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...perennial problem with our student government is student disinterest. Voter turnout for the presidential election is less than 50 percent. Each year the council wonders how to increase the tie between the undergraduates the governing body that "represents" them. Perhaps a regular corner in The Crimson? Maybe each member should hold office hours? A newsletter published on the web? All these suggestions to no avail. The majority of students remain blissfully ignorant of what exactly the council does...
Four other states--New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Kentucky--are considering halting executions, while Oregon opponents are seeking a voter referendum this November to abolish them...
...much harder sell," says Baumohl. They have to convince the electorate that they will personally benefit if the government manages to sock away a few bucks for a rainy day. Though the Democratic approach has played well in recent polls, it has yet to face the test of the voter in the polling booth...
...Tony Coehlo, campaign manager for Vice President Al Gore '69, were trying to map the mind of a typical attentive voter as decision-time approaches, that voter might suggest that he keep Gore away from a dishonesty of syntax. What? That's right, syntax. Policy positions and leadership ability are obviously crucial to our voting decisions, but how a candidate answers a question or avoids it, the words he uses when he backs away from a former position or assumes a new one, can and should be in our minds when we go to the ballot...
Both the feisty McCain and frank Bradley have passionately committed to continue campaigning until the end. This will inject spirit into a traditionally uncompetitive and uninspiring primary process. A heated and close race will lead to a more informed and politically active citizenry, as illustrated by the particularly high voter turnout in New Hampshire...