Category Archives: Elections & Voting

Of the many obstacles preventing democracy from breaking out in the land, progressives contribute themselves in several ways. Continue reading →

Are the elections results of US presidential elections determined by 2 percent of the population? Can the five million or so Jewish population be counted as the US majority? Does the Israel lobby shape the majority of US voters’ decisions? Is Israel the main determinant of political elections’ results when it comes to high US public offices? Continue reading →

U.S. elections for the Congress, Senate and presidency that require millions of dollars to be considered a serious candidate are undemocratic. To inform the public, U.S. elections require coverage in the mainstream corporate media. The corporate media refuses to cover candidates that do not support U.S. empire and capitalism. Thus, the public is uninformed of the great issues of the day and our system is undemocratic to the core. Continue reading →

If I had to bet my house on who the next US president will be, President Barack Obama wouldn’t be on my list. He’s a nice guy with a great family and a wonderful way with words but since his inauguration on January 20, 2009, he’s done nothing but disappoint. His intellect has got in the way of his decision-making. He’s the antithesis of his predecessor, the sometimes incoherent George W. Bush, a man who didn’t allow caution to get in the way of his hang ’em high, warmongering agenda. Continue reading →

There will a general election in Canada on Monday, May 2, 2011. After a little more than five years (since February 2006) of a disastrous Harper-Reform-Conservative coalition minority government that was finally defeated on a motion of contempt of Parliament, the overriding central issue during this election is whether Canadians really want to elect a Harper-Reform-Conservative majority government. Continue reading →

While Ohio public employees’ rights to bargain collectively are under siege, the Ohio Republican Party executed a perfect sleight of hand by disenfranchising nearly 900,000 Ohio voters. In the most vicious and direct attack on voting rights since Bull Connor ran amok in the deep South, Ohio House Republicans passed HB 159 that requires Ohio voters to produce one of four state photo IDs at the polls. Continue reading →

About once a week, I am asked to bring in a team somewhere and demonstrate the hacking of a voting system. I don’t, because I’ve concluded this is a form of insanity, tracking the old adage that insanity is repeating the same behavior over and over again and expecting a different result. Continue reading →