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Electronic Voting Machines Are NOT Safe

Dan Rather investigates and exposes how electronic voting machines are a threat to our... more

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'Year of the Woman' Part II on Agenda for 2012

Women's representation in Congress--already disproportionately weak at 17... more

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Get your picture on the cover of Rolling Stone!

Well not really, I made that headline up. But you can get your picture on the main... more

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Voting is important

Voting is important. But somehow this year it doesn't feel as important as it did... more

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‘Meathead’ Rob Reiner, Another Hate-Filled Liberal: Tea Parties Are Like NAZI HITLER…(HATE VIDEO)

HotAir.Com October 23, 2010 By Allahpundit I’d call this the intellectual... more

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The "Teach-the-Democrats-a-Lesson" Myth

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Watch This Voting Machine Change Someone's Vote

When programmer Don Relyea tried to choose one candidate on his voting machine, the computer chose a different candidate—plus four other candidates from the same, incorrect party—right in front of him. He captured the whole thing on video.

Voting! Don't you just hate it?? Luckily, in the future, the machines will go ahead and do it for us. They'll even choose the candidates!

As you can see in the video, Relyea is trying to cast his vote for Rick Perry, the Republican candidate for Governor (I know, I know). But when he presses his finger to Rick Perry's name, the machine selects Deb Shafto—the Green Party's candidate. And not just her, either: the Green Party candidates for each of the other offices are also selected. He tries again, and the same thing happens. Isn't that, you know, a little bit weird?

Relyea says he "had to raise a stink" but that he was "put on another polling machine." He recorded his creepy experience, and one of his coworkers posted the video to the link-sharing website Reddit.

So: Do the Greens finally have their shit together enough to effect a massive hack of electronic voting machines? Probably not. I mean, why would a machine intent on changing votes show the victim that his votes are being changed? (And, I mean, come on: The Green Party?) Based on the video it seems most likely that somehow the "Rick Perry" button is being mapped to the button that allows you to select all Green Party candidates.

But: It should go without saying that regardless of intent (and regardless of the fact that Rick Perry sucks), it's a troubling situation. This Washington Post infographic about the difference in security between slot machines in Las Vegas and electronic voting machines is a quick and easy way to see how scarily relaxed the security standards are with systems currently in use. (The infographic is four years old, but I haven't been able to turn up anything to indicate that the regulations it references have changed.)

Relyea, for what it's worth, wasn't the only Texan who had trouble with a voting machine. Reddit user KaitouKid detailed his experience:

I had the same problem with a voting machine in Collin County, still right outside of Dallas. It was Diebold, and very different from the one in this video.
Another difference was that mine took some convincing to let me vote for Bill White. Every time I would press it, it would select Bill White for a second, then switch to Rick Perry. I eventually did it enough times that it stuck.
Well, at least I hope it stuck. There's really no way of knowing how it recorded the vote, is there?
How sad is the future? You thought there would be a grand electronic conspiracy for one candidate or party, didn't you? Sorry, turns out we're too stupid to do that—instead, you get a bunch of broken-down, useless machines that no one can figure out.

http://gizmodo.com/5670480/watch-this-voting-machine-change-someones-voteWhen programmer Don Relyea tried to choose one candidate on his voting machine, the... more

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Where is the party for me?

By D. Marie Gage-Take a moment to look at why you consider yourself a Republican or... more

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Washington DC Experiments in Online Voting - Hack-a-palooza

Not only did it take "University of Michigan professor J. Alex Halderman and his... more

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Now That You’ve Received Your Voters’ Pamphlet…

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Pot Could Tilt Races In Oregon: Survey

While Democrats are watching turnout levels in California to gauge the ability of marijuana ballot initiatives to turn out young voters, organizers to the north point to a second case study, which concludes that such a referendum would dramatically bolster interest in voting.

Backers of an Oregon measure to regulate the buying and selling of medical marijuana commissioned a poll to determine the effect of the question on young, progressive voters inclined to sit out the election. Pollsters quizzed 400 Oregonians who described themselves as Democrats or independents and rated their interest in the midterm election between one and five on a scale to ten. Half of the voters were given information about Measure 74 and the other half were told about the race for governor, currently a dead heat between Democrat John Kitzhaber and Republican Chris Dudley.

Voters told about the pot initiative were more than twice as likely to increase their interest voting -- which, in Oregon, is done by mail.

President Obama will visit Oregon on Wednesday to try to rally young voters. At least two Oregon House races remain competitive, with freshman Democrat Kurt Schrader and long-serving progressive Peter DeFazio fending off challengers.

Unlikely voters who were told about the pot initiative increased their interest in vote by an average of 3.5 points on the ten-point scale. By a margin of 62 to 21, they overwhelmingly support the measure and at a rate of 50 to 23, they prefer the Democratic candidate for governor. Both candidates, however, have spoken against the pot measure.

Medical marijuana is currently legal in Oregon, but voters rejected a 2004 measure that would have expanded the program to legalize dispensaries. The Yes on 74 campaign's war chest is filled with little more than seeds and stems, but the organization hopes that Democrats and organized labor will recognize the political wisdom of touting Measure 74 and offer the campaign some in-kind assistance.

Motivating young people to engage in politics, especially in an off-year, midterm election, is no simple matter. But the Oregon survey reflects what political operatives have found in California, Colorado and Washington state.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/19/marijuana-oregon-measure-74-2010-elections_n_768860.htmlWhile Democrats are watching turnout levels in California to gauge the ability of... more