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Red State or Blue State: Your Vote Counts

Kate Kelly | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harvard, John McCain, Red State, Voters, Democrat, Blue States, New York Times, Election, Barack Obama, Voting, Republican, Gail Collins, Politics News

If you're a Republican voter in a Democratic-leaning state, or a Democratic voter in Republican territory, is your vote in vain?

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Number Of Voting Machines May Prove Insufficient To Handle Record Turnout

Los Angeles Times | Noam N. Levey | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voting Problems, Record Voting, Voters, Voting, Politics News

If there is an election meltdown Tuesday, it may happen at places like P.B. Young Sr. Elementary School. The squat brick school in a dingy postwar ho...

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236.com: If They Im'd: Persuasive Candidates And Persuadable Voters

236.com | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: 236.Com if They Im'd, 236, Voters, 236.Com, Politics News

If you thought undecideds were hard to comprehend, meet the persuadables. One in seven voters polled say that while they've already picked their candi...

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Arc of Darkness

Michael Carmichael | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

The only ray of hope that will overwhelm flagrant attempts to render democracy dead and inert forever, is for a pro-democratic revolution in a massive turnout of Americans demanding their right to vote.

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America's Choice

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

The choice America makes will be a world wide broadcast on whether it is content with mediocrity and the cancer of anti-intellectualism that began to spread this Election season.

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Voter Turnout Expected To Be Highest In Decades

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voters, Votes, Voter Turnout, Voter Turnout Record, McCain Voters, Obama Voters, Early Voting, On the Ground 2008, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Voter turnout will be the highest in decades, dwarfing recent presidential elections, experts predict. The only question dividing e...

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Obama in Cambodia

Elena Lesley | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Democratic Primary, Democrats Abroad, John McCain, Voters, Cambodia, Republicans, Joe Biden, 2008 Election, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Politics News

As an American, I am always struck by the amount of attention paid to U.S. politics by citizens of other countries -- we certainly do not return the favor -- and this year, interest is especially keen.

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Obama Could Lose Election Due To Voter Suppression

Judah Freed | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Elections, Law, Democrat, Youth Vote, Swift Boat, Obama, Democratic Party, Voter Suppression, Voting Problems, Voter Su, Colorado, Acorn Voter Fraud, Hava, Voter Registration, Voters, Election 2008, Voter Fraud, Republican Party, Voting, Denver, Republican Presidential Candidate, Acorn Voter Registration, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, John McCain, Acorn, Women Voters, Indiana, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Democracy, Democrats, Acorn Scandal, 2008 Election, Election, Barack Obama, Swiftboating, Early Voting, Republican, New York Times, Breaking Politics News, Voter ID Laws, Republicans, West Virginia, Paper Ballots, Kansas, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Tennessee, Home News

Republicans are seeking to suppress the voter turnout among youth, minorities and poor people. If Republicans can prevent enough Democrats from casting ballots, McCain could win the election.

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I Am Racist!

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Obama, Race, Barack Obama, Election, White Privilege, Whiteness, Privilege, Votes, Racist, Florida, Pennsylvania, Polls, Voters, New York Times, Florida Voters, Politics News

Race will be a factor in this presidential election. It is always a factor in our society. How much race impacts the election will depend on our willingness to consciously strive to be anti-racist.

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Barbra Streisand Calls on Women to Vote

Lisa Derrick | Posted 11.30.2008 | Home

Read More: Bi-Partisan, Barbra Streisand, Voters, Women Voters, Voting, Home News

In her new bipartisan PSA, Barbra Streisand urges women to vote, reminding us all that "We don't have dream about the future. We wake up and vote for...

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Maybe You Shouldn't Vote

Bill Folman | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2004 Election, Elitist, John McCain, Terrorists, Obama Muslim, Unbiased, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Gender, Patriotism, Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, Elitism, Iraq, Media Bias, Voting, Politics News

I ask that you take a moment to answer the following questions and determine whether you have the skill and the know-how to vote responsibly for our next president.

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The Republican Voter Fraud Myth: An Examination

Washington Independent | Daphne Eviatar | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voting Problems, Acorn, Voters, Republicans, Politics News

Earlier this month, Republicans in Ohio lost their lawsuit challenging a state rule that allows voters to register and vote early on the same day. But...

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What to do Before and (If Necessary) After the Election is Stolen

Roberto Lovato | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Srolen Elections, Voter Disenfranchisement, Voter Suppression, History of Stolen Elections, General Strike, Voters, How to Fight Stolen Elections, 2000 Elections Stolen, Voter Fraud, Voting, Political Action and Elections, Politics News

When I hear the fear of first-time voters like 21-year-old Bertha Barrios, I hear the voice of a generation raised beneath the specter of questions about our last two elections.

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Video The Vote Urges Voters To Document Poll Problems

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Fraud, Early Voting, Vote, Vote Early, Voters, Stolen Election, Video the Vote, Voting Problems, Voting, Politics News

"Video The Vote" is urging voters to get ready for election problems with a new video. The group urges people to film any issues they see at polling p...

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Forget Generation Y. We're Looking at Generation Engaged

Devin Talbott | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Young Voters, Youth Vote, 2008 Election, Voters, Barack Obama, Politics News

This current generation of youth has been called many things -- narcissistic, apathetic, addicted to technology and perpetually immature. Yet one thing can't be denied: they are a generation engaged.

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236.com: Thought Process Flowchart: Undecided Voters

236.com | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Undecided Voters, Swing Voters, Voters, 236.Com, Politics News

The race for president between Barack Obama and John McCain has been going on for close to 17 years now, and yet still--still!--there are some voters ...

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Call Out For Election Protection Wiki Help

Dave Johnson | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Swing States, Election 2008, Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression, Voters, Votes, Voting Machines, Volunteer, Politics News

Volunteers at the Center for Media and Democracy's Election Protection Wiki have collected unbelievable reports of voter suppression nationwide in the nine days since it went online.

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Obama: Don't Pick out the White House Drapes Yet!

Robert Guttman | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, Voters, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama should not sit comfortably on his impressive lead at the moment. Obama staffers should refrain from beginning to think about what role they might play in the White House.

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Here's My Take #2: The Top Three Issues for the Next Administration Are...

Jennifer Bogut | Posted 04.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Issues, Administration, Afghanistan, Voters, Economy, Guantanamo Bay, Election 2008, Iraq, Civil Rights, Trains, Home News

Here's My Take #2 - Your Top Three Issues...the results and comments

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Zelizer's Book Corner: Larry Bartels' Unequal Democracy

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Larry Bartels, Unequal Democracy, Economy, Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, Social Science, Zelizer's Book Corner, Politics News

Bartels provides readers with stunning statistical data about the close connection between partisanship, policy, and economic inequality. The book demonstrates that it will make a huge difference which party will be in power after November.

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Palin Mistakes Fans For Protesters At Va. Rally

AP | BOB LEWIS | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voters, Election Day 2008, Campaign Trail, Republican, Sarah Palin, Politics News

RICHMOND, Va. — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin mistook some of her own fans for hecklers Monday at a rally that drew thousan...

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The Purge Surge: Why the GOP Is Nuts About ACORN

Rick Hasen | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voter Fraud, Obama, Acorn, Mccain, American Center for Voting Rights, Acorn Voter Fraud, Acorn Voter Registration, John McCain, Voter Registration, Voters, Gop, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

Obama is running way ahead in the polls, and if he wins in a landslide it is not because Donald Duck has voted thousands of times in key swing states.

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20/20 Has Slanted Vision

Andy Bernstein | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Television, Abc, Entertainment, Voter Registration, Voters, Headcount, 20/20, Media, 2008 Election, Journalism, John Stossel, Voter Drive, Media News

When producers from ABC's 20/20 called, it was naïve of us to believe that they would do anything but use the worst interviews of the dozens at their disposal.

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Politico: McCain Set To Lose Hispanic Vote "In A Landslide"

Politico | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008, Voters, John McCain, Hispanic Vote, Politics News

Despite championing immigration reform in 2007, John McCain is poised to lose the Hispanic vote by a landslide margin that is well below President Geo...

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