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On Monday Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman (Republican) decertified 3 of the 4 electronic voting machine manufacturers
On Monday Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman (Republican) decertified 3 of the 4 electronic voting machine manufacturers
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In his announcement Monday, Coffman said Colorado's actions would have national repercussions. "What we have found is that the federal certification process is inadequate," he said.
The decertification decision, which cited problems with accuracy and security, affects electronic voting machines in Denver and five other counties. A number of electronic scanners used to count ballots were also decertified.
Coffman would not comment Monday on what his findings mean for past elections, despite his conclusion that some equipment had accuracy issues. Several systems have been used since at least the 2004 elections.
"I can only report," he said. "The voters in those respective counties are going to have to interpret" the results.
The systems are manufactured by Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold Election Systems; Hart InterCivic; Sequoia Voting Systems; and Election Systems and Software. - AP
I finally got out my ballot today after it came in the mail a couple of weeks ago.
To me knowing who to vote for in local elections is futile. So little press is given and local newspapers tend to have the writing level of an elementary school paper. Spell check dammit!
So I started doing Google searches on the candidates and even did Open Secret searches and didn't have much luck until I found this great article by an obvious tool of a Republican telling his similarly brainless friends who to vote for.
We will use his article to help us to know who NOT to vote for. Read More »
To me knowing who to vote for in local elections is futile. So little press is given and local newspapers tend to have the writing level of an elementary school paper. Spell check dammit!
So I started doing Google searches on the candidates and even did Open Secret searches and didn't have much luck until I found this great article by an obvious tool of a Republican telling his similarly brainless friends who to vote for.
We will use his article to help us to know who NOT to vote for. Read More »
Cross-posted from DailyKOS here
Basra is a city located only 30 miles from the Iran/Iraq border. The population of 1.2 million people consists mostly of Shias. It's hard to know what percentage of the population the Shia make up because so many Sunni's have been killed or forced out of their homes. According to the Independent, Sunnis made up 40% of the population in 2003 but are now thought to only be 14% of the population.
Iran is primarily a Shiite nation and is known to have ever-growing influence over Basra. With Sunday's withdrawal of British troops from the city, that influence will most assuredly rise.
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Basra is a city located only 30 miles from the Iran/Iraq border. The population of 1.2 million people consists mostly of Shias. It's hard to know what percentage of the population the Shia make up because so many Sunni's have been killed or forced out of their homes. According to the Independent, Sunnis made up 40% of the population in 2003 but are now thought to only be 14% of the population.
Iran is primarily a Shiite nation and is known to have ever-growing influence over Basra. With Sunday's withdrawal of British troops from the city, that influence will most assuredly rise.
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