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Employed or not, voting ritual often the same
Nov 6, 2012
In many ways, the 2012 presidential election is a referendum on a number: the nation's unemployment rate of 7.9 percent. Reporters in Oklahoma City (unemployment around 5 percent) and San Bernardino, Calif., (unemployment pushing 12 percent) look behind the numbers.
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Election Day: Is waiting the hardest part?
Nov 6, 2012
An economist and an engineer on the frustrations and virtues of waiting.
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Electronic voting and the security of a paper trail
Nov 6, 2012
Why electronic voting’s challenges, from hacking to glitches, might be best with an old fashioned analogue backup.
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Buy your 'I voted' stickers now
Nov 5, 2012
Patriotism and civic pride can be yours for just $3.80 per thousand.
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Why we still can't vote online, and why that may be a good thing
Oct 15, 2012
We can support candidates with a text, participate in polls, even register to vote online, but we still can't vote that way -- which might be good news.
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Register to vote via Facebook?
Jul 18, 2012
The State of Washington's elections office is working with Microsoft to allow voters to register via social networking giant Facebook.
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Electronic voting 2012: Here we go again
May 11, 2012
Elections come and go and many issues change, but one seems to remain: electronic voting. Two years ago, four years ago, eight years ago -- the story's been about the same: the machines don't seem ready for primetime, but we're using them anyway.
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It's the economy, stupid... right?
Apr 25, 2012
Commentator and economist Patrick Anderson puts that theory to the test.
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Internet voting way too risky, say experts
Mar 2, 2012
Convenient, yes. Secure? Far from it.
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Bartleby the Scrivener goes 21st century
Feb 15, 2012
"I'd prefer not to register to vote"
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