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...issue is not the horse race," McGovern said. "It's the arms race versus the human race. So when you get into that voting booth March 13th, don't horse around...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn, | Title: Hart Wallops Mondale Again in Maine | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

...sponsored by Harvard and ABC News. "It is almost impossible to figure out how, in a convenient way, to become registered," he said. Carter's lament is borne out by the proliferation of rules and regulations in some states that make it downright difficult to get to the voting booth. Despite the provisions of the Voting Rights Act, which was designed to eliminate discriminatory registration rules, many states continue to prohibit postcard and door-to-door registration--a move which disproportionately affects poor and minority voters. Some states still require voters to register and both municipal and county seats...

Author: By Laura E. Gomez, | Title: Preaching to the Unconverted | 2/28/1984 | See Source »

...convention-like atmosphere, inquisitive yet purposeful students wandered from booth to booth finding registration information from nearly all 50 states...

Author: By Rebeccx W. Carman, | Title: Student Voters Crowd IOP For Registration Extravaganza | 2/8/1984 | See Source »

...million football stadium in Odessa, Texas, rises Mecca-like above the flatlands. It has seating for 19,032 people, parking for 4,756 cars, and boasts a press box and a booth for coaches. The playing field, 18 ft. below ground level, is topped with AstroTurf. This stadium was not designed for the Cowboys or the Oilers. It is for two high school teams: the Permian Panthers and their crosstown rivals, the Odessa Bronchos. The head coach at Permian earns $43,000 a year, a whole lot more than the average Permian teacher's salary of about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Blowing the Whistle on Johnny | 1/30/1984 | See Source »

...both Democrats and Republicans eyeing it with increasing interest, the former with growing glee and the latter with growing discomfort? Why, after 63 years of women's suffrage, should the fact of being a female voter(or a male one for that matter) color a choice in the voting booth...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Gender Gaps | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

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