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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Sounds like you might have a hard time getting on the ballot in some states? Of course... One of the missions of this campaign is to highlight these obstructions, these harassments of petitioners, the arbitrary disqualification of thousands of signatures unlawfully by partisan judges. The small-candidate situation in this country is similar to what minority voting rights 50-60 years ago had to face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nader Spoils for a Fight | 2/26/2008 | See Source »

...been reauthorized since 1998, a delay that Massachusetts Congressman John F. Tierney—a major proponent of the bill through his work on the Education and Labor Committee—attributed to partisan politics...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bush Criticizes Updated Higher Ed Bill | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

Science Debate 2008, chaired by Republican representative Vern J. Ehlers from Michigan and Democrat representative Rush Holt from New Jersey, promotes itself as a non-partisan initiative...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Profs Call for Science Debate | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...voted Democratic, and 9,181,297 voted Republican. And more good news: both Obama and Clinton are very good candidates who hold similar positions on most issues, moderates who intend to reach out to Republicans after they are elected - although, given Clinton's undeserved reputation as a partisan operative, that may be a tougher sell for her than for Obama. But this is not a struggle for the ideological soul of the party. It may, however, be a struggle for the party's demographic soul - older voters vs. younger, information-age workers vs. industrial and service workers, wine vs. beer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inspiration vs. Substance | 2/7/2008 | See Source »

...Decide" - reflect its mission to break down the positions of each candidate on issues from Iraq to immigration. Created by Harvard student Will Ruben, the site is still largely managed by the school's undergrads and touts the fact that its writers have all taken a "non-partisan oath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Online Resource Guide For Young Voters | 1/31/2008 | See Source »

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