Word: barres
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dueling press conferences, Fritz Knaak, Coleman's head recount attorney, accused Franken's campaign of employing "Florida-like tactics" by seeking the names of voters whose absentee ballots were rejected. Reporters then rushed to Franken's headquarters a few miles down the road to hear Franken spokesman Andy Barr say the Coleman campaign was once again resorting to "baseless charges and innuendo...
...names of voters whose absentee ballots were rejected. The Franken campaign hopes to submit the ballots to the State Canvassing Board for consideration; it sued after Ramsey County officials asserted that the data was private. Knaak insisted that by suing, the Franken campaign is violating the privacy of voters. Barr in turn argued the Franken campaign simply wants to ensure that every vote is counted. A judge is expected to issue a ruling on Monday. The Franken campaign believes these ballots, part of an unprecedently large number of absentee ballots inspired by the campaign of Barack Obama, may hold...
...BARR = new NADER...
...self-congratulatory vanity project. The documentary centers on the “Slacker Uprising,” Moore’s 2004 tour of college campuses in which he encouraged unregistered voters in battleground states to cast a ballot. With a host of celebrity friends, including R.E.M., Roseanne Barr, and Viggo Mortensen, Moore distributed ramen noodles and clean underwear to consistent nonvoters in the hopes that their support would sway the election against incumbent George W. Bush. The narrative of the film begins straightforwardly. The opening scenes recount the effects of the “Swift Boat” attacks...
...with more than 400,000 new voters on the rolls. If the campaign can register enough new voters in the Peach State - and it has already registered more than 300,000 in Georgia - then it believes that the state could still be in play, since former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr's libertarian candidacy could steal some of the Republican vote. Bill Clinton won Georgia in 1992 after Ross Perot drew a significant number of votes from George H.W. Bush. But for Obama to pull off a similar coup, he would need an increase in Democratic voters of at least...