Election 2008

What the…? More implausible last minute leaks here. And sorry to do that to you…

Well, just two squads of it. From the cops: The Police Bureau has received some calls from members of the community and the media in connection with election night. Some people have expressed concern that there may be protests or large celebrations after tomorrow’s election. The Police Bureau has not had contact with any organized […]

While spending most the weekend stationed on my sofa coaching my housemates through their ballots, I was horrified to discover that a good number of my friends weren’t voting at all because they hadn’t received their ballots in the mail. That’s one of the problems with mail-in voting: people who move around a lot (college […]

In what could prove to be the last gasp of the de-characterization phase of John McCain’s campaign run for president, he enlisted last Friday the assistance of none other than California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to step up and offer flabby pot-shots to Sen. Obama at a campaing rally in Columbus, Ohio, admonishing him for being […]

Because what else is there to do over the next 34 hours than go bonkers over the election? John Dickerson is looking for signs of overconfidence on Obama’s part over at Slate this morning. The best he can do seems to be that Obama is “flashing that magazine-cover smile, the one that takes over his […]

Our Next President? So, Matt Davis just told me there’s an election tomorrow. I had no idea. Something about some guy named Rocky Bama who thinks he has a chance to be the nation’s next president? Sounds like an ex-prize fighter or something. But hey, if they can elect an ex-pro wrestler mayor, I’m sure […]

Forget November 4th, for local political nonprofit The Bus Project the biggest night of the year was Halloween. By four in the afternoon yesterday, Bus workers and volunteers were squeezing among a chaotic crowd of 300 junior high, high school and college kids, handing out glow sticks and clip boards. After months of planning, YouTube […]

As if that list below isn’t enough to keep you busy in the run-up to Tuesday’s election, head to America Votes to find more folks who need volunteers. Like the Oregon League of Conservation Voters, or NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon.

With just four days to go before Tuesday’s election, candidates and campaigns are hustling and bustling to get out their message and implore people to vote. If you’ve just now been bitten by the election bug, there are plenty of ways to get involved (or learn more) this weekend! This afternoon, the Bus Project’s ghouls […]

Check out this bizarre logic coming out of Sarah Palin’s mouth: The media is threatening her First Amendment right to free speech, by saying that she’s running a negative campaign. Um… what? This is a woman who went to journalism school, right? So she would have studied the First Amendment, and should know that she […]

The presidential campaign trail rumor of the day was a “bombshell” story about Sarah Palin, under wraps at the Anchorage Daily News. Rumor is it had something to do with her missing medical records, or the truth around Trig’s birth. (I’m not usually a conspiracy theorist, but I’m not convinced the VP candidate gave birth […]

It’s too late to safely mail your ballot in, but you can drop it off at any library, at the Multnomah County Elections office (SE 10th and Morrison), or at unofficial spots like either Obama headquarters (NE 15th and Killingsworth or SE 30th and Division), among other places. And if you’re still one of those […]