Virginia’s elections department is receiving complaints of “technical difficulties with AccuVote TSX Touch Screen voting machines” in Virginia Beach and Newport News, and confirmed “some voters reported having a different selection appear after making their choice.” It [...]
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November 4th, 2014 - 2:34 pm § in Politics
Virginia Having Problems With Touch Screen Voting Machines
November 4th, 2014 - 12:04 pm § in Politics
Widespread Voting Problems In Connecticut; Governor Asks Court To Extend Voting Hours
The governor of Connecticut is seeking a court order to extend voting hours at 26 polling places in Hartford because of delays in opening those polling places. The problems involved failure to deliver voter lists to polling places. Other problems also were reported in that state, including optical s[...]
November 2nd, 2014 - 9:23 am § in Uncategorized
Time for Jim to Go .. to Spokane?
Jim McDermott, will be reelected to Congress. That makes me sad. Jim is our local politician activist, showboat of the progressives , and Congressman. He still think she lives in Seattle .. a city dominated by unions, the blue class workers of his past. Jim’s mantra has been anti war, pr[...]
October 28th, 2014 - 2:05 pm § in Politics
Why Do So Many Republicans Commit Voting Fraud?
Voting fraud is rare in America. All reputable studies confirm this. So we’re speaking in relative terms. Most people, whether Democrats or Republicans, don’t vote on other people’s ballots, vote more than once, etc. But, though rare, it does occasionally happen. This article exami[...]
October 27th, 2014 - 10:12 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Why Do Some UW Professors Feel Voting Is Beneath Them?
One of my contacts at the University of Washington told me this weekend some of his colleagues won’t vote in next week’s election. I asked him why — after all, you expect intellectual types to be socially and politically engaged — and he said because once they’ve got th[...]
How UW Faculty Ought to Vote in This Election
As we approach the last day to mail ballots, I am struck by the lack of participation of the University of Washington faculty in the 2014 election. That lack is probably reflected in the fact that few of our issues have come to be discussed by the candidates. I assume most faculty fully support the [...]
October 25th, 2014 - 10:43 pm § in Politics
Photo ID: The New (Legal) Poll Tax
Republicans don’t want most Americans to vote. It’s so obvious they don’t even try very hard to hide it anymore. It’s an obvious strategy for an unpopular minority party when propaganda and lies don’t work very well anymore. (Which was amply proven by their double[...]
October 13th, 2012 - 12:40 pm § in Politics
WASHINGTON STATE ELECTION 2012: Radical Reprican Fanatics Self Destruct
From Sound Politics (NW Gightie Blog) Question Would you rather see Inslee win? At this point, yes. I am heartily sick of supporting RINO’s like McKenna who couldn’t take a clear position to save his King County RINO ass. What this guy supports will reek havoc and destruction on t[...]
SRO Crowd Reclaims Democracy for Real People
SEATTLE, March 11 -- Last night a SRO crowd flocked to UW's Kane Hall to brainstorm strategy and tactics in the fight against the legal fiction of corporate personhood underpinning the CITIZENS decision. Titled After Citizens United: Reclaiming Democracy for PEOPLE, the event was sponsored by Washin[...]