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...Newly released voter registration figures from Michigan—one of the few states that categorizes voter registration by age group—show that almost 100,000 18- to 24-year olds have registered to vote. Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) further reports that political activity is flourishing on college campuses, with political speakers and voter registration drives occurring at nearly every school nationwide. Considering the lackluster voter turnout by youth in 1996 and 2000, the signs that burgeoning numbers of young Americans plan to hit the polls comes not a moment too soon...
...Last week, Leung, 48, kicked open a very stout door when voters elected him to the territory's Legislative Council, or Legco. The closely watched Legco race, in which the big issue was whether China should allow Hong Kong greater democratic freedoms (such as directly electing its leader), concluded with mixed results. Voter turnout was 55.6%, a record high, and the pro-democracy camp picked up three additional seats and 58% of the popular vote. But given the peculiar way in which Legco is constituted?with some seats reserved for professional groups?the democrats' success did not translate into...
...Even more telling than Cheney?s remark however, was the reaction of the Democratic campaign. John Edwards indignantly accused Bush and Cheney of politicizing 9/11, but that was about it. While that may be true, it?s not going to convince one voter that Kerry and Edwards could keep America safer. Kerry has to have a stronger response. It?s not like this is the first time a campaign has accused its opponent of being unsound on national security. Lyndon Johnson?s campaign pulled its controversial ?Daisy? ad, which implied Barry Goldwater would lead the nation straight into nuclear...
...lost. When Just Democracy volunteers fan out on November 2nd, they will be working with election officials to preserve the integrity of the voting process. Just Democracy volunteers will operate under a non-partisan banner because Americans of all political stripes must support the premise that an eligible voter acting within the law has the right to cast a ballot. And finally Just Democracy volunteers will be demonstrating that this generation cares about protecting the rights for which previous generations of Americans have worked so hard...
Duffy says the extent to which the company has entered into politics is in urging people to vote by providing voter-registration applications at its retail stores. "I think everyone should vote," he says, "which is not a controversial thing." In fact, it's a cause so universally supported that it has been taken up on T shirts created by Sean Combs, Russell Simmons and Donna Karan, among many others. After all, it's not the act of voting to which people are likely to object, but whom you're voting...