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Fair weather helps get out the vote in Columbus as Ohio anti-collective-bargaining law up for voter approval

By | 11.08.11 | 4:21 pm

Update added, 7:10 p.m. EST

The beautiful weather in Ohio Tuesday may seal the fate of Senate Bill 5, the state’s new anti-collective-bargaining law that was placed on the ballot via the state referendum Issue 2. Poll workers in Central Ohio are reporting much higher turnout than is usual More…

House Elections tackles more proposals to ease fears of voter fraud

By | 04.21.11 | 4:05 pm

Image by Matt MahurinWhile photo identification legislation has gotten top billing in the GOP-led battle against Election Day voter fraud fears, other proposals are being entertained that would empower volunteer poll watchers and put constraints on mass voter registration drives.

In Texas, a Fire Kindles Fears of Voter Fraud

By | 09.23.10 | 3:37 pm

Democrats actually have a chance of winning a few races in Texas this year, but to do so, they have to be able to vote. In Harris County, a key county where progressives have targeted voter registration efforts, an August fire destroyed much of the the county’s voting infrastructure.

MA-Sen: 150 Conservative Bloggers Fan Out, Looking for Scandals

By | 01.19.10 | 11:32 am

BOSTON — The mysterious Election Journal blog, which first released the infamous 2008 video of two bumbling New Black Panther Party members waving nightsticks outside of a Philadelphia polling place, is on the scene in Massachusetts. They haven’t quite got the goods yet. The big stories, so far, is More…

MA-Sen: Snowfall

By | 01.19.10 | 9:37 am

BOSTON — Snow is falling in the Bay State, from western Massachusetts to heavily Democratic downtown Boston. In a campaign full of lucky breaks for Republican candidate Scott Brown, this is a key one. No pollster doubts that his voters are more enthusiastic, and more willing to stand on More…

House GOP Still Pushing for New Black Panther Investigation

By | 01.11.10 | 2:04 pm

The now 14-month old case of members of the fringe New Black Panther Party being charged for voter intimidation outside of a heavily Democratic polling place in Philadelphia — the Justice Department has dropped the case — is getting a little more attention from Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.), who More…

The Secret History of the New Black Panther Case

By | 01.08.10 | 12:00 pm

Adam Serwer has a must-read piece on the case against the New Black Panther Party, the thuggish fringe group whose members were detained on Election Day 2008 for waving nightsticks outside of a mostly-black, mostly-Democratic polling place in Philadelphia. The Panthers themselves stopped being an issue long ago; theMore…

A GOP Disappointment in California

By | 11.04.09 | 10:51 am

Republicans have real bragging rights to the election results in Virginia and New Jersey. But I’m still struck by how the National Republican Congressional Committee spun last night’s two congressional races by talking about the governor’s races, not NY-23 and CA-10. In California, a lot of conservatives saw an opportunity More…

Conservatives Rework Rhetoric After NY-23 Loss

By | 11.04.09 | 6:45 am

Saranac Lake, N.Y. – Jim Kelly walked into the lounge of the Hotel Saranac, his red tie undone and flapping against his shirt. He sighed. He plopped into a chair.

“Four thousand votes,” he said. “That couldn’t fill up one side of seats at Shea Stadium.”

[GOP]For two weeks back More…

Polling Problems: Real or Spin?

By | 11.04.08 | 5:33 pm

On conference calls throughout the day, the McCain-Palin camp has been warning of Democratic efforts to intimidate voters, including Black Panthers allegedly scaring off Republicans in Philadelphia and GOP poll-watchers being thrown out of precincts in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.