrepancies between the 'official' results and the polls can't be explained. OSCE Considers an Exit Poll Discrepancy to be Prima Facie Evidence of Tampering. (Andi Novick, OpeEdNews, 01/10/08)

"Clear Evidence of Widespread Vote Fraud in New Hampshire", There were several major vote fraud issues to arise out of the New Hampshire primary revolving mainly around Ron Paul and Barack Obama. Diebold and New Hampshire. (Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet, 01/09/08)

"Public Financing of Elections Would Lead Us Out of the Partisan Swamp", Big money is preventing candidates who are strong on brains and independence from running for and winning office. (Nick Nyhart, The Oklahoman, 01/08/08)

"The Kudzu Effect: The Voting-Industrial Complex Chokes Our Democracy", Computerized voting, promoted by an interlocking cabal of political operatives and vendors, is strangling American democracy. (Sheri Myers, Bob Fitrakis, and Harvey Wasserman, Free Press, 01/06/08)

"NY Times Magazine Runs Cover Story on E-Voting Disaster", The entire debate over e-voting may be about to change. Can You Count on These Machines? (BradBlog, 01/04/08)

"Voting Groups Urge Presidential Candidates to Demand Paper Ballots", Five voting integrity groups send a letter to presidential candidates urging them to call on states to use paper ballots for the 2008 primary elections. (Kim Zetter, Wired, 01/02/08)

"Why is Iowa So Vital to Picking Presidents?", Why should such a tiny state get such a big say in picking the president? (Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers, 12/31/07)

"Kansas GOP Chair Brags of Vote 'Caging' Efforts", End of year letter describes plan to identify and challenge voters in 2008. (BradBlog, 12/27/07)

"Iowa Caucuses: Not the Battle of the Century", Can grassroots efforts turn out more people in 2008? (Bill Boyarsky, TruthDig, 12/26/07)

"Who Gets to Vote Matters", America once again discovers the risks to ballot integrity after the votes are cast. (William A. Collins, Athens Messenger, 12/22/07)

"Voting Rights Activists Win Big Cases in Florida and Arizona", Activists move closer to proving electronic vote count theft and a law disenfranchising thousands of new voters is blocked. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 12/21/07)

"Inside a GOP Effort to Rig the 2002 New Hampshire Elections", The illegal election-day scheme to jam the phone lines of New Hampshire Democrats during the 2002 Senate election reaches higher into the Republican Party. (Greg Gordon, McClatchy, 12/19/07)

"The Politics of Religion in America", Presidential candidates, debate moderators, pundits, and religious leaders all share a dangerous confusion about questions of faith and citizenship. (James Carroll, Boston Globe, 12/17/07)

"America's Judicial Coup", Dec. 12, 2000 - five US Supreme Court justices overturned a recount order from the Florida Supreme Court - a turning point in American history. (Robert, Sam, and Nat Parry, Consortium News, 12/12/07)

"Interview with Bob Koehler", Bob Koehler wrote The Silent Scream of Numbers: The 2004 Election Was Stolen – Will Someone Please Tell the Media? (Joan Brunwasser, OpEdNews, 12/09/07)

"California's Testing Cracks ES&S Evoting System Wide Open", The results of the Red Team test demonstrate beyond doubt that the security of ES&S voting machines is utterly inadequate for use in elections. (Ryan Paul, ArsTechnica, 12/05/07)

"Arizona Lawsuit a Crystal Ball into 2008 Presidential Vote Count", Democrats and others say access to electronic voting records may prove fraud – but local officials say releasing the data will show hackers how to rig votes. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 12/03/07)

"The Effort to Change California Election Law to Help the GOP", Why Democrats should not only fight it – but also push for a National Popular Vote Plan. (John W. Dean, FindLaw, 11/30/07)

"Smells Like 2000", Voting was supposed to have changed after the 2000 election fiasco. What happened? (Ted McDonough, SLWeekly, 11/29/07)

"Transparent and Well-Regulated Elections", Part 1 on language in a Free and Fair Elections Amendment. Part 2. (Anthony Signorelli, OpEdNews, 11/26/07)

"$45,588 Per E-Vote", $45,588 per e-vote for disabled voters in Marin County, California. (BradBlog, 11/24/07)

"Diebold Optical-Scan Failures May Be Affecting Connecticut", Diebold optical-scan failures reported in Florida may be affecting Connecticut as well. (Dori Smith, BradBlog, 11/20/07)

"The Semi-Secret World of Campaign Bundlers", The major concern with bundling is about influence. (Lisa Zagaroli, McClatchy Newspapers, 11/18/07)

"Houston Election Officials Alter Vote Tallies", One witness expresses shock at how easy it is to change vote totals. (Jon Ponder, BradBlog, 11/16/07)

"Count the Ways to Restore Confidence in Elections", States should push for the accuracy and accountability of paper ballots. (News-Journal, 11/14/07)

"Info on Voting Flaws Not Shared", No nationwide system enables election supervisors to share information about voting machine failures and studies outlining security concerns. (M. C. Moewe, News-Journal, 11/12/07)

"Reforming the Primary Process", Vote early and count often. (Jonathan Soros, New York Times, 11/10/07)

"Election Day Problems Return", Voting machine failures reported in Indiana, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Maryland. (BradBlog, 11/07/07)

"Voter Intimidation May Plague Election Day 2007", In a half-dozen states voting today, civil rights activists and Democrats expect to see voter intimidation and suppression. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 11/06/07)

"TIME: The Stampede Away From Touch-Screen", Magazine says Nelson-Whitehouse Senate bill calling for 2012 ban on dangerous DRE voting systems is a 'stunning reversal'. (BradBlog, 11/04/07)

"Tanner's Sworn Testimony Not Credible", DOJ Voting Rights Section staffer says John Tanner's sworn testimony is 'not credible'. (BradBlog, 10/31/07)

"It's Not Fraud, It's Alienated Voters", The right to vote shouldn't depend on luck. (James Sample, Politico, 10/29/07)

"The Final GOP Throes for 'Voter Fraud' Zealot", The standoff in the Senate concerning the FEC nomination of GOP 'voter fraud' zealot Hans von Spakovsky. (BradBlog, 10/28/07)

"Elizabeth Kucinich Says Political System Rigged, Fake, Undemocratic", Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich speak about voting rights, election reform, impeachment, and the need for an outcry from the American people. (Emily Levy, BradBlog, 10/24/07)

"Expanding Opportunities to Vote by Mail", Expanding and improving opportunities to vote by mail or absentee. (John C. Fortier, AEI, 10/22/07)

"Will the Election Theft Machine Do It Again in 08?", The election theft machine Rove used to steal the US presidency in 2000 and 2004 is still in place for the upcoming 2008 election. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, FreePress, 10/21/07)

"Freeman's Presentation on Stolen US Elections", A video crash course on election fraud. (Joan Brunwasser, OpEdNews, 10/14/07)

"Actual Evidence of Voter Fraud is Minimal", It is imperative that our judicial system decide in favor of an accessible democracy. (Matthew Segal, Huffington Post, 10/09/07)

"Senate Playing Game of Chicken Over FEC Nominations", The fight over von Spakovsky's nomination is at a stalemate. (Paul Kiel, TPMmuckracker, 10/05/07)

"Election Security That Works", California should become its own vendor. (Steven Hill, San Francisco Bay Guardian, 10/03/07)

