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Perverse best-case scenario: Romney wins popular vote, Obama wins Electoral College

November 1, 2012 Arthur Lieber 2012 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Obama, Politics, Romney, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Barring feasible foul play by Republicans, Barack Obama will probably win the Electoral College in 2012, which means that he will serve for another

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GOTV for Claire McCaskill: Scenes from the [strangely numbered] streets of suburbia

October 30, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Campaigns, Missouri region, Politics, States Leave a comment

I’m knocking on doors for Claire McCaskill’s GOTV effort, in suburban St. Louis [an impressively well-organized and energetic effort, I must say], and here

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Can felons vote in your state? You got a problem with that?

October 26, 2012 Bobbi Clemons 2012 Election, Charity & Justice, Crime/Violence, Politics, States Leave a comment

One of the core beliefs of our country is that everyone has a right to vote. But what about the people who break our

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“Too many Mitts:” Salt Lake Tribune endorses [gasp!] Obama

October 23, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Cities, Media, Obama, Romney, States Leave a comment

Favorite son? Not any more. Mitt Romney’s home-state newspaper has published a smack-down editorial endorsing President Obama for re-election and calling Romney a “shameless”

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When a museum forgets that it’s a museum

October 23, 2012 Barbara Finch Cities, History, Literature/Arts/Film, Missouri region, States Leave a comment

It’s disappointing that those who are in charge at the Missouri History Museum seem to have forgotten an important rule when it comes to

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CA Prop 37: Right to know what’s in your food

October 23, 2012 Renee Shur 2012 Election, Corporations, Environment, Health, Public safety, States, Voting/Elections One comment

On the morning of November 7, we may owe the Golden State a great big “thank you” note. Perhaps the almost one million Californians

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Lessons learned by a clipboard-carrying, voter registration volunteer

October 22, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Civil Rights, Missouri region, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

The deadline for voter registration has come and gone in my state. But the memories linger on. Carrying a clipboard stocked with the 19th-century

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Winston-Salem Journal: Obama is best choice for President

October 18, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Cities, Media, Obama, Politics, States, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

In a major break from its own political tradition, the Winston-Salem Journal [North Carolina], has endorsed Democratic President Barack Obama for a second term

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Psst! Wanna see what your ballot will look like this year?

October 17, 2012 Bobbi Clemons 2012 Election, Good government, Politics, States, Voting/Elections 2 comments

Everyone knows there is an election coming up. (It’s on November 6, 2012.) Not everyone knows that you can see your ballot in advance.

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Progressive Alan Grayson favored to win Florida seat

October 16, 2012 Madonna Gauding 2012 Election, Campaigns, Congress, States Leave a comment

When he was last in office, Alan Grayson was a hard working progressive Democrat. He campaigned as a progressive, and when he got elected, he delivered.

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