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...move had a domino effect on Born's chances. Before the meeting, Braude told Reeves he would support him if Born was not elected mayor on the first ballot...
...only agreed to vote for me for one ballot," Reeves says. "It was not clear where he was headed...
Before the meeting, Davis and Braude told Galluccio that he would have their vote if Born failed to be elected in the first ballot...
...Hampshire, he was able to score defections of major Bush supporters in California and New York, the two largest states, delegate-wise, to vote March 7. Even more impressive was his successful campaign to trump New York's convoluted nomination system and get himself on the ballot in all 31 of the state's voting districts. But then came the Bush landslide in South Carolina Saturday, which gave him nearly five times as many delegates as McCain to that point and left just three days for the Arizona senator to reclaim some momentum before Michigan. Now with his wins...
...long run, however, online voting might make little difference. Since the 1960s, the government has made numerous attempts to energize nonvoters by making it easier for them to get to the polls, extending voting hours, lowering the voting age and introducing absentee balloting and "motor voter" statutes that automatically register people when they get a driver's license. Still, voter turnout has declined steadily. Political scientists believe the underlying cause is apathy and disgust with politics, not the inconvenience of voting. Putting a ballot on the Internet might even further depress turnout by cheapening one of the hallowed rituals...