Election Lessons on the Hudson

New Orleans It’s a small sample, but the Virginia bellwether and the deeply blue state New Jersey went hard Republican and in Jersey tossed a Democratic governor looking for a second shot.  Across the river, New York City voters surprised the chattering political classes by almost moving Mayor Bloomberg to his next career as [...]

Voter Registration Reform

Takoma Park I have long advocated an automatic registration system as a step forward in democracy in America.  A couple of days ago there may have been some movement in this direction from a new bipartisan effort called the Committee to Modernize Voter Registration.  According to a squib I saw on this new formation, the [...]

Democracy When?

Baltimore There was a good news article in the Times indicating that the African-American vote almost caught up and in some categories exceeded other groups in voting participation in the 2008 election for President.  For all of the brickbats being thrown at the great efforts to register and turnout new voters there’s really only one [...]

Election Goes Digital in Honolulu

Ocean Springs A neighborhood commission saved $100,000 by allowing for encrypted voting for a neighborhood board election in Honolulu.  The voting was from homes and offices. All reports indicated smooth sailing.  Laws there forbid anything less than eyeball to eyeball identification in city and state elections.  Change is coming though despite the high walls of [...]

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