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Gambling machines more regulated than voting machines

Edward Still
December 28, 2008 01:08

News From Underground compares Slot machines vs. e-voting machines...

Maryland: states claims $8.5 million from voting machine company

Edward Still
December 25, 2008 14:02

The Washington Post reports: Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler filed a claim against Premier Election Solutions to recover $8.5 million spent by the state to fix problems with the company's touch-screen voting machines. The claim against Texas-based Premier, formerly...

It's back: Bush v. Gore being cited and applied

Edward Still
December 23, 2008 12:29

The Supreme Court?s decision in Bush v. Gore, issued eight years ago this month, was widely understood to work like that tape recorder in ?Mission: Impossible.? It was meant to produce a president and then self-destruct. ... But now, as...

Alabama: proposed Mobile redistricting messing up one candidate's plans

Edward Still
December 23, 2008 03:15

The Mobile Press-Register reports: A proposed redistricting plan for the Mobile City Council would knock at least one potential contender out of next year's election before it even begins. The would-be candidate said he believes dirty politics are at play,...

Alabama: SOS Chapman wants to copy Florida model of overseas Internet voting

Edward Still
December 16, 2008 13:42

The Montgomery Advertiser reports: Military members and residents overseas need a better way to cast their ballots, the state's top elections official said. ... On Monday, Chapman and members of her task force on military and overseas voting heard a...

New York: judge-elect accused of false campaign-finance reporting (court doc linked)

Edward Still
December 11, 2008 12:51

New York Law Journal reports: Nora S. Anderson, 56, who is scheduled to become Manhattan surrogate on Jan. 1, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that she falsely reported $250,000 pumped into her campaign as her own money when in...

Illinois: bill for special Senate election to be introduced

Edward Still
December 09, 2008 22:03

The Hill reports: The Illinois state House is set to reconvene Monday to consider a bill that would fill President-elect Obama?s old Senate seat by special election, according to a spokesman for Illinois state House Speaker Michael Madigan (D). ......

Scotus rejects appeal on Obama's "natural-born"-ness

Edward Still
December 09, 2008 14:04

The NY Times reports: Without comment, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by a New Jersey man who questioned President-elect Barack Obama?s eligibility for the presidency, based on his birth to a father from Kenya...

What I've been doing lately

Edward Still
December 01, 2008 02:03

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons....

Alabama: US sues Sec/State for failing to file absentee-vote reports

Edward Still
November 20, 2008 12:25

AP reports: The Justice Department has sued Alabama officials for allegedly violating a law that protects absentee voters overseas, including those serving in the military. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Montgomery is against the state of...