I’ll check back in 20 years, then.
The Hartford (CT) Courant covers a confab:
Online Voting: Security Issues Remain A Major Hurdle
And speaking of Connecticut and connectedness, have you seen this picture of the state’s House of Representatives?
Troubling Technology: Ballot-box ballast.
For the League of Women Voters, protecting public health by reducing air pollution is a priority issue. The League’s National President Elisabeth MacNamara said this after President Obama’s decided not to tighten the ozone standard issued in the W. Bush years:
“In the face of political pressure from polluters, President Obama has backed down, a decision which will hurt those most threatened by air pollution, particularly children and seniors. Public opinion is clear – clean air and public health are more important than polluter profits. The science is clear – a new clean air standard for ozone smog is needed to protect peoples’ health.
“The League of Women Voters is deeply disappointed that President Obama has chosen more air pollution over the health of children and families and that he chose to announce his decision on a day when most Americans are thinking more about the long Labor Day weekend than about the implications of this hurtful decision. We expected better from our President.”
“Ozone smog”? I thought ozone was good! Ah, now I remember: The ozone way up above the earth, almost in space, protects us. But ozone down around us, in the local atmosphere, made when sunlight hits pollution, causes asthma and other lung disease.
Is a year and a half of waiting and extra public health suffering worth the political gain? I suppose Obama, re-elected, would do a better job of protecting the Clean Air Act than would a rabid Republican with a Republican House of Representatives and a Senate vulnerable to Republican-led filibusters. We can hope that Obama’s move was intended to improve the long-term picture for public health.
But when the League of Women Voters starts getting impatient for “change,” watch out!
Did Norman Rockwell ever paint a picture of a polling place?
If so, it probably influenced Gregory Rodriguez when he wrote this plea to preserve the precinct polling place: “Restoring the lost thrill of election day”
When was the last time you found at-polls voting to be a thrilling community experience?
Was it in Los Angeles?
Interesting reactions to the rulings holding the “Defense of Marriage Act” unconstitutional: http://www.metafilter.com/93556/DOMA-unconstitutional
Especially:
Federalism is everyone’s bitch. Neither side takes a consistent position with it – the left and the right favor it when it suits them, and each side likes to point out the inconsistencies of the other side.
Word.
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Let’s start by admitting that at some basic level all of us voters are in the same boat.
Now let’s float the VoteBoat!
