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...Cheryl Long, aide to Kentucky state representative DAVID OSBORNE, mistakenly sending a constituent comments she meant to forward to her boss concerning the voter's push for Osborne to support gay rights: "Seriously, these people really can get out of hand! ... This particular group is much worse than pro-lifers! If you reply to Ms. Amanda, make sure you delete my e-mail...
...York native and graduate of Brandeis, Gordon writes in one campaign pamphlet that he “was born an idealist, and his ideas led him to become an activist.” His campaign platform includes calls for citywide wireless internet, expanded voter rights for 17-year-olds and immigrants, and greater transparency in city governance...
...with the Undergraduate Council (UC) last year to write a referendum proposing an optional $10 fee to the term-bill to cover the College’s costs of purchasing green power. Miller said the referendum passed by more than 80 percent and had a “higher voter turn-out than any UC election in history.” But Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 vetoed the referendum because he worried that other groups would also want to add optional term bill fees. Instead, the University responded in March with...
...when a 26-year-old MIT graduate shocked Cambridge’s political establishment by nearly nabbing a seat on the City Council—almost entirely on the basis of student votes. Matt DeBergalis, a software engineer, canvassed dorms and dining halls at Harvard and MIT, spearheading a voter-registration drive and capturing the attention of a notoriously aloof constituency. When the dust settled, DeBergalis had come within 137 votes of election, finishing just behind the nine incumbent councillors. Students had played a larger role in the race than anyone would have expected...
...Such an effort shaped DeBergalis’s campaign two years ago—and probably accounted for his unforeseen success. In targeting the student constituency, DeBergalis reawakened a dormant voter bloc that had been ignored altogether in previous elections...