Maybe Oregonize, not just organize...

The Oregon all-absentee voting system appears more attractive with each election. It came through this time without significant problems, whith huge voter turnout, and without any nasty lines. My dad finds it very easy to use, and so far, Oregon has not seen huge problems with fraud. Is it time to expand this across the country?

Yesterday, the Democrats made major inroads into controlling the Oregon legislative branch, scoring upsets around the state and taking early control of the state senate for the first time in ten years. Oregon also landed squarely in the Kerry column.

One thing is clear: we need to create a voting system that allows progressives to concentrate on winning votes rather than counting them. Or just getting people the right to walk into a polling station to begin with. Question for Kossacks: did the Oregon system give Democrats the edge by taking the focus off of touchscreens and getting into the polls?