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...Election Day Registration (EDR), a policy that permits voters to register when they arrive at the polls. A bill that would allow EDR in Massachusetts is currently being considered in the State Senate. The policy is shown to increase voter turnout, especially among young people. In 2004, almost 59 percent of voters ages 18 to 24 cast a ballot in EDR states, while only 41 percent of their peers in non-EDR states did, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. State Senator Edward M. Augustus, a Democrat from Worcester and one of the sponsors of the EDR bill, noted that...
...lowest unemployment rates in the developed world. The Department of Labor estimates that a mere five percent of the American population was without employment in December 2007. Contrary to what most Republicans would have you believe, Mexican workers and other migrants don’t really compete for jobs with the five percent of America that is unemployed. They generally take unskilled and underpaid positions that other local workers don’t want. Romney knows this, but he denies it in the interest of electoral victory...
...wait in line. Young people and students made up a significant portion of the crowd. MBTA worker and former Everett City Councillor Michael J. Mangan, who watched attendees stream out of the World Trade Center T stop, estimated that “more than 50 percent [were] probably in that 18 to 25 age range.” Massachusetts has unexpectedly become a battleground state, and with that status have come several high-profile candidate visits. Clinton visited Clark University in Worcester for a “Solutions for America” rally yesterday morning, and then held a town...
...team seems to be humming right along once again.The Crimson got a wakeup call in a home loss to Dartmouth in the Ivy opener, but since then has reeled off three impressive league wins. In its most recent triumph Saturday night, Harvard (11-8, 3-1 Ivy) shot 55.3 percent in the first half to storm to an 18-point lead at the break, then coasted in the second frame to an easy 82-64 victory over Princeton (4-15, 1-2 Ivy). A night after pulling off a nail-biter against an upset-minded Penn squad, the Crimson...
...becoming Russia's satellite. Even Tadic, addressing the crowd from the balcony of his party headquarters in downtown Belgrade, conceded that it was a close call. "There's no time for a big celebration party," he said. "Much needs to be done." More than 2.1 million people, or 47.7 percent of the electorate, voted for Nikolic, while Tadic got just over 2.2 million votes, or close to 50.7 percent. President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso declared the result "a victory for democracy in Serbia and for the European values we share...