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...latest polls indicate that Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are running neck and neck in the Massachusetts primary. Unfortunately for those who are not signed up yet, the Commonwealth does not allow residents simultaneously to register and cast their vote on election day. Seven states have implemented some form of 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...
...56—Obama told the crowd of thousands that “ordinary citizens have the capacity to do extraordinary things.” “I’m here to tell you that if you believe we can have change in America, vote here, and right now,” he said. Obama’s victory in the South Carolina primary on Jan. 28, along with an endorsement from Caroline B. Kennedy ’80—who made a surprise appearance at last night’s event—has narrowed Hillary...
...broad legal scope of this issue, it deserves to be said that requiring absentee voters to pay postage on their ballots seems to violate the spirit, if not the letter, of the 24th Amendment. The amendment reads, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other...
...were calling everyone we knew and everyone just dropped everything to be part of the video, it was amazing," said Fred Goldring, who produced the video and is a former chairman of Rock the Vote. "We're still hearing back from folks asking if we'll do another one. This is amazing, it's unlike any other campaign I've ever seen. It's a movement...
...then maybe that was the metaphor right there - no one knew what was going to happen. Like a football play, Republican politics in these final days before Tuesday's vote has been a chaos of flying bodies and last-minute audibles. Romney woke up in Nashville Monday, had lunch in Atlanta, refueled in Oklahoma, and then spoke at dusk in Long Beach, California. He slept on the redeye back to West Virginia, where his schedule called for about three hours in a hotel Tuesday morning before he had to speak again to another cheering crowd. His chief rival and confirmed...