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King County finds new error in vote tally Story Here Archive |
SEATTLE (AP) ? A discrepancy between the number of ballots cast in King County last November and those credited with voting has grown from about 1,200 to about 1,800, elections officials said. |
Election challenge blocked Story Here Archive |
Senate Democrats on Monday defeated the first of several Republican moves planned to delay or invalidate Democrat Christine Gregoire's 129-vote victory over Republican Dino Rossi in Washington's legally contested governor's race. Republicans such as Senate Minority Leader Bill Finkbeiner said legislators should give courts time to sort out accusations of voting-system flaws, while Democrats said it's time to move on and deal with court rulings later if they come up and toss Gregoire out of office. |
Covering Elections There, Miscovering Them Here Story Here Archive |
Elections are breaking out all over. The Palestinians voted yesterday. In the Ukraine, they needed two elections to get it right. And at month's end Iraqis will go to the polls whether it makes any sense or not, or whether they want to or not. |
County to consider vote-by-mail system Story Here Archive |
Taxpayers will save money and elections will be more accurate if Whatcom County switches to a vote-by-mail system, county auditor Shirley Forslof said at a Bellingham community forum Saturday. |
Clearly, we still have work to do in fixing our elections process Story Here Archive |
It's been said that generals are always prepared to fight the last war. Even a casual glance at history proves the folly of this approach. Armies change, weapons change and tactics change at a rapid pace, so it's best to prepare for what's ahead, not for what's behind. |
Count Me In Story Here Archive |
One of the most sacred rights we have?at least in the eyes of many Americans?is the right to vote. With such a right, many believe that bad politicians can be peacefully removed from office, and that unconstitutional laws can be reversed without bloodshed. There are, of course, just a few problems with this scenario. |
Don't Count Rossi Out Story Here Archive |
The new mediatalk radio, bloggers and independent watchdog groupshave followed up their success in exposing Dan Rather's use of phony memos by showcasing another scandal: Washington state's bizarre race for governor, which features a vote count so close and compromised it allows Florida to retire the crown for electoral incompetence. If Democrat Christine Gregoire, who leads by 129 votes and is scheduled to take the office Wednesday, eventually has to face a new election, it will have been in large part because of the new media's ability to give the story altitude before it reached the courts. |
Seattle Times: Feds threatened suit over military ballots Story Here Archive |
OLYMPIA ? Less than a month before the November election, the U.S. Department of Justice threatened to sue Washington state because it was moving too slowly in mailing military ballots overseas. |
The Last Man To Concede... Story Here Archive |
On November 3, just hours after Democratic vice-presidential hopeful John Edwards made a national announcement that he and John Kerry were not going to concede until all the votes were counted, Kerry grabbed the spotlight and conceded before all the votes were counted. |
Even a Remote Chance? Story Here Archive |
Imagine sitting in your favorite easy chair with a remote control, and being able to just push EJECT and get George Bush out of office. Or, let's say you're on your laptop, and you can dial up a regime change. |
What Happened in Ohio Story Here Archive |
I don't usually let other people do my thinking for me, but I confess I'd been waiting for Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) to tell me what to think about the voting irregularities that marred the November elections in Ohio. |
Wexler reminds elections chief of paper trail challenge Story Here Archive |
Less than 48 hours after Arthur Anderson took over as Palm Beach County elections supervisor, Democratic U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler gave him a pointed public reminder of who and what got him elected. |
Matthew Cardinale | Barbara Boxer: Hero for a New Generation of Democrats Story Here Archive |
By objecting to the 2004 election, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is an absolute hero for democracy who will be remembered as a key progressive leader during a time that the Democratic Party, and indeed the country, seemed to have lost its way. |
System selected to record voters Story Here Archive |
Secretary of State Charlie Daniels said Monday that he plans to award a $4.9 million contract for a new centralized statewide voter registration system to Election Systems & Software of Omaha, Neb. |
Purging of rolls, confusion anger voters 41% of Nov. 2 provisional ballots axed in Lucas County Story Here Archive |
Ralph and Barbara George are lifelong Democrats who first registered to vote for John F. Kennedy in 1960 and have lived in the same East Toledo house for 44 years. |
Many Americans refuse to concede 'stolen election' Story Here Archive |
While a two-hour debate raged on the floors of the U.S. House and Senate over the certification of the presidential election, more than 400 activists waited outside to learn which of their leaders would join their cause. |
Pa. officials to review voting irregularities Story Here Archive |
MERCER - The Pennsylvania Department of State will open an examination of an electronic voting system that plagued balloting locations in three counties and led to the resignation of an election director, agency officials said. |
Votes that count, a promise to keep Story Here Archive |
In the wake of the controversial gubernatorial election, Secretary of State Sam Reed has called on the Legislature again to pass a package of election-reform measures. They include some of the same proposals Reed made in the wake of another controversial election more than four years ago. |
Rossi's fight could enter federal realm Story Here Archive |
The battle may not be over, even if Washington Democrats beat back Republican efforts in state court to invalidate Christine Gregoire's 129-vote victory in the race for governor. It's quite possible that GOP candidate Dino Rossi's legal team or another sympathetic group could take action in the U.S. Supreme Court, citing the equal protection elements of the 2000 Bush v. Gore case. |
Electoral Vote Challenge Meets Venomous Response in Congress Story Here Archive |
In special sessions of both chambers of Congress Thursday, Republican lawmakers met a handful of Democratic colleagues with vitriolic diatribes when the latter raised concerns about electoral irregularities that took place during Ohio's controversial November 2 election process. The Democrats' challenge came on the heals of a congressional report detailing numerous allegations of disenfranchisement in Ohio. |
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