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- Supreme Court Sleeper Case of the Term
  Posted by Jeff from Alternet
  Will the Court's conservatives undermine the Voting Rights Act?
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- TPMmuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Voting Chief Tanner Resigns
  Posted by Marje from Tpmmuckraker
  Today, John Tanner resigned from his position effective immediately as chief of the Civil Rights Division's voting section.
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- Is Pat Robertson’s law school changing America?
  Posted by newscloud from Crooks and Liars
  One of the problems with public perceptions about crazed TV preacher Pat Robertson is that most perceive him as just a crazed TV preacher. He’ll go on his crazed daily television show (The 700 Club), offer crazed commentary just about everything, and then make crazed rationalizations for his ...
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- Tucker: Disenfranchised Voters Should Just Vote Anyway
  Posted by newscloud from Crooks and Liars
  While talking about Florida Governor Charlie Crist's proposal to restore the voting rights of non-violent ex-felons on MSNBC today, Tucker Carlson told Democratic strategist Peter Fenn that the disenfranchised blacks in Florida in 2000 should have just voted anyway. Has Tucker ever vot...
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- What was Charlie Crist thinking? Gives a million felons voting rights
  Posted by Jeff from Salon
  Voting-rights activists say that there are about 950,000 felons in Florida who have served their time but are currently ineligible to vote -- making up roughly 9 percent of the state's voting-age population, and more disenfranchised felons than in any other state. The ex-cons belong to traditionally Democratic demographics -- many are African-American, and many are poor.
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- OH election workers sentenced for recount fraud | ZDNet Government Blog | ZDNet.com
  Posted by rhoehn
  People who suspect the 2004 presidential election was stolen got a boost recently when two Ohio election workers were sentenced to prison for rigging a recount of that state's election. According to the AP, Jacqueline Maiden, the election board's third-highest ranking employee and ballot manager Kathleen Dreamer, each were convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct of an elections employee.
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- Diebold considering dumping e-voting unit; Engadget says PLEASE DO IT - Engadget
  Posted by rhoehn from Engadget
  Diebold considering dumping e-voting unit; Engadget says PLEASE DO IT
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OH election workers sentenced for recount fraud | ZDNet Government Blog | ZDNet.com

Thanks for posting Rob – crazy outcome that I’ve been meaning to read up on more.

If fraud happened in Ohio – who knows if Kerry would have won.

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Diebold considering dumping e-voting unit; Engadget says PLEASE DO IT - Engadget

Love the idea of open sourcing the code and implementing the old “boxes” for the 2008 election!

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