Election on Vice

Venezuela's Presidential Election Is Getting Violent and Weird

In a televised speech, Chavez's chosen successor and current interim president Nicolas Maduro said that Chavez had appeared to him as a small bird. “It sang and I responded with a song, and the bird took flight, circled around once and then flew away,” he said, imitating the bird’s call and the sounds of its wings flapping. Full story

John Safran Sets us Straight on Australia's Super Sabbath Election Clash

Last week Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced September 14 as the date for this year's federal election. Turns out, this is also the date of Yom Kippur, one of Judaism's holiest days. What does it all mean? According to John Safran: bubkis. Full story

The Israeli Election: Settlers Are Here to Stay

All the Israelis I spoke to wanted more of the West Bank for themselves, weirdly. Full story

Comics

Nick Gazin's Comic Book Love-in #75

Did you know that not only have many comic book characters encouraged people to vote, but more than a handful have run for office themselves? Instead of reviews this column is just images of comic characters who tried to become the Commander in Chief. Full story

This Would-Be Mitt Romney Site Is So Boring

So why the fuck do I love it so much? Full story

Making It a Pain in the Ass to Vote Is the American Way

When you see all the troubles at the polls on today—the long lines, the people being turned away, the Rick Scott’s of the system refusing to budge on helping voter’s cast their ballots—don’t be surprised. That's just how we do it in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave… Full story

Motherboard Is Liveblogging the Election

Coming at you from our highly fortified Command Center in Brooklyn. Full story

Rocky Anderson Knows Mitt Romney Well and Thinks He Has No Integrity

Ross "Rocky" Anderson is the former mayor of Salt Lake City who worked with Mitt Romney during the 2002 Winter Olympics. He's running for president as a candidate of the Justice Party, which he created to campaign on a platform of social justice. We met in his office to talk abou… Full story

Voting Tech Still Sucks

In next week's election, districts in over a dozen states will rely on glitchy, paperless voting tech. Nothing to worry about. Move along. Full story

You Don't Know Jack

If you weren’t on the tweets during the vice presidential debate last night, here are some highlights from my night of giffing the event. Full story