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GOP Guilty Of Voter Registration Fraud?
via Dan Froomkin, The Huffington Post Republican officials, who have used hysteria about alleged voter fraud as an excuse to support measures that disproportionately block Democratic voters, are...
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Superstorm Sandy’s Impact On The Election
via David McCumber, San Francisco Chronicle Take your choice. Hurricane Sandy is an advantage for: – President Obama, because it blunts Mitt Romney’s perceived momentum. – Romney, because it suppresses...
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As Govorner, Romney’s Lax Regulation May Have Facilitated Meningitis Outbreak
via Craig Unger, Salon The fatal meningitis epidemic sweeping the United States can now be traced to the failure of then-Gov. Mitt Romney to adequately regulate the Massachusetts pharmaceutical company...
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Election Eve: Obama and Romney Make Their Final Case
via John Whitesides, Reuters President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney make a frenetic dash to a series of crucial swing states on Monday, delivering their final arguments to voters...
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO VOTE!
ELECTION DAY 2012 Participate. Be Heard. VOTE. Everything you need to know to VOTE: 1. Am I REGISTERED to VOTE? Find out if you are REGISTERED to VOTE here 2. WHAT kind of ID do I need to bring to...
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Marriage Equality Passes In Maryland, Maine, Leads In Washington, Not Banned...
via Joel Connelly, San Francisco Chronicle Statewide ballot measures to legalize same-sex marriage took the lead in Washington and passed in Maryland and Maine on Tuesday, as proponents of marriage...
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Recreational Marijuana Legalization Passes In Colorado, Washington, Fails In...
via CNN Three states voted on referendums Tuesday on legalizing marijuana for recreational use: Colorado passes marijuana legalization, but there’s a catch Colorado voters have approved a referendum...
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Puerto Rico Approves U.S. Statehood In Non-Binding Vote
via WBEZ Chicago A slim majority of Puerto Ricans Tuesday sought to change their ties with the United States and become the 51st U.S. state in a non-binding referendum that would require final...
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Marriage Equality Passed By Voters In Washington
via Robert Hulshof-Schmidt, The Examiner Three days after the 2012 general election Washington became the ninth state to achieve marriage equality for same sex couples. Referendum 74, a measure...
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75% Of Montana Voters Say ‘Corporations Aren’t People Too’
via Erin Fuchs, Business Insider A whopping 75 percent of Montana’s voters approved an initiative Tuesday stating corporations are not people. Montana voters specifically said “corporations are not...
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Google Fiber Internet Service Tries To Bring U.S. Up To Speed
via David Talbot, MIT Technology Review, Mashable Google’s effort to install a blazingly fast, gigabit-per-second fiber Internet service in the two-state metropolis of Kansas City — a speed 100 times...
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San Francisco Moves To Ban Public Nudity
via Lisa Leff, Christian Science Monitor San Francisco lawmakers disappointed committed nudists last week by narrowly approving a ban on public nakedness despite concerns the measure would undermine...
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeal On Taping Illinois Law Enforcement
via Chicago Sun-Times The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an Illinois prosecutor’s plea to allow enforcement of a law aimed at stopping people from recording police officers on the job. The justices...
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Private Prison Company Performs Drug Sweeps At Public High School
via Beau Hodai, Alternet In Arizona an unsettling trend appears to be underway: the use of private prison employees in law enforcement operations. The state has graced national headlines in recent...
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U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments For Marriage Equality
via Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court plunged into the contentious issue of gay marriage Friday when it agreed to take up California’s ban on same-sex unions and a separate dispute...
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Amid Protests From Unions, Michigan Becomes A Right To Work State
via Matthew Dolan and Kris Maher, The Wall Street Journal The Republican-led Michigan legislature approved a pair of right-to-work bills, sending them on for the governor’s expected signature, as...
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Court Decision Ends Illinois’ Ban On Carrying Concealed Weapons
via Dave McKinney and Fran Spielman, Chicago Sun-Times In a huge win for gun-rights groups, a divided federal appeals court in Chicago Tuesday tossed the state’s ban on carrying concealed weapons and...
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Illinois Legislature May Vote On Marriage Equality As Early As January
via Greg Hinz, Crain’s Chicago Business Legal gay marriage may be coming to Illinois as soon as next month. After counting heads and consulting with legislative leaders, the chief sponsors of a bill to...
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President Obama: Legal Recreational Marijuana Should Not Be Top Federal Priority
via Susan Heavey, Reuters President Barack Obama says federal authorities should not target recreational marijuana use in two Western states where it has been made legal given limited government...
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Republican Governor Jindal Wants Oral Contraceptives To Be Available Over The...
via Lauren McGaughy, New Orleans Times Picayune Gov. Bobby Jindal said oral contraceptives should be available over-the-counter in a Thursday evening op-ed for the Wall Street Journal. The...
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