George Packer (bio here), son of Stanford professors and Yale graduate, and therefore unquestionably an erudite and bright guy, writes in The Atlantic (here): “A year after the insurrection, I’m trying to imagine the death of American democracy.” And make no mistake, it was an insurrec[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Voting Problems’
November 19th, 2016 - 4:06 am § in Misc.
Susan Goding on Proportional Voting
Howard Dean’s Oped in the NY Times Promotes Ranked Choice Voting. The headline makes it seem like a proportional voting is a narrower issue than it really is. Proportional voting would create more partisan and racial diversity on city and county council and school boards. District elections ma[...]
August 4th, 2015 - 8:28 am § in Misc.
Voter ID for the dead?
(Utah, HANEWS) Having decided not to run for re election so he could serve as an Apostle, Mitt Romney has announced that he supports voting rights for the passed. The soon to be former President said “Just as an unborn fetus is a person because it has a soul, so must the right to vote neve[...]
November 4th, 2014 - 2:34 pm § in Politics
Virginia Having Problems With Touch Screen Voting Machines
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 [...]
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[...]