U.N. Can’t Account for Millions Sent to Afghan Election Board
The United Nations cannot account for tens of millions of dollars provided to the troubled Afghan election commission, according to two confidential U.N. audits and interviews with current and former senior diplomats. (Read both audits.)
As Afghanistan prepares for a second round of national voting, the documents and interviews paint the fullest picture to date of the finances of the election commission, which has been accused of facilitating election fraud and operating ghost polling places. The new disclosures also deepen … more…
A Hint of Florida 2000 (or Ohio 2004) in Ohio 2008?
Dan Tokaji of the non-partisan Election Law @ Moritz blog reports that the GOP in the hot spot of Ohio, where Tokaji will be blogging … more…
Michigan Clerk Sees Problems With Electronic Voting Machines
A county clerk in Michigan has warned that electronic voting machines used across the country have failed to correctly tabulate votes.
… more…No Probs in N. Dakota—Because No Registration is Required!
Problems with voter registration in North Dakota? Not an issue. That’s because the Peace Garden State is the only state that does not … more…
Cambridge, Mass. Voting Problem Fixed
Earlier, we noted that some voters arrived to vote in Cambridge, Massachusetts to find that their names were missing from the rolls. … more…
Political donors receive threatening letters
More than 11,000 donors to liberal causes recently opened their mailboxes to a rude surprise.
Inside was a letter warning these … more…
Hacker Tried to Bamboozle Virginia College Students
At about 1 A.M. last night, students at George Mason University in northern Virginia got an email that appeared to be from the … more…
Cambridge, MA - Vanishing Voter Registrations
Voters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have discovered that their names are missing from electoral rolls, despite having voted at the same … more…
Voting Machine Breakdowns a Non-Partisan Problem
The Los Angeles Times reports mechanical and paper-ballot problems from East to Midwest. (It’s still early in West.) The McCain … more…
Computer Glitch in Kansas City?
Apparently not everything is up to date in Kansas City. Voting officials blamed a computer glitch for a voter-list mix-up early this … more…
Absentee Voters Left Out in Georgia
This morning, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that some voters in Gwinnett County applied for absentee ballots, but never … more…
April 16, 2009
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April 10, 2009
FEC Questions Missouri Dem Party About Finances Tony Messenger, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 10, 2009
April 06, 2009
During Campaign, Obama Advisers Were Paid Commentators Philip Rucker, Washington Post, April 06, 2009
March 31, 2009
Stimulus May Impact Primary Races Before Economy Aaron Blake, The Hill, March 31, 2009
March 23, 2009
PMA Was Generous Donor to Rep. Dicks David Heath, Seattle Times, March 23, 2009
March 17, 2009
Charities Give to State Campaigns, Despite Law Danny Hakim and Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, March 17, 2009
Before the Fall, AIG Payouts Went to Washington Massie Ritsch, Capital Eye, March 17, 2009
March 12, 2009
Detroit Mayoral Candidate Claims Mix-Up Over Degree Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, March 12, 2009
ACLU Study: Voting Rights Elude Some Fla. Ex-Felons Gary Fineout, New York Times, March 12, 2009
March 06, 2009
Documentary on Clinton Tests Campaign Finance Law Adam Liptak, New York Times, March 06, 2009
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