AltWeeklies Wire
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon Is Paying His Girlfriend, Elissa Mullany, Big Bucksnew
Since his re-election campaign wrapped up in December 2007, Gordon has paid Mullany's two-person limited liability company a total of $140,000. He's paid her through his campaign finance committee, even though she hasn't raised any money for it since the election.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
12-22-2009 |
Politics
During an Election It's Just as Interesting to See Who Doesn't Stop Bynew
On Sunday, the American Muslim Taskforce on Civil Rights and Elections cosponsored a campaign forum in a banquet hall on West Devon that got contenders for U.S. Senate, county board president, sheriff, judge, and water rec commissioner promising to look out for the rights and interests of Chicago’s Indian and Pakistani communities.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
12-22-2009 |
Politics
Ray Nagin Still Factors Into the New Orleans Mayor's Race, as a Reverse Barometernew
New Orleans voters may not know just yet what they want in their next mayor, but they definitely know what they don't want: another Ray Nagin. Polls and campaign strategies bear that out as candidates try to distinguish themselves not only from one another but also from the hugely unpopular, term-limited mayor.
How Canada Got Caught in an Afghan Election That Doesn't Add Upnew
The news on the Afghan election, backed so earnestly by Canada and its $35 million contribution, has gone from terrible to tragic.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
10-16-2009 |
International
The Dirty Truth About 'Clean' Electionsnew
It turns out that even during these tough economic times, you and I are footing the bill for politicians to purchase home-office supplies, sushi dinners, even the occasional GPS system. And our candidates for office get to keep that stuff when the campaign is over — the expenses in question are, apparently, perfectly legal.
Phoenix New Times |
Sarah Fenske |
04-08-2009 |
Politics
What Were the Results of Iraq's Recent Elections?new
Three months after the November 2008 elections, Minnesota still doesn't have a second U.S. senator. Yet we have 140,000-or-so U.S. troops in Iraq who just spent much of their January helping that country carry out its provincial elections.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Andisheh Nouraee |
02-11-2009 |
Commentary
The Latino Factor: How Ethnic Bias Distorts Texas Electionsnew
There is compelling evidence that ethnic bias skewed Texas' 2008 statewide judicial election results. Some voters, with little else to go on in these low-profile races, appear to have cast a vote against Latino surnames. You've heard of the Bradley Effect. Call this the Latino Factor.
The Texas Observer |
Forrest Wilder |
12-03-2008 |
Politics
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
Is Your Vote Safe?new
Complaints about possible fraud in electronic voting persist in Georgia and elsewhere. Experts point to "patches" in the software, improper procedures and differences between electronic vote counts and those obtained by exit polling or hand counts.
Metro Spirit |
Joshua McCracken |
10-08-2008 |
Policy Issues
'Stealing America': Another Uplifting Tale on the Death of Democracynew
Stealing America documents what many people think happened the last few electoral contests. Namely, that the bedrock of American democracy was undermined by voting machines that have no system of checks and balances, no audit trail and no accountability whatsoever.
Dig Boston |
David Day |
09-03-2008 |
Reviews
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
Kevin Costner Returns in a Heartfelt Film that Satirizes the Electoral Processnew
Like Warren Beatty's Bulworth, Swing Vote examines the electoral process as a personal one.
New York Press |
Armond White |
07-31-2008 |
Reviews
'Swing Vote' Isn't Exactly a Terrible Movienew
Stern maintains a nice pace throughout what should be an intolerable two-hour parody of ancient history, and the dialogue and set pieces are never quite as dumb as Bud, with one running gag involving the candidates' ads escalating to a hilarious pro-life spot. But even if it weren't tiring to imagine it’s 2000 all over again, does anyone right now really want to sit through the campaigning, scheming, and dissecting of fictional candidates when we're drowning in the minutiae of real ones?
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-31-2008 |
Reviews
Likeable Kevin Costner Fields Dreams in 'Swing Vote'new
After saving the human race in Waterworld and restoring America's sense of hope in The Postman, Costner is once again the most important man in the free world.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
07-07-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
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
