In the leadup to this week’s election, I very much wanted to blog about the worries I had concerning the irregularities and difficulties that were being reported with early voting, both here in Ohio as well as other states like Florida. Those problems continued through election day, and I was deeply worried that they would lead to an effective hijacking of the electoral process by Republicans, enabling them to seize the presidency, and possibly the Senate as well, leading to further voting roadblocks that would…

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Dear Governor Romney: My name is Sean Shannon. I’m an aspiring author, part-time English teacher, freelance writer and artist from Toledo, Ohio, just south of where you were born. Like many Americans, I watched the hidden camera footage of you speaking to some of your wealthy donors this spring and making sweeping generalizations about those of us who do not pay income tax with a mixture of bewilderment and disgust. I will admit to being offended by a lot of what you said. However, as…

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Judge overturns Ohio law, restores in-person early voting  in 3 days leading to Election Day (cleveland.com) Ohio Democratic officials fired for attempt to extend early voting (Reuters) I wasn’t sure how much of last week’s Republican National Convention I’d try to catch, but I saw a fair bit of it and I was glad I did, if only to see the Romney campaign deal itself yet another series of setbacks. Republicans desperately needed people to enter their convention talking about the economy and exit it…

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