Charles Hurth, city attorney for the tiny town of New Haven, Mo., is one of the main men behind the push to make California Electoral College votes more Republican-y, a confusing ploy that would split the votes by congressional districts. But Hurth also has another claim to fame: more ›

In a shocking turn of events, the online voting in the Sonoma-Marin fair's World's Ugliest Dog competition has been tampered with! more ›

The votes from Ohio are in! The hanging chads have been dimpled! The electoral college has matriculated! We're calling the SFist Hottest SF Supervisor race -- and the Marina's own Michela Alioto-Pier takes the crown and beauty pageant sash! Fweeeee! Go Balloons! Where are our fricken balloons? Michela, after a slow start, rallied as the voting continued, and ultimately won with 25% of the vote, a full 6% ahead of our next closest two (Chris Daly and Fiona Ma tied with 19% each). Ross M. trailed behind in fourth place, with 16%. Trends to watch? Well, interestingly, your political hotttness vote seems equally split between progressive men and moderate women, San Francisco. Would things have come out differently with ranked choice voting? Would Mirkarimi have forged an alliance with Ma? And what if Matt or Gavin had gone with an endorsement? All things to think about. Meanwhile, thanks for playing, SF! Enjoy the pictures of MAP! more ›

This was our first time at the Li'l Roxie, and we hope it won't be our last! (Please, please, say the rumors aren't true!) We squeezed past the teeny-tiny hallway and into a long, narrow, but spacious, comfy, and well-proportioned closet, and settled into our squeaky chair (we apologize to all our neighbors) for 90 minutes of SF DocFest electoral rage. We also picked up a ballot on our way in -- before you ask, it was an IndieFest optical scan, where choices (or "ratings") are marked with a circle. Call It Democracy, by Matt Kohn, is an exploration of the problem of electioneering in the 21st century -- from the oddities of the electoral college to Supreme Court shenanigans to missing electronic ballots to Colorado's electoral-vote splitting movement in 2004. Okay, we're not too liberaler-than-thou to admit it -- electoral reform is really not the most interesting topic in the world to us. So it's with a great deal of relief that we can report that this movie is not like one of those long DailyKos tinhat-wearing posts that you skip, or a long filmstrip with blue states and red states, or anything like that. The clips are interesting! The movie moves at a brisk pace! We didn't find ourselves trying to gouge our eyes out with a stick! That's good, right? Cameos by stapler-throwers John Bolton and Kevin Shelley, after the jump. more ›