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Reaching out to new voters without the Web will be a challenge. Politicians' personal web sites, which have risen in number over the past few months as campaigns have become more Internet savvy, can be accessed - but not updated - during the campaign period. Opposition pols and campaign advisers argue that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Twitter-Free Election Campaign | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

That kind of grassroots campaigning might be a candidates' best shot during this election. For now, a change in the law is not on the docket. Hitoshi Miura, a Tokyo-based political PR strategist, says it might even change after the election. "Sure it's a problem now," he says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan's Twitter-Free Election Campaign | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

The election campaign in Germany took an ugly turn last week when the country's far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) threatened a black member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party. Angolan-born Zeca Schall, who has German citizenship, was featured on CDU campaign posters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: German Election Campaign Takes a Racist Turn | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

In its defense, the NPD says on its website that it's reacting out of concern for German workers: "Angola needs Schall, and there are 100,000 Germans who need Schall's job in Thuringia." But many see the party's outright attacks on Schall as a sinister sign that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: German Election Campaign Takes a Racist Turn | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

According to some opinion polls, the NPD has around 4% of the vote in Thuringia, just below the 5% needed to get into parliament. With less than two weeks to go, the party could still pull in enough votes. In a 2004 regional election in the eastern state of Saxony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: German Election Campaign Takes a Racist Turn | 8/18/2009 | See Source »

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