Guest Blogged by Ellen Theisen of VotersUnite.org
By Ellen Theisen on 6/17/2009, 4:43pm PT  

Co-Editors: Dave Klein and John Washburn

In Florida, Judge Richard Feder ruled in favor of Broward County’s Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes. In violation of her agreement, Snipes failed to post notices telling voters that a vote for one name on the ballot was actually a vote for Mardi Anne Levey. The judge decided that Snipes failure wasn’t intentional, so he didn’t hold her accountable.

The situation in Iran is demonstrating that the true measure of an election is its legitimacy – legitimacy of the results and legitimacy conferred to the government, both of which depend on the extent to which the results are believed by all parties....

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Ellen Theisen, Director and Managing Editor
Dave Klein, Editor
John Washburn, Editor

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