Elections and Voting
May 15, 2007 -
Ever since it was created, the Electoral College has had its detractors. But this year is the first time in a while that there is an organized movement to eliminate or bypass it. The National Popular Vote website spells out the rationale for change:
May 11, 2007 -
As many have noted, one of the main underlying stories behind the U.S. Attorney scandal was the Department of Justice's drive to dispose of staff who didn't enthusiastically embrace their program of battling "voter fraud" -- especially in areas that voted Democrat.
May 3, 2007 -
A special U.S. House task force voted yesterday to open a federal investigation into last November's disputed District 13 congressional election in Sarasota County, Fla., where more than 18,000 ballots cast by touch-screen machines recorded no vote for either candidate.
April 25, 2007 -
After the election debacle of 2000, Florida hoped it wouldn't be in the news for voting problems again. But then came the 2006 mid-terms and 18,000 disappeared votes in Sarasota County -- and with it, seemingly unstoppable momentum for election reform.
April 25, 2007 -
Results are in for 2007 first-quarter campaign fundraising, and once again it's clear the U.S. political system is awash in money. Today we'll look at the U.S. Senate, where 33 seats will be up for grabs in 2008, including 12 in the South.
April 16, 2007 -
The 2006 mid-term elections wrapped over five months ago, but to paraphrase Monty Python, the saga of Florida's 13th Congressional District ain't dead yet.
April 12, 2007 -
Sordid revelations of prosecutorial misconduct just keep coming in the Duke lacrosse rape debacle.