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November 7, 2006
Who Stole the Election from the Stealers?
As Gustavo's recent post on Hugh Hewitt suggests, even Republican diehards are beginning to surrender. That raises an important question: how will conspiracy theorists explain the stolen election that wasn't? Many on the left had warned that the GOP had everything wired--from electronic voting machi ... More >>
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June 2, 2006
At the Movies
After a corrupt Congressional electoral committee declared Republican Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 presidential election, Samuel Tilden, the Democratic candidate and the actual winner of the election, left politics and, as Gore Vidal delicately put it, "retired to private life and to t ... More >>
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June 7, 2006
Election Results
Since the world didn't live up to the expectations of nervous Christians and end yesterday, we now have to turn our attention to counting the ballots from yesterday's primary. (Lazy goddamn Antichrist, always making more work for me...) Matt Coker's bold electoral prediction proved corrected. Asses ... More >>
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June 20, 2006
43 vs. 43
On On Politics, the San Jose Mercury News' political news blog, Kate Folmar reports: An internal poll conducted by Democratic pollster Mark Mellman of The Mellman Group out of Washington, D.C. recently found that the governor's race was a dead heat, I'm told. Forty-three percent of respondents favor ... More >>
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October 10, 2006
Early and Often
As you listen to all the clichés in the days leading up to the November 7 election about how a week or a day is a lifetime in politics and how the only poll that matters is one that taken on election day, just remember that as of today, voting is already underway. Absentee ballots are now i ... More >>
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October 23, 2006
Today is Voter Registration DEADLINE
If you haven't registered to vote in the November 7 general elections, the deadline is 8 p.m. TONIGHT at the Registrar of Voters headquarters: 1300 South Grand Avenue, Building C, Santa Ana--close to the 5 and 55 freeways. More information can be found at the Registrar's brand new website, www.ocv ... More >>
Blogs
November 4, 2006
What Could Go Wrong
Here in Orange County we've got every reason to fear voter fraud. There's that time back in 1988 when Tom Fuentes, then head of the OC Republican Party, authorized the use of poll guards to scare off Latinos. There's the 1996 election when Loretta Sanchez won from nut-bar Bob Dornan (now with extra ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2007
First District Special Election
Since Lou Correa has been elevated to the splendor that is the state Senate, the citizens in the Board of Supervisors' First District need a new Lou, and today is the day to elect one. The polls will be open until 8pm. If you have any questions about the how-and-where of voting, yo ... More >>
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June 6, 2006
The Power of Provisional Voting
So pulling out of the casa this morning, it dawned that we'd forgotten to confirm our polling place on our sample ballot. No biggie; this neighborhood has had only three different polling places in the 14 years we've disturbed our neighbors here, and all three potential places of poll are very close ... More >>
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June 6, 2006
Provisional, Proschmivisional
Bitching and moaning about having to cast a provisional ballot is one thing. Ladera Ranch resident Marcy Allen just ringy-dingy'd the Weekly to complain that she could not vote AT ALL! Like a good little citizen, Allen arrived at her polling place right when it opened so, like a good little employee ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2006
Ahnuld Terminates Fair Elections
Perhaps you've seen those commercials showing Phil Angelides walking backward--the same direction the Democrat nominee for governor wants to take the state, according to the folksy narrator. These, of course, are not to be confused with Angelides' response ads, which show someone who looks a lot lik ... More >>
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January 17, 2008
Nguyen vs. Nguyen: Janet Wins!
Ok, so the timing sort of sucks for us, since we'd have liked to include the information in our story, but it's good news for Janet Nguyen: the California Court of Appeals ruled today, the same day our cover story hit the streets, that Janet did win her election, and therefore does get to stay in of ... More >>
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February 5, 2008
OC Vote update: 11 PM
Democrats:Hillary ClintonBarack ObamaVote Count: 81,233Vote Count: 46,911 57.33.1% Republicans:John McCainMitt Romney Vote Count: 75,393Vote Count: 60,108 41.02.7%
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February 6, 2008
OC Vote: Final count
Well, the votes from all 2076 precincts have been tallied. No huge surprises, but here are the final numbers in the presidential race: Democrats:Hillary ClintonBarack ObamaVote Count: 141,668Vote Count: 96,967 55.47.9% Republicans:John McCainMitt Romney Vote Count: 117,333Vote Count: 109,877 39.77. ... More >>
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September 29, 2008
No on Prop 8 public service announcement
Weekly contributing writer Dave Barton and his friend Greg Adkins directed and edited this moving No on Prop 8 clip, currently making the rounds of YouTube and even the Daily Kos. The lines being read are from 1 Corinthians. And of course you already knew that Proposition 8 is the November religious ... More >>
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October 10, 2008
Obama Wins Presidential Election Thanks to Baby Hewie!
