Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
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With that, today’s notable voting news items are all linked below as usual…
- NAtional: Why Won’t Corporate Media Cover Voting Integrity Issues?
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_james_st_080215_why_won_t_corporate_.htm - NAtional: With improvements, e-voting could be good, says researcher.
http://www.news.com/8301-10789_3-9873850-57.html - CA: Riverside County – Defect in paper ballots slowing election count
http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080216/NEWS0301/802160327/1026/news12 - CO: Editorial – Paving the way
http://www.chieftain.com/editorial/1203152639/1 - MS: Bolivar County – Justice Department Settles Claims Under the Help America Vote Act With Bolivar County, Mississippi
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-15-2008/0004757204&EDATE= - NH: GOP candidate Albert Howard files recount appeal with NH Ballot Law Commission – “We are thankful to Mr. Gardner…”
http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/5454 - NM: NM Democrats can’t say how many scrap paper ballots were cast
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_8273847 - NM: Ideas abound for reforming NM presidential nominating contest
http://www.lcsun-news.com/ci_8282699 - NY: Editorial – Voting progress
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=664340&category=OPINION&newsdate=2/16/2008 - NY: Columbia County – Voting machine choice went to wire
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=248&dept_id=462341&newsid=19301556&PAG=461&rfi=9 - NY: New York City – Unofficial Vote Tallies in City Understated Obama’s Results
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/nyregion/16vote.html?_r=1&oref=login - NY: New York City – NYTimes: 0-bama at as Many as 80 ‘Heavily Black’ New York City Precincts
https://bradblog.com/?p=5701 - TN: Voter ballot paper trail gives backup
http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080216/OPINION01/802160302/1016 - TX: Texas’s role in Demo race expected to swell turnout at polls
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_8278364 - VA: Chesterfield County – State elections officials to review Chesterfield primary results
http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=7880788&nav=23iiOQB8 - WI: Preparing for an election is no easy task
http://www.wiscnews.com/bdc/news/272778 - Washington DC: Councilwoman blasts board over voting process
http://www.examiner.com/a-1224474~Councilwoman_blasts_board_over_voting_process.html - Washington DC: 10,000 Special Ballots Being Counted
A Crush of Voters and Unanticipated Turnout Caused a Shortage of Paper
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021503470.html
**”Daily Voting News” is meant as a comprehensive listing of reports each day concerning issues related to election and voting news around the country regardless of quality or political slant. Therefore, items listed in “Daily Voting News” may not reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or BradBlog.Com**
John, are you saying “what election problems?” 😉
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Hey John, I now feel complete. I sent you a donation. Get in the life boat people…send John money!
What financial problems preventing the fix of what election problems?
Brad has been talking about ballot bubbles, so I thought I would follow suit and talk about political bubbles too.
What is $45.7 TRILLION in size (twice stock market) and is in deep doo doo?
The answer is “credit default swaps”.
A while back bankers saw that bushies, priests, judges, and doctors who wore funny looking robes (and talked in a strange language that those they ruled over could not understand) got a lot of respect.
So “credit default swaps” was created and it, like a lot of hot air other professionals develop, built a great big balloon.
Ready to pop:
(NYT). Unregulated is a place the bushies like to be until just before the pop, when America takes it in the shorts once again.