
Talk about exposing your ideals, politics and, well, ahem, all at once. A nudist community in Florida wants to create the
first clothing-optional polling site in the US.
According to reports, the Caliente Resorts, located north of Tampa, has approached election officials about the idea.

With only 13 percent of eligible Amish voters casting their votes in 2004, they are not the most coveted vote. But with large populations in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio, they are not to be ignored.
Actually,
they are kind of being ignored this year — unless you count Obama’s sad attempt to court the electricity-shunning group with the
Amish For Obama blog — but in 2004 Bush went all out to woo them with his Southern charm.

Hoping to move away from the fringe and regain political influence, Utah's polygamous community has
released a voter's guide to help members decide how to vote tomorrow.
A coalition of polygamist groups — Communities in Harmony — asked federal, state, and local candidates about their positions on a wide range of topics that impact the once powerful demographic. Of the 150 candidates questioned, 60 responded and were rated on a scale of one to 10.

After watching the documentary Hacking Democracy last night on HBO, the business of counting votes was very much on my mind today (if you're at all curious about electronic voting and accuracy, watch it. It's
repeating a lot this month.) This story of counting trouble is hopefully resolved.
In Virginia, the attorney general has just ruled that absentee ballots filled out by members of the armed forces
must be counted.