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Why Don’t People Vote ?

Christine O’Donnell, the Republican candidate to represent Delaware in the US Senate, is getting a lot of attention … For example, candidate O’Donnell has been added to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) Most Crooked Candidates list : “Ms. O’Donnell has had no discernable job for several years, and instead has lived the [...]

DFL Congressional District 2′s Best Candidates, CD2′s best foot forward

Minnesota’s Congressional District 2 is touting its best (see literature in the image, or here’s the file).  I firmly believe truth is arrived at by consensus, and these candidates were picked by groups deciding what is our best foot forward this 2010 campaign season. Margaret Anderson Kelliher (and John Gunyou), Mark Ritchie, Rebecca Otto, Lori [...]

MN-SOS : The Unseen Side of Elections

The recount as a result of the 2008 US Senate election was an eye-opener to a lot of Minnesotans … yet for others it was something that they had been prepared. Chief Justice Eric Magnuson had never heard of the Elections Contest Court until Secretary of State Mark Ritchie asked him for “volunteers” … and [...]