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...project, a new Web site called Imagine Election, allows Massachusetts residents to find personalized information about their local candidates by typing in their home address.The site is aimed particularly at students, who often go out of state for school, and may therefore be less prepared when asked to vote on candidates from their home state.“A lot of people have told me when they vote and don’t know the names that it’s kind of an uncomfortable feeling,” said Nemeth, who is a second-year MBA student...
...question from the 2000 elections that sought to ban dog racing in the state. That initiative failed by a 51 to 49 percent margin. A poll of likely voters conducted last week by Rasmussen Reports, a public opinion polling firm, indicated that 50 percent of Massachusetts voters intend to vote yes on the question, while 37 percent are opposed. If the question passes, the ban on dog racing would go into effect in 2010. Greyhound racing has been a legalized industry in Massachusetts for over 70 years, but its popularity has declined substantially in recent decades. Only two tracks...
...ruling struck down a 2000 statewide vote that had made gay marriage illegal (but not unconstitutional), and touched off a backlash among California conservatives. They put more than a million signatures together to force a Nov. 4 vote that, if successful, would undo the high court's ruling on gay marriage and stop what has been a stampede by gay and lesbian couples to Golden State courthouses...
...attempt to protect gay marriage's sole Election Day success story. They've been involved in California too, though Wilfore says things there could go either way, in part because it's unclear what impact Senator Barack Obama's popularity in the state will have on the gay-marriage vote. Blacks and Hispanics, she says, are likely to vote with conservatives on gay marriage, but young people of all backgrounds tend to vote the other way. Which group will prove dominant is anyone's guess, she says, but it could determine the outcome of the Prop. 8 vote...
...everyone has such patience. San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, whose office has officiated over marriage ceremonies for thousands of gays since the California Supreme Court decision, told TIME recently that he thinks the outcome of the marriage vote will impact far more than just who can marry and who can't. "We're going to have a chance to find out whether America, and California, is ready for the change embodied in Barack Obama's campaign," said Newsom. "Or does it simply stop with him?" The country will know soon enough...