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...example of the chicanery, text messages were sent to students at Florida State University in Tallahassee saying, "Due to long lines today, all Obama voters are asked to vote on Wednesday," according to Heather Smith of the nonpartisan group Rock the Vote. Greenbaum echoed Smith's concern, saying such deception "has been a frequent refrain...
There were also disturbing reports of partisan attempts to suppress voter turnout. Officials at Election Protection said messages were broadcast via robo-calls, text messages and Facebook to discourage young, first-time and minority voters. The tactics, the officials said, seemed suspiciously similar across more than a dozen states. "We're surprised at how ubiquitous it's become, and how sophisticated it's become," Greenbaum said, though he said he didn't have any evidence of coordination behind the various communications...
...cemetery walk was planned as part of our study of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin—one text of several we have read that takes an interest in the boundary between life and death,” New said. “The demise of Calvinism and the rise of Unitarianism and how it made places like Mt. Auburn possible...
...Obama’s campaign collected millions of cell phone numbers this summer, promising to send supporters a text-message announcement of its vice-presidential pick. Now those numbers can be used to push supporters to vote...
...Every student I know who is working on the Obama campaign or supporting Obama is going to get several text messages the day of the election telling them to vote,” said McCarthy, the Kennedy School lecturer, who also advises the Obama campaign...