2006 Elections = Votes for Sale, Disenfranchisement and Bad Ballots

Another great piece from NOW on the clean election movement. Both sides argue against it, but real progressives argue for it - if you are tired of the wealthy (incumbents) being the only ones to get elected (and then you find out they are out of touch with the average American) then maybe this movement is for you. Make sure you check out opensecrets.org for which candidates have what money, where they got it from, etc.

Two more reasons to be pessimistic:

• I don't know if it's that we never learn from our mistakes or whether some Americans are just evil, but be on the look out for ways in which the right to vote will be taken away from some unfairly.

• Sure, the voting machines probably still suck in most places, but human error and paper can really be our biggest problem.