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Surrounded by campaign staffers sporting colorful costumes, a recent Harvard graduate running for state representative held an event in Harvard Square on Sunday to round up more supporters before tomorrow’s voter registration deadline...
Johnson said this is part of a larger problem in state politics, as more than 70 percent of Massachusetts elections were uncontested in 2002. One of her main campaign issues is public funding of elections, which she said would increase the number of contested races and generate more voter interest...
This year, 2,792 students logged onto the council’s website to vote, more than ever before. And while any increase in voter turnout is decidedly good, we must assure ourselves a fair election—one of enterprise rather than endorsement...
Independently, The Harvard Vote or Die campaign seems harmless. Their mission—aiding candidates who (they felt) better represented the student body—is a noble one, as is increasing voter turnout. And when six of the nine students endorsed by Vote or Die were elected, contributing to the nearly 50% representation of campus minorities on the council, it seemed the campaign had done some measure of good. Yet it also creates a political system based on group interest rather than on individual issues...
Opponents argue that the measure will do nothing to stop illegal immigration, that there has never been a problem with alien-voter fraud and that checking for illegals applying for benefits is too cumbersome and costly. Still, a recent poll showed that Arizona voters favor the measure 63% to 23%. Prop 200, says Democratic state chairman Jim Peterson, is "an assault on basic human rights that plays to the fears of Arizonans...