"Back to the Future – With Balloting by Mail", The cost savings, simplicity, and security of an easily checked paper trail make all-mail balloting an experiment worth trying. (Daniel Borenstein, Inside Bay Area, 09/30/07)

"GOP Says They'll Continue Voter Suppression Tactics", The Republican Party plans to continue a legal tactic that targets the right to vote of likely Democrats – often minorities. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 09/27/07)

"Credit Cards for Everyone, But a Voter ID for Thee", The Supreme Court has already stolen one election from us – now it has the opportunity to steal all future elections in a single ruling. (Glenn W. Smith, Common Dreams, 09/26/07)

"CA Secretary of State Files Felony Charges", CA Secretary of State files felony charges for fraudulent signature gathering on ballot initiative. (BradBlog, 09/25/07)

"Overwhelming Evidence of Voting Machine Failure – Why is It Not Enough?", When a clear and present danger to democracy becomes evident, why can't our public servants figure out what to do? (John Gideon and Ellen Theisen, OpEdNews, 09/23/07)

"Meltdown '07", Diebold touch-screens flipping in Memphis Mayoral Election. Riverside County, CA Board of Supervisors Threatens Sequoia Voting Systems. (BradBlog, 09/20/07)

"Will House Leaders Duck Debate on Electronic Voting Compromise?", House Democratic leadership is accommodating interest groups that want to see continued use of the very voting systems that are being discredited across the country. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 09/17/07)

"Update to Dan Rather's Trouble with Touchscreens Report", A follow-up from Dan Rather Reports to his recent investigative report on 'The Trouble with Touchscreens' and a promise of more to come. (BradBlog, 09/13/07)

"Voter Purging: A Legal Way for Republicans to Swing Elections?", Now the Department of Justice, like the Republican Party, wants fewer registered voters in 2008. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 09/11/07)

"Securing (Or Not) Your Right to Vote", There are far too many ways that people with ill intentions can compromise the voting systems without detection. (Steven Levy, Newsweek, 09/10/07)

"Latest on Holt Election Reform Bill", The latest on the Holt election reform bill and the Davis amendment to restrict DRE touch-screen voting systems. (BradBlog, 09/07/07)

NY Times Calls for Ban on Touch-Screen Voting, Calls on Congress to add DRE ban to Holt's election reform bill and says 'electronic voting has been an abysmal failure'. (BradBlog, 09/05/07)

"Voice of the Voters", Transcript of Matt Blaze interview. (Mary Ann Gould, OpEdNews, 09/03/07)

"EAC for Dummies", How the White House has designs on your elections. (Nancy Tobi, OpEdNews, 08/31/07)

"Caught in a Lie", Diebold and KY's Republican SOS found using uncertified voting systems in state. (John Gideon, BradBlog, 08/29/07)

"ES&S Pouts, Stamps Foot, Complies Anyway", ES&S ultimately complies with the requirements they had tried to skirt in the first place. (John Gideon, VotersUnite, 08/27/07)

"Public Financing Would Mean Cheaper Elections", They are using our tax money for their election campaigns – and they'll keep right on doing it until enough of us wise up and stop listening to their propaganda, start asking the right questions, and then demand answers that serve the public interest. (Mike McCabe, Capital Times, 08/26/07)

"The Dan Rather Voting Machine Special", A recipe for election disaster and serious food for thought. (Joan Brunwasser, OpEdNews, 08/22/07)

"GOP/DOJ 'Voter Fraud' Zealot Bradley Schlozman Out at DOJ", Yet another one bites the dust in continuing US attorney purge scandal. (BradBlog, 08/20/07)

"Sequoia Voting Systems Responsible for 2000 Presidential Debacle?", Sequoia Voting Systems not only makes e-voting machines that replaced punch cards - but also created the punch cards that failed in Florida. (Kim Zetter, Wired, 08/15/07)

"States Seek Change in Presidential Election Process", State lawmakers, political party leaders, and voting rights advocates step up efforts to change the rules of the game. (Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Times, 08/11/07)

"LA County Registrar Concerned About Profits of Voting Machine Company", McCormack worries Diebold won't make enough money off voters. (BradBlog, 08/08/07)

"The Deepening Criminal Cover-Up of Ohio's Stolen 2004 Election", The mass elimination of the critical evidence that could definitively prove or disprove the presumption that the 2004 election was stolen has all the markings of a Rovian crime perpetrated to hide another one. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 08/04/07)

"The 'Revolving Door' of Partisan Election Officials and the Voting Machine Industry", Top election officials in five states have recently become voting machine lobbyists. (New York Times, 08/02/07)

"Elections Belong to the People", No one can conceal our right to know how our votes are counted. (Andi Novick, OpEdNews, 08/01/07)

"California's DRE Voting Systems Fail Fair Test", California's DRE voting systems tested for accessibility and fail fair test. (John Gideon, BradBlog, 07/31/07)

"Ohio's 2004 Presidential Election Records are Destroyed or Missing", In 56 of Ohio's 88 counties, election records from 2004 have been 'accidentally' destroyed despite a federal order to preserve them – it was crucial evidence which would have revealed whether the election was stolen. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 07/30/07)

"PBS Finally Exposes Criminal GOP Conspiracy to Steal the 2004 Election", NOW report links illegal 'vote caging' scam to top Republican operatives and the White House. (Alan Breslauer, Bradblog, 07/28/07)

"Analysts Able to Bypass Both Physical and Software Security of CA Voting Systems", Analysts able to bypass both physical and software security for every system they reviewed in landmark independent review of CA voting systems. (Bradblog, 07/27/07)

"Are Voter Registration Drives Being Put Out of Business?", A half-dozen states pass severe laws that scare off voting activists. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 07/25/07)

"Milwaukee Election Records Indicate Apparent Forgery", Records reveal apparent forgeries and ballot box stuffing in 2004 presidential election. (John Washburn, Bradblog, 07/23/07)

"Improving the Ballot", Congress should work with states to produce a fairly uniform system that is voter-friendly and reliable. (GoUpstate, 07/22/07)

"US Senate Bill S. 1487", Senate bill S. 1487 would escalate the federal control and privatization of elections. (Ellen Theisen, OpEdNews, 07/19/07)

"Recommendations for the General Election of 2008", On-site observations of the hand-counting of paper ballots and recommendations for the General Election of 2008. (Sheila Parks, OpEdNews, 07/18/07)

"Bush Government to Poor Voters: We Don't Want You to Vote", The Justice Department pressures 10 states to purge their voter rolls, while states ignore laws to help low-income Americans register to vote. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 07/17/07)

"Red Alert Sent Over Iowa GOP Straw Poll", Ron Paul supporters are concerned that Diebold DREs will be used to deny 'groundswell of support'. (John Gideon, Bradblog, 07/15/07)

"EAC Ungags Tova Wang", Expert hired to write voter fraud study now allowed to speak about it. (John Gideon, Bradblog, 07/12/07)

"Holt Bill was Revised by Microsoft, Diebold, and ES&S", HR 811 rewritten by Microsoft, Diebold, ES&S, and other entities in 'the proprietary software industry'. (Mark Crispin Miller, OpEdNews, 07/11/07)

"Let's Not Miss the Chance to Change Voting Laws", Changing voting laws and reforming election administration in states across the country. (Michael Waldman, Huffington Post, 07/10/07)

