Pima County Election Integrity Public Hearings

Please see the Election Integrity Homepage for complete coverage and the latest news. Pima County held some public meetings following the trial to which the public was invited to express their views and make suggestions. Interestingly, the public hearings were set during the pendancy of Judge Miller’s verdict. I wonder how much of the motive … Read more

Pima County Election Integrity Homepage

"If the GEMS system had been deliberately designed to enable covert vote manipulation without detection, it could hardly be more open to undetected covert manipulation."         -Bruce O’Dell, Founder, US Count Votes The Pima Democratic Party website is hosting an archive of case related primary materials that is a great resource. The site … Read more

Presidential Platforms’ Impact on State Policies

I normally don’t post source material wholesale like this, but this piece from Progressive States was so informative, I just couldn’t see condensing it. So here are the positions of many of the Presidentials on both sides of the aisle on the bread and butter issues that define the economic policy in the states.

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Given
the experience of Senate filibusters against innovative policies
proposed at the federal level, here at Progressive States we are inevitably cautious in our hopes based on Presidential candidate proposals.

But
state policymakers can in many cases adapt the best of the candidate
proposals for state laws– and in many cases already have done so,
since as this Dispatch will outline, many of the best ideas
proposed by the candidates are already part of the debate in the
states. This issue will focus on three areas — energy policy, health
care
, and aid for working families — where states can adapt candidate
proposals.

Much, much more on the flip…

Want Impeachment? Ditch Nancy.

Link: To Replace Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House of Representatives for the Purposes of Pursuing Impeachment Petition. Seems everyone in Congress is blaming Nancy Pelosi for their inaction on impeachment. Fine. Then let’s get rid of Nancy and elect a Speaker who isn’t afraid to do the will of the people and to … Read more

Political Corruption Gets a New Name in Lincoln Strategy Group

Link: Lincoln Strategy Group lining up clients fast. Nathan Sproul, who has worked so hard to make his name synonymous with political corruption here in Arizona, is taking his name off the marquee of his firm in a merger with Arizona Chamber of Commerce lobbyist Jessica Pacheco. The new firm will be called Lincoln Strategy … Read more