The New York Observer is reporting that Orange County conservative yackmouth Hugh Hewitt unsuccessfully tried to sell a book proposal involving Republican presidential candidate Sarah Palin. We'd usually laugh at any Baby Hewie gaffe--the proposed title was How Sarah Palin Won the Election ... and S ... More >>
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October 28, 2008
Proposition 2 Opponents Use Pete Wilson Card for Their Tricks
Amazingly, both parties have ignored Mexicans in this election. So leave it to the animal-abusing geniuses behind the No on Proposition 2 campaign (y'know, that nefarious measure that would force farmers to treat their animals humanely) to conjure up the spectre of the Reconquista in this ominous ad ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2008
Election Night Music in OC/LB
Sure, it's fun to sit at home on election night and watch the results come in. I mean, think of all the great moments: Russert with the whiteboard, Florida "erroneously" being called for Gore, and, uh, other things that happened in years other than 2000. But what if you could watch these things - a ... More >>
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November 4, 2008
Hugh Hewitt Makes Robocalls for Prop. 8
Got my dinner ruined yesterday when local blabbermouth Hugh Hewitt called me--or, rather, his recorded voice. He was urging me to vote yes on Proposition 8. Given the Baby Hughie curse, it gives me hope that this sexual Know Nothing initiative might go down. On his blog, Hewitt seems to be admittin ... More >>
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November 21, 2008
Harvey Milk: the Man, the Movie, and Orange County
This past Tuesday night at the Edwards South Coast Village in Santa Ana, and an Orange County Film Society-sponsored advance screening of the new Gus Van Zant-directed, Sean Penn-starring Harvey Milk biopic, simply titled Milk. Go ahead and Google the name if you must -- it's not like Harvey's st ... More >>
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February 18, 2009
Prop. 8 Backers to Local, State Politicos: Butt Out and Get Back to Work!
Local and statewide proponents of Proposition 8, the same-sex marriage ban approved by voters last November, have a message for local and statewide politicians: stop trying to overturn the election results and get back to work fixing your cities and/or California.State senators and Assembly members ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2009
Iowa Gay Marriage Ruling Means Everything or Nothing
The Iowa Supreme Court's overturning of the law banning same-sex marriage in that state either bolsters the arguments of those pushing for gay marriage in California or has nothing to do with the issue here. It depends on who you ask.National Center for Lesbian Rights legal director Shannon Minter:" ... More >>
Culture
May 15, 2008
Allen Raymond's 'How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative' Entertaining, Flawed
The Iowa Supreme Court's overturning of the law banning same-sex marriage in that state either bolsters the arguments of those pushing for gay marriage in California or has nothing to do with the issue here. It depends on who you ask.National Center for Lesbian Rights legal director Shannon Minter:" ... More >>
News
March 31, 2005
Tom Fuentes,
An open letter to the former GOP chairman, current college trustee, forever self-destroyer
Features
November 4, 2004
O, America . . .
Reflections on Election Day, 2004
News
July 29, 2004
Pussies Galore!
What local candidates dont want voters to know
Columns
February 19, 2004
0 for 6
Ive never voted for a winner for president. And I wont now
News
December 19, 2002
Rage Against the Voting Machine
Thank Florida for electronic elections
Unknown
November 23, 2000
The Most Serious Election Crisis Ever!
Thank Florida for electronic elections
News
April 20, 2000
Shut Em Down!
Green Party candidate Medea Benjamin brings trade politics to OC
News
March 16, 2000
You Are Surrounded by Idjits, Mostly
Our cruel but insightful wrap-up of OC Elections
News
April 29, 1999
Live Like a God!
How Supervisor Bill Steiner used a phantom political campaign to fund his lavish lifestyle
News
October 15, 1998
Sanchez vs. Dornan
The Rematch
Features
August 27, 1998
How Bob Dornan Turned Political Defeat into a Windfall for his Family
How to feed your children on political contributions
Features
March 6, 1997
Yes! Dornan is Completely Nuts!