"More Election Officials in Diebold Sales Literature", Maryland's Linda Lamone isn't the only election official appearing in literature to market Diebold voting systems. (Kim Zetter, Wired, 07/06/07)

"Election Fraud: Where's the Outrage?", Better we the people act, than be acted upon. (Ernest Partridge, Crisis Papers, 07/03/07)

"Was Campaigning Against Voter Fraud a Republican Ploy?", A New Mexico lawyer who pressed to oust US Attorney David Iglesias was an officer of a nonprofit group that aided Republican candidates in 2006 by pushing for tougher voter identification laws. (Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, 07/01/07)

"Congress About to 'Just Say Yes' to Permanent Secret Vote Counting", Centralized control of voting is a form of tyranny. (Nancy Tobi, OpEdNews, 06/29/07)

"S1487 – What Does It Do?", Why is it wrong? What to do about it! (Teresa Hommel, OpEdNews, 06/28/07)

"Vote Caging Allegations Arise in Probe of US Attorney Firings", Critics say top Justice official's '04 letter to Ohio judge was a partisan maneuver. (Greg Gordon, McClatchy Newspapers, 06/25/07)

"Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty Testifies to Congress One Last Time", Hearing clearly reveals continuing lack of interest in the vote caging issue at DOJ. (Margie Burns, Bradblog, 06/21/07)

"The Tears of a Clone", Will Conyers convince his committee to 'dig deep' on vote suppression? (Greg Palast, Bradblog, 06/17/07)

"FL-13 Election Contest Continues to Continue", Jennings is finding her gamble to rely on Congress could take far longer than her supporters had hoped. (Bradblog, 06/14/07)

"Voters Fail to Notice Vote-Flipping", Two-thirds of voters fail to notice vote-flipping on touch-screen DRE voting systems. (John Gideon, Bradblog, 06/13/07)

"Sen. Feinstein's Election Reform Bill: A Constitutional Heresy", This bill is shameful as well as dangerous. (Ellen Theisen, Bradblog, 06/12/07)

"Votes Won't Count as Long as There are Machines", Christopher Hitchens says everything other than a paper ballot is a 'racket and fraud' and 'should never have been allowed to happen'. (Alan Breslauer, Bradblog, 06/11/07)

"Rush Holt's HR 811 Does More Harm Than Good", Once we have legitimized that 'ballots' need not be counted and have endorsed the practice of secret vote-counting, how is it that we are a democracy? (Ellen Theisen, Bradblog, 06/10/07)

"Voter Suppression?", The Bush administration engaged in a three-year effort to suppress likely Democratic votes. (Rebecca Carr, Statesman, 06/07/07)

"DOJ to Appeal Dismissed MO Voter Roll Lawsuit", Inside DOJ source expands on comments about Schlozman's 'razor's edge of perjury' testimony. (Bradblog, 06/06/07)

"The Evils of Lesser Evil Voting", The deadly decline of American democracy results in large measure from lesser evil voters electing lesser evil politicians. (Joel S. Hirschhorn, Atlantic Free Press, 06/05/07)

"Will Electronic Voting Reform Create New Ways to Steal Elections?", Top elections experts warn that Congress' latest attempt at regulating voting machines won't change a thing. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 06/04/07)

"On the State of Our Democracy: Get Over It, Losers!", The blatant disregard of the Federal Contested Elections Act and the US Constitution by members of Congress is beyond the pale. (John Russell, Bradblog, 06/03/07)

"Raging Caging", What the heck is vote caging and why should we care? (Dahlia Lithwick, Slate, 05/31/07)

"Greg Palast is Dangerous", Reply to commentary following report on Goodling's testimony. (Greg Palast, Bradblog, 05/28/07)

"The Goods on Goodling and the Keys to the Kingdom", The no longer 'missing' Rove emails reveal the cagey scheme to steal 2008. (Greg Palast, Bradblog, 05/24/07)

"Make Every Vote Count", Congress should follow Florida with optical-scan voting machines. (Orlando Sentinel, 05/22/07)

"Bush Operative von Spakovsky", Bush operative von Spakovsky strong-armed the EAC and the DOJ voting rights unit on 'voter fraud'. (Bradblog, 05/21/07)

"GOP's Unsubstantiated Voter Fraud Claims", A scheme to use the levers of government to shape the pool of voters in favor of the ruling party. (Marie Cocco, IndyStar, 05/19/07)

"Will Al Gore Face His Inconvenient Truths About Our Stolen Elections?", Will Gore muster the courage to denounce the role of voting machine proprietors and techno 'insiders' in corrupting the voting process? (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 05/18/07)

"US Attorney Purge: It's About the 2008 Election", Prosecutors in 9 battleground states targeted, 7 related to 'voter fraud' prosecution. (Bradblog, 05/17/07)

"Sarasota's FL-13 Election 'Slammed' by Viral Worm Attack", Sarasota's FL-13 election 'slammed' by viral worm attack on first day of early voting. (Bradblog, 05/16/07)

"Keep Out the Vote", All signs point to a continuing, concentrated GOP campaign to curtail voting rights, to intimidate impoverished and elderly citizens, to suppress voter turnout in minority neighborhoods that would lean Democratic, to take control of who gets to vote. (Michael Winship, Truthout, 05/15/07)

"The Globalization of Electronic Election Theft", The disputes surrounding electronic voting machines have gone global. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Free Press, 05/11/07)

"Details on CA's 'Top-to-Bottom Review' of Voting Systems", Secretary of State Bowen unveils details on top-to-bottom review of California's voting systems. (Bradblog, 05/09/07)

"Holt Election Reform Bill Passes Out of Committee", People for the American Way still misleading public about it. (Bradblog, 05/08/07)

"Airing Gonzales' Dirty Laundry", A look at one of the real reasons eight US attorneys were fired – the Republican effort to stop voter registration campaigns in poor neighborhoods. (Bill Boyarsky, TruthDig, 05/02/07)

"Voice of the Voters", Three e-voting whistleblowers interviewed together. (OpEdNews, 04/30/07)

"Rebuttal to Dill's Support of the HR 811 Trojan Horse", It is time to remember what this is about: protecting and preserving our American democratic Republic. (Nancy Tobi, OpEdNews, 04/27/07)

"Are Rove's Missing E-Mails the Smoking Guns of the Stolen 2004 Election?", The time frame from which these e-mails are missing also includes a critical late night period after the presidential election of 2004, when computerized vote tallies may have been shifted to move the Ohio vote count from Kerry to Bush. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 04/25/07)

"Ann Coulter's Voter Fraud", Coverage of the Ann Coulter Voter Fraud issue. (Bradblog, 04/24/07)

"The US Election Assistance Commission Comes Under Fire", Long overdue congressional scrutiny finally comes to bear against the agency responsible for overseeing the entire US election system. (Bradblog, 04/23/07)

"The GOP's Cyber Election Hit Squad", 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 Bush's re-election? (Steven Rosenfeld and Bob Fitrakis, Free Press, 04/22/07)

"They Got the Wrong Guy", Rev. Edward Pinkney, who was recently tried and convicted of election 'irregularities' or voter fraud, faces up to twenty years in prison. (Jayne Lyn Stahl, Atlantic Free Press, 04/21/07)

