Vote Early, Vote Often
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As elections get tighter and more complicated, it's inevitable that one of them will be so thoroughly botched it'll have to be done over. It's time to start thinking about how. Commentary by Bruce Schneier.
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Delaying the January vote would raise new dangers. So will going ahead
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It&#39;s possible that everyone who votes by Tuesday will wake up Wednesday morning a loser. The presidential election could produce a clouded result because of disputed ballots or challenges to ballot tallies.
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This is my official election eve post, and I'll try to sum up a lot of big thoughts in a few modest paragraphs.Comment
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Most limit such voting to local elections and legal immigrants. But state legislatures often intercede.
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During the nineties, our state saw an increase in population, due to "The Californians" (who we like to bitch about) migrating to our low tax/low smog state.  Though most of us natives like to bitch about their supposedly shallow, urban sprawl, rude soccer mom, cell phone, and shopping mall ways, they have done something useful and actually turned us backwards hillbilly, gun toting, Republican loving rednecks into a swing state. Now we have to deal with traffic on I-25 being snarled for hours whenever Dick Cheney decides to send his motorcade through rush hour.  The most important issue on the ballot in our state is Amendment 36, which would change our electoral voting from "winner takes all" to a proportional voting system.
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The candidates are starting earlier than ever, but that's not all that is making this Presidential race different
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The Internet and the voting process are developing a manifold relationship. In February, US voting will actually move to the Web with the Democratic Party's first ever online global primary.
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Polls run by news sites to gauge public opinion of politicians are turning into partisan tools for political spin doctors. People voting, often repeatedly, in response to e-mails from their favored candidates can skew the results. By Louise Witt.
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Of course the candidates are trying to muscle endorsements early. Why public officials should hang loose.
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With the change coming early this year, follow these steps to help ensure that you're on time.
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In the weeks leading up to November in the US, it&#8217;s abundantly clear that this is not &#8220;election season&#8221; but rather &#8220;polling season&#8221;; with the actual voting still some ways off, our pundits must resort to polls and surveys as an estimate of what the will of the people will be on Election Day. But just how accurate are the samples in those polls?
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Some elections are about persuasion. This one is about turnout. In past presidential debates, candidates have tried to change people&#39;s minds and win over undecideds.
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It&#39;s five weeks from Election Day, and if you&#39;re like nine in 10 Americans, you&#39;ve already decided who should be in the White House this January.
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Early voters are casting ballots at a runaway pace in Arizona's biggest county. They've exhausted absentee ballots in some towns in Maine. They're far outpacing 2000 in Florida hot spots.
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One of the problems with the American Presidency is that it tends to eclipse the entire rest of the government in the public eye. People often seem to almost view the Presidency as if it were the government, rather than just one component of many within the government. In particular, the Presidential election is the only one it is possible to get many people to care about. Voter turnout drops precipitously for those elections where the Presidency is not on the ballot; and on those years where it is, the media coverage for the elections of other offices is almost entirely drowned out in the obsessive coverage of the Presidential campaign. But these other elections are no less important, and in many cases are more so. Despite the neglect they receive these elections are just as critical to our democratic process. By ignoring these elections, our nation is closing its eyes to the bulk of that part of government that affects us on a day to day basis. So what I would like to do is open up the floor and ask: What's happening in the local, non-presidential elections in your area this November?What are the important races (Senators, ballot referendums, etc) and what has been happening in them? What is your perspective on these? Let us know. If your familiarity with local politics is less than complete, Project Vote Smart offers a great deal of information on American elections and is a good place to get started.
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Most Americans are angry about "something" when it comes to how the country is run, and they're more likely than in previous years to vote for a challenger this November, a new poll suggests. More than 60 percent of those surveyed said government policies need either major changes or a complete overhaul.