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...Kafkaesque procedures like those in Mississippi—where people must actually call in to request a request form for an absentee ballot—that convince me that unforgiving voting laws are greater culprits in low youth turnout than political disinterest. In a recent IOP Survey, conducted last spring, 72 percent of surveyed college students said they would be voting in the general election, a 10-point increase relative to 2000. Meanwhile, ask a college student how he can vote absentee: According to the 2003 Survey, one in three students will tell you he has no idea...
...your registration forms. It’s your duty to make sure you’re not falling through the cracks, and to let your local officials know that you care about those people who do. If I was an American citizen, I’d register soon and vote in November just to prove that point...
...allegation was part of a broader line of attack that Palin, who opposes abortion in all cases including rape and incest, used to paint Obama as the real extremist on the issue of abortion. "A vote for Barack Obama is a vote for activist courts that will continue to smother the open and democratic debate we need on this issue, at both the state and federal level. A vote for Barack Obama would give the ultimate power over the issue of life to a politician who has never once done anything to protect the unborn...
...Nonetheless, McCain has argued on the campaign trail that Obama should still be condemned for his state votes, in light of the federal vote. "Congress unanimously passed a federal law to require medical care for babies who survive abortions - living, breathing babies whom Senator Obama described as 'previable,' " McCain said in an August radio address. "This merciful law was called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Illinois had a version of the same law, and Obama voted against...
...fresh move McCain made in his Monday speech was to try to add Democratic congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to Obama's team. Given how deeply unpopular Congress is, trying to present himself as a positive vote for divided government makes sense. But why did he wait until he was so close to the finish line to try it? And how will his fellow congressional Republicans running tight races take to being thrown under the bus like that...