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...Anticipating problems, both parties have been getting an early jump by filing lawsuits. If a particular voter?s name doesn?t show up in the rolls on Election Day, HAVA requires states to offer provisional ballots. The ballots will be counted if officials confirm the person is a registered voter afterward. But Republican election officials in several states are mandating that provisional ballots can only be counted if they are cast in the voter?s correct precinct. Democrats are suing, claiming that discriminates against the poor and minority voters, who tend to change addresses more often. A judge in Ohio...
...Geraghty wrote in the National Review that a manicure “just says so much about Kerry,” and called it the “single act” that “would confirm every negative perception about him among the voters.” (One presumes that only if Senator Kerry shared his personal rendition of “La Marseillaise” would the American people be more sharply offended...
...time, but in convenience and money. No more will the failure to reach the old ladies who collect the cards by their deadline result in heartbreak and monetary loss—the tide of technology is doubtless indifferent to whether one clicks “confirm selection” at 4:59 or 5:01. The add/drop system, too, can be made free not just metaphysically, but also in that it will cost zero dollars to enact necessary changes to one’s course schedule. All these changes are great improvements...
...free tickets so long as they were available from the athletics department, Spectacle of Soul moved away from handing out tickets at off-site events in the hopes of luring targeted groups to Allston. Instead, Byrd said, relevant parties were notified of tickets’ availability and asked to confirm, before picking up passes at Harvard Stadium...
When long-time liberal activist and author Paul Rogat Loeb faced an audience of the Cambridge Forum at First Parish Church Monday night, its meagerness appeared to confirm one of his primary concerns: When citizens feel politically powerless, apathy is tempting...