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Exclusive: Former Republican Governor Says New Mexico State Officials Investigating Rep. Heather Wilson Vote-Buying Charges; Says Republican U.S. Congresswoman ‘Shrugged’ at Allegations When Confronted With Them

News Director of Albuquerque's KKOB Offers New Reason for Spiking Stories; Anchorwoman Who Resigned in Protest Dismisses New Excuse, Says Powerful Station Buckled Under Pressure from Wilson's Campaign

BRAD BLOG Obtains Scripts of Original Spiked Radio Reports...

Rep. Heather Wilson Accused of Felony Vote-Buying in New Mexico; Reporter Quits After News Director Scrubs Story

Republican Delegate Convention Attendees Paid by Wilson Senate Campaign, According to Report Sourced by Three Eye-Witnesses, Removed from Air After Complaints to Station by Wilson

Memo From News Director to Reporter: 'Don't you think if there was anything to it the bloggers would have picked this up?'

Reports Emerge of Diebold Failures in Montgomery County, Ohio

'40-50 People in Line...4 of 8 Machines Not Working...Poll Workers Didn't Offer Paper Ballots...Get Rid of These Diebold Machines and Get Something That Works!' Declares one Buckeye Voter

Switch to Paper Ballots Reportedly Going 'Exceptionally Well' in Cuyahoga (Cleveland), So Far, According to New Election Director...

L.A. County Registrar Chooses to Disenfranchise 12,000 Voters in Final ‘Double Bubble’ Ballot Tally

But the Good News: Provisional Ballots, Newly Discovered as Uncounted, as Reported by The BRAD BLOG on Friday, Were Ultimately Counted...by Hand!

Joint Legislative Hearing on 'Double Bubble' and Other Super Tuesday Problems to be Held on Friday in Los Angeles...

Anatomy of Obama Tex-Hysteria on the Net

Blog Supporters Upgrade Concerns of Appropriate Clinton Caucus Oversight into Full Blown Charges of 'Vote Suppression,' Attempts to 'Steal' Tomorrow's Race in Texas...

Diebold Stock Soars After $3 Billion Takeover Bid by Defense Contractor Conglomerate United Technologies

UTC Chairman Says Irresponsible Republican Voting Machine Company an 'Excellent Fit' in Letter Explaining Hostile Offer, Twice Rejected by Diebold...

Election Integrity Advodcates Bristle at 'Disastrous,' 'Surreal' News...

PBS’ ‘Bill Moyers Journal’ Dares to Mention (and Mispronounce) the Name of Sibel Edmonds

Offers U.S. Journalists a Pass for Not Reporting the FBI Whistleblower's Allegations of the Black Market Sale of Nuclear Secrets by High-Ranking U.S. Officials

'Nearly Impossible to Look Into Her Claims,' Says Reporter Who Didn't Bother...

‘Perceived’ Problems Part of Reason for National Move to Paper Ballots Says USA TODAY

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