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Election reformers doubt voting by mail is a solution to long wait times
In his State of the Union address, President Obama returned to a point he’d made on election night: The need to do something about long voting lines. Obama announced his plan for a commission to “improve the voting experience in America.” But often missing from discussions about how to make…
Extended early voting hours in Miami marked by long lines, office shutdown
Extended voting hours at the Miami-Dade County Elections Office in Florida led to angry voters when the office temporarily shut down an hour into the four-hour voting window for absentee ballots. According to The Miami Herald, elections officials closed the office, citing a lack of staffers and printing materials, leaving…
Romney campaign sues over overseas absentee ballots in Wisconsin
Romney campaign sues over absentee ballots in Wisconsin (via The Christian Science Monitor) The Mitt Romney campaign has filed a federal lawsuit in Wisconsin seeking a five-day extension for absentee voters overseas and in the military. The campaign for the Republican presidential candidate is concerned about 44 ballots that the…
West Virginia sheriff falsified ballots in close election
CHARLESTON, W.V. (Reuters) – A West Virginia sheriff pleaded guilty to voter fraud in the state’s 2010 primary election including illegally filling in some absentee ballots out of fear he might lose a close election, authorities said on Monday. Lincoln County, West Virginia Sheriff Jerry Bowman admitted falsifying absentee ballots…
And So It Begins
Barack Obama “accidentally” listed as Barack Osama on some absentee ballots. How long until we start seeing sample ballots handed out to voters marked “Barack Hussein Osama”?…
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