Throwing away your vote is a time-honored political tradition (see “Ralph Nader for president”). Who knew it also could be a crime?

Certainly not “Fan Guy,” the anonymous blue-blooded St. Louis Blues fan from O’Fallon, Mo., who — seemingly oblivious to…

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I don’t care what the advance polls say: Right now, neither I nor anyone else knows who our next president will be. Nor can anyone say for certain why those who vote for Barack Obama or John McCain will do…

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Thanks to unprecedented interest in this year’s presidential election — and a massive registration effort by labor and community activists on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama…

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin round-up:

Mitt Romney says let her speak. Yep. The same Romney thought to be on the VP short list.

Biden beware.

Conservative columnists are not getting in line. Or rather, they are getting out of line.

But when you knock her…

Election day is Nov. 4, which seems like a long way off. But election officials must scramble if they hope to stage an election that is fair and efficient and that can accommodate what may turn out to be a…