Politics

October 28, 2008 - The St. Petersburg Times reports that more than 12,000 voters are now on Florida's "no match" list -- meaning their identities have not been verified and their votes could be uncounted on Election Day:

October 28, 2008 - An unusually high number of people are having their voter registration applications rejected in Harris County, Texas -- and experts say problematic reviewing of applications is to blame.

October 28, 2008 - The Southern Poverty Law Center offers new information today on one of the two white supremacists who allegedly hatched a plot

October 28, 2008 - Today's daily Southern Swing State Watch (TM) report: North Carolina is still the closest toss-up race in the South for president -- and is growing tighter. Florida isn't far behind. SOUTHERN SWINGABILITY RANKINGS* as of 10/28/08

October 27, 2008 - It's a classic voter-suppression strategy: send out misinformation to voters about the day of the election.

October 27, 2008 - Federal agents have broken up a plot allegedly hatched by two neo-Nazi skinheads from Tennessee and Arkansas to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, the Associated Press reports.

October 27, 2008 - Some pundits would like to see the Voting Rights Act done away with -- particularly its provisions mandating special oversight of most Southern states because of their history of racially motivated vote