Election 2008

Protecting The Vote: Live From Main Street Columbus

Voter registration deadlines are just over a week away in many states. Polls open in just over a month. In an election that could well be decided by new voters, voter registration efforts are in overdrive. But signing people up might be the easy part: after that, there's voting. As the last two elections have shown, just showing up at the polls isn't a guarantee of a smooth ride to the ballot box.

Posted in Activism, Election 2008, Voting

Barack Obama and the Framing of the Debate

In the first presidential debate of the general election, polls show that Barack Obama dominated in the discussion of economics. A USA Today/Gallup poll shows that 34% of viewers had more confidence in Obama's economic agenda as a result of the debate, while only 26% said they had less confidence. McCain's results were nearly the opposite, with only 23% having more confidence and 37% having less confidence.

Posted in Politics, Election 2008

Moralism v. Pragmatism in First Debate

I sat down to watch the first presidential debate with one question in my mind: which candidate would tell the most compelling story? Four years ago, pundits Stanley Greenberg and James Carville argued that "a narrative is the key to everything." John Kerry lost because the Republicans "had a much more coherent attack and narrative."

Posted in Economy/Trade, Politics, War/Empire, Election 2008, Iraq

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 29, 2008
1:22 PM

CONTACT: FAIR
Isabel Macdonald, FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting), 212 633 6700 x 310,
imacdonald@fair.org

Election '08: Race, Gender and the Media

NEW YORK - September 29 - Journalists Laura Flanders, Glen Ford and Gary Younge will discuss race, gender and campaign coverage at a panel at NYC's Brecht Forum on October 2nd.

Thursday, October 2nd,
7:30 - 9 pm Brecht Forum,
451 West Street (West Side Highway / between Bank & Bethune Streets),
NYC

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Posted in Politics, Election 2008

Obama's Missed Opportunity

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama missed a number of key opportunities during the presidential foreign policy debate on September 26 to challenge the dangerous and reckless foreign policies of Republican nominee John McCain.

Posted in Politics, Election 2008, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 25, 2008
12:16 PM

CONTACT: ACLU

(212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org

ACLU Asks Court To Allow All Ohio Registered Voters Access To Absentee Ballots

Group Files Lawsuit To Protect Newly Registered Ohioans' Voting Rights

CLEVELAND - September 25 - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit late yesterday challenging an Ohio county that is denying absentee ballots to newly registered voters in violation of directives issued by Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on behalf of the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH), 1Matters, Project Vote and two individual voters.

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Posted in Election 2008, Voting

Election Officials Telling College Students They Can't Vote

WASHINGTON - Colorado Democrats accused a Republican county clerk Wednesday of falsely informing Colorado College that students from outside the state could not register to vote if their parents claimed them as a dependent on their tax returns.

At a news conference in Colorado Springs, Democrats also criticized Robert Balink, the El Paso County clerk and recorder, who was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, for taking other steps they said would dampen voting by college students, who are expected to heavily favor Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.

Posted in Election 2008

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