"Two Compelling Reasons to Resist the Holt Bill", The Holt bill secures secret vote counting as well as the aggrandizement of federal control over our elections. (Andi Novick, OpEdNews, 04/20/07)

"A Better Way to Vote", If the nation really believes in 'majority rule', instant-runoff voting is one way to get closer to it. (USA Today, 04/19/07)

"Dare to Look Back", The unconstitutional decision by five Supreme Court justices to blatantly steal an election for one of their own was a frightening assault upon the separation of powers, the American people, and upon democracy itself. (Sheila Samples, Atlantic Free Press, 04/18/07)

"GOP Cries of Voter Fraud are a Shameless Lie", The GOP has become shameless in disenfranchising thousands in its alarmist pursuit of phantom fraud. (Tom Teepen, Lufkin Daily News, 04/17/07)

"16 States Affected by Newly Discovered ES&S Voting System Virus Vulnerability", States which use the ES&S iVotronic touch-screen voting system found vulnerable to an undetectable countrywide vote-flipping virus which can be implanted by a single person. (Bradblog, 04/16/07)

"White House Wants It Difficult For People to Vote", Robert Reich suggests the core issue behind the US attorney firings and missing emails is what the White House was trying to do – create a public image of voter fraud across this country that would entitle the White House to make it more difficult for people to vote. (David Edwards, Raw Story, 04/15/07)

"US Attorneys and Voting Rights", The administration's effort to prosecute voter fraud is a sham. (Marjorie Cohn, Media with Conscience, 04/14/07)

"Pending Election Reform in Congress Doesn't Give Citizens Right to Sue", A law regulating voting machines making its way through Congress lacks a provision allowing voters to sue – a right that was a cornerstone of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act. (Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet, 04/13/07)

"Insider Emails Reveal Florida's Voter Registration Problems", Insider emails reveal Florida's voter registration database was plagued with problems in 2006. (Michael Richardson, Bradblog, 04/12/07)

"EAC 'Voter Fraud' Report Boondoggle", We will be studying the EAC's failures for many years to understand how NOT to engage in election administration reform. (Bradblog, 04/11/07)

"PFAW is Misleading Americans", People For the American Way is misleading Americans on the Holt Election Reform Bill. (Bradblog, 04/09/07)

"Voting Process Needs Regulation", A ballot should never be secret from the voter who cast it. (Emily Levy, Santa Cruz Sentinel, 04/08/07)

"Allow States to Use Audits to Confirm ALL Federal Election Outcomes", Amend HR811 to allow States to conduct manual audits of electronic vote counts to confirm the outcomes of ALL federal elections. (Howard Stanislevic, E-Voter, 04/07/07)

"Fiddling on Election Reform as Democracy Burns", Democrats and their public advocacy group supporters continue to fiddle on election reform as democracy burns. (Bradblog, 04/06/07)

"The True Cost of Campaigning", Voters pay for elections one way or another. Better that the price should be from tax dollars than corrupt policies and wasted officeholders. (Boston Globe, 04/05/07)

"Why Nobody Should Ever Have to Trust an Elections Official", Former Monterey County Registrar of Voters heads to jail on 43 criminal counts. (Bradblog, 04/03/07)

"McNerney Election Report", McNerney Election Protection Task Force releases election report with 36 recommendations. (Bradblog, 03/30/07)

"The Myth of Voter Fraud", As Congress probes the firing of US attorneys, it is important to focus on 'why' - failure to prosecute the phantom of individual voter fraud. (Michael Waldman and Justin Levitt, Washington Post, 03/29/07)

"Whose Election Fraud?", The problem for politicians hoping to selectively depress voter turnout is this: Without voter fraud, there's no justification for restrictive ID requirements. (Barbara Burt and Jonah Goldman, TomPaine, 03/28/07)

"Judge Refuses to Order Hand Count", Why would you have a paper record if you don't count it? (Bradblog, 03/27/07)

"FL-13: State Audit Team Replies to Questions", State audit team replies to questions surrounding ES&S 'Source Code Review Agreement' sent to state certification chief. (Bradblog, 03/26/07)

"Explosive New Vote Fraud Developments", Explosive new vote fraud developments continue to rock Ohio and Florida. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 03/23/07)

"Clean Elections Solution Arrives in Congress", The campaign finance system is spinning out of control, guzzling the money that should go to solving the real issues facing this country. (David Donnelly and Gary Kalman, AlterNet, 03/21/07)

"Blowback from Ohio's 2004 Stolen Election is Escalating", With stiff prison terms, forced resignations, and widespread investigations underway – there is a sense in Ohio that much more is yet to surface about the disputed presidential election of 2004. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 03/20/07)

"A Challenge to Opponents of a Ban on Electronic Ballots", Seeking just one democracy-serving reason to keep DREs allowable under the Holt Bill. (Ellen Theisen, VotersUnite, 03/19/07)

"Ballot Bonanza", The first big survey of voter ID requirements – and its surprising findings. (Stephen Ansolabehere, Slate, 03/16/07)

"Testimony for the House Administration Elections Subcommittee", Addressing source code disclosure, the problems it is intended to solve, and its benefits and risks. (David Wagner, VoteTrustUSA, 03/15/07)

"Election Fraud, My Ass", The image of armies of unregistered, illegal, and dead people swarming the polls was and is a Republican myth. (Paul Loeb, Huffington Post, 03/14/07)

"FL-13: Company Warned, but Sarasota Declined to Fix Machines or Caution Voters", Company warned of touch-screen voting system defect and urged officials to take corrective measures. (Bradblog, 03/13/07)

"E-Voting Security Expert Goes on Record Against Electronic Ballots", Avi Rubin testifies that DRE voting systems, with or without a paper trail, are 'not reasonable' for use in a democracy. (Bradblog, 03/09/07)

"More Proof of E-Voting Trouble", GAO report is a reminder that the EAC has failed entirely. (Brad Friedman, Computer World, 03/08/07)

"Taking Democracy Seriously", We should make voting mandatory, give voters the option of 'none of the above', make Election Day a national holiday, provide same day registration everywhere, and lower the voting age to 16. (Joel S. Hirschhorn, Atlantic Free Press, 03/07/07)

"Clint Curtis Documents Evidence of Widespread 2006 Florida Election Fraud", The whistleblower continues his fight for election integrity. (Jim Cirile, Bradblog, 03/04/07)

"The Stolen Election of 2004", Corporations have privatized the electoral system, leaving it easily susceptible to fixed outcomes. (Michael Parenti, Common Dreams, 03/02/07)

"False Choices in the Debate on Voting Technology", American democracy cannot afford another questionable presidential election. So why are the Democrats getting the solution so wrong? (Brad Friedman, AlterNet, 02/28/07)

"Essential Revisions to HR 811", The bill's shortcomings and a call for some needed changes. (John Gideon, Voters Unite, 02/27/07)

"Undervote Rate Plummets 85% After Switch From Touch-Screen Voting", Undervote rate plummets 85% in New Mexico's Native American precincts after statewide switch from touch-screen voting to paper ballots. (Bradblog, 02/26/07)

"Official Florida Audit on FL-13 Released", Conflicting conclusions revealed despite state claim of 'no evidence to suggest official results in error'. Jennings Says Florida's Audit of Election 'Flawed, Incomplete'. (Bradblog, 02/23/07)

"Beyond the Voting Machine", Stealth barriers to voter participation. (Michael Slater and Nathan Henderson-James, TPMCafe, 02/22/07)

