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...latest polls indicate that Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are running neck and neck in the Massachusetts primary. Unfortunately for those who are not signed up yet, the Commonwealth does not allow residents simultaneously to register and cast their vote on election day. Seven states have implemented some form of Election Day Registration (EDR), a policy that permits voters to register when they arrive at the polls. A bill that would allow EDR in Massachusetts is currently being considered in the State Senate. The policy is shown to increase voter turnout, especially among young people. In 2004, almost...
...wars currently under way costing about $12 billion monthly, the gap between the budget presented by the Pentagon and what America will actually spend on the military in 2009 is going to be in the region of $200 billion - as much as the entire U.S. defense budget cast in 1981 - when it includes the $100 billion requested last year that Congress has yet to approve...
...Republicans - Mitt Romney enjoyed a decisive victory Tuesday, capturing some 45% of the vote. Far behind in second place was Mike Huckabee, with just over 20%. Reports indicated that Alaskans fought sizeable crowds and bone-chilling weather Tuesday to cast their votes in the day's caucuses...
...British branch of Democrats Abroad, "we have a serious problem." To anyone unaccustomed to the rowdy caucus tradition, that statement might seem self-evident. "It's chaos," says Barbara Lewis, a 64-year-old American who has lived abroad for 37 years and, until tonight, had never cast a vote. Like the hundreds of U.S. citizens still queuing to enter the building and the hundreds more already inside, Lewis has been lured by the chance to participate in the Democrats' first-ever Global Primary, a rolling eight-day event that kicked off on Super Tuesday and is designed to allow...
...problem is that no one questions why we tend to prefer white actors. For example, it is generally presumed that the major roles of Jonathan and Rosalie in “Oh Dad, Poor Dad” will be cast as white. Many people may believe that the only plays worth producing are written for white actors, but this line of thought leaves little room for actors of other ethnicities to find roles that are not a stereotype of their ethnic appearance and/or not minor roles. Furthermore, this line of thought does not justify why white actors were cast...