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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:56 PM
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YES!!!!! This was just posted in LBN
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ClassWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-04-05 11:57 PM
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1. You beat me to it. GREAT news - go Howard!!
NGU.


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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 12:07 AM
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2. Fantastic news, and indicates he's doing another end run
around the DLC. I think those old maids in pants were delighted with the election theft, since they could all go back to fattening their portfolios.
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Bill Bored Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 12:09 AM
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3. Thanks for the post and WTF have they been waiting for?
There are some knowledgeable people on this team. Even some who actually know about computers. Imagine that.

So what took them so long?
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 12:11 AM
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4. Said they've been on it since January.
11/4 might have been better, but I'll take this news.

This is off the radar. Notice the Friday press release.

Nice and cool.
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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 12:14 AM
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5. Also on the site, Democrats Call on President Bush to Fully Support
Edited on Sat Mar-05-05 12:16 AM by johnaries
Election Reform.
http://www.democrats.org/news/200503040004.html
KOEB, can some of you send this to Keef and get some coverage on it?

EDIT: this one also has a petition we all need to sign.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 12:18 AM
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6. Democrats Call on President Bush to Fully Support Election Reform
http://www.democrats.org/news/200503040004.html

Mar 4, 2005

Washington, D.C. – In 2004, hundreds of thousands of people had problems voting or couldn’t vote at all. In some neighborhoods, there weren’t enough voting machines; in other areas the machines malfunctioned. Forty years after Congress reaffirmed the right of every eligible citizen to vote, this is unacceptable. Forty years later, some barriers remain.

Next week marks the 40th Anniversary of the March on Selma, the event that helped finalize the passage of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the Voting Rights Act removed barriers that systematically kept African Americans and other minorities away from the polls.

Joining other Democrats and Civil Rights leaders, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) called on Republicans in Washington to fully support reforming the nation’s election system.

"I call on President Bush and all Republicans to stand up for real election reform so that the problems of 2004 do not happen again," said DNC Chairman Governor Howard Dean.

The DNC is committed to ensuring that every eligible citizen has the right to vote and to vigorously working for the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. The DNC has posted a petition urging people to call on President Bush to publicly stand up for real election reform. In addition, the DNC formed the Ohio Election Task force which is looking into election irregularities in Ohio in 2004.

Here's the petition.

http://www.democrats.org/action/200503040001.html?psc=press
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Ellipsis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 12:45 AM
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7. Awesome! Fresh, new wind in the sails. Yes!
Edited on Sat Mar-05-05 12:45 AM by btmlndfrmr
Thanks, for the news Johnaries. What a great cap to the week.

Go Howard!

Go team!
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kster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 12:59 AM
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8. Great news
Neocons got so much coming at them,investigations,lawsuits,most importantly, the DU chiping away at the core of the problem getting rid of secret vote counting machines. Go-Go-Go Bases are loaded.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 01:14 AM
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9. .
:)
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feelthebreeze Donating Member (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-05-05 11:43 PM
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10. kick
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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-07-05 09:17 PM
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11. SIGN THE PETITION - shameless self-serving kick for those who
missed it this weekend. But we really do NEED to sign this petition!
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