Tag Archives: voting

Will Michigan Republicans make a move to rig the 2016 election by changing the way our electoral votes are cast?

By Mark | January 31, 2013

According to Michigan Radio, state Republicans, despite the serious push-back they’ve been getting from voters, and the fact that a similar measure has apparently fizzled in Virginia, have every intention of moving forward with plans to radically change the way our electoral votes are cast for President in hopes of making it more likely for [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged disenfranchisement, election reform, Elections Canada, electoral college, gerrymandering, Jase Bolger, Michigan House of Representatives, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Peter Lund, Presidential politics, Randy Richardville, Rick Snyder, SB723, Virginia | 14 Comments

The stealing of the next Presidential election, and Michigan’s evolving role

By Mark | January 24, 2013

A week or so ago, in a post about partisan redistricting, I noted that rumors were beginning to circulate concerning a Republican push to change the way Michigan’s electoral college votes are cast in presidential elections. Presently, as I suspect you know, Michigan has 16 electoral votes, and all of them go to the candidate [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged disenfranchisement, election reform, Elections Canada, electoral college, gerrymandering, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Presidential politics, Rick Snyder, SB723, Virginia | 23 Comments

Why can’t Michigan vote like Oregon?

By Mark | November 7, 2012

Remember how, a few months ago, I posted video of myself eating a fried pie on the street in Portland, while talking with a guy about the plotting of the 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan? Well, that guy… a former Michigander by the name of Dave Miller… has asked that I share the following article, [...]

Posted in Michigan, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged ball shaving, campaign finance reform, Dave Miller, election fraud, election reform, elections, electoral college, Maytards, Nardies, Oregon | 9 Comments

Anonymous Lansing insider speaks out on the disappointment of Snyder

By Mark | April 2, 2012

A few days ago, I received the following note from an individual who identified himself as working ‘inside the belly of the beast,’ in Lansing. I followed up with the questions below, and, given his responses, and a few other things that he mentioned, I have no reason to believe that he’s lying about his [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Rail | Also tagged anonymous sources, anti-science, Bill Milliken, domestic partner benefits, Gary Peters, gay demonization, gay rights, Gretchen Driskell, Gretchen Whitmer, homophobia, job creation, Lansing, Mark Ouimet, mass transit, Michigan by Rail, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, Obama, partisan politics, Rick Snyder, tea party, those anti-science Republicans, Voting Rights Act | 10 Comments

Hail to the hackers who protect our democracy

By Mark | October 5, 2010

Congratulations this evening are due to the folks at University of Michigan’s computer science department. Encouraged by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics last week to identify vulnerabilities in a new electronic voting platform, a U-M team, headed by Professor J. Alex Halderman, was not only able to penetrate the system, but to have [...]