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...become an election-year tradition. Every four years state governments hold their presidential primaries earlier and earlier, trying to ensure that their voters get to influence the race before most candidates drop out. Next year six states are planning to hold primaries a week after New Hampshire's. And four weeks later the nomination will probably be all but locked up. But the front-loading of the primary season is having an unintended effect. Some states, frustrated at not having any influence on the nomination and trying to save money, are dropping out. Three states--Colorado, Utah and Kansas--have...
...best ideas I’ve heard so far came from Mike Clough, a foreign policy expert I met at the Berkman Center. The idea is to somehow give a weblog to any New Hampshire voter who wants one, and then, much as I’m helping people at Harvard get started, to help the citizens of New Hampshire get started...
Jonathan S. Chavez ’05, the newly-elected chair of the community action committee, said that his goals are to increase voter turnout and registration on campus, to bring the program national, and to “consolidate advocacy on campus without having the IOP become an advocacy group...
...very excited [about being president]—also about the strength of the board,” Okunseinde says. “And I’m also very excited about the voter turnout and the number of candidates...
...ensure fair and free access to voting, Massachusetts and all states must find civic buildings to replace churches as voting places. In the interim, Massachusetts’ towns should consider bolstering its absentee ballot system that has increased voter participation in many Midwestern states. Until voting can take place at locations where all citizens feel comfortable, the democracy that we so value will remain tainted...