"Paper Trails or Paper Ballots?", American voters will not be adequately served if there is no discussion of a proposal to establish a uniform currency of voting – a paper ballot marked by the voter on the paper ballot itself, with all electronic tallies derived from that paper ballot. (Warren Stewart, VoteTrustUSA, 02/21/07)

"Voting Machines as a Giant Ponzi Scheme", Analysis that uncovers the actual schedules and timelines for the voting machine product development cycle, revealing it to be a fraud on the American taxpayer. (Nancy Tobi, OpEdNews, 02/20/07)

"Unbundle the Benjamins", Just how much money is being collected by lobbyists? (Laura MacCleery, Common Dreams, 02/16/07)

"Flawed Holt Election Reform Bill", Holt election reform bill continues to be supported by Democrats and their public advocacy groups, while being criticized by the election integrity community. (Bradblog, 02/14/07)

US Election Assistance Commission Chair Knew About Problems, US Election Assistance Commission Chair, Donetta Davidson, knew about problems of voting machine test labs but kept quiet. (Michael Richardson, Bradblog, 02/13/07)

"What's Wrong with Holt II (HR 811)", A concise list of problems with the bill. (Bev Harris, Online Journal, 02/12/07)

"NJ Voting Machines Face Twin Challenge", A lawyer calls them uncertified. A professor calls them easy to rig. (Kevin Coughlin, Star-Ledger, 02/11/07)

"The Flaws that Need Fixing in Holt's HR811", Critical changes are needed to Holt HR811. (Kathy Dopp, OpEdNews, 02/09/07)

"Testimony to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration", Testimony from the California Deputy Secretary of State, Voting Systems Technology and Policy. (Lowell Finley, VoteTrustUSA, 02/09/07)

"Statement of the Chairman", Committee on Rules and Administration Hearing on the Hazards of Electronic Voting: Focus on the Machinery of Democracy. (Sen. Dianne Feinstein, VoteTrustUSA, 02/08/07)

"Senate Rules Committee Statement", Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. (Warren Stewart, VoteTrustUSA, 02/07/07)

"Why the Holt Election Reform Bill Must be Amended to Guarantee a Real Paper Ballot", Concerns about Holt's Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007. (John Bonifaz, Bradblog, 02/06/07)

"FL-13: Florida Lied About Investigative Team", More reason to doubt credibility of group of scientists said to be investigating failed US House race in Sarasota. (Bradblog, 02/05/07)

"Test Lab Failures Old News", CIBER voting machine test lab failures is 'old news' known by top election officials for years. (Michael Richardson, Bradblog, 02/01/07)

"FL: Paper-Based Optical Scan Voting System for Entire State", Florida's new governor to recommend paper-based optical scan voting system for entire state. (Bradblog, 01/30/07)

"Sloppy, Incomplete, and Non-Existent Testing", Secret EAC reports reveal sloppy, incomplete, and non-existent testing by federal test lab for voting machines used across the country last November. (Michael Richardson, Bradblog, 01/29/07)

"The Technology Devolution", Toss the computers, toss the punch cards, toss everything but paper and pencil. (Chad Vander Veen, GovTech, 01/27/07)

"Subpoenas May Be Issued", Subpoenas may be issued by NY state after 'outrageous' snub by US Elections Assistance Commission. (Michael Richardson, Bradblog, 01/26/07)

"Scalia: Get Over It", Scalia on his 2000 decision to award the presidency to Bush: 'Get over it'. (Bradblog, 01/25/07)

"Key Copied from Diebold Online Store", Diebold voting machine key copied from photo at company's own online store. Diebold Key Hack Story Updates. (Bradblog, 01/24/07)

"Unverifiable Votes", Our election system is broken. Can the new Congress fix it? (Warren Stewart, VoteTrustUSA, 01/22/07)

"Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport", What 'WeThePatriots' are doing about that. (Joan Brunwasser, OpEdNews, 01/20/07)

"Taking America Back From Corporations", Instead of government of, by and for the corporations, we can begin to restore government of, by and for the people. We can begin to restore democracy in America. (Charles Reed, Waco Tribune-Herald, 01/19/07)

"Only Appearing to Clean House", The only way to stop the system of legalized bribery is to cut it off at its roots – require television and radio networks that use the public airwaves to offer candidates free time and give public financing to candidates. (Robert B. Reich, Common Dreams, 01/18/07)

"America's Unverifiable Election Results", The case for a return to 'open voting'. (Lynn Landes, OpEdNews, 01/16/07)

"EAC Scandal Grows", Sarasota's 'undervote' voting machine models certified by banned lab, Ciber, before untested upgrades. (Michael Richardson, OpEdNews, 01/15/07)

"Wrong Winner Chosen Twice", Congress seats two clear 'losers' – wrong winner chosen twice by same voting machine. (Michael Collins, Scoop, 01/15/07)

"Banned Test Lab Certified Machines", Banned test lab certified electronic voting machines used by 68.5% of the nation's registered voters in 2006 elections. (Michael Richardson, OpEdNews, 01/13/07)

"How to Finish Off the GOP Machine", The Machiavellian case for public financing of elections. (Zachary Roth, Washington Monthly, 01/12/07)

"Jennings on Her Contested Race", Jennings is appealing the ruling and has filed a complaint in Congress. (Melinda Henneberger, Huffington Post, 01/11/07)

"Update on Busby/Bilbray CA50 Election Contest Appeal", Details of attorney oral arguments concerning whether the US Congress can overrule state election laws. (Bradblog, 01/10/07)

"EAC Admits Ciber Report Does Exist", There is paperwork on 'barred' voting machine testing lab. (John Gideon, Bradblog, 01/09/07)

"Are You a Citizen? Prove It", Exercising the basic right to vote is becoming more of a hassle. (Kavan Peterson, Stateline, 01/08/07)

"5 Races in the US House to be Contested", Rep. Holt lauded by several of the challengers in press statements. (Bradblog, 01/04/07)

"Report Exposes E-Voting Machine Malfunctions", Report exposes excessive e-voting machine malfunctions in mid-term elections. (John Gideon, Bradblog, 01/03/07)

"It's Time to Ditch Touch-Screen Voting for Paper Ballots", Let's make sure that the system is as simple, accurate, and secure as we can make it. (Mike Himowitz, Baltimore Sun, 12/30/06)

"Today's Voting Machines Story", Who are our elections FOR? (Seeing The Forest, 12/29/06)

"Voting System Should be Secure", The voting system should be secure and capable of being audited. (GoUpstate, 12/27/06)

"A Call for Publicly Financed Elections", Using public money to fund elections could help clean up corruption. (Jennifer James, Yale Daily News, 12/26/06)

"Drop Touch-Screens", It's time to pull the plug on the failed experiment of electronic voting. (Orlando Sentinel, 12/24/06)

"Suspicions Aroused by Voting Machine Problems", Reports of vote-flipping accumulate. (Bill Toland, Knox News, 12/23/06)

"Registrar Pleads 'No Contest' to 43 Criminal Charges", Monterey County, CA Registrar Tony Anchundo pleads 'no contest' to 43 criminal charges. (Bradblog, 12/21/06)

"Larger Audits Required to Confirm 2006 US House Races", Fixed-percentage audits are not acceptable. by (Howard Stanislevic, VoteTrustUSA, 12/20/06)

