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Less than a week after George Bush stopped briefly in Panama to herald "the rising tide of democracy across the Americas," the House of Representatives approved a plan sponsored by Democrats to simplify voter registration across the nation -- just in time for the fall election. The so-called motor-voter bill would require states to make it possible to register by mail, at a variety of public buildings and bureaus, and when applying for a driver's permit. But the 268-to-153 vote fell well short of the two-thirds majority needed to override an all but certain presidential...
Bush says he opposes the measure, which would supersede a patchwork of similar laws already on the books in 30 states, because he believes its looser registration requirements would lead to voter fraud. Less advertised but no less important is the White House's reluctance to boost voter turnout in a year when outsider Ross Perot has scrambled the Electoral College math and the throw-the-bums-out mood has reached epidemic proportion...
...Towa "Towa" Tei produce exuberant mixes that slam along at up to 130 beats a minute, and singer Lady Kier Kirby handles the vocals with a newly polished self-assurance. This time out, the trio has added some substance to its style with politically correct lyrics on safe sex, voter registration and the environment. The deee-lightful result: good message, great dance beat...
...also collaborated with the League of Women Voters on a user-friendly guide to voter registration in all 50 states, which will be distributed at events sponsored by the channel between now and November. In August MTV will air a weekend-long telethon, soliciting registrations instead of money. Viewers will be invited to phone in and speak to celebrities about where they can sign up to vote. "Kids emulate rock stars in everything else," says Soren, "so why not in this...
...George Wallace, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. But the sentiments that fuel the surge for Perot ("Take our country back") are perhaps best understood as a 20th century manifestation of Jacksonian Democracy, the anti-Establishment revolt that captured the country's imagination in the 1820s, the very first voter rejection of the Washington Beltway...