Politics | Election Fraud

2010-07-31: Headlines

• Los Angeles Times: Michigan voters face many choices on election day but want only 1 thing: a better economy 2010-07-31

  Keywords: — Michigan voters frustrated over lost jobs, home foreclosures and budget deficits will vote in Tuesday's primary election for leaders they hope can move the state out of its economic morass.

• Momento24 English: Piñeras government recognized the president of Honduras 2010-07-31

  Chile recognized the government of Porfirio Lobo, president of Honduras, and also reinstated its ambassador to the country's capital, Tegucigalpa. He had been withdrawn after the coup of June 28, 2009. Probably this will generate controversy after recognition of an elected government with questions of fraud and a forced ban. | "We recognized that the elections in which he was elected Porfirio Lobo were free elections with 50%"

• allvoices: Aquino told: Submit own corruption case to 'truth body' 2010-07-31

  Aquino told: Submit own corruption case to "truth body" | PhilippinesMalacaang defended on Saturday its decision to exclude extra-judicial killings of leftist activists and journalists from the coverage of the Truth Commission tasked to investigate anomalies in the Arroyo administration. Secretary Edwin...

• OregonLive.com: Independent Party primary offered interesting look at online elections 2010-07-31

  It's an open question what the Independent Party of Oregon accomplished with the primary election that concluded Friday. The leadership of the party skews to the left, but conservatives won several of the nominations.Linda Williams, the party's chairwoman, said she hopes that the nominees - most of whom actually belong to other parties - will take up the Independent Party's call for election and campaign-finance reform.

2010-07-30: Headlines

• Salon: My Mad Men Days with Chelsea Clintons New In-Laws 2010-07-30

  Been there. Done that. Writing about it. | Arbitrary A List (In No Particular Order) | 1. Our first meeting at the ad agency. I hadn't booked a conference room because I'd recently been promoted and given a big office. It was not, however, big enough for 13 Mezvinskys. Yep, Ed and Marjorie brought along all 11 of their children. Our agency represented Pete Rose at the time, but even his appearances didn't cause such a stir.

• Sunshine State News: Business, Government, Politics, News, Public Records, Public Notices, Crime Report, Neighborhood Report, Marketing Lists, Research 2010-07-30

  The L-shaped parcel houses a 40,884-square-foot nursing home that was built in 1995. It sits on 4.1 acres along the north side of South Parkway West at Louisiana Street, in the Kansas Street Urban Renewal Area. | The Shelby County Assessor's 2010 appraisal was $2.9 million. Tennessee Property Associates bought the property in 2005 for $5.5 million.

• Orlando Sentinel: Appeals court tosses out campaign-spending limits 2010-07-30

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• MiamiHerald.com: Despite anger over BP spill, Washington might not act 2010-07-30

  As the Gulf of Mexico focuses on cleaning up the mess left by the BP oil spill, the question facing the nation's capital is: Will Washington clean up its act, too?

• WRAL.com: Dems: Prosecutors need to indict Easley or end probe 2010-07-30

  Federal investigators have circled former Gov. Mike Easley for more than a year, questioning whether political favors to friends and contributors led to corruption. Through all of it, Easley hasn't been charged with any crime.

• Tampabay.com: Wide-open, three-way primary for Republican attorney general 2010-07-30

  Three's a crowd in the most wide-open race on the statewide primary ballot: the Republican nomination for attorney general.

• KPLR 11: Man Pleads Guilty Of Voting Twice In 2008 Presidential Election 2010-07-30

  A St. Louis man has pleaded guilty to voting in two different states during the 2008 election. Tarrell Campbell, 34, St. Louis, pleaded guilty to one felony count of voter fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison and/or fines up to $10,000.

• Memphis Daily News: DA Indicts More in Voter Fraud Case 2010-07-30

  The L-shaped parcel houses a 40,884-square-foot nursing home that was built in 1995. It sits on 4.1 acres along the north side of South Parkway West at Louisiana Street, in the Kansas Street Urban Renewal Area. | The Shelby County Assessor's 2010 appraisal was $2.9 million. Tennessee Property Associates bought the property in 2005 for $5.5 million.

2010-07-29: Headlines

• The Journal News: Cuomos solution is the problem 2010-07-29

  Keywords: window.yahooBuzzBadgeType= 'text'; | Government workers whose pensions reportedly balloon to two or three times the salaries they received at retirement are not the criminals in the budget busting that is creating havoc for other taxpayers. | The criminals are whoever allowed the retirees to commit this fraud on the taxpayers. Were they the politicians who were afraid of losing an important voting bloc?

