Daily Archives: November 4, 2008

Iranian Parliament Impeaches Ahmadinejad Ally

The Washington Post reports on a rebuke to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by the Iranian Parliament, as they impeach a minister for inflating his resume. An Ahmadinejad aide was fired after unsuccessfully attempting to bribe MPs not to impeach. Washington Post: Iran’s parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to impeach a cabinet minister who has been a close…

MyFairElection.com Provides Realtime Poll Watching Data

A new website allows journalists and poll-watchers to track polling problems in realtime as voters report on their ballot experience. Using the now ubiquitous Google Maps API, a simple interface allows voters or poll watchers to report conditions nationwide. It’s a simple good-or-bad metric (plus comments), might be relatively easy to distort and doesn’t address…