AltWeeklies Wire
The Way We Elect Judges Is a Shamnew
Judges can have far more direct and tangible impact on people's lives than most anyone else you'll vote for -- deciding individual fates on a daily basis. Yet we hardly know anything about them. And that seems to be exactly what the legal establishment wants.
Seattle Weekly |
Damon Agnos |
10-20-2008 |
Politics
Kansas Rep. Raised $100,000 for His Campaign with a Web Comicnew
Sean Tevis, a 39-year-old information architect from Olathe, Kansas, raised $100,000 for his state-rep campaign with an internet comic.
Boston Phoenix |
Jonathan Seitz |
08-14-2008 |
Politics
If This is Clean Elections, I'd Hate to See the Unclean Kindnew
Mayor John DeStefano is running for re-election this year under a first-of-its-kind municipal public financing model that DeStefano himself helped create, but he's gone back to the same well of city contractors, city employees and public schools workers who have been his bread and butter for the last several elections.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
10-23-2007 |
Politics
Your Tax Dollars at (Political) Warnew
Albuquerque is now one of few cities in the nation that pays candidates to run campaigns -- will it work?
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
09-11-2007 |
Politics
Frontrunners by Default: An Utterly Reckless 2008 Preview
The official frontrunners are Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani -- reality, at least 18 months before the 2008 presidential election, looks different.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
05-15-2007 |
Commentary
Patriot Gamesnew
Back from the war zone, veterans redeploy themselves into Connecticut's red-hot Senate race.
New Haven Advocate |
Casey Miner and Andy Bromage |
10-02-2006 |
Politics
Straitjacket Jan Brewernew
Empowering the Secretary of State, especially this secretary of state, to decide when elections can be suspended is a crazy idea.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
02-06-2006 |
Politics
Pressure Tacticsnew
GOP officials continue trying to keep Sen. Jack Harper from discovering the truth about an Arizona election.
Phoenix New Times |
John Dougherty |
01-31-2006 |
Politics
Dragon Slayernew
Tom Campbell is gearing up to run against the vulnerable Tom DeLay in March's primary.
Houston Press |
Todd Spivak |
01-03-2006 |
Politics
The Sky Didn't Fallnew
Despite all the doomsayers, ranked-choice voting in San Francisco worked.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
11-10-2004 |
Politics
Tags: elections, ranked-choice voting
Democratic Dysfunctionnew
Technical problems and official incompetence at the polls disenfranchised thousands of voters. Here are three key lessons for bringing democracy back to America.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
A.C. Thompson and David Martinez |
11-10-2004 |
Politics
Absentee Ballots Get the Absent-Minded Approachnew
A reporter who lives in a city where the practice of absentee voting is so deeply entrenched that even dead people do it decides to see what happens when he applies for an absentee ballot.
Miami New Times |
Kirk Nielsen |
10-29-2004 |
Politics
Election Reformer Raises Questions about Voting Softwarenew
Literary publicist Bev Harris sounded the alarm after she discovered that Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel had an ownership share in one of the big three companies that make electronic voting machines. The questions she's raised about the integrity of voting software have made her a media darling.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
08-07-2004 |
Politics
