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Thinking of attempts to actually destroy ballots, fraudulent ballots and registrations. That kind of thing, separate from the things that the parties and candidates do. I think there will be more, both real and false claims. I am hoping to have a thread to keep track of them all, feel free to...

https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/america-votes/pope-slams-both-harris-and-trump-as-against-life-and-urges-catholics-to-vote-for-lesser-evil Talk about Tay-tay telling people how to vote. Which sounds worse to you? Will it move the needle? Basically a stiff breeze will. ETA: If a mod is...

It's over a ten year period. I prefer a yearly cost approach. 110 Billion Expand CTC to $3,000 or $3,600 for young children 10 Billion Further expand CTC to $6,000 for newborns 40 Billion Extend the ACA premium tax credit expansion 15 Billion Expand the EITC for workers without child...

Something interesting on Imgur. What Trump means when he says you won't have to worry about it in four years. https://imgur.com/gallery/uncle-joe-is-gonna-have-to-use-that-immunity-thing-we-are-f-ed-Du0Ccy6 The link;https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-new-over-the-top-secret-plan-518 The New...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/business/media/sean-hannity-fox-trump-election.html So it turns out Sean Hannity and other Fox News personalities KNEW they were lying about the 2020 election They knew the claims about Dominion software were baseless BS. They knew all the conspiracy...

I ran into a guy down by our polling station this morning (I wasn't voting, I vote this afternoon, but I had agreed to help put up some of the polling station signs) who was ranting about how he wouldn't be surprised if Obama had his grandma killed to get some sympathy votes. He actually said it...

Okay, I wanted to get the jump on things here. Let's list all the buzzwords, phrases, etc that we should all listen for Tuesday night in order that we may all maximize our level of inebriation and social ackwardness :p I'll start... Kill your drink if you hear "landslide" :D Proceed.

Since there is so much interest in the final hours between now and November 4th, I thought it's a good Idea to collect all the Headlines till election day as some kind of quick overview for all people in here that can't keep track of all the new events. I also use CNN's countdown to add a time...

A few days ago I stumbled over a Website that does provide a customized video to remember your friends to get off the couch and go to vote in a quite appealing way - watch: :D http://www.cnnbcvideo.com/index.html?nid=S9Waska4MNrlxvn2O_fPbzY0Mzkz&referred_by=12943488-wjxPLRx Like in the video...

So, I live in NC which is now apparently up for grabs in the presidential election. This hasn't happened in my lifetime that I remember and now I get to experience the joy of all the extra "attention" we get from the campaigns. Every day brings a new batch of glossy attack ads in my mailbox...

I'll be temporarily and voluntarily stepping out of JREForum until at least November 5th, 2008. This isn't something that the terrific (and remarkably restrained) Mods here, for example, have suggested. This is my own decision. And it's because of the Politics forum in general, the 2008...

Whats happening in Zimbabwe? Lots of rumours flying about. It looks like Mugabe is on the way out but will he give up power.All very suspicious. I think there are deals being made somewhere. He will try and protect himself from facing any war crimes. There are even report he has fled the...

It looks like McCain will be the GOP nod. Here is just a small pick of issues about McCain. From this website http://www.ontheissues.org/John_McCain.htm Supports repealing Roe v. Wade (May 2007) Things are tough now, but we're better off than in 2000(Jan 2008) Leave gay marriage to the...

Hillary is leading the national polls by abour 8 points over Obama, but he has a 10% lead over Hillary in South Carolina. The outcome of the race is now down to this one question it seems: How big a bounce will Obama get if he wins South Carolina (if he doesn't win, that's almost certainly all...

Now that we're down to a fairly small pool of realistic nominees (2 on the D side and 3 maybe 4 on the R side) I'm wondering who each nominee might pick as a running mate. Intrade shows the conventional wisdom on this but doesn't really indicate which candidate might pick whom. Usually, the...

(The following video is from The Onion and and may be slightly not safe for work as it contains words you can't use in this forum.) BS is Most Important Issue for 2008 Voters :D Any other political humor can go in this thread.

No "new" clues are needed to determine who assassinated President Kennedy, or why, 120 G.I.'s deaths into Vietnam and six weeks after he ordered our military's withdrawal from Rome's tiny South East Asian "latifundial" estate(NSAM263), where the five percent Roman Catholic elite, on whose behalf...

A lot more people seem to be at least considering voting for Giuliani than approve of Bush's job performance. So a question for anyone who disapproves of president Bush's job performance but is considering voting for Giuliani: Why would Giuliani be any better than Bush?

Political Lunch had some interesting food for thought today. They used the ABC news site's "Match-o-Matic,' which is a tool for finding the candidate whose positions on issues are closest to your own, and then plugged in polling data on the American people's positions on those same issues. While...

Approx. 30 minutes ago, the Danish prime minister, Anders "Fjog" Rasmussen called a prime election with vote date november 13th 2007. This means that for the next 3 weeks various political parties are going to vying for my personal vote, selling themselves like prostitutes on speed. Problem is...

I for one welcome our inevitable new overlady. All signs now are starting to point in one direction: Hillary will be our next president, barring some kind of major new scandal or gaffe on her part. The Polls Every recent poll seems to be saying the same thing: Hillary beats every Republican...

Do you want American Troops to go home: () Yes () No () Not Now, but ask again in 6 months. --- Let's see how much we trust the Democracy we built... Recent polls show that we be voted OUT.

A friend of mine (who happens to be one of my few atheist friends) believes that Sylvia Browne is genuine, and was the one who told me that she predicted that Arnold would NOT win the election, and then he ends up winning by a landside, HA! Its like Sylvia to predict a 50/50 scenario.. but wow...

One stop shopping. :) NPR just reported Lieberman has won in Connecticut, running as an Independent. Good for him.

Here are some interesting tidbits to keep it light on election day. Things you probably didn't know about November 7 POSTED: 8:33 a.m. EST, November 7, 2006 (CNN) -- Along with the battle for control of Congress, the 2006 midterm election also features some odd connections and quirky tidbits...

There's chatter going on all over the place about an attack happening during Ramadan, which would be before the elections in the US next month. Obviously parallels would be drawn to the attacks in Spain several years ago that many say influenced the electorate to oust the conservative incumbents...

Today, the Brazilians will be voting for a new President. The current President of this country of 190 million, Lula, will apparently have a hard time getting the 50% necessary for an instant win, according to the polls published Saturday. Given the corruption scandals his government has been...

New Zawahiri Tape

Oh damn, not again. Shades of Bush V Gore?

I don't know if anyone else has been following the election in Mexico, but I have. And I have only because NPR has been covering it in depth for the last few week, and I'm a regular listener. :) It has struck me that we don't seem to have any JREF forum members from Mexico. Do we? Anyway...