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International Press

New Orleans As the international work percolates along let me share a couple of notices on campaigns that are stirring in Toronto in an exciting campaign that is leverage political strength to win...

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Democracy When?

Baltimore There was a good news article in the Times indicating that the African-American vote almost caught up and in some categories exceeded other groups in voting participation in the 2008 election...

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Voter Registration Reform

Takoma Park I have long advocated an automatic registration system as a step forward in democracy in America.  A couple of days ago there may have been some movement in this direction from a new...

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Missing ACORN with Mid-Term Elections Coming

Portland A meeting is on the horizon this week with the Toronto elections commissioner and ACORN Canada to discuss how to meet ACORN’s demand that more voting stations be provided for city elections in...

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Wrong Reasons, Right Move

Helena Coming back on the grid for a day, you go through your email, answer the urgent calls, see what’s tweeting, hit the Facebook, and scan through the headlines in the New York Times and other...

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Voter Registration Down, No Duh

New Orleans The popular Politico blog by Ben Smith on October 15th drew the obvious conclusion last week about the report that voter registration numbers are significantly down, especially in lower...

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Palin, Assange, Project Vote, Toronto, and Foreclosures

New Orleans I’m on the predawn patrol to Phoenix to check again on foreclosure ground zero and how it can be possible with tens of thousands of people losing their homes that this is not a central...

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Registration Down, Lower Income Votes Out

Phoenix Registration Down, Lower Income Votes Out Phoenix We did the first direct action with Arizona Advocates & Actions yesterday as 20 Bank of America mortgage holders demanded that their...

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Puppy Love for the Big Dawg, Clinton

Bill Clinton Urged Florida Democrat to Quit Bid Phoenix I’m pretty sure either Mexico billionaire Carlos Slim didn’t make his contribution this year to the Clinton Foundation Global Initiative and...

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Qualifying Parties via Internet

New Orleans In a piece about the feinting being done by billionaire NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Matt Bai in the New York Times correctly pointed out that not only money but “ballot access” was a huge...

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Holder and DOJ Need to Act to Stop Voter Suppression on Steroids

New Orleans An lead article in the Sunday New York Times was a wan effort to footnote the partisan efforts of Republicans controlling an increasing number of state legislatures to suppress the ability...

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Are Republican Governors Moving to Deny Voter Access to Poor?

New Orleans        A lawsuit filed against the State of Louisiana by the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division may give another sad clue to the strategy of Republican governors seeking to block...

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Whoops, Clown O’Keefe a Criminal Again!

New Orleans    James O’Keefe, video fool, clown, and conspirator, is at it again. Yawn. This time the scene was in New Hampshire where he and his associates engaged in voter fraud by attempting to vote...

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Voter Suppression in Canada

New Orleans  When my friends in Canada compare their politics to the great southland of the United States, I know there’s no compliment coming at the back end of the sentence.  When friends started...

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Why not Mandatory Voting and Registration?

Set up and interview on voting rights and access with Fox News Eric Shawn for upcoming special New Orleans   The interview with Eric Shawn, a Fox News anchor and senior correspondent, went OK as those...

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Corporations and Foundations OK with ALEC on Voter Suppression, Not Killing

New Orleans    The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has glowingly taken credit for many of the bills sweeping newly elected Republican state houses.  ALEC and its 2000 legislative members...

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Huge Obstacles to Beating Scott Walker in Wisconsin Recall

We Are Wisconsin Madison    The life-and-death struggle in Wisconsin to turn back the radical and sweeping rightwing program of Governor Scott Walker being waged by progressive forces is entering...

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Technology and Democracy: Wired Magazine Elitism versus Pirate Party Openness

Logo of the Pirate Party in Germany New Orleans  My son subscribes to Wired magazine, the glossy, tech and computer boosting publication.  I like it and read it regularly once he’s finished....

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John Lewis and the New Fight for Voting Rights

Congressman John Lewis Speaking up for Voting Rights Houston   The lion in winter is still a lion, and John Lewis, a beacon for the civil rights movement in the 1960’s and now a longstanding...

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Organizing Plans with News from Walmart, Facebook, Spain, and Florida Voting...

Meeting of the Latin American organizers Mexico City    The annual meeting of the ACORN International board continued its meetings for a second day in Mexico City, as they conferred on fundamental...

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