"Election Costs Doubled Due to Use of Diebold", Election costs doubled in Utah due to the use of Diebold touch-screen voting systems. (Bradblog, 12/19/06)

"Coalition Paper Ballot Call Spares Vote Villains", It's time that the technologically focused faction of the voting rights movement broaden itself through an active awareness that it is part of the larger voting rights movement. (Michael Collins, Scoop, 12/18/06)

"Instant Runoff Voting is Catching On", Instant runoff voting has been quietly racking up impressive victories. (Steven Hill, Truthout, 12/18/06)

"Gambling on Votes?", Experts say you do. (Catherine Dolinski, Tampa Tribune, 12/15/06)

"American Elections No Longer the Gold Standard", The US fails to meet basic international standards that determine whether a country has structures in place to ensure truly democratic elections. (Linda Weltner, Marblehead Reporter, 12/14/06)

"Riverside Challenge", Board of Supervisors and Sequoia laying groundwork to try and wriggle out of '1000 to 1' bet their voting machines can't be hacked. (Bradblog, 12/13/06)

"Regardless of Result, Voting Procedures Must be Reviewed", It is a mistake for anyone, Democrat or Republican, to dismiss inherently risky voting procedures based on which party won or lost. (Tomah Journal, 12/11/06)

"The Road to Reliable Elections", There is no excuse for sticking with unreliable voting machines. (New York Times, 12/11/06)

"Sarasota Offered Voters Faulty Information", Sarasota offered voters faulty information about undervote confirmation process on ES&S touch-screen machines. (Bradblog, 12/10/06)

"Statement to the EAC", Statement delivered to the Election Assistance Commission at their public hearing. (Jonah Goldman, VoteTrustUSA, 12/09/06)

"Where's the Voter Fraud?", The right is 'propagating a myth' in order to pass disenfranchising laws said to combat the phony perception they've created. (Tova Andrea Wang, Bradblog, 12/08/06)

"Remember the Pinto", Why isn't the performance of our voting machines as important as the performance of our blenders? (Andi Novick, OpEdNews, 12/07/06)

"Jennings to Ask House for 'Investigation' in FL-13 Race", 'Constitutional Option' likely to be invoked in fight over US House seat. (Bradblog, 12/07/06)

"Electronic Treason", Connecting the dots from glitch to fraud. (Robert Koehler, Huffington Post, 12/06/06)

"Honest Centrism for Populist Democracy", To fix our nation we must remove control of OUR political system by the two major parties. (Joel S. Hirschhorn, Atlantic Free Press, 12/05/06)

"What's Wrong with My Voting Machine?", Americans deserve better choices than the voting machine industry is offering. (Adam Cohen, Amherst Times, 12/04/06)

"Think Globally, Protect the Vote Locally", The stronger the local laws, the more they could set a federal standard. (Paul Rogat Loeb, Truthout, 12/02/06)

"Valid Voting is Not Rocket Science", Congress can ensure that our ballot system works accurately and reliably every election with proper funding. (Ray Martinez III, Newsday, 12/01/06)

"Public Money Could Solve Ethics Woes", The system we have in place forces even the most 'ethical' of our representatives to be in a position where they have to take money from big business and special interests in order to be elected. (Jennifer James, Daily News, 11/30/06)

"An Unfinished Agenda for Smooth Elections", Little glitches have big consequences. (Star Tribune, 11/28/06)

"Experts Concerned as Ballot Problems Persist", This month's midterm election reveals that the country is still far from able to ensure that every vote counts. (Ian Urbina and Christopher Drew, New York Times, 11/26/06)

"Election Won, Election System Broken", The entire future of our nation is at stake. (Stephen Crockett, Morning Star, 11/25/06)

"Sarasota is Canary in Electronic Voting Coal Mine", As clear a demonstration as we're ever likely to see that warnings from computer scientists about the dangers of paperless electronic voting are valid. (Bradblog, 11/24/06)

"Dems Must End Legalized Bribery of Campaign Finance", D.C.'s 'culture of corruption' has everything to do with the Big Money bribery that is today's campaign finance system. (David Sirota, TomPaine, 11/23/06)

"The Future of Democracy will be Determined from the Bench", Candidates join lawsuit against paperless Diebold e-voting machines. (Bradblog, 11/22/06)

"Diebold Cannot be Trusted to Run Elections in America", Whistleblower Stephen Heller says 'Diebold cannot be trusted to run elections in America'. (Bradblog, 11/21/06)

"Third Parties Fight for American Democracy", The time is long overdue for Americans to stop voting for candidates that can win, and start voting for those that should win. (Joel S. Hirschhorn, Atlantic Free Press, 11/20/06)

"The Ballot Box Shell Game", This is a disgrace – a stain on democracy that the new Congress should attack aggressively. (Boston Globe, 11/19/06)

"Stopping H.R. 550 Because We Can't Compromise on Democracy", Anything that attempts to put a shiny coat of confidence on HAVA must not be tolerated by democracy-loving Americans. (Nancy Tobi and Paul Lehto, OpEdNews, 11/18/06)

"Clear Evidence 2006 Congressional Elections Hacked", Results skewed nationwide in favor of Republicans by 4 percent, 3 million votes. (Rob Kall, OpEdNews, 11/17/06)

"Counting the Vote, Badly", Last week's elections provided a lot of disturbing news about the reliability of electronic voting. (New York Times, 11/16/06)

"Dump ALL the Machines, Require Paper", For trustworthy elections, dump ALL the machines and require paper. (Rob Kall, OpEdNews, 11/15/06)

"Fixing the 2008 Election", Problems on Election Day led to thousands of eligible Americans being denied the opportunity to cast a ballot. (Jonah Goldman and Tova Wang, Tom Paine, 11/14/06)

"Time to Admit Electronic Voting Machines Can't be Trusted", Congressional hearings on electronic voting are needed. (The Examiner, 11/13/06)

"ES&S Voting Machines Fail Again", More votes than voters in Arkansas, thousands of votes missing in Florida, and zero votes recorded for one mayoral candidate. (Bradblog, 11/12/06)

"A Pro-Democracy Agenda for a New Congress", One means to build faith with voters would be seeking policies designed to improve democracy within Congress and elections in the United States. (Steven Hill and Rob Richie, Common Dreams, 11/11/06)

"E-Voting Transition a Disaster", A smooth transition to electronic balloting? Not so fast, America. (Brad Friedman, Computer World, 11/10/06)

A Post Mortem on the Voting Process, Let's hope we learn the lessons of 2006 better than we seem to have learned the lessons of 2004. (Tova Andrea Wang, Century Foundation, 11/09/06)

"Rumsfeld Replacement Was Director of Voting Company", Robert Gates was on the board of directors of VoteHere, the biggest elections industry lobbyist for HAVA. (Bev Harris, BlackBoxVoting, 11/09/06)

"Field of Screams – The Real Election Winners and Losers", Decades of empirical evidence show that neither Democrats nor Republicans will ever deliver quality to our democracy and justice to our economy – when will millions of dissenters unite behind a new centrist or populist party and take back our nation? (Joel S. Hirschhorn, Atlantic Free Press, 11/09/06)

"The Politics of Hope", The beauty of democracy: to hope and to vote. (Todd Huffman, Common Dreams, 11/07/06)

