Mike DeBonis on Local Politics: October 3, 2010 - October 9, 2010
More about vote-hacking incident revealed at council hearing
The D.C. Council is hearing complaints about September's primary elections in a hearing underway now at the John A. Wilson Building. Member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) convened the hearing today to review the performance of the Board of Elections...
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Mike DeBonis
| October 8, 2010; 12:44 PM ET |
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Vincent Gray in Ward3; where will Rhee land?; Tenleytown warms to density.
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| October 8, 2010; 11:05 AM ET |
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Fenty says education reform cost him re-election
Since the day after losing his re-election bid, Mayor Adrian Fenty has kept a relatively low media profile, holding only a handful of press conferences and making one national TV appearance, on an NBC-hosted "Education Nation" panel. But Monday...
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Mike DeBonis
| October 7, 2010; 2:14 PM ET |
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DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 7, 2010
TODAY IS OCT. 7, 2010 -- 26 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION PREVIOUSLY -- Michigan prof explains how D.C. online voting system was hacked -- D.C. Council wanted too much at once, says top election official. Start your day with Bob...
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| October 7, 2010; 9:24 AM ET |
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D.C. Council wanted too much at once, says top election official
Three weeks after a Primary Day performance that earned it a barrage of criticism, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics delivered its own self-critique Wednesday afternoon. The board's executive director, Rokey W. Suleman II, delivered an assessment of what...
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Mike DeBonis
| October 6, 2010; 10:04 PM ET |
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Michigan prof explains how D.C. online voting system was hacked
UPDATED 8:50 P.M. The University of Michigan computer science professor who led the team that successfully infiltrated an Internet voting trial held by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics has stepped forward to describe how he did it. In...
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Mike DeBonis
| October 6, 2010; 11:20 AM ET |
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DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 6, 2010
TODAY IS OCT. 6, 2010 -- 27 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION PREVIOUSLY -- Consultant's postmortem: Fenty became 'flawed and expendable' -- 'Write Fenty In' campaign launches Web site At the first of his town hall meetings last night, presumptive mayor-elect...
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Mike DeBonis
| October 6, 2010; 10:38 AM ET |
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'Write Fenty In' campaign launches Web site
The Write Fenty In campaign is now more than a Facebook group: It's a Web site. The site, featuring a re-purposed version of Mayor Adrian Fenty's official campaign logo, reads: "A long shot? Perhaps. But doable, if we work at...
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Mike DeBonis
| October 5, 2010; 1:15 PM ET |
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Consultant's postmortem: Fenty became 'flawed and expendable'
In the three weeks since Mayor Adrian Fenty's epic loss, there's been no shortage of whither-education-reform op-ed pieces penned, but there's also been behind-the-scenes hand-wringing over how a once-popular incumbent like Fenty could be trounced so thoroughly. Could it be...
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| October 5, 2010; 12:37 PM ET |
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DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 5, 2010
TODAY IS OCT. 5, 2010 -- 28 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION PREVIOUSLY -- Hacker infiltration ends D.C. online voting trial -- For Rhee, staying in D.C. is a 'hard question' The first of Vincent Gray's pre-general-election town hall meetings is...
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| October 5, 2010; 8:00 AM ET |
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For Rhee, staying in D.C. is a 'hard question'
Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee visited The Post newsroom today and spoke on camera with editorial writer Jo-Ann Armao about her future. Behold the latest steps in her pas de deux with presumptive mayor-elect Vincent Gray: "I think that what...
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Mike DeBonis
| October 4, 2010; 5:33 PM ET |
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Hacker infiltration ends D.C. online voting trial
Last week, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics opened a new Internet-based voting system for a weeklong test period, inviting computer experts from all corners to prod its vulnerabilities in the spirit of "give it your best shot." Well,...
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| October 4, 2010; 2:14 PM ET |
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DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 4, 2010
TODAY IS OCT. 4, 2010 -- 29 DAYS UNTIL GENERAL ELECTION The national what-now-for-D.C.-school-reform media blitz continued this weekend, led by a New York Times Magazine piece from Judith Warner: "[P]eople -- even people who seemed destined to most benefit...
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Mike DeBonis
| October 4, 2010; 10:30 AM ET |
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