The Ongoing Drama of Absentee Voting Problems

Well this case is just a grant example of how irony plays out in the universe, and absentee ballot fraud. In the first case of its kind in the nation, white Republicans are accusing black Democrats of rigging the vote count against whites, apparently for quite some time. How, you may ask? Well using [...]

Oregon We Have a Problem

From older articles:
http://www.newswithviews.com/Bill/sizemore1.htm
“There was a case in Oregon recently where a woman traced a dozen or so signatures on a petition. Each signature was examined by a clerk at the elections division and compared to the [...]

More Info, Running Thread

Today comes two more news items from Ohio, the SOS wants to move to VBM for “issues-only” races AND draft poll workers to work the polls like jurors. Isn’t anyone paying attention?…
 

 
http://www.demos-usa.org/democracydispatches/dispatches52.htm
Florida: Absentee Balloting Problems Predominate
The 2004 presidential elections in Florida once again revealed systemic problems that must [...]

Welcome, please say hello

Hi there, just looking at my web stats today. I haven’t been publicizing this blog very often, because it was just getting started, and I wanted to have something for visitors to look. But now that I have a little depth of content, it is probably a good time to start.
I’ve had about 500 visitors [...]

NJ Absentee Ballot Stuffing

http://www.nj.com/news/sunbeam/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1169887802201890.xml&coll=9
So the pertinent information:

Jose L. Mercado, 20, of South Broad Street in Penns Grove, has been indicted on five counts of forgery, according to court records.
In the Penns Grove June Primary, there were 519 absentee ballots requested which officials have stated is an unusually high number for a municipality the size of Penns Grove. Out [...]

California Declares Mail Ballot Only Precincts

Interesting story from the South, seems some folks are being forced to vote by mail by decree. Who’s decree?
Assessor-County clerk-Recorder Marsha Wharff has added one new polling place, has reinstated a recently closed polling place, and has again confirmed that the Willits Community Center will be a valid, open polling place for the April 3 [...]

Absentee Ballot Fraud Allegations and other News, 1/24/2007

http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/01_07/01_24_07/fr_ballots.html
“According to a post office worker in Bryson City, County Commissioner Chairman Glenn Jones came into the post office on at least three occasions [...]

Vote By Mail, Not Cheaper, No Suprise

http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/01/22/100loc_a1election001.cfm
An analysis of Snohomish County’s switch last year to all-mail ballots shows elections are costing about the same.
“Right now, it’s cost neutral,” said county Auditor Carolyn Diepenbrock, former election manager. “Vote-by-mail is not cheaper.”
Then later in the same article:
In general, costs have shifted from paying workers to buying materials [...]

Prosecuting Honest Voters Does Not Restore My Confidence In Forced Mail Voting

Today’s editorial from Whidbey Island’s Newspaper, the News-Times, is fairly interesting, and recaps the case of a mother who illegally voted for her daughter, a daughter who consented to the act, and a mother who now faces more than 2k in fines, and a criminal record. The editorial in closing poses this hypothesis:
It was an [...]

Anti-VBM Ds and Rs in the News

This is a very intersting article from last year:
Once upon a time, one of America’s top election officials issued a warning about the dangers of absentee ballot voter fraud, which is the type of fraud that the new version of the Georgia voter law makes easier.
“As more and more states have relaxed their rules for [...]