"Tomorrow's Outcome Hinges on Our Vigilance at the Polls", The public campaign for election protection has exploded from the handful to the many to the multitudes. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 11/06/06)

"Sanctity of Ballot is Once More at Stake", If the announced outcome of a race is not widely seen to be accurate, how can the winner of it hope to be respected? (C. W. Gusewelle, Kansas City Star, 11/05/06)

"The Importance of Recounts", Any corporation or financial institution that didn't regularly audit their books would not survive for long – our elections should be held to the same standards. (Warren Stewart, VoteTrustUSA, 11/04/06)

"Our Eyes are Wide Open", Let us be prepared to win or to lose fair and square – but let us have our eyes open and our kit bag packed by the door. (Doris 'Granny D' Haddock, Truthout, 11/04/06)

"A Vote for Old-Fashioned Poll Method", Paper ballots have a lot of properties that make them simple, transparent, and secure. (Ellis Henican, Newsday, 11/03/06)

"Midterm Elections 2006: It's Always Darkest, Right Before ... It Goes Completely Black", Given the bender of destruction we've been on, our nation needs far more help than a simple changing of the party affiliation of our corporate enablers. (Phil Rockstroh, Atlantic Free Press, 11/01/06)

"Nationwide Use of Computerized Voting Poses Risk", Purdue University information security expert says paperless computerized voting systems can create more problems than they solve. (Jim Schenke, Physorg, 10/31/06)

"Voting: Low-Tech is the Answer", There are three reasons why all-electronic voting machines are a bad idea: transparency, recovery, and audit. (Avi Rubin, BusinessWeek, 10/30/06)

"The Case vs. Diebold", Our forbearers developed a working solution for elections. It was safe, secure, and accurate - and would be cheaper. Why don't we use it? (Charles Corry, OpEdNews, 10/29/06)

"Hampering the Vote", An exhaustive report Voting in 2006: Have We Solved the Problems of 2004? catalogs new, sickening assaults on our democracy. (Robert Kuttner, Boston Globe, 10/28/06)

"E-Voting Train Wreck 2006", Still over a week from election day and already the problems are piling up. Election Meltdowns Brewing. (John Gideon, Bradblog, 10/28/06)

"Elections Assistance Commission is Hopelessly Compromised", Bush's US Elections Assistance Commission is hopelessly compromised, misleading America, and utterly failing in their job of overseeing US elections. Votes Hopping to Republicans. (Bradblog, 10/27/06)

"Will Ken Blackwell Find the Ways to Steal Ohio 2006 as He Did in 2004?", As election day approaches, Blackwell's dirty tricks sink ever deeper. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 10/26/06)

"Stealing the Midterms and the Power of Myth", "The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim." Quote by Gustave Le Bon – 'The Crowd'. (Mike Whitney, Atlantic Free Press, 10/25/06)

"Pull the Plug on E-Voting", There's no room for excuses. Part II. (Bruce O'Dell, OpEdNews, 10/25/06)

"Voting System in Doubt", Efforts to modernize the nation's patchwork voting system could bring a new round of problems. (Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Baltimore Sun, 10/24/06)

"Beware the High-Tech Ballot", Untested technology and poor training can lead to disaster. (BusinessWeek, 10/23/06)

"Electroshock", You don't need to believe in a vast vote-rigging conspiracy to be worried about the use of e-voting machines in November. (Genevieve Smith, American Prospect, 10/22/06)

"Recipe for a Cooked Election", A nasty little secret of American democracy - in every national election, ballots cast are simply thrown in the garbage. (Greg Palast, Yes! Magazine, 10/21/06)

"It's Voter-Fooling Time in America", The homestretch of the campaign season historically puts treacherous distortions of the truth before the voters. (New York Times, 10/20/06)

"A Loaves & Fishes/Holy Ghost Victory for the GOP in November?", Unless there are armies of trained, dedicated citizens prepared to monitor this upcoming election, the GOP will once again emerge with total control. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 10/18/06)

"A Philosophy of Voter Suppression", The most alarming thing about American politics in the past decade is that one powerful group of political leaders is dedicated to keeping American citizens from voting. Blocking the 2006 Vote. (Stephen Crockett, BuzzFlash, 10/17/06)

"System Ripe for Stealing Elections", First Bush-appointed Chair of US Election Assistance Commission says 'no standards' for e-voting devices and that the system is 'ripe for stealing elections'. (Bradblog, 10/17/06)

"Dealing With Failure", The reason to advocate paper ballots is that they will be much more fault tolerant than a fully automated DRE-based system. (Avi Rubin, VoteTrustUSA, 10/16/06)

"Wallach Interview Transcription", A transcription of the interview with Rice computer science professor and electronic voting machine expert Dan Wallach. (Kuff's World, 10/16/06)

"Illinois Election Commission Cronyism and Lies", Campaign contributions to Commission Chair ensure Diebold's premier local outfit gets county contract. (John Gideon, Bradblog, 10/13/06)

"Read This Before You Vote", Just because you have elections doesn't mean you're a democratic country. (Mickey Z, Atlantic Free Press, 10/12/06)

"US Elections Assistance Commission Withheld Report", Report received four months ago found 'little evidence' of voter fraud. (Bradblog, 10/11/06)

"Photo ID Laws", Restrictive and disenfranchising laws for photo ID requirements at the polls are being pushed all over the country. (Bradblog, 10/08/06)

"DREs – Designed for Failure", Electronic voting systems are less secure and less reliable than any computer-based systems that are deployed in applications where audit ability is mandated by law. (Rebecca Mercuri, VoteTrustUSA, 10/05/06)

"More Legal Complaints by Voter Groups", More legal complaints by voter groups brought against e-voting systems in Wisconsin and California. Ohio Meltdown '06. (Bradblog, 10/04/06)

"Our Rigged Elections: The Elephant in the Polling Booth", That Bush/Cheney stole their 're-election' is a fact that has by now been proved beyond the shadow of a doubt. (Mark Crispin Miller, Washington Spectator, 10/03/06)

"First Dirty Trick of the Year in Ohio's 2006 Election?", Absentee applications for 2000 and voter registration forms for 2004 reportedly found in several different counties. (Bradblog, 10/03/06)

"Secure a Precious Right", Anything that chips away at the right to vote serves only to erode our freedom. (The Times, 10/01/06)

"Interview with Professor Freeman", Interview with Professor Steven F. Freeman, co-author of Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?. (Larry Sakin, BlogCritics, 09/30/06)

"Don't Trust Vulnerable Diebold Voting Machines", What more do people need to hear or to see or to read to convince them Diebold voting machines simply can't be trusted? (Andrew Kantor, USA Today, 09/29/06)

Professor Shows Flaws in Touch-Screen Voting, Professor Felten demonstrates how to implant a virus on a Diebold AccuVote-TS and distort the results of a mock election. (Jerome L. Sherman, Post-Gazette, 09/29/06)

"Suppressing the Vote", Voter suppression doesn't just happen on election day – it happens through silent and sometimes secret government actions in the weeks leading up to an election. (Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation, 09/28/06)

"Litigating the 2006 Elections", The top three issues dominating battles in and out of court and the reasons for the election lawsuit explosion. (Daniel Tokaji, FindLaw, 09/27/06)

