Commentary: Salon voter features mislead
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You can't turn on a 24-hour news channel or your nightly news this week without seeing a feature on African-American women voters. It makes sense, being that the South Carolina Democratic primary is only one day away and African-American women will make up approximately one-third of the voters.
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A mix-up over ink used to mark voters' thumbs triggered an uproar Saturday in Afghanistan's first direct presidential elections, leading several candidates to allege fraud despite assurances from election workers that the problem was limited.
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Having heard the blather or ranting about Red vs. Blue states for some time, I decided that I could check the curious general claim that "Red states are beneficiaries of tax revenue".  Having obtained the data here about year-by-year comparisons of the states, I obtained some results for 2004.  My intent is to identify trends without much partisan bias (BTW, I'm a Nader voter) in an American viewpoint that's not so much grey, but purple.
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While most experts appear to agree that electronic voting has real problems, few argue that they could completely undermine the November election.
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LITTLE CHANGE: Three-quarters of voters will use the same machines as in 2000. Nearly 30 percent will vote on punch card and lever machines regarded as unreliable.
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WASHINGTON As we enter the last days before the presidential election, Americans seem skeptical about the voting process. A new Associated Press Ipsos-Public Affairs poll finds that 60 percent of those asked
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In another indictment of the reliability of electronic voting systems, a report released Friday shows some Ohio tallies could be rendered inaccurate using tools as simple as a magnet.
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Voting in US elections this week was mostly fair, but the lines were too long at some polling stations, according to an international rights group monitoring the presidential contest for first time.
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Hard to keep up with the voting rights section of the Justice Department's civil rights division. Division chief John Tanner recently made some news with a fascinating analysis of how photo IDs for voters actually help minorities.
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Today's Rude Opinion Poll: Which description best characterizes our elected representatives in Washington, regardless of party affiliation?
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If you think the country is divided and rancorous about the presidential contest, try polling a few experts about the accuracy and security of electronic voting.
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Political parties and campaigns are racing to train voters, holding mock caucuses or 'mockuses.' Glitches are common in these sessions since trainers themselves are newbies to the caucus system.
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Well, both do, actually. But there are some discernible differences in brain activity which may just explain why a Democrat sees the world one way, and a Republican sees it another.
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Many voters may not be aware that New York City has an election this year.
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Statisticians release an analysis debunking a previous Berkeley study that said President Bush received more votes than he should have in Florida counties that used touch-screen voting machines. By Kim Zetter.
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Cancer patients, gay couples and snowmen: voters, not journalists, asked the questions at the CNN-YouTube debate. Was it a breakthrough for democracy or a publicity stunt?
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US trade policy is far from perfect, of course. But election year rhetoric, particularly that on &quot;outsourcing&quot; of jobs, may have given some Americans a distorted view of reality.