Ed Teal, a Republican candidate in the Marshall County, Alabama Sheriff’s election, has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against his opponent, Sheriff Chief Deputy Doug Gibbs. He alleges that the incumbent purposely registered some 19 domains, such as VoteEdTeal.com and EdTealforSheriff.com, to hinder his use of the Internet in the election. …
May, 2010
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28 July
Domain registrations confirm Palin rumours
The hard lessons of Sarah Palin’s now obsolete Twitter username learned, a senior member of the Alaska Republican Party has registered sarahpalin2012.com and sarahpalinforpresident.com. Ever since she became John McCain’s running mate in 2008, rumours have been circulating that she is considering a bid for the White House in 2012. …
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27 July
Politician too cheap to renew domain, gets surprise
Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug LaFollette has been in his job since 1974. Running virtually uncontested each election year, he decided he could save a few bucks by not paying his registration fee, letting the domain expire, and picking it back up when it came time to run for office …