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Election Season Isn’t Over Yet

18 November 2008

Election Day was last week, right? Yet, a week and a half later, we’re still waiting for outcomes in at least two Senate races. And in the “anything can happen” category, voters in San Jose still don’t know the outcome of the vote to increase sales tax to increase regional transit to the city. Votes [...]

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Election Results: State Tax Legislation

5 November 2008

It was a historic day on yesterday with the election of President Elect Barack Obama. It’s almost easy to forget that there were other elections and ballot issues to consider but voters in some states faced a laundry list of issues. Among those were several state tax measures, including: In Arkansas: Voters supported an amendment [...]

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Are Election Day Freebies A Violation of Federal Law?

4 November 2008

It’s all over the web: freebies for voters! Starbucks, Ben and Jerry’s and Krispy Kreme and other companies announced earlier in the week that they would be offering freebies for voters. This is good, right? Nope, say some pundits. They claim that offering freebies a violation of federal law, citing section 42 USC 1973i(c). Really? [...]

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