Posted in Tennessee on Oct 9th, 2008
According to the Times-News, Election Commission member James Holmes, a Republican, asked the Sullivan County Election Commission on Tuesday to add an “early voting deputy” to the roster of election workers in Sullivan County.
Holmes had brought with him a book containing the section of Tennessee state law dealing with elections.
He called the group’s attention to [...]
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Posted in Tennessee on Aug 19th, 2008
Immediately following the AP report that a conservative political action committee (aka Gregory and `ems politickin’ money) is shifting its attention away from Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, my Ron Ramsey Approval Rating increased by 80%.
According to the report:
Jim Holcomb, a former state senator and treasurer of the Tennessee Conservative PAC, tells The Associated [...]
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Posted in politics on Aug 18th, 2008
When the Tennessee Primary Voting Requirement law says:
… the voter intends to affiliate with that party.
that doesn’t mean I have to attend Lincoln Day Dinners, does it?
If so, I’m declaring myself a disgruntled Independent.
(Head to Post Politics for additional enlightenment.)
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Posted in Tennessee on Aug 17th, 2008
WTF?
The [internal] memo, which examines the “party raiding” conducted by Northeast Tennessee Democrats in aiding Roe’s narrow victory, was done for well-known GOP donor and Davis campaign supporter John Gregory by the Warrenton, Va.-based HoltzmanVogel law firm.
For the record, this article means we’re going to continue to debate Tennessee Primaries. And if Ron Ramsey [...]
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Posted in Tennessee, family on Jun 17th, 2008
Following a three-day Tennessee Association of County Election Officials (taceo) conference in Nashville, Hawkins County Administrator of Elections Patricia Lumpkins talks with Bill Grubb at the Review about the new election law. This law requires all voting systems in Tennessee to be paper ballots with precinct-based optical scanners by the November 2010 [...]
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