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Monday isn't so bad for me today. I spent the weekend cleaning and shepherding my kids through Halloween events. It was sort of tiring.

I found a good website about voting information. http://www.canivote.org. It didn't tell anything new, but it's nice to know there aren't any problems since the last local election.

Nice to know with stories like these...

Some voters 'purged' from voter rolls

But about two weeks ago, Berry got disturbing news from local election officials.

The letter, which was dated October 2, gave her a week from the time it was dated to prove her citizenship. There was a problem, though -- the letter was postmarked October 9.

From further in the story it sounds like if it comes down to Ohio the election could likely be decided in court.

And I suppose the people purged were registered Democrats?

And I suppose the people purged were registered Democrats?

I don't think it is that nefarious, but it tends to be newly registered voters who are expected to favor Democrats.

In the case of Ohio and Wisconsin, the officials requesting the "no match" lists were Republican. There is a 90 rule about purging voters too close to the election. Any incorrect purges don't have time to get corrected by election day.

Now that we decided on the soup, are there any good recipe recommendation for the leek potato soup, preferably ones who use cream that Yours Truly now tries to add to Everything She Eats?

Anyone purged from the rolls who goes in to vote, who is registered should be allowed to cast a provisional ballot. But the problem with provisionals is that the individual election boards get to decide if they're counted or not.

From what I understand the GOP sued to have about 200,000 registered voters purged in Ohio. They won in the lower court, but lost in the Supreme Court. However, Bush has ordered the DOJ to look into seeing if the 200,000 should cast provisional ballots. So if it comes down to Ohio, expect it to be a long, long time before the election is decided.

In the case of Ohio and Wisconsin, the officials requesting the "no match" lists were Republican.

::not surprised::

I'll be curious to see what the turnout is in Wisconsin. Madison has a huge Hmong population and I don't know how many of them have registered previously to this, but I can see this raising nasty complications for the ones who aren't. Many of the older ones I worked with were already registered. They definitely were gung ho about having the right to vote, let me tell you. I'm not so sure about second generation.

Now that we decided on the soup, are there any good recipe recommendation for the leek potato soup, preferably ones who use cream that Yours Truly now tries to add to Everything She Eats?

Shir, take half an onion, 2 chopped leeks (thoroughly washed and chopped) and saute them in the bottom of the pot with a half a stick of butter until they are soft. Add @32 oz of chicken stock (or vegetable stock) to the pot. Add a dash of kosher sea salt.

Chop up about 4-5 medium, peeled potatoes and add to the pot. Cook them until they are soft and mushy. You can either take a stick blender and blend it smooth or keep the larger potatoe chunks.

Turn down the heat and add a cup of cream (or milk or half & half).

Top off the soup with some chives and shredded cheese.

Enjoy!