Romney
Voter Suppression: Did It Happen in Ohio?
We watched a Republican poll worker reject a black girl with a blonde dye job and a pink hoodie. The 866-OUR-VOTE people caught her on her way out and asked why she'd been rejected. She was vague on the reasons. They told her to go back in and insist...
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...
A British Person's Guide to the US Election
This election will be decided yet again by these things that keep getting called "swing states." These are the most unhappy places in the union because there are equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans. In these squalid misery-zones, Americans can't...
Laurence Haim in the White House Press Pool
Canal Plus reporter Laurence Haim discusses the frustration involved in trying to explain the complex electoral college to French people, and why Ohio is so important to that process. Some Ohioans she meets support Romney, some support Obama, and some...
Motherboard Is Liveblogging the Election
Coming at you from our highly fortified Command Center in Brooklyn.
Jay-Z: 99 Problems but a Mitt Ain’t One
Bruce Springsteen came on stage to support Obama. I mean, I have a fucking Bruce Springsteen tattoo and even I was a little baffled by what the hell he was doing up there. Then Jay-Z came on and rapped about Mitt Romney.
On the Road with Obama and Romney: Ugliness in Ohio
Just when Obama came on stage, a bald white man began shouting from the balcony of the arena. Obama smiled and waved. He spoke again. The man started yelling again. Sheriff's deputies came to remove him. He hung onto the guardrail of the balcony he...
On the Road with Obama and Romney: Ugliness in Ohio
Just when Obama came on stage, a bald white man began shouting from the balcony of the arena. Obama smiled and waved. He spoke again. The man started yelling again. Sheriff's deputies came to remove him. He hung onto the guardrail of the balcony he...
Every Politician Lies—but Not as Much as Mitt Romney
Romney's easy comfort with making chameleon-like changes in response to short-term political opportunities makes him almost as dangerous as a true-believing right-wing nut.
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.
What's Really Happening in Mali?
Mitt thinks Mali might be the place where Bin Laden's successor will rise, but really it's just a Sudan-esque clusterfuck of humanitarian danger.
Obama and Romney Have Aired One Million TV Ads in Five Months
Yeah, according to the latest study from the Wesleyan Media Project, one million political ads have now aired across the United States in this election cycle alone.