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...received because of their altruism and decency. Today Americans are almost universally shunned as imperialists. In three years Bush has destroyed 50 years of hard-earned political, market and moral capital. Philip Leone Maidenhead, England Fighting for Every Last Vote Though the political parties have collected vast amounts of voter information in their secret databases, as your article pointed out [Oct. 18], sometimes they don't realize that a person has died. My mother continues to receive her Republican Party membership card and pleas for donations, even though she died almost two years ago. I returned several pieces of mail...
...demands for the Democrats to meet in order for black votes to be cast for the next Democratic nominee. First, Democrats must push for a new voting rights amendment that guarantees everyone the right to vote, not just protection from its denial. The Republicans have now mastered black voter suppression like Jordan did his jumpshot. If black votes were counted fairly, Bush would probably be somewhere in Texas reading books upside down—in 2000 and 2004. If Democrats really want black votes, it is imperative that they work tirelessly to protect black voters whose rights have been violated...
...preliminary numbers are in, and America’s youth vote has lost again. Despite an historic push by numerous groups, including Rock the Vote and Vote or Die, it seems that more voters ages 18-30 voted than in the last election, yet only in proportion to the increased turnout among the entire electorate. Based on the historic levels of voter registration among the young, we expected more from Generation...
...states have made the process. Students who think they were disenfranchised by an unfair or ill-designed system should ask their state to adopt the simpler, more efficient model of a state like California. A government premised on the rule of the people is made more legitimate by high voter turnout and especially high voter turnout across all slices of America. With a few simple changes, states could strengthen the democratic fiber of America by delivering the legitimacy the even slightly higher turnout would bring...
Though the political parties have collected vast amounts of voter information in their secret databases, as your article pointed out, sometimes they don't realize that a person has died. My mother continues to receive her Republican Party membership card and pleas for donations, even though she died almost two years ago. I returned several pieces of mail and wrote DECEASED across the face of the envelope. I finally sent one back with the message "She's dead. Do you get it?" Still, her mail from the G.O.P. continues to arrive almost weekly. Maybe, since deceased voters have been known...