99 posts tagged “elections”

A huge compilation of videos of people from different places across the nation dancing in the streets after Obama became President-elect.

Chicago, IL

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Hey all,

Want a free Obama sticker to celebrate our victory? It's designed by Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the iconic HOPE poster. And MoveOn's giving them away totally free--even the shipping's free.

I just got mine. Click this link to get your free Obama sticker:

http://pol.moveon.org/shepstickers/?id=-7618036-qeWk7Vx

Thanks!

View a gallery of Barack Obama cartoons featuring the latest editorial and political cartoons about Obama's presidential campaign.

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This race is the closest Senate race in Minnesota history and the closest race anywhere in the country this year. With 2.9 million votes cast, there’s a margin of roughly 400 votes. It’s too close to call, and we don’t know yet who won.Here’s where we are now: Right now, each of Minnesota’s 87 counties are conducting a review of the election..

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Voters dealt what may be a fatal blow to America's longest-running and least-discussed war -- the war on marijuana.
On Tuesday, largely under the radar of the pundits and political chattering classes, voters dealt what may be a fatal blow to America's longest-running and least-discussed war -- the war on marijuana.
Michigan voters made their state the 13th to allow the medical use of marijuana by a whopping 63 percent to 37 percent, the largest margin ever for a medical marijuana initiative. And by 65 percent to 35 percent, Massachusetts voters decriminalized the possession of up to an ounce of marijuana, replacing arrests, legal fees, court appearances, the possibility of jail and a lifelong criminal record with a $100 fine, much like a traffic ticket, that can be paid through the mail.

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Please sign this petition!  If you're having problems voting and feel your voting rights were violated go to The Election Violation Report Site and file a report.  A list of telephone numbers by state is available at NASS's State Voter Hotlines

Sign the online petition at http://www.iacenter.org/stopvotersuppression

Online Petition Text:

 

To: President Bush, Senator McCain, Governor Palin, Attorney General Mukasey, Governors of Key States, Congressional and Republican Party leaders and members of the media

 

In the days leading up to a historic election, there has been a massive, illegal attempt to suppress votes, particularly among the poor, communities of color, and students.

 

These tactics include:

 

--In Ohio, the Republicans attempted to illegally challenge the registrations of 200,000 new voters.

 

--Voters, like in West Virginia counties, have reported that electronic voting machines visibly changed their vote to John McCain when they tried to cast their vote for Barack Obama.

 

--Students in Colorado, Virginia, and South Carolina were told that they would lose their scholarships and that their parents could no longer claim them as dependents on their tax returns if the students voted in their college towns.

 

--In Georgia more than 50,000 voters were improperly purged from the voting rolls, a clear violation of federal laws that prohibit massive purging within 90 days of an election. Approximately 4,500 of them have been wrongly identified as “non-citizens”.

 

--In Indiana, Republican officials filed a lawsuit to close down early voting sites in three key Indiana cities—Hammond, Gary and East Chicago. Indiana’s population is only eight percent Black, but Black voters are heavily concentrated in the three cities targeted by the lawsuit.

 

--In Florida, Ohio, Nevada, Virginia and Wisconsin, right wingers are using the Jim-Crow practice of 'caging,' where they send out mass mailings to low-income neighborhoods.  If the letters come back unopened, then those voters are challenged at the polling place.

 

These are just a few of the tactics that have come to light in the recent period which are part of an ongoing pattern of racist disenfranchisement--an illegal campaign to deliberately deprive people of the hard-won right to vote.

 

I demand:

 

•    Stop police intimidation of voters.
•    Keep polls open until everyone has the opportunity to vote.
•    Full emergency staffing of polling places to meet the widely-expected massive turnout.
•    STOP all voter suppression – count all ballots.

Make your voice heard NOW!

Sign the online petition and send a strong, clear message to the White House, Congress, Governors of Key States, and the media.

 

You can sign online at http://www.iacenter.org/stopvotersuppression

My wife and I just voted! Below is a picture of my wife, Kat wearing the fuzzy hat with an Obama/Biden sticker on it (you can't see the sticker too well in this pic but alot of people beeped and waved as we strolled by). There weren't too many people at our polling station yet. But, we voted early. When we asked about the number of voters at our polling place, we were told that they expected heavy voter turnout later in the day.

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Remember today's the big day!!! Get out and VOTE!!!


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Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Question 2 seeks to replace criminal penalties for possession of one ounce or less of marijuana with a new system of civil penalties, to be enforced by issuing citations. The new system would exclude information regarding this civil offense from the state’s criminal record information system (CORI). Offenders age 18 or older would be subject to forfeiture of the marijuana plus a civil penalty of $100. Offenders under the age of 18 would be subject to the same forfeiture and, if they complete a drug awareness program within one year of the offense, the same $100 penalty.

Proponents of Question 2 say changing the penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana would free police up to focus on serious crimes, rather than arresting 7,500 people annually for marijuana possession. Taxpayers would save $30 million a year in arrest costs.

“Question 2 would not increase marijuana use,” said Whitney A. Taylor, campaign manager for the Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy. “Eleven other states have similar laws and have shown no increase in marijuana use.”

Opponents include most law enforcement agencies.

“Marijuana decriminalization is an endorsement of substance abuse and dangerous criminal activity, and sends the wrong message to young people,” said Michael O’Keefe, district attorney for the Cape and Islands, and president of the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association.

Here are 2 former law enforcement officials that are voting YES ON 2;