Word: balloters
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...This is the time and the place for us to get involved. That starts with voting, but as Harvard students on a campus bustling with political interest and activity, our influence must not be limited to a single ballot every other November. There are political groups on campus for nearly every issue and ideological affiliation. At any given moment, there are dozens of real policy makers at our fingertips. We as Harvard students are uniquely situated to make our voices heard in the political realm both on campus and off. All of us—whether...
...this for a November surprise? On Election Day, the millions of dollars poured into campaigns in states such as Ohio and Missouri may pale in value compared to the power of a simple buck. That's about the amount by which the minimum wage would increase under ballot initiatives in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada and Ohio. And as support for the initiatives hovers at around 70%, according to polls in those states, analysts expect widespread backing for the measures to help drive voter turnout on behalf of progressive candidates...
...Given the popularity of the minimum wage proposals, opponents have been trying out novel strategies. In Ohio the latest tack has been to argue that the the fine print in the state's ballot initiative represents a threat to employer and employee privacy. A group called Ohioans to Protect Personal Privacy (OTPPP) has placed ads to that effect, urging voters to reject the initiative because they claim it would enable nearly anyone to access employees' job records without their permission. But Peter P. Swire, a law professor at the Ohio State University and former Chief Counselor for Privacy...
...over the last two days, polls from the Washington Post/ABC News, the Pew Research Center and Gallup, all have shown a Democratic advantage on the so-called generic ballot - asking voters whether they will pick the Democratic or Republican congressional candidate in their district - narrowing. Democratic leads in key Senate races in Rhode Island and Montana have disappeared, leaving party strategists less optimistic about their chances of winning the Senate. Aside from expected seat pickups in Ohio and Pennsylvania, "everything else is questionable," said one party strategist working on Senate races, with races in Missouri, Montana, Rhode Island, Tennessee...
...become a test of the two parties Get Out The Vote operations, with the G.O.P. pouring volunteers into neighborhoods and drawing on the party's vaunted voter list, while the Dems scramble to mobilize urban voters in St. Louis and Kansas City. Democrats have to hope that two ballot initiatives - one for increasing the minimum wage, and another supporting stem cell research - will make up for the admitted advantage Republicans hold in targeting likely voters. Virtually every poll for the last six months has put the race in a dead heat, and in 2002, Talent...