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Battle for the West: Voter Roll Purges, ‘True Blue’ New Mexico

October 10, 2008 – 10:01 am

Voter Rolls Purging Not True? (AP photo) Colorado and Nevada officials responded on Thursday to Wednesday’s New York Times story alleging thousands of voters have been removed from voter rolls or blocked from registering in violation of federal law. The article attributed the illegal actions to local officials making mistakes complying with the 2002 Help [...]

By rjrivera | Posted in The Western Edge | Also tagged Battle for the West, Ben R. Luján, Colorado, Darren White, Ed Tinsley, Harry Teague, Help America Vote Act, Martin Heinrich, Nevada, New Mexico, Tom Udall, voter registratin | Comments

Battle for the West: Obama in NV, ‘Nays’ on Bailout in Tight Races

September 30, 2008 – 10:36 am

Obama Takes Aim at NV, McCain Cancels Reno Stop Barack Obama takes the stage Tuesday at the University of Nevada, Reno (AP) Today’s Los Angeles Times looked at the Democratic party’s surge in registrations in Nevada, with 43 percent of registered voters to the Republicans 37 percent (compared with 2004 when Republicans had the slightest [...]

By rjrivera | Posted in The Western Edge | Also tagged Barack Obama, Battle for the West, Bob Schaffer, Colorado, Dean Heller, Diana DeGette, drive for change, Ed Perlmutter, Heather Wilson, John McCain