Daily Archives: October 30, 2006

Bring Out Your Dead Vote

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Gaius

Jonathan Adler, posting at the Volokh Conspiracy, notes an analysis by the Poughkeepsie Journal that shows a rather large and active group of dead voters in New York State. Oddly, dead Democratic voters are more able to get to the polls … Continue reading →

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The Supporters Of Election Fraud

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Gaius

John Fund has an article at the Opinion Journal about the many problems with the extensive proliferation of absentee balloting. Simply put, making absentee ballots easily accessible is bad for democracy, bad for voter turnout and is an open invitation … Continue reading →

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The Problem With Polls

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Gaius

Michael Barone has a column up over at Real Clear Politics that points out the difficulties of polls and polling. It also points out some weird anomalies this year that are highly unusual – to the point of straining belief. … Continue reading →

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Declining Trust

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Gaius

Sebastian Mallaby has a column up in the Washington Post that bemoans the declining trust Americans have in politics and business. He doesn't actually say how to regain that trust, just shakes his head. You see this most viciously in … Continue reading →

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Fingers Ready

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Gaius

The Washington Post reports that there are people already lining up to point fingers if the Republicans lose next Tuesday. They plan on pointing at Karl Rove. Now it really has already started, yesterday's op-ed in the WaPo by Dick … Continue reading →

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