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Our gay Commander-in-Chief

Sunday, 19 December 2010, 2:36 pm | freepress.org

As "conservatives" scream and yell about gays in the military, they might remember that in all likelihood we have already had a gay Commander-in-Chief. More >>

No More Senate Super Majority Illusion

Thursday, 21 January 2010, 4:53 pm | freepress.org

There is very little upside to the election of a Republican Far Right Senator to replace the late Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) for Democrats, progressives and reformers. More >>

Did the US Supreme Court just elect John McCain?

Thursday, 1 May 2008, 10:22 am | freepress.org

The US Supreme Court has just dealt a serious blow to voters' rights that could help put John McCain in the White House by eliminating tens of thousands of voters who generally vote Democratic. More >>

Unwanted guardianship costs a firefighter freedom

Tuesday, 25 March 2008, 1:27 pm | freepress.org

Norman Baker is an American hero who has been detained against his will for more than three years. His "crime": owning too much property. His sentence: a court-appointed guardianship on the brink of costing him everything he spent his life building. More >>

Ohio voting machines now an official crime scene

Tuesday, 18 March 2008, 7:32 pm | freepress.org

At least 15 touch-screen voting machines that produced improbable numbers in Ohio's 2006 statewide election are now under double-lock in an official crime scene. And the phony "Homeland Security Alert" used by Republicans to build up George W. Bush's ... More >>

Did Republicans give Hillary her victory in Ohio?

Monday, 10 March 2008, 8:42 pm | freepress.org

Hilary Clinton's larger-than-expected victory in Ohio may have been won with votes from Republicans, and from independents who usually vote Republican. More >>

Ohio's primary and election Reform

Saturday, 8 March 2008, 6:57 pm | freepress.org

The good news is that visible strides were made in re-enfranchising Ohio’s Franklin County (Columbus) inner city urban voters in the March 4, 2008 primary. Voting machines and paper ballots were plentiful and equally distributed. But,the bad news is that ... More >>

Ohio Sec of State: election could have been stolen

Monday, 17 December 2007, 12:40 am | freepress.org

Ohio's Secretary of State announced this morning that a $1.9 million official study shows that "critical security failures" are embedded throughout the voting systems in the state that decided the 2004 election. Those failures, she says, "could impact ... More >>

Will the election theft machine do it again in 08?

Sunday, 21 October 2007, 5:28 pm | freepress.org

With record low approval ratings for the Bush/Cheney regime and the albatross of an unpopular war hanging from the GOP's neck, do you think that a Democratic presidential candidate will win the White House, get us out of Iraq, and end our long national ... More >>

GOP doesn't want Ohio's voting machines tested

Friday, 14 September 2007, 7:45 pm | freepress.org

Ohio Republicans have blocked a proposal to test electronic voting machines prior to the 2008 presidential primary. By a 4-3 vote, Republicans on Ohio’s State Controlling Board blocked Democratic Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner’s proposed $1.8 million ... More >>

E-Voting Trial in Columbus, Ohio: The Squire Case

Thursday, 8 March 2007, 3:16 pm | freepress.org

The Squire v. Geer case is more than just a mere election challenge lawsuit; the reliability of electronic voting was on trial last week in a small courtroom in Franklin County, Ohio. Voting rights activists see the issues before the court as going to ... More >>

Ohio Election System Added Votes Never Cast In '04

Monday, 6 November 2006, 1:44 pm | freepress.org

An electronic vote counting system included votes never cast in the total vote count reported for the 2004 Presidential election according to an official directly in charge of conducting the election, the Republican Director of the Miami County (Ohio) ... More >>

How The GOP Stole Election 2004 & Is Rigging 2008

Monday, 19 September 2005, 2:07 pm | freepress.org

COLUMBUS, OH -- HOW THE GOP STOLE AMERICA'S 2004 ELECTION & IS RIGGING 2008 by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman, praised by Rev. Jesse Jackson as the "Woodward & Bernstein of the 2004 Election," will be released September 19. More >>

Election Reform Conference 4/8-4/10 Nashville, TN

Tuesday, 29 March 2005, 11:34 am | freepress.org

Since November 3, 2004, there has been a groundswell of concern, and a plethora of evidence, that the conduct of the 2004 Presidential election in the United States was highly problematic. More >>

'Political Payback' Nothing New To Ohio Official

Friday, 28 January 2005, 1:26 pm | freepress.org

Robert F. Fitrakis isn't the first person to accuse Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro of ''political payback'' and he probably won't be the last. Political payback appears to be the Petro's -- and the Ohio Republican Party's -- way of doing business. More >>

Free Press: Help Document Ohio's Stolen Election

Saturday, 18 December 2004, 7:13 pm | freepress.org

Just before November 2, Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman published "12 ways the Ohio vote is being stolen" at freepress.org. Widely circulated throughout the internet, the piece proved prophetic. But what really happened in Ohio has been "locked ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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