Tag Archives: voting

Election Expert: Machine Counted Paper Ballots Plus Post-Election Audits Is Best

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Trish Nelson

“The combination of machine-counted paper ballots with rigorous post-election audits is far more likely to give us a trustworthy vote count than the complete abandonment of machine-counted ballots.” Guest column published in the Des Moines Register  by Douglas W. Jones … Continue reading →

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Video: Obama Rally For Democrats in Vegas

Posted on October 24, 2018 by Trish Nelson

Must see.  President Obama explaining why everyone must vote.  “The consequences of staying home would be profoundly dangerous to our democracy… Right now we have a chance to restore some sanity to our politics.” “I believe in facts. I believe … Continue reading →

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Important Changes In Early Voting

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Paul Deaton

With Iowa’s new voter ID law the rules changed for early voting. Here’s good information from Johnson County Auditor Travis Weipert about the new rules. I modified the press release to make it applicable statewide. It’s less than 120 days … Continue reading →

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The Importance Of Voting: Virginia

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Dave Bradley

Remember about six months ago when Virginia shocked the nation with a thorough repudiation of the Republican Party in their state legislative and gubernatorial election? Virginia and New Jersey hold elections for state offices in odd years which somewhat suppresses … Continue reading →

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Step One In Retiring Reynolds Is In Process

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Dave Bradley

  In case you hadn’t heard early voting is going on prior to the June 5th primary. This is step one in repealing and replacing the Reynolds regime that continued and even accelerated the Branstad policy of turning Iowa into … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Primary Election June 7th!

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Dave Bradley

We have a very important race in the Democratic Party this year. We need Democrats to vote to choose the opponent for stumbling Senator Chuck Grassley. In case you feel that you may forget to vote on June 7th, you … Continue reading →

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What do President Obama, Howard Dean, and Bernie Sanders have in Common?

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Trish Nelson

Watch and find out.  Obama to young people:   “If you participate you’ll change the country…. the system doesn’t work if people opt out. The easiest, simplest cure for getting our democracy to work is everybody voting.”  

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