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...alas, an axiom of politics in Illinois - and especially Chicago - that voter tolerance for bribery, kickbacks and other stinky political practices is extremely high, as long the trash is picked up on time. And since the mayor himself has been indicted on nothing, he strides on, overseeing everything from public housing and education to the details of an ongoing beautification initiative. It helps that some of his most unpopular moves, like his unilateral decision to demolish a small lakefont airport in 2003 under the cover of night, seem nearly forgotten. Meanwhile, he has accepted blame for not having...
...took her husband's presidency with it. But the problem of rising costs and diminishing coverage hasn't gone away; it has got worse, to the point where some states now devote more of their budget to Medicaid than to education. Health fears always rank near the top of voter concerns...
...consultation with computer scientists at Stanford University and elsewhere, Congressman Holt, a Democrat and former professor of physics at Swarthmore College, has drafted a bill requiring that all e-voting machines come equipped with a device that produces a printed receipt showing a voter his or her choices before disappearing into storage, to be retrieved in the event of a recount. That bill is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill, thanks, Holt's office says, to the emergence of "concrete proof" of e-voting's shortcomings. Exhibit A is the so-called Princeton Report, published in September...
...Awami League also accuses the BNP of altering the voter roll before leaving office, removing the names of its supporters while entering the names of BNP voters multiple times. The BNP concedes there are problems with the roll but denies manipulating it. "They cannot really establish it, number one," says BNP joint secretary general Nazrul Islam Khan of the Awami League's allegations. "Number...
...that's where technology comes in: With the electoral commission seemingly intent on posting the roll piece by piece in each polling center, Ahmad and a group of democracy campaigners are turning to the Internet for help. The group, which goes by the name Shujan, has posted the 2001 voter roll online. That enables voters to check their details as recorded in 2001, and then visit their local polling center to make sure those details are the same or have been accurately updated...