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textAn Open Letter to Former Naderites Running Scared in 2004* by Ralph Nader
An Open Letter to Former Naderites Running Scared in 2004*...
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 4:20pm PDT
textRichie Robb: Republican Elector From West Virginia Says He Won't Vote For Bush by sources
If President Bush wins West Virginia, one of the state's five Republican electors says he might not vote for Bush to protest the president's economic and foreign policies....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 3:44pm PDT
textSF events 10.28 by indyvoter.org fairvote.org
SF voter Guides: http://www.indyvoter.org/sanfrancisco http://www.sfprogressives.com/mt/archives/000098.html also SF Bay Gaurdian @ newsrack: http://sfbg.com...
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 3:40pm PDT
textStates 'can postpone' U.S. elections by Ritt Goldstein
Both President Bush and some State's - including Florida, New York and California - can potentially postpone the election in "emergency circumstances". Over the last 4 months, three Congressional Research Service reports addressed election postponement, their findings unsettling - Congress appears duly "concerned"....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 12:37pm PDT
textRacial and Class Warfare on November 2nd by RWF (repost)
Republicans plan to challenge the right of people of color and low income people to vote on 11/2...
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 11:52am PDT
text* Political Right - Left And The Middle * by Bahram Maskanian
By definition one would assume that - - Right - - is correct. Or is it? The political right is neither right in its conduct, nor in its intention nor in its supposed knowledge of the world and people. The political right and their talking heads in the Christian mass media know so little about so much....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 11:03am PDT
text‘Smoking e-mail’ implicates Jeb Bush in vote suppression by PWW
The Sarasota Herald Tribune obtained a “smoking e-mail” proving that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was “personally involved” in ramrodding a new voter purge list for the 2004 election, even though the data firm that prepared it warned of its many “flaws.” In an exchange of e-mails last May 4, Jeff Long of the Florida Secretary of State’s office wrote that the firm “recommended to the Gov. that they ‘pull the plug’ on the CVDB (Central Voter Database) primarily because they weren’t comfortable with...
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 9:41am PDT
textRepublicans marshal “poll watchers” to suppress working class vote by wsws (reposted)
The Republican Party has announced plans to place thousands of recruits in polling places in many closely contested states on Election Day. These so-called “poll watchers” will be tasked with challenging the credentials of would-be voters in predominantly Democratic urban centers....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 9:40am PDT
textMan threatens to run down controversial election figure by australian broadcasting (repost)
Police have arrested a man who threatened to run over US Representative Katherine Harris, the former Florida secretary of state critics blame for much of the 2000 presidential election debacle....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 9:32am PDT
textSecret Document Suggests GOP Preparing to Challenge Black Vote in Florida by Democracy Now
Investigative reporter Greg Palast exposes a secret document within the Republican Party in Florida that contains nearly 1,900 names and addresses of voters in the predominantly black and Democratic areas of Jacksonville. The so-called "caging list" could be used to block and harass African-American voters....
Posted: Thu, Oct 28, 2004 9:15am PDT
textVoters still without ballots in a jam by repost
Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore said she had mailed out 128,000 ballots through Monday. Requests made through Sunday have been taken care of and about 7,000 are being mailed out each day, she said. Hood's cheery optimism wasn't shared by party officials or those worried that they won't get their ballots soon enough to mail them back to arrive before Tuesday's 7 p.m. deadline. They spoke darkly of election office phones that constantly ring busy, questions that go unanswered, sample ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 9:30pm PDT
textAbsentee ballots 'lost' in Florida by More Florida Vote Fraud
Nearly 58,000 absentee ballots for the US presidential election may never have reached Florida's Broward County voters, who had requested them more than two weeks ago, election officials said. State police are investigating the matter, they said. Hundreds of people have called the county elections office to complain that they never got their ballots. The phone system was so overwhelmed some frustrated voters could not get through....
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 9:26pm PDT
textTheir dirty tricks to disenfranchise voters by SW
AN OFFHAND remark that George W. Bush made during the second presidential debate told the whole story. When asked whether he’d decided on any new appointees for Supreme Court, Bush joked that he hadn’t “picked anybody yet. Plus, I want them all voting for me.”...
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 7:26pm PDT
textBush Campaign Comes Out for Kerry by Yes, Bush Can
Yes, Bush Can, an independent group dedicated to communicating Bush policies directly to the public, has abandoned its campaign and is officially endorsing John Kerry for President....
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 6:50pm PDT
text11/3 in Santa Rosa: Code RED by Code Red
10am: Gather at Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa. WEAR RED, for Code Red, to demonstrate our recognition that our democracy, and so much more, is in a state of emergency. From there we are planning a eulogy and funeral procession for democracy, targetting local examples of democracy's death, followed by a rebirth of inspiration....
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 6:47pm PDT
textThe founding fathers described a plan that might shorten the war. by Gordon Ormand
The war might be shortened with a "changing of the guard" on election day....
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 10:04am PDT
textEminem joins the black bloc in anti-Bush video! by djoma
Eminem's new video to his song 'Mosh' sees him join the black bloc and storm some grand building. Once inside, however, the bloc forms an orderly queue to register to vote!...
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 7:13am PDT
textBay Guardian Guide To Nov 2nd Election by repost
To find out where to vote in San Francisco, go to gispubweb.sfgov.org/website/pollingplace/index.htm or call (415) 554-4375. The Bay Guardian Election Desk will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 2 to answer questions about our endorsements. Call (415)-255-3100 and ask for the Election Desk....
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 6:30am PDT
textMaking Votes Count: Is a Theft of the 2004 Election Already Underway? by Democracy Now
We speak with New York Times editorial writer Adam Cohen about voter suppression and fraud in the 2004 election. From U.S. soldiers being told to use non-secret ballots to the Pentagon counting the votes of the military and U.S. citizens living abroad. From partisan secretaries of state overseeing the election to Homeland Security preventing new U.S. citizens from registering and much more....
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 6:25am PDT
textNovember 3rd Nationwide Day of Action by beyond voting campaign
A time for popular outrage and widespread non-cooperation if Bush is elected, if the elections are canceled, or if there is overt election fraud again....
Posted: Wed, Oct 27, 2004 1:13am PDT
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