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Votes tallied for governor, but what's next is unclear Story Here Archive |
While Democrat Christine Gregoire won the third ? and presumably, final ? tally in the governor's race by 130 votes, no one is sure yet whether the election really is over. |
Recounts and Partisan Bickering Tire Washington Voters Story Here Archive |
SEATTLE, Dec. 25 - Washington voters, confused by the bizarre turn of events in the excruciatingly close race for governor after more than seven weeks of vote counting, legal wrangling and partisan battling, are starting to sound quite flustered. |
When recounts count Story Here Archive |
One of these days the mightiest democracy in the world may have to go back to school to learn how to conduct elections. In a closely divided electorate, flaws in the process that once could have been shrugged off no longer can be. |
The Republican Leadership?s Problem With Democracy Story Here Archive |
The Republican Party leadership in the era of George W. Bush seems to be demonstrating a serious problem with the basic concepts of American Democracy. Our Founding Fathers started this nation on the path of greatness by establishing a growing citizen control of our government by use of the vote. For most of our history, our national political story has been one of greater and greater democracy. The greatness of the American experience was historically defined by our democratic processes instead of our military or economic power. |
Kerry votes switched to Bush and ballots pre-punched for Bush Story Here Archive |
Pre-punched ballots; touch-screen vote switching; more absentee votes than absentee voters; unfair provisional voter deletions; change of voting sites on Election Day. voter suppression; voter intimidation; double voting; malfunctioning machines; recalibrated machines; evidently rigged machines; and even 25 million negative votes registered in some races in Mahoning County! |
Green Party candidate files claim on voting machines Story Here Archive |
COLUMBUS - One of two minor-party presidential candidates who paid for a recount of the Ohio vote has asked a federal court to control access to voting machines and election records used in the recount. |
Rossi might contest election results Story Here Archive |
OLYMPIA Dino Rossi's current plan for keeping Washington's never-ending governor's race alive appears to be dying, and Republicans acknowledge his only option might be to formally contest the results. |
Election changes are winner in recount Story Here Archive |
The exhausting, exasperating, excruciatingly close Washington governor's election might be the worst thing to happen to democracy since Florida's pregnant chads. Or, it might be no big deal. |
Making elections better, and stopping divisiveness, too Story Here Archive |
OVER THE PAST couple of months there have been complaints and critiques of how the United States conducts elections. Fortunately, not all such news is bad, and the voters of Massachusetts should take note. |
Nation gets better at vote counts Story Here Archive |
America did a much better job of counting its votes this year. |
Voting Problems in Ohio Spur Call for Overhaul Story Here Archive |
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 22 - William Shambora, 53, is the kind of diligent voter who once assumed that his ballot always counted. He got a rude awakening this year. |
Harvey Wasserman Interview on Ohio Election Story Here Archive |
AMY GOODMAN: Harvey Wasserman is our guest, Senior Editor at the Free Press, based in Ohio. Welcome to Democracy Now! |
Lawsuit Before the Ohio Supreme Court Story Here Archive |
NATURE OF THE ACTION On December 13, 2004, numerous Ohio citizens contested ?the certification of the election of the electors pledged to George W. Bush and Richard B. Cheney for the offices, respectively, of President of the United States and Vice President of the United Sates for the terms commencing January 20, 2005?? and ??the certification of the election of Thomas Moyer for the office of Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court for the term commencing in 2005.? |
Candidate asks federal court to preserve evidence Story Here Archive |
COLUMBUS, Ohio - One of two minor-party presidential candidates who paid for a recount of the Ohio vote has asked a federal court to control access to voting machines and election records used in the recount. |
Mock the Vote Story Here Archive |
Some people just have no respect for the law these days. Unfortunately, they happen to be in charge of our elections |
Vote Recount Fight 'Is Not Over' Story Here Archive |
Advocates for a recount of the presidential race in New Mexico continue to underscore discrepancies in vote totals as reasons, even though the state Supreme Court has denied their request. |
Jesse Jackson on the Election Results and Irregularities in Ohio Story Here Archive |
Those who cherish freedom and democracy, and who have waged the struggle for the right to vote, will continue to seek the truth. |
Recount expense criticized Story Here Archive |
COLUMBUS - State lawmakers will look at ways next year to make it harder and more expensive to get election recounts. |
More legal challenges looming in governor's race? Story Here Archive |
SEATTLE One chapter in Washington's tumultuous governor's race closed Thursday, when Democrat Christine Gregoire beat Republican Dino Rossi in a statewide hand recount by a razor-thin 130-vote margin. |
Default settings in Mahoning County Story Here Archive |
A disturbing story has been widely circulated that a vote for Bush was the default choice in the software of electronic voting machines in a number of states. By definition, ?default? settings are built-in by the manufacturer to make sure their programs work properly, and can be changed by the user. Some examples of default settings on a home computer are screen savers, type face, and screen resolution. |
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