Election 2008: What’s At Stake?

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McCain Not Fighting For California

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

If you were a campaign’s field director and learned that 18,000 people eager to vote for the first time were gathering in one spot, you’d probably show up with at least a few clipboard-wielding volunteers to register them, right? Yet John McCain’s supporters were nowhere to be found Friday morning as the first of three […]

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Arizona Voter Registration Rules Target Illegal Immigrants, But Strike Elderly and Low Income

June 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

When Arizona citizens supported Proposition 200 (pdf) in 2004, they became the first state in the nation to require proof of citizenship in order to register to vote. Grassroots voter registration groups like Project Vote say the requirement has barred them from signing up one in nine eligible citizens who lack necessary documents, including 97-year-old […]

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