How to feed your children on political contributions
News
January 23, 1997
The Sore-Losers Club
A Bitter Ex-Congressman Secretly Feeds Voter Probe
News
January 9, 1997
The Mexican No-Show Show
Bob Dornan, the Times and an 18-Vote 'Scandal'
News
November 28, 1996
The Painful Truth
Bob Dornan, the Times and an 18-Vote 'Scandal'
Blogs
July 8, 2009
LGBT Groups Seek to Intervene in Prop. 8 Challenge
This just in from the ACLU, which believes the action taken today will help a judge hearing a challenge of Prop. 8 understand the unequal rights inherent in the ballot initiative . . . SAN FRANCISCO -- Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the American Civil Liberties Union ... More >>
News
November 19, 2009
Proposition 8 Is Keeping Same-Sex Couples From Marrying, But It Has United OC's Gay Community
This just in from the ACLU, which believes the action taken today will help a judge hearing a challenge of Prop. 8 understand the unequal rights inherent in the ballot initiative . . . SAN FRANCISCO -- Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the American Civil Liberties Union ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2010
Carly, Tommy, Chuckie and the Demon Sheep
The Interwebs are all a-Twitter over the new campaign ad by California Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina featuring--DUNT-DUNT DUNNNNN!!!--demon sheep.Actually, for the rest of this post to make any sense at all, you should first check out the spot, which cannot be embedded here only ... More >>
News
April 15, 2010
The Humane Society and Big Agriculture Slug It Out Over Animal Rights
The Interwebs are all a-Twitter over the new campaign ad by California Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina featuring--DUNT-DUNT DUNNNNN!!!--demon sheep.Actually, for the rest of this post to make any sense at all, you should first check out the spot, which cannot be embedded here only ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2010
[UPDATED:] Prop 8 Overturned
UPDATE: More details on tonight's celebratory rally (see end of post) . . .In a landmark case, Proposition 8, the 2008 California voter initiative that outlawed gay marriage, was overturned. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco ruled that the voter initiative is unconstitution ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2010
OC's Top Law School Deans Spar Over Prop 8
Mary Bell/ OC WeeklyThe culture clash sparked by Proposition 8 places a premium on sound legal interpretation and commentary.Two of Orange County's preeminent legal scholars are attracting considerable attention from local and national media outlets alike, from CNN to the Weekly. Mirroring the Ca ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
New York Times Data: OC Elections Aren't Really Contests
Ed Royce: Shoo-in elections are fun.Do we have real congressional election contests in the Orange County/Long Beach area or, despite all the hullabaloo, is the whole affair preordained?Data from The New York Times, based on FiveThirtyEight Forecasts, shows the answer isn't necessarily uplifting. ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2010
Election Monitor Named for People's Republic of Orange County
An election monitor has been appointed for the People's Republic of Orange County. No, Jimmy Carter isn't coming Tuesday. Assistant United States Attorney Dennis Mitchell, as he has done before, will serve as the District Election Officer for the Central District of California, which includ ... More >>
News
December 2, 2010
Fantasy Voter Fraud
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was dissed by Russell Pearce over Arizona's Prop. 200 dismissal
Blogs
December 17, 2010
Prop 8 Backers Want Their Rainbow Flags Back
It's mine!When Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, an anti-gay/pro-straight marriage proponent with the San Diego-based Ruth Institute made her way into a recent Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing on Prop 8, she wore a rainbow-colored scarf around her neck.No, Morse was not switch-hitting. She wa ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2011
[UPDATED with No Word from OC Registrar of Voters:] E-Vote System Breaks Down in Front of Blogger Critical of It
BradBlog.comUPDATE, AUG. 17, 5:08 P.M.: I've swapped a couple emails with Brad Friedman today, and it's clear my original post about the Los Angeles-based blogger's encounter with an Orange County Registrar of Voters electronic voting machine at the OC Fair deserves some clarification.First, whil ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2011
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher's Wife Took 50% of Congressional Campaign Contributions
Rohrabacher: Campaign contributions land in family bank accountCosta Mesa Congressman Dana Rohrabacher gave his wife more than 50 percent of the campaign contributions he raised mostly from corporate sources during July, August and September, according to recently filed records at the Federal Ele ... More >>
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