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Showing posts with label vote for change. Show all posts
BARACK THE VOTE! ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW
Don't forget to vote! Polls are open nationwide from 6am to 6pm. If it goes past 6pm and you are already in line PLEASE STAY IN LINE, you are still allowed to vote as long as you were in line prior to 6pm.Be sure to DOUBLE CHECK your selections before confirming and casting your vote. The future of our great nation depends on it.
FOR MY FELLOW KENTUCKY VOTERS:
Employees may take four hours to vote.
Employers may specify which hours
the employee can take off.
VOTERS OUTSIDE OF KENTUCKY:
What not to wear to the polls on Election Day
From CNN Correspondent Dan Lothian
ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN) — Campaign paraphernalia is everywhere nowadays. People are sporting T-shirts, hats and pins touting their candidate of choice. But wearing your political allegiances can cause a problem at the polls.
In some states, what you wear to the voting booth could determine whether you are allowed to vote or be sent home to change.
WTF: Voter Suppresion is REAL
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- College senior Kyla Berry was looking forward to voting in her first presidential election, even carrying her voter registration card in her wallet.
But about two weeks ago, Berry got disturbing news from local election officials.
"This office has received notification from the state of Georgia indicating that you are not a citizen of the United States and therefore, not eligible to vote," a letter from the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections said.
But Berry is a U.S. citizen, born in Boston, Massachusetts. She has a passport and a birth certificate to prove it. 
The letter, which was dated October 2, gave her a week from the time it was dated to prove her citizenship. There was a problem, though -- the letter was postmarked October 9.
"It was the most bizarre thing. I immediately called my mother and asked her to send me my birth certificate, and then I was like, 'It's too late, apparently,' " Berry said.
Berry is one of more than 50,000 registered Georgia voters who have been "flagged" because of a computer mismatch in their personal identification information. At least 4,500 of those people are having their citizenship questioned and the burden is on them to prove eligibility to vote.
Experts say lists of people with mismatches are often systematically cut, or "purged," from voter rolls.
Anti-robocall robocall
Process and substance have basically merged in this race, with the biggest black mark on McCain's record apparently his political moves a few weeks ago.
And now Obama's out with a robocall attacking McCain's attack robocalls. TPM hasthe Wisconsin version (.wav):
"I live in Green Bay and, like you, I've been getting sleazy phone calls and mail from John McCain and his supporters viciously -- and falsely -- attacking Barack Obama," says the caller. "I used to support John McCain because he honorably served our country -- but this year he's running a dishonorable campaign. We know McCain will continue many of Bush's policies, and now he's using George Bush's divisive tactics. In fact, he hired the Bush strategists whose attacks even McCain once called hateful."
Early Voting is available in Kentucky!
If you are unable to get to the polls on election day, contact the Voter Registration office at 255-VOTE for information about obtaining an absentee ballot.
If you meet any of the following requirements, you may request a paper absentee ballot be mailed to you:
1. Due to advanced age, disability, illness or medical emergency.
2. You are a member of the Armed forces, the dependent of a member of the Armed forces or a citizen residing overseas.
3. You are a student attending schools outside the county of your voter registration.
4. You temporarily reside outside the state but are still eligible to vote in Kentucky.
5. You are incarcerated in jail and have been charged but not convicted of a crime.
The deadline for applying for a paper absentee ballot is 7 days before an election. You may apply for a paper absentee ballot due to a medical emergency up to the day of the election. You may request an application in person, by mail, by phone, or by fax.
If you are going to be out of the county on election day and you do not qualify for a paper absentee ballot, you may vote in the County Clerk's office the 21 business days preceding the election.
Mary Kitts (Fayette County)
Voter Registration Manager
OBAMA RECEIVES ENDORSEMENT FROM COLIN POWEL
This morning 10/19/08, on "Meet The Press". Citing the calmness and the "steady hand" of Barack Obama during our current financial crisis. His decision was also shaped by the increasingly negative campaign being run by McCain, citing his erratic behavior and the continued references to Bill Ayers and his choice of an unqualified running mate.
Poll: Obama ahead in critical counties
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FactChecking Debate No. 2
There is was too much to list here so follow the link below to read the results at factcheck.org
Poll: Obama Gains in States That Went for Bush
By MICHAEL SCHERER / WASHINGTON Tuesday, Oct. 07, 2008
On the eve of the penultimate presidential debate, a new TIME/CNN poll shows John McCain still struggling in states won by George W. Bush in 2004, a sign that last week's vice-presidential debate had little effect on voter opinion. In North Carolina, which Bush won by more than 12 percentage points in both 2000 and 2004, McCain and Obama are locked in a dead heat, with each candidate garnering the support of 49% of likely voters. In Indiana, which Bush won by 21 points in 2004 and 16 points in 2000, McCain maintains a slight 5-point lead over Obama, with 51% of likely voters, compared with Obama's 46%.
The 2nd Presidential Debate
Moderated by Tom Brokaw
Tonight 10/6 at 9p EST LIVE
on almost every damn channel
It’s NOT the racial issues, stupid
By JOSH KRAUSHAAR | 10/6/08 8:15 PM EDT
Never mind polls. Pennsylvania state Sen. Lisa M. Boscola does not need numbers to understand the meaning of the voices she hears while knocking on doors in her Lehigh Valley district.
“I’m hearing, ‘Oh, you know, he’s just not ready.’ I don’t know whether some of that has to do with his color. I think some of it does,” said Boscola, a veteran Democrat from Northampton County in the Lehigh Valley. “They say that they don’t trust him, and I don’t get it. What is it about him that’s bothering them? ... It has to be [about his race], because they’re trying to find an excuse.”
“I’m hearing, ‘Oh, you know, he’s just not ready.’ I don’t know whether some of that has to do with his color. I think some of it does,” said Boscola, a veteran Democrat from Northampton County in the Lehigh Valley. “They say that they don’t trust him, and I don’t get it. What is it about him that’s bothering them? ... It has to be [about his race], because they’re trying to find an excuse.”
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