Wanted: Progressive Posters
Well, on to Plan B. Please bear with us while we make the transition to Team Blog for Iowa.
During
the next couple of weeks, Blog for Iowa will be forming a team of
“trusted posters.” Each poster will cover one or more designated
topics, and will post on a set schedule. We hope to maintain the
21-posts-per-week schedule that Blog for Iowa readers are accustomed to.
I have already invited some folks to participate and will be training participants personally over the phone.
If you
are an Iowa progressive, like to keep up with the alternative news
(I'll help with sources, of course), and have some computer skills (a
knowledge of how to use Word would be helpful), please send your
application to Linda at blog@democracyforiowa.com. Check out the Writers' Guidelines on the right sidebar of Blog for Iowa for some indication of what to expect.
Please
include a couple of paragraphs about your participation in the
progressive community (this is a writing/editing test) and a brief
resume. You need not have any professional writing experience,
but it would be helpful. An inclination towards attention to
detail is a must. This is a volunteer position.
Thank you!
Blog For Iowa 
I have compared Bush's 2000 and 2004 results in Iowa, and found that he gained % of the vote in every one of Iowa's 99 counties except 3, Allamakee, Appanoose, and Jasper. Okay, he supposedly gained nationally by 3 points, but the consistency across counties strikes me as odd. Especially since he gained no more than 6 points in any county, and such gains were outliers. Our counties' voting equipment is heavily composed by ES&S optical-scan systems.
I have no statistical background and little time to pursue this. Does anyone know who can use this info? It would take a real smoking gun in this data to get a recount going via Cobb or Nader, but I felt a need to pass this along. The links to the relevant data are in a post I made at Kos:
http://paul-douglas-fan.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/7/173437/411.
Thanks!
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