Tag: election reform
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February 29, 2008 10:26 PM EST --
All you ever wanted to know about the present FEC, McBush conflict. Basically, McBush is telling them to blow it out your a**. Nice, huh? Maybe he forgot he helped pass McCain/ Fiegold? Whether it's . . .
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September 15, 2009 08:28 AM EDT --
Based on the tenor of the argument yesterday at the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. FEC, the Supreme Court is poised to overrule the 1990 decision in Austin v. Michigan . . .
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July 05, 2008 06:45 PM EDT --
Hello, I am voter from Michigan, who was frustrated by the treatment Michigan voters got in the 2008 presidential primaries by the national committeees. I also believe that my state's political . . .
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February 29, 2008 03:37 PM EST --
McCain, the guy that has consistently been a champion of election finance reform (well, before he sold his soul to Bushco in 2003), has conveniently decided that none of the laws he helped pass should . . .
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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 . . .
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June 26, 2006 10:57 AM EDT --
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Vermont law that strictly limits how much money candidates for state office can raise and spend on their political campaigns.
By a 6-3 vote, the court ruled that the . . .
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July 19, 2008 10:53 PM EDT --
A vote for Nader in 2000 was not a vote for Bush. A vote for McKinney (The Green Party Nominee for President in 2008) is not a vote for McCain. A vote for a third party or independent party candidate . . .
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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, . . .
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April 14, 2006 01:14 PM EDT --
An electorate must have confidence in its electoral system. The Commission on Federal Election Reform found citizens should identify themselves as the correct person on the registration list when . . .
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April 23, 2006 01:56 PM EDT --
Yesterday, I posted about Kerry's opposition to a DNC advisory commission's plan to place one or two caucuses from more ethnically, racially and economically diverse states between Iowa's caucus . . .
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July 05, 2008 10:23 PM EDT --
Hello, I am voter from Michigan, who was frustrated by the treatment Michigan voters got in the 2008 presidential primaries by the national committeees. I also believe that my state's political . . .
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September 27, 2006 11:32 AM EDT --
What do you think? Would more rigid requirements suppress the vote and further separate citizens from the government that is supposed to be of, for and by the people? Is it discrimination? . . .
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June 26, 2007 07:29 PM EDT --
In one fell swoop yesterday the Supreme Court managed to strike a significant blow to the Constitution, limiting free speech and loosening the separation of church and state. In other decisions . . .
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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 . . .
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December 27, 2006 10:25 PM EST --
The Clean Politics Act of 2008: A Draft Ballot Proposal
Introduction
The political atmosphere in the United States is becoming so polluted that it is beginning to choke and stifle our democracy. . . .
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June 03, 2008 11:07 PM EDT --
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTERS GO THIRD PARTY
Loyal Hillary Clinton voters reject Obama and the DNC
Philadelphia , PA -- June 3, 2008 . . .
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January 19, 2007 03:10 PM EST --
Yesterday, hundreds of activists from across the country joined Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and prominent civil right leaders on a National Conference Call to identify civil rights priorities for the 110th . . .
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January 24, 2007 01:49 PM EST --
On Wednesday, January 24, 2007 from 2-3pm (EDT), Ellen Buchman, national field director for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights talked with Gather members about civil rights priorities for the 110th . . .
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July 27, 2007 09:53 AM EDT --
After yesterdays rant I decided I need to be more solution focused. I wish I had answers for the some of the issues I wrote about yesterday. I have some ideas I want to share with you and then . . .
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November 08, 2006 06:53 PM EST --
With all precincts counted, the Wilson campaign for State Auditor achieved ballot status for the Working Families Party on Nov. 7 with surprising support from 19 percent of voters. Only 3 percent . . .
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