I got up at 6ish, so that I could vote before my lab; I'd've skipped it with the rest of my classes, but it's the lab we've been working on out of class for the past month (Cassie and other interested parties: bacterial resistance to antibiotics), so it didn't seem quite kosher. My adorable professor bounced around a bit, told us all to vote, and ( Read more... )

FUCK.  YEAH.

No, really.

"The residents of Broward County, Florida have recently received misleading robocalls telling them that they can vote by phone on Election Day, according to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Friday.

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Another unknown group is distributing flyers (see the flyer after the jump) with official-looking letterhead around the area ( Read more... )

Early-voting states' voting voting machines are flipping straight-ticket Democratic votes to Republican in West Virginia... and in Texas... and in Missouri and Tennessee. These are the same machines that 25 Pennsylvania counties use, and that went bad in Ohio in 2004. Already one blogger has suggested that this machine problem alone can flip ( Read more... )

Muslim children gassed at Dayton mosque after "Obsession" DVD hits Ohio.

Guys, I haven't said anything about the election until now because so many other people have, and I really don't think I have anything substantiative to add. That said? This is me saying something.

Those of you who're 18: Vote. Please, please vote. If you can do more, that's ( Read more... )