VOTES: Fundamental Election Principles

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Thursday May 25, 2006 · 6:17 PM PDT

2006/05/25 · 18:17

Do you remember the utter frustration after the 2004 election when reading story after story of voter intimidation and misdirection, hours-long poll lines, broken machines, odd voting tallies, and unexplained exit polls? And more recent stories of proven unsecure voting machine technology in California, North Carolina and Florida only confirmed many of our suspicions.

And do you remember feeling disconnected from the "real world" because -except for the on-line community- no one else seemed concerned about the state of our election apparatus?

Finally, a major politician is addressing the issue through a nation-wide campaign. Governor Tom Vilsack and his Heartland PAC is looking to improve our electoral system by helping to elect candidates with integrity for secretaries of state and through the development of some fundamental principles for conducting fair elections. Read More

Chafee to Democrats: Change Your Party Affiliation PLEASE

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Friday April 21, 2006 · 12:40 PM PDT

2006/04/21 · 12:40

It appears that some RI Democrats recently received an interesting email from the wife of Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) requesting that they change their party affiliation in order to vote for her husband in the upcoming Republican primary. http://www.anchorrising.com/ Chafee is currently in a battle with Steve Laffey, mayor of Cranston, RI. Chafee has had a significant lead over Laffey, but this move has a rather desperate quality about it.

The irony here is that Senator Chafee has the gall to ask Democrats to do something he just can't bring himself to do: Change party affiliation. Seems pretty hypocritical to me. Read More

Censure Bush: Chafee (Typically) on the Fence

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Thursday March 16, 2006 · 5:05 AM PST

2006/03/16 · 05:05

Read today's Providence Journal for a front page above the fold headline: Chafee refuses to rule out voting to censure Bush.

http://www.projo.com/...

Rhode Island's only Republican senator did not commit to censure, but -significantly- agreed with Feingold that the President acted "illegally when he launched an antiterrorism program of warrantless wiretaps of some U.S. citizens." Read More

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