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...tenth of the students in a council district must sign a petition in order to initiate a recall election. Then, a two-thirds majority must vote to actually remove the representative. If the turnout in this recall election is less than the turnout in the last general election, nothing happens...
Both Mahan and Blickstead said they were pleased with the turnout at last night’s rally, which was capped by cheers of “M&M” for Mike and Matt...
...Democrats, Bush is also their not-so-secret strategy for mobilizing the faithful. Among them, it helped--not hurt--that Street was under investigation by Bush's Justice Department. "We did the registration; the FBI and the Justice Department took care of the turnout," Rosenthal jokes. Thanks to Bush, he adds, "the liberal side is as organized as it's ever been at this stage of the game. Bush is Bill Clinton...
...guess is that Bush will remain above the fray. The issue is too raw--and his Vice President has taken the same position as most Democrats have. But Bush will benefit nonetheless from the anguish and agitation on the religious right, which will use the ruling to invigorate turnout among Christian conservatives...
...Boston Red Sox and young voters have one thing in common: many people do not take them seriously. Young people have one of the lowest rates of voter turnout because politicians do not take them seriously; politicians do not take them seriously because they vote in such low numbers. This endless cycle goes around and around, but unlike the curse of the Bambino, this curse can be broken. The baseball season is over, the political season has just begun, and young voters are the Wild Card of the 2004 presidential election: will this be the year they turn their reputation...