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Michael Collins
DC area writer and researcher
Michael Collins is a DC area based writer and researcher. His work focuses on the abuse of power through the influence of big money. His series, The Money Party, illustrates this ubiquitous theme. Collins has a strong track record publicizing and exposing high impact forms of election fraud. His "Scoop" special, Election 2004: The Urban Legend and the three part series on Republican primary election fraud were very special scoops.
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Michael Collins: In Honor of the Easter Rising
Tuesday, 10 April 2007, 11:47 am | Michael Collins
The will of the people, expressed through free and fair elections, should be the foundation of our country. Who willed that the president lie us into a war that creates rather than eliminates terrorists? More >>
Michael Collins: Sleep Walking Through History
Tuesday, 3 April 2007, 10:45 pm | Michael Collins
The shocked reaction to the abrupt dismissal of eight U.S. Attorneys points to the essence of our current political problems. The broad based political reaction to the Gonzales firings contains one critical assumption: this is an aberrant act. Something ... More >>
U.S. Attorney Firings Exposes Rough Justice
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 10:45 am | Michael Collins
There’s a new clue to the motivation behind the recent firing of federal prosecutors. Reporters Gordon, Talev and Taylor of McClatchy Newspapers established a likely relationship between the post 2000 hard right turn in civil rights policies at the Department ... More >>
M. Collins: Iraqi People to White House - Leave!
Monday, 19 March 2007, 2:53 pm | Michael Collins
You may have missed this. I did. "BAGHDAD, Sept. 26 -- A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence, according ... More >>
Fired Federal Prosecutors And Election Fraud
Monday, 12 March 2007, 8:42 pm | Michael Collins
Top U.S. law enforcement official Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez engineered a Pearl Harbor Day for eight Republican appointed federal prosecutors. From one end of the country to the other, previously well regarded prosecutors were summarily ... More >>
Florida Plan Gives Citizens Real Paper Ballots
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 4:15 pm | Michael Collins
North Florida. Retired Navy aviator and veteran, Bill Faulkner, MBA, may have done the impossible. He devised a plan to return believable elections to Florida by turning optical scan forms into the ballot of record , to be counted by citizens in public ... More >>
Michael Collins: Florida Gov. Crist Makes History
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 3:01 pm | Michael Collins
TALLAHASSEE, FL ( AP ) -- Governor Charlie Crist says he will continue working to change the rules so that felons will have their voting rights automatically restored once they have paid their debt to society. This is one of the most revolutionary ... More >>
Michael Collins: Can We Work Within The System?
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 6:35 pm | Michael Collins
Is it practical or useful to attempt to work within the current legislative system to change election processes and regulations? This is a critical issue for elections activists. This statement is my firmly held position. More >>
Michael Collins: Florida Gov. Crist Makes History
Monday, 5 March 2007, 8:24 pm | Michael Collins
This is one of the most revolutionary and far reaching proposals made by a Southern governor in years. The removal of voting rights for ex-felons, those who have served their time and returned to society, is a direct descendent of the 1891 Mississippi ... More >>
Collins: Missouri Activists Say “Show Me The Vote”
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 2:46 pm | Michael Collins
Kansas City, MO. A diverse group of Missouri activists made history today when they announced a 2008 ballot initiative to return their state elections to paper ballots. The country has adopted electronic voting at a break neck pace since 2000 propelled ... More >>
Blackwell’s Actions In Ohio Boost US Voting Rights
Tuesday, 30 January 2007, 10:49 am | Michael Collins
The newly elected Ohio Secretary of State was asked how she would handle the many voting rights law suits filed against her predecessor J. Kenneth Blackwell. She responded: "When there's a constitutional challenge, if it's a meritorious challenge, we shouldn't ... More >>
Three Wyoming Democrats Take a Stand for Democracy
Monday, 22 January 2007, 10:52 pm | Michael Collins
Three citizens of Sheridan County, Wyoming had a big question shortly after the mid term election for Wyoming’s 1st and only Congressional district. Why did the shift to the Democratic candidate in their county lag behind the rest of the state? Democrat ... More >>
Wrong Winner Chosen Twice by Same Voting Machine
Monday, 15 January 2007, 4:42 pm | Michael Collins
The Election Contest filed by Democrat Christine Jennings and her attorney Kendall Coffey creates complications that could blow the electronic voting world to pieces. In the simplest terms, the Jennings Florida 13th Congressional district case requires ... More >>
M. Collins: Six Years After Florida, Where Are We?
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 7:45 pm | Michael Collins
Understanding Florida 2000 is central to understanding where we stand today as a nation. Al Gore’s clear victory in the popular vote was obscured immediately by the last minute drama of the Florida vote count. The extended melodramatics of the ... More >>
Arguments to Void Florida-13 Congress Election
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 2:38 pm | Michael Collins
On December 20, 2006, Democratic candidate for Congress Christine Jennings filed a Notice of Contest Regarding the Election in Florida’s 13th Congressional district. Jennings trailed Republican Vern Buchanan by 369 votes at the close of voting. There ... More >>
Michael Collins: The Long Road to Democracy (3)
Thursday, 28 December 2006, 8:15 pm | Michael Collins
We agree whole heartedly with candidate Jennings!!! Thank you very much for being such a great candidate and representative of the will of the people. Also, highest compliments go to the Daytona Beach News editorial authors. How much more sensible ... More >>
Coalition Paper Ballot Call Spares Vote Villains
Monday, 18 December 2006, 10:01 pm | Michael Collins
An impressive coalition of election fraud-election integrity groups signed an open letter to the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives calling for paper ballots as the only standard for voting in the United States. More >>
Michael Collins: The Long Road to Democracy
Friday, 15 December 2006, 10:49 am | Michael Collins
Short and sweet. 17-18 thousand people didn’t vote for congress in the former district of Katherine Harris. That’s not a surprise since everything Harris touches turns to a disaster area (which fortunately includes her campaign against Democratic Senator ... More >>
M. Collins: Paper for President - The Time is NOW
Wednesday, 22 November 2006, 12:26 am | Michael Collins
The United States just endured another election that inspired more suspicion than confidence. Two years after the fiasco of Election 2004 in Ohio and elsewhere, four year years after the never investigated mystery of Georgia 2002, and six years after ... More >>
Analysis: A Formula for Catching Election Fraud
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 5:17 pm | Michael Collins
November 7, 2006 promises to be a watershed event in the political history of the United States of America. After six long years of the Bush Administration the public is poised to clean house and throw the bums out . These colloquial phrases represent ... More >>
