Newsitem List
1351 of 1439
Online Results Center to Track Success of Dozens of Gay, Lesbian Candidates for Public Off
Online Results Center to Track Success of Dozens of Gay, Lesbian Candidates for Public Office; Despite Gay-Baiting, First-Ever Wins Possible in NC & ID legislatures, Gay Representation Could be Restored to NM & MO legislatures...
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 8:54pm PST
Report from an Election Protection Volunteer
The typical pattern, according to Election Protection
folks, is that the county has only a couple people
working at each of these polling stations, despite the
fact that there are waits of up to six hours day after
day....
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 8:26pm PST
The World Was Not Born Yesterday
The voters will also decide over reality. President Bush has long offered the nation the possibility to choose an alternative reality... George W Bush and his Machiavellians have turned the world upside down....
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 7:20pm PST
Robert Fisk: "Bin Laden's Vote is For George Bush"
As the newest videotaped message from Osama bin Laden is broadcast four days before the election, we speak with veteran Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk, who has interviewed bin Laden three times. Fisk also discusses Iraqi civilian casualties, kidnapped humanitarian worker Margaret Hassan, Palestinian leader Yasser Araft's ailing health and much more....
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 2:12pm PST
Report to indymedia.us for Nov. 2 fraud coverage
Amy Goodman had someone from indymedia.us on this morning. A lot of us will be focused on local issues, but it will be difficult to get up to the minute coverage of regional reports of voter intimidation and fraud that many of us will be looking for , via all the local IMCs....
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 12:17pm PST
Judge Bars Challengers From Ohio Polls
A federal judge in Cincinnati early Monday morning issued an order barring political party challengers at polling places throughout Ohio Tuesday.
US District Judge Susan Dlott found that the presence of challengers inexperienced in the electoral process would impede voting.
She ruled that application of Ohio's statute allowing challengers at polling places is unconstitutional.
Dlott ruled on a lawsuit by a black Cincinnati couple who said Republican plans to deploy challengers to lar...
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 8:38am PST
The Future of the World at Stake
Every good republican knows the world is solid Kerry territory. A survey by pollsters HI Europe earlier in October found that, if Europeans had a vote, they would back Kerry over Bush by a 6 to 1 margin. Bush would win just 6% in Germany, 5% in Spain and a measly 4% in France....
Posted: Mon, Nov 1, 2004 6:16am PST
'Van bomb threat' to Cheney
A MAN charged with threatening the life of US Vice President Dick Cheney during a campaign visit has been jailed by a federal judge until a bond hearing later in the week.
Homer Shoup, 51, was expected to be appointed a lawyer in time for the bond hearing, said Faron Paramore, resident agent in charge of the US Secret Service in Grand Rapids, Michigan....
Posted: Sun, Oct 31, 2004 11:29pm PST
Why Do Americans Need a Machine to Vote?
So they can have a consumer product involved in the process of being screwed. You know so it feels normal like going to the mall and shopping. Just kidding. Really....
Posted: Sun, Oct 31, 2004 7:56pm PST
Appeasing Israel
Why do top US government officials continue to treat AIPAC as anything other than a sophisticated spy operation?...
Posted: Sun, Oct 31, 2004 11:18am PST
Moore to have cameras outside polls
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Filmmaker Michael Moore plans to have hundreds of cameras outside polling places in Ohio and Florida on the U.S. election day to watch for attempts to suppress voter turnout....
Posted: Sun, Oct 31, 2004 10:13am PST
Election Day Terror Drills
I recommend ALL reporters and concerned citizens contact the Office of
Domestic Preparedness and BOMBARD THEM WITH QUESTIONS about the scenario,
below....
Posted: Sun, Oct 31, 2004 10:06am PST
America's Opportunity to Educate
"Imagine a school where every teacher is amazing, charismatic, knowledgable and can address every student's needs.. All we have to do to attain the New American Dream is convince a majority to vote in its best interest.."...
Posted: Sun, Oct 31, 2004 7:40am PST
Voters claim abuse of electoral rolls
An Observer investigation in the United States has uncovered widespread allegations of electoral abuse, many of them going uninvestigated despite complaints of what would appear to be criminal attempts to manipulate voter lists.
The allegations, which come just two days before Americans go to the polls in one of the most tightly contested elections in a generation, threaten to plunge Tuesday's count into a legal minefield and overshadow even the elections of 2000....
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 10:21pm PDT
Bush Now 6 pts ahead thanks to a little help from Bin Laden
George W Bush moved yesterday to seize the political advantage after Osama bin Laden's extraordinary intervention in the US presidential election on Friday night....A Newsweek tracker poll published yesterday suggested the momentum may be moving in the incumbent's way. The poll predicted Bush to win by 50 per cent to Kerry's 44, compared with a 48-46 gap last week.
As the candidates spent their last Saturday before Tuesday's election attacking one another over terrorism, political analysts...
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 10:11pm PDT
What Makes Nader Tick?
A Question of Character
What Makes Ralph Nader Tick?
By GREG BATES...
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 5:13pm PDT
Eminem: Incitement to Vote?!
The new video for Eminem's song "Mosh" was released online and on MTV this week. The video was produced by the Guerrilla News Network.
The lyrics of the song "Mosh" advocate for political pressure as a means to enact change, but change in name only......
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 3:36pm PDT
Schools In Two States Targeted For Ill Treatment Of Gays
The ACLU is battling school districts in two states alleging they are systematically targeting LGBT students for abuse.
In Missouri, the ACLU has come to the defense of a high school junior who was sent home twice from school for wearing t-shirts bearing gay pride messages. The principal cited concerns that other students may be offended by the shirts worn by Brad Mathewson....
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 1:13pm PDT
Bush Attempts To Overturn Decades of Legal Precedence & Block Voting Rights Lawsuits
Bush administration lawyers are now attempting to overturn decades of legal precedence by claiming that under the Help America Vote Act only Attorney General John Ashcroft -- and not individual voters - have a right to ask federal courts to enforce voting rights....
Posted: Sat, Oct 30, 2004 12:45pm PDT