"What Would Real Election Integrity Mean?", A voting system that cannot assure that every vote is accurately counted is fundamentally broken – we must make its correction our highest priority. (Evan Frisch and Arianna Siegel, Truthout, 09/26/06)

"Paper, Ballot of the Future?", Come Nov. 8, Ehrlich may not be the only governor calling for a return to paper ballots. (Cincinnati Post, 09/25/06)

"Rage Against the Voting Machine", We say verify the vote and stay away from our votes. (IDSNews, 09/22/06)

"Will the Next Election be Hacked?", Fresh disasters at the polls – and new evidence from an industry insider – prove that electronic voting machines can't be trusted. (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Rolling Stone, 09/21/06)

"The Let America Vote Act – Legislative Language", Here's the bill calling for emergency paper ballots at every polling place in America this November. (Bradblog, 09/20/06)

"Election Dysfunction", Every serious observer of the electoral meltdown recognizes that the people who have managed the mess ought not to be trusted to clean it up. (John Nichols, The Nation, 09/19/06)

"Maryland Board of Elections Website Scrubbed", Primary election results all zeroed out. (Bradblog, 09/19/06)

"Six Years Later, Another Florida Fiasco Awaits", Voters should be outraged that the balloting system in this nation is unreliable. (John W. Mashek, USNews, 09/18/06)

"How to Hack an Election in One Minute", Princeton U. researchers have released a study and video that demonstrate the ease of altering votes on an electronic voting machine. E-Voting Machines Pose Election Threat ... 'Hotel Minibar' Keys Open Diebold Voting Machines. (Daniel Turner, Technology Review, 09/18/06)

"Designed to Fail – Auditing Elections", Arizona law for manual audits of election machines was hijacked by self-serving partisan pols almost from the get go. (Michael Shelby, VoteTrustUSA, 09/15/06)

"The GOP Wants to See Your ID", Anger and outrage lit up Congress, as Republicans defended their voter ID bill against charges it will suppress minority turnout. (Michael Scherer, Salon, 09/15/06)

"How to Steal the Next Election", Ways by which the next election could be stolen. (Rev. Bill McGinnis, OpEdNews, 09/14/06)

"Hack the Vote? No Problem", Diebold has long sworn its systems are secure. Not so, says a new Princeton study. Converting votes from one candidate to another is simple. (Brad Friedman, Salon, 09/13/06)

"Voting Shouldn't Require a Heroic Act of Patience", Of all the issues that decide federal elections, the length of lines at polling stations shouldn't be one of them. (Alexander S. Belenky and Richard C. Larson, CSMonitor, 09/12/06)

"Lookout, Arizona!", Hand recount probably won't be done and ID law not blocked. (Winter Patriot, Bradblog, 09/12/06)

"The Myth of Fair Elections in America", The debacle surrounding the Republican victory in 2000 demonstrated to the world that America's electoral process is wide open to abuse – and the system has actually worsened since then. (Paul Harris, Guardian, 09/07/06)

"Election 2006 & World War III", In two months Americans will vote on whether to commit the nation to fighting World War III and the end of the United States as a democratic Republic. (Robert Parry, Consortium News, 09/07/06)

"How Many Elections Will Congress Seize Before We Stop Them?", This is not just election nullification - it's democracy nullification. (Emily Levy, Bradblog, 09/06/06)

"In Search of Accurate Vote Totals", Six years after the disasters of Florida in 2000, states still haven't mastered the art of counting votes accurately. (New York Times, 09/05/06)

"Nevada: The Constitution as a Weapon Against Democracy", Could these court rulings simply be to set precedents to be used in November? (John Gideon, VoteTrustUSA, 09/04/06)

"Saving the Ballot Evidence from Ohio 2004", The fight to preserve vital evidence is far from over. (Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, Common Dreams, 09/04/06)

"Why Mexico Matters", Mexico matters because the people knew election problems were coming and they protested in massive numbers again and again. (Michael Collins, Bradblog, 09/03/06)

"Red, White & Screwed", You thought the 2000 Florida election was a disaster – get ready for 2006. (Duwayne Escobedo, Political Affairs, 09/02/06)

"On the Importance of Paper Ballots", Another reason why it is important to have paper ballots is simply that electronic ballots are more fragile than paper. (Avi Rubin, VoteTrustUSA, 09/02/06)

"We'd Better Have a Backup Plan for Electronic Voting", So many things could go wrong with new systems and so much is at stake on election day. (Dick Thornburgh and Richard Celeste, Star Tribune, 09/01/06)

"Watch Out for Voting Day Bugs", This November's elections will pose unprecedented challenges to election officials. (Dick Thornburgh and Richard Celeste, Washington Post, 08/28/06)

"We're a Long Way from Real Democracy", Bad laws and manipulation still keep many people, especially poor and minority, out of the voting booth. (Cole Krawitz and Jay Toole, Newsday, 08/25/06)

"An Exit Strategy for Electronic Voting", When it comes to electronic voting technology, we do not need a better mousetrap – we need an exit strategy. (Bruce O'Dell, OpEdNews, 08/24/06)

"The New Face of Jim Crow: Voter Suppression in America ", Report provides a brief overview of various suppression techniques so that citizens can recognize similar attempts as patterns of voter suppression emerge across the country. (People For the American Way, 08/24/06)

"Dysfunction at the DNC", A first-hand account from this year's annual Democratic National Party gathering in Chicago. (Bradblog, 08/23/06)

"Election Reform: The Fierce Urgency of Now", The heart of election reform is a matter of civil rights. (Jean Kaczmarek, VoteTrustUSA, 08/20/06)

"Taking One for His Country", Whistleblower Stephen Heller faces years in prison for exposing voting machine manufacturer Diebold's possible criminal activities. [pdf] (Brad Friedman, Bradblog, 08/20/06)

"Pull the Plug", You don't like hanging chads? Get ready for cheating chips and doctored drives. (Aviel Rubin, VoteTrustUSA, 08/18/06)

"The Coming Paper-Trail Debacle?", Ohio report finds challenges abound in evaluating voter-verified paper audit trails. (Dan Seligson, YubaNet, 08/18/06)

"USA Today Reports on the Battles to Decide Who Counts the Votes", Report mentions Ken Blackwell, Katherine Harris and their obvious conflicts of interest. (Winter Patriot, Bradblog, 08/17/06)

"Case Dismissed: Bush v. Gore Goes Into Room 101", An excellent analysis on how to transform Bush v. Gore from the most shameful Supreme Court decision into a powerful weapon for a broader, deeper, more healthy democracy. (Chris Floyd, Empire Burlesque, 08/16/06)

"Salon's Shameful Six", There was Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004. Here are the six states where vote suppression could cost voters their voice in 2006. (Art Levine, Salon, 08/15/06)

"Insecurity Through Obscurity", Voting system software should be publicly disclosed and independently reviewed and the hardware should be available for examination by computer experts with no financial ties to the vendors. (Warren Stewart, VoteTrustUSA, 08/15/06)

"Still Battling Voter Suppression", The efforts of Republican lawmakers in Georgia, Indiana, and Missouri seem aimed at making it as difficult to vote beneath our spacious skies as it is in war-torn Third World nations. (Jabari Asim, Washington Post, 08/14/06)

"New Election Auditing Protocol Proposed", Recommendations that a much larger percentage of systems must be audited than commonly suggested for Congressional elections. (Warren Stewart, VoteTrustUSA, 08/12/06)