• The Peoples Voice: The Electrical Workers Union versus President Calderon: Class, Struggle ... 2010-07-29

  Keywords: relation between the rise of criminal gangs, the deepening of neo-liberalism and the repression of social movements and trade unions. | Mexican President Calderon's firing of over 44,000 unionized electrical workers is the latest in a series of repressive acts which have shattered the social fabric of society.

• Pensacola News Journal: Ricky Perritt stays in the race 2010-07-29

  Keywords: window.yahooBuzzBadgeType= 'text'; | return; | Republican State House District 1 candidate Ricky Perritt reads a statement concerning his continuing candidacy despite the fact he was recently arrested by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on eight counts of trafficking in hydrocodone, also known as Lortab, three counts of withholding information from a practitioner to obtain a controlled substance, and three counts of obtaining a prescription...

• Trinidad Tobago Express: Pledges, promises and performance 2010-07-29

  The Local Government election is over, and with it the pledges and promises made. Actually, from what I was reading, and hearing from others, and from the little I saw on TV, there didn't seem to be many pledges and promises at all. | Rather, I had the impression of an overabundance of personality attacks from both opposing sides on each other. The scope of these attacks was even broadened to include an Independent Senator.

• FinFacts Ireland: Thursday Newspaper Review 2010-07-29

  Irish/Ireland Business News, Internationa, Global, World, European Union, Financial Information - Irish Finance and Business Portal - providing Irish, European and global market information including mortgages, pensions, investment, propert...

• Seattle Times: 4 candidates vie for state House seat in 34th District 2010-07-29

  There's a lot of agreement among the four candidates competing for the open state House seat in the 34th Legislative District. | Political/Job Experience: Director of outreach and constituent relations for Metropolitan King County Councilmember Jan Drago; served on Dow Constantine's county-executive campaign; worked in fraud operations for Expedia's finance division.

• MiamiHerald.com: | | Florida | | | 2010-07-29

  On the day Jim Greer was jailed for alleged fraud, the former Republican Party of Florida chairman found himself in a strange world as he scrambled to find a bail bondsmen, his lawyer, a suit for his first court appearance and his kid's tennis coach to cancel a lesson, according to recordings of his phone calls from the Seminole County Detention Center.

• SanJuanIslander.com: Sheriffs race: Field of five must narrow to top two 2010-07-29

  Jeff Asher worked for the Park Service before moving to the San Juans 25 years ago. At first he wasn't interested in continuing working in law enforcement, but he answered the call when the sheriff contacted him about helping out with dispatch temporarily. That turned into a full-time dispatcher job. When a deputy position opened up he took that. He was a detective for several years before becoming a deputy again.

• ABS CBN News: Audit shows national polls 99.6% accurate 2010-07-29

  Results of the May 10 automated elections for national positions were 99.6% accurate, according to a random manual audit conducted by various election stakeholders.

2010-07-27: Headlines

• Accra Daily Mail: Ghana News, Get all the latest news from Ghana: Accra Mail: Ghana news updates daily 2010-07-27

  Three people are facing felony voter fraud charges in Madison County in connection with Canton's disputed municipal elections last year.

• St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The Almanac -- weekly 2010-07-27

  The weekly UPI Almanac package for Aug. 2-8, 2010.

• Mohave Valley News: Community Watch 2010-07-27

  DUI ARREST, BULLHEAD CITY — Brian Royce Ritter, 26, and Elizabeth Renee Cobb, 24, were arrested Monday after police were called to a single-vehicle accident. Officers became suspicious when Cobb, dressed in sleepwear, told them she had just come from work. Officers determined that Cobb went to help her boyfriend Ritter, after he'd crashed a vehicle near Pegasus Ranch Road and South Ridge Avenue.

• TIME: Afghanistan War: WikiLeaks Throws Obama Off Message 2010-07-27

  For a White House trying to maintain faltering support for the Afghanistan war, the WikiLeaks documents are yet another stumbling bloc...

• HeraldNet: Both candidates for 21st Legislative District House race head to November ballot 2010-07-27

  What's the job? At stake is a two-year term as a representative in the state Legislature. The 21st Legislative District covers covers southwest Snohomish County, including Mukilteo, Lynnwood and most of Edmonds.

• Jackson Clarion Ledger: 3 face charges in voter fraud case 2010-07-27

  Three people are facing felony voter fraud charges in Madison County in connection with Canton's disputed municipal elections last year.