This election cycle's second Grand Ol' Party convention held at the Anchorage Baptist Temple was over before it began as the state party leader Randy Ruedrich and his supporters torpedoed the convention hopes by urging members of the party to "go fishing" instead.
As voters increasingly rely on websites of presidential primary candidates for news, they run a risk because candidates’ online attacks are not vetted through traditional “watchdog journalists†and other gatekeepers to determine accuracy or fairness, according to a study by Baylor University researchers.
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor elections on June 5, 2012, in the following jurisdictions to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes: Alameda, Fresno and Riverside Counties, Calif.; Cibola and Sandoval Counties, N.M.; Shannon County, S.D.; and the city of Milwaukee.
As Election Day 2012 draws nearer, the “Twitterverse†promises to light up again and again with explosions of political opinion.