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'Karl Rove's IT guru' Mike Connell Dies in Plane Crash
Source: Raw Story

A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night.

The County's Response to Our Election-Integrity Coverage–and a Response to That
Source: blog.tucsonweekly.com

Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckleberry takes issue at a story in a local independent paper pointing out election integrity issues and an ongoing problem with security and public trust.

Shamos: Why e-voting paper trails are a bad idea
Source: CNET News.com

Isn't it optimistic to think that officials and auditors will necessarily be able to detect the first real attack on e-voting machines?. Shamos: Technology is always required in elections. The days of the hand-counted ballots are over.

Will Rush Limbaugh Be Indicted for Ohio Voter Fraud?
Source: AlterNet.org

Michael Slater of Project Vote, a nonpartisan group that designs voter registration drives for low-income people, said GOP meddling in the Ohio Democratic Primary was a clear-cut example of fraudulent voting, which is how Republicans have defined the issue in recent years, as GOP …

Kucinich Asks for New Hampshire Recount in the Interest of Election Integrity
Source: Business Wire

Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, the most outspoken advocate in the Presidential field and in Congress for election integrity, paper-ballot elections, and campaign finance reform, has sent a letter to the New Hampshire Secretary of State asking for a recount of  …

Election can be stolen in "under a minute" with Diebold machines
Source: Homeland Stupidity

Researchers at Princeton University announced Wednesday that common electronic voting machines can be subverted by installing software which undetectably alters vote totals and, as a computer virus, spreads itself from one voting machine to the next.

Primary Concerns
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

As the breathless sports coverage of the presidential primaries bursts around me this morning, I'm doing my best to resist surrendering to the contrived drama about "comeback kids" and the flying shrapnel of numbers and hold onto my troubled skepticism about the electoral p …

URGENT: Complain to ABC Advertisers About Its Ban of Kucinich, Gravel and Hunter from Tonight's Debate
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

It shouldn't matter if you support any of these candidates. Disney's ABC network is acting in an anti-democratic, anti-American way. They must be sent a message.

On the Trail of Election Dirty Tricks
Source: TPM Muckraker

"Was Major Lobby Firm Behind Nasty Robo Calls? A Florida-based Republican political firm with circumstantial ties to at least two nasty robocalling efforts this year isn't quite as obscure as we thought.

Candidate Gets No Votes, but Voted for Himself.
Source: Forbes

Randy Wooten figured he'd get at least one vote in his bid for mayor of this town of 80 people - even if it was just his own. He didn't. Now he has to decide whether to file a formal protest.

Judge restrains Democratic poll-watchers following complaint
Source: CNET News.com

A Wayne County judge issued a restraining order against Michigan Democrats late Tuesday after the state GOP complained Democratic poll workers were impersonating state election officials.And U.S.

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