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My co-author Jean Johnson and I are glad to see this wire story about the NYC National Debt Clock running out of digits, because we were afraid it would pass without comment, given the global financial crisis. In fact, we said as much in our Huffington Post blog posting,… Continue

Jack Justice, victim of voter fraud

Jack Justice, a mentally challenged man from Albany, GA, may be the latest victim in an election cycle that has been dominated by fraud, cheating and dirty tricks.

Justice has been voting since he turned 18. Typically his family takes him to their neighborhood precinct. This time Primus Indust… Continue

This morning most of the pundits are saying the last presidential debate was sharper in tone but just highlighted the well-established differences between Sen. McCain and Sen. Obama in substance. When it comes to the issues, the main innovation was the laser-like focus on an Ohio plumber as the stand-in for the electorate. But this debate did get into important questions that have been underexamined so far… Continue

Although Washington State invested in a multimillion-dollar computer system designed to catch and cancel illegal voters, the state will send ballots to nearly 24,000 convicted felons that are ineligible to cast ballots.

A Seattle news outlet conducted an investigation of the ballots by double checking the state’s work and found that its system was purposely set up to ignore approximately 24,000 convicted felons who cannot vote. Elect… Continue

Today, Politico's Ben Smith broke some big news:

The bi-partisan group of online activists pushing to liberate debate footage from copyright restriction, and more broadly to remold presidential debates for a new age, says it will involve itself in other debates in the off-years, and gear up for 2012.

The conservative activist Grover Norquist is also joining the group, he said last night.

"I'… Continue