Tag: politics
group name: electionreform
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September 29, 2006 11:29 PM EDT --
Hey, has any one heard of www.worldcantwait.org? They are planning world wide protests of the Bush Administration on October 5, 2006. Check it out for a location near you! Gather people! . . . more
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April 13, 2006 07:43 PM EDT --
A furor seems to have erupted recently among verified voting activists about HR 550, a bill that seeks to improve our voting laws by requiring a paper trail and audits. The key protagonists:
Rush Holt, . . . more
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April 04, 2006 12:53 PM EDT --
[ This is a slightly modified version of an article I wrote for Blue Mass Group ]
As Andy noted on his blog last week, the 21st Century Democrats endorsed John Bonifaz for Secretary of the Commonwealth . . . more
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April 19, 2006 02:51 PM EDT --
When I joined Gather, I swore up and down that I would stay away from political posts. I absolutely HATE politics (especially in the last 6 years), but unfortunately, the consequences of political decisions . . . more
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October 13, 2006 10:26 PM EDT --
We have won nothing yet
That election catch is not in the net
The cause for celebration now is fiction
If they control electronic voting addition
Every free loving man and woman here
Needs to vote their . . . more
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October 11, 2006 10:45 PM EDT --
Hopefully the Democrat Party will be successful this election cycle. In order to not look like more of the same, the Democrat Party needs to take an aggressive role addressing many of the issues . . . more
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June 26, 2006 03:30 PM EDT --
Behold the list of potential candidates for the 2008 democratic presidential primary:
Evan Bayh
Joe Biden
Hillary Clinton
Tom Dashle
Wes Clark
Chris Dodd
John Edwards
Russ Feingold
Al Gore . . . more
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October 23, 2006 01:17 AM EDT --
Book review of The Audacity of Hope (audio CD)
I rarely am impressed by the vision of a politician. They seem as of late to be so self consumed with raising funds and keeping power . . . more
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April 22, 2006 02:58 PM EDT --
Massachusetts Senator John Kerry, who won the last New Hampshire presidential primary, opposes Democratic party plans to dilute the primary's impact.
Kerry told the New Hampshire Union Leader the . . . more
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April 30, 2006 02:01 PM EDT --
(This haiku is dedicated to Alan Dechert and Open Voting Consortium .)
I just want to know
how our votes will be counted.
Open Voting NOW!
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October 30, 2006 05:14 PM EST --
I dislike making major quotes but could not resist this one!
"Few lies have wound up injuring Americans more—in everything from automobile gas tanks and winter heating bills to diminished U.S. . . . more
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October 31, 2006 03:21 PM EST --
CNN reports today that:
So far this campaign, the political parties have exposed voters to nearly $160 million in ads attacking congressional candidates. How much spent painting a positive image? About . . . more
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April 12, 2006 05:51 PM EDT --
I created a new group this afternoon, Election Reform and Voting Rights (electionreform.gather.com):
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A place to talk about election reform and voting rights, both to learn and to . . . more
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May 10, 2006 06:54 PM EDT --
I'm passing on an email that I received from Open Voting Consortium . (Normally, I like to only post things I have written. I will always let you know if I post something I didn't write. This is . . . more
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August 11, 2006 03:07 PM EDT --
Fascists of All Varieties
By Marc Ash
t r u t h o u t | Perspective
Friday 11 August 2006
Reveling in yesterday's announcement that a plot . . . more
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November 10, 2006 02:00 PM EST --
Millions of Democrats Converted as they exclaim: There is a GOD.
more
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June 11, 2006 08:52 PM EDT --
Being a single father of three children and helping to take care of my ailing father I must regretfully step aside and in doing this it will help booster Harry Mitchell's nomination in September. . . . more
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September 26, 2006 11:05 PM EDT --
In the unlikely event that both the President and Vice President are rendered unable to preside over the country, the constitution states that the Speaker of the House will assume that role, followed by . . . more
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November 26, 2006 06:24 AM EST --
I got the following response from a Gather member after sending him a connection request. After thinking about it, I thought I should post his message to me and my response. Of course I have . . . more
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May 03, 2006 04:21 PM EDT --
Hello, I just set up a new group for Gatherers to share their experiences with electronic voting. I have no experience voting that way myself, as my district uses punch cards. But I've heard stories . . . more
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