Election observers report, Nader challenges
The United States came up short compared to such democracies as Kazakhstan, Serbia, the Republic of Georgia, and Venezuela when it comes to holding elections, according to observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Meanwhile, Ralph Nader has officially asked for a recount in New Hampshire, not because he expects it to change anything, but in order to challenge the controversial, and untraceable, Diebold electronic voting system used there.
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @5:42 PM
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6.11.04  |
Audit the vote
Not because we expect it to change the outcome -- we don't -- but because we all need to have more confidence in our election system(s).
Bev Harris of Black Box Voting is still on the case, blanketing the nation with Freedom of Information requests.
Meanwhile, George W. Bush has received 4,258 votes out of a total of 638 in one Columbus, Ohio, precinct, while John Kerry got 260.
And here in Hudson County, New Jersey, 15 electronic voting machine cartridges that recorded an estimated 1,500 to 1,800 votes are still missing.
Air America Radio's Randi Rhodes is also on the case:
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @5:12 PM
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5.11.04 |
Vanishing Trust
How quickly things change. I'd heard that the landmark "TRUST COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY" sign above Journal Square in Jersey City was coming down, and sure enough, all that was left on Nov. 1 were the letters "TRUST" and "PANY"-- reversed in this photo because we're looking at them from behind: (More below)
By Wednesday morning, all the letters were gone. The sign, along with the double-heart-shaped logo, became obsolete when the Trust Company was swallowed up by North Fork Bank. Even as it disappears, it remains a sign of the times.
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @6:56 PM
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4.11.04 |
'...and we still don't have a president...'
...or so the squawking parrots of the television news channels tell us, even though we all know the incumbent would have held the job until Jan. 20 of next year in any case.
So what's the rush? Record numbers of Americans voted yesterday, and some of them waited for hours and hours to do so. Would it be too much trouble to count all the votes once before we move on?
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @9:54 AM
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3.11.04 |
Hanging in the balance
These construction workers were just doing their job, but their balancing act might as well have been performance art, commentary on our too-close-to-call election.
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @4:23 PM
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2.11.04 |
Don't be disenfranchised
Get to the polls as early as possible tomorrow, and bring identification, even though it's not required in all states. If you run into any problems, call the Voter Protection Hotline at 1-866-OUR-VOTE.
The American Civil Liberties Union, defender of the U.S. Constitution, offers handy, printable Voter Empowerment Cards for each state.
See you there.
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @5:03 PM
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1.11.04 |
Endorsements
Got my sample ballot the other day and I'm all fired up and ready to vote.
My endorsements, some of which apply only to Hoboken:
President: John Kerry
Vice President: John Edwards
House of Representatives, 13th District: Robert Menendez
For Hudson County Sheriff and Surrogate, Joseph T. Cassidy and Donald W. De Leo, respectively.
And on the public question, "Shall the ordinance entitled 'Public Contracting Reform', submitted by citizen initiated petition and setting limits on campaign contributions by businesses seeking to receive no-bid contracts from the City of Hoboken, be adopted?" -- I'm voting YES.
posted by Janet Dagley Dagley @4:41 PM
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31.10.04 |
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