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A Real Case of Voter Fraud: Why am I so interested in voter fraud allegations? Perhaps because the first time I looked into voter fraud allegations, they turned out to be real ballots had been forged and an election was stolen. Back in 1993, in Philadelphia (my home town), Democrat Bill Stinson ...
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volokh.com — Cass, Diver, Beermann -- I'd probably assign Chapters 1-6 (617 pp.), omitting the chapters on Enforcement and... Liability, Licensing, and Public Access; and I'd probably do chapters 2 & 3 (on judicial review) last. Rogers, Healy, Krotoszynski -- I'd ... (more) The Volokh Conspiracy
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volokh.com — Fake Votes in New Mexico Primary? Jim Geraghty offers an interesting report that, if verified, could be... quite significant: Today, news out of New Mexico, the state GOP looked at information for 92 newly-registered voters in one district, and found 28 ... (more) The Volokh Conspiracy
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volokh.com — Can Sen. Stevens Vote for Himself? The Politico raises the question of whether Senator Ted Stevens, now... that he is a convicted felon, can vote for his own reelection to the U.S. Senate. Under Alaska law, those convicted of a felony involving moral ... (more) The Volokh Conspiracy
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Smart Sarah and Glib Joe
The Corner on National Review Online — Monday, October 20, 2008 [image] Smart Sarah and Glib Joe Sarah Palin has won several tough elections, mastered energy policy, and persuaded more than 80 percent of Alaskans that she's doing a fine and competent job as chief executive of their state. Why then have so many pronounced her a dunce? Todd Zywicki offers an explanation . In brief: Some thoughtful people simply have a tendency to confuse intelligence with the ability to be glib, or more precisely, to bs. And I think that is much of what it comes down to if Palin doesn't know the answer to a question, she just isn't ...

Palin appeases, and pleases, the national media
TigerHawk — Sarah Palin seems to have disposed of at least one objection of her critics, that she has not made herself available to the national press corps: It was less than two weeks ago when Sarah Palin astonished her traveling press corps by lifting the curtain (literally) and journeying to the back of her campaign plane to answer reporters’ questions for the first time after 40 days on the campaign trail. But the candidate who has been criticized for having a bunker mentality when it came to the national media can now lay legitimate claim to being more accessible than either Joe Biden or Barack Obama. In the past two days alone, Palin has answered questions from her ...

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