Flying Spaghetti Monster Ballot

Flying Spaghetti Monster Ballot, originally uploaded by matthewnstoller.

The Flying Spaghetti Monster got a vote in Minnesota. So did Brett Favre and lizard people.
Via Matt Stoller.

Who Controls the Machines

I do not know who made the voting machines in New York City. This is disturbing. Who counts the votes is more important than who votes.

In the Harlem district, for instance, where the primary night returns suggested a 141 to 0 sweep by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the vote now stands at 261 to 136. In an even more heavily black district in Brooklyn — where the vote on primary night was recorded as 118 to 0 for Mrs. Clinton — she now barely leads, 118 to 116.

From the NYT. via Matt Yglesias.

A Little Strange

It is not important how the people vote. It is important to count the votes. However, the saying goes. In Washington last night the GOP count sat at 17% for hours before they started counting again. then the GOP started, then stopped at 87%. I thought for a while Ron Paul was going to beat McCain before they slowed the counting.
Update: Huckabee has lawyered up.