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Voting is crucial to a robust democracy—not just on the presidential level, but on the congressional, state, and local level as well. On the local level especially, off-cycle election days exacerbate already low participation rates. As such, all possible efforts should be made to move elections for local officials—such as members of city councils and school boards—to the federally-recognized election day. It is in the best interest of both the country and the citizen to obviate as many impediments to democratic participation as possible...
Dozens of protestors from local environmental and political activist groups lined up in front of the Bank of America in Harvard Square yesterday to protest the company’s purportedly risky investment practices that threaten financial and environmental stability. The public rally, during which participants chanted slogans such as “Money for jobs and education, not for wars and corporations,” attracted a gathering of students, musicians and other impassioned demonstrators. The protest—spearheaded by Rising Tide Boston, a local climate activism group, and Rainforest Action Network, a national organization?...
...solution in which Tibet self-governance and a stable Chinese society go hand-in-hand. Gyari carefully distinguished self-governance from independence, a goal that the Dalai Lama’s ‘Middle-Way’ policy has never supported. Attendees included several members of the local Tibetan communities, some of whom questioned how executive power will be divided between the Chinese government and the Dalai Lama once an accord is reached. “Obviously we see Beijing as the central government,” Gyari assured, explaining that as the result of an agreement the government...
...winning the general election, as that jockeying indicates, will be unaffiliated voters and third-party voting lines on the ballot; the latest reliable poll, sponsored by a local television station and released Sept. 26, put Lee ahead of Kryzan 48-37, with 8% saying they would vote for other candidates and 7% undecided. The district has traditionally leaned Republican, with about 180,000 registered Republicans compared to about 140,000 Democrats, but it also includes more than 90,000 independents, along with nearly 30,000 registered third-party voters. In the 2006 election, incumbent Reynolds won with just...
...neophytes. Still, the primary battle hasn't made it easy for Kryzan to consolidate Democratic support. Neither of her former Democratic opponents has endorsed her, and one remains on the ballot as the Working Families Party candidate. The party has signaled that it intends to endorse Kryzan, but the local Republican party structure is challenging the constitutionality of changing the name on the ballot...