I’ll be joining a fine group of bloggers this weekend for SamSphere Chicago. As an organizer for the event, I’m guessing I won’t have a lot of time to blog, but I’ll try and post updates and notes on the event as time permits.

The following is a full list of confirmed bloggers.

Confirmed Bloggers:
Name*Blog*Blog Region
Erick Erickson * RedState * National
Allen Fuller * Flat Creek Management * National
John Fund * Wall Street Journal * National
Brad Jones * Face the State * National
Jenn Sierra * Fort Hard Knox * National
Erik Telford * Americans for Prosperity * National
E.M. Zanotti * American Princess * National
Bill Smith * ARRA News Service * Arkansas
Ben DeGrow * Mount Virtus * Colorado
Mark Johnson * ILGOPnet * Illinois
Doug Welch * Stix * Illinois
Bob Weeks * Wichita Liberty * Kansas
Earl Glynn * Kansas Meadowlark * Kansas
Jeff Blanco * Louisiana Conservative * Louisiana
Lance Dutson * Maine Web Report * Maine
Jack McHugh * Mackinac Center * Michigan
Chet Zarko * Outside Lansing * Michigan
Jim Hoft * Gateway Pundit * Missouri
Craig Sprout * Montana Politics * Montana
Chuck Muth * Muth’s Truths * Nevada
Skip Murphy * Granite Grok * New Hampshire
Mario Burgos * Mario Burgos * New Mexico
Maggie Thurber * Thurber’s Thoughts * Ohio
Chris Arps * Oklahoma Political News Service * Oklahoma
Trent Siebert * Tennessee Policy Institute * Tennessee
Leslie Carbone * Leslie Carbone * Virginia
Don Ward * Sound Politics * Washington
Fred Dooley * Real Debate Wisconsin * Wisconsin
Tristen Cramer * Haemet * Wyoming
Chad Everson * Grizzly Groundswell * Minnesota
Steve Sibson * Sibby Online * South Dakota

Sam Adams Alliance Staff
Nic Hall * Nicky Cheese * Illinois (currently in Texas)
Bob Costello * cozcommunio * Illinois
John Tsarpalas * Tsarchats * Illinois
Ken Marrero * Blue Collar Muse * Tennessee
Eric Odom * Eric Odom * Illinois
Mike Van Winkle * A Chicago Blog * Illinois
Micheal Tams * American Federalist * Illinois
Jodi Bridges * Thirty Something * illinois
Lennie Jarratt * Open Source Activism * Illinois
Drew Veeneman * Trenches of Democracy * Illinois

State Policy Network
Nicole Williams

Allen Fuller of Flat Creek is a good friend and all around great guy who understands where we are online and where we need to go. Not only does his web company do a superb job of promoting the freedom movement in the digital realm, but he also has solid campaign and e-activism experience.

And now he’s on the hunt for an Account Executive.

* Serving as a liaison between clients and vendors
* Managing vendors to ensure deadlines and budgets are met and high quality work is delivered.
* Ensuring creative design and code are delivered according to strategy.
* Managing project timelines and budgets.

Desired skills:

* BA/BS degree in marketing, communications, computer science, or similar discipline.
* 1-3 years related e-marketing and/or political experience.
* Experience with paid search marketing (i.e. Google, Yahoo!, MSN and second-tier engines), search engine optimization and online media.
* Demonstrated ability to be highly organized and excellent at multi-tasking.
* Excellent Microsoft Office skills.
* Must be HTML proficient and have significant exposure to web development and editing work (Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks or other web development software).

Location: Murfreesboro, TN
Hours: Full-Time
This job is salaried.

If you’re on the hunt for work with a good free market minded company and think this might be something of interest, let Allen know.

It’s always a healthy practice to introduce new local blogs when they pop up. Meet Change Illinois Blog.

Tim Stratton

Hubbard Woods, Illinois, United States

I am a moderate Republican candidate for State Representative in the 58th District of Illinois. I decided to create this blog to serve as an electronic gathering place for residents of the 58th District and Illinois to come together to talk about the problems facing our state and solutions for solving them. I encourage you to visit my website at www.timforillinois.com Paid for by Timothy A. Stratton for State Representative, a copy of our report is (or will be) on file with the State Board of Elections, Springfield, Illinois

A story is starting to make the rounds regarding the Republican voters who switched to Democrats at the polls in Ohio in order to help Hillary take the win. Apparently, more than 16,000 Republicans switched parties at the polls in Ohio.

Wired has the full story.

A reader tipped me off to an issue that’s come up with crossover voters in Ohio. It seems that some Republican voters have bragged online that they voted Democratic ballots in the Ohio March 4th primary in order to influence the outcome of the presidential election. Essentially, they wanted to help Hillary Clinton win the Democratic nomination over Barack Obama because they think she’s the weaker candidate and would lose against Republican John McCain in November.

This is where the law comes in to play.

Ohio’s revised election code includes an election falsification clause (Revised Code 3513.20), which says that if a voter who changes parties is challenged by poll workers as to the sincerity of his change of heart and also signs an affidavit stating that he supports the principles of the party to which he’s changing — when in fact he doesn’t support them — then he would be committing election falsification. Election falsification is a felony that is punishable by six to twelve months in jail and a $2,500 fine.

This should be interesting to watch unfold.

Tom Hanson over at GoCollege sent me a link to their new Student’s Guide to Voting, and after a review of the page I quickly became convinced that it’s an extremely valuable resource for today’s young voters.

Since 1997, GoCollege has served and informed American college students. Lately, we’ve noticed a positive change in behavior of young voters which led us to produce this useful guide. Our main goal is to demonstrate and lead college students to exercising their powerful and fundamental right to vote. It is also a concise reference on the voting deadlines and procedures for all 50 states with different options available.

The guide includes the following:
*Background on Young Voters
*The Impact of the Web 2.0 and Social Media
*Why You Should Vote
*The Voting Process
*Important Issues We Young Voters Face
*The Political Parties
*Making a Wise Decision
*State-by-State Protocols

Check it out if you have some time.

The $5,400 government shower was pretty bad, but nothing compared to the $65,000 bathroom!

As Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett works to raise taxes and eliminate 225 jobs, a construction crew is installing a bathroom in his locked suite of offices, complete with a small sitting room and shower. The cost to taxpayers: $65,225.

Read the rest…