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Tag: Elections

“One Term More”

August 22, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Humor One comment

The Broadway community offers up a parody of Les Miserables in support of Barack Obama’s reelection. Feel free to sing along with David Burnham (“Wicked”),

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November 2012: What’s on your ballot?

February 1, 2012 Bobbi Clemons Government, Missouri region, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Update: To see what your ballot looks like (in any state) go to the updated article here. It’s that time of the year again.

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Hidden costs of “free” photo voter IDs

March 16, 2011 Gloria Shur Bilchik Civil Rights, Missouri region, Voting/Elections 6 comments

Once again, the Missouri legislature is attempting to change election laws by restricting voting to people who can present approved, state-issued photo identification. And,

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1956: A presidential election to remember

November 17, 2010 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Good government, History, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The 1952 and 1956 presidential elections between Republican Dwight Eisenhower and Democrat Adlai Stevenson might stand as the last time that the American people had a choice between two capable candidates with clear and reasonable philosophies of government.

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Election oddities, anomalies and a word of hope

November 2, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Politics, Voting/Elections One comment

  Vote for “Junebug,” or cast your ballot for “Iceman.”  They’re two of your choices on the Illinois ballot on November 2. But they’re

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Gerrymandering: The movie

October 19, 2010 Madonna Gauding Campaigns, Literature/Arts/Film One comment

I haven’t seen the new documentary film Gerrymandering but I’ve been intrigued by various reviews. Filmmaker Jeff Reichert tells the story of gerrymandering, beginning

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Progressive Poli- “clicks” debuts at Daily Kos

October 18, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Politics, Technology Leave a comment

If negative advertising turns you off, but if you really would like people to know the facts that make a candidate look bad, Daily

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Corporation runs for Congress

March 16, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Congress, Humor Leave a comment

Taking the recent Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance to its logical extreme, a corporation–Murray Hill, Inc.,–has filed as a Republican candidate for Congress

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

Gloria Shur Bilchik’s new book, Election Insiders: Behind the scenes with the people who make your vote count. Kindle edition now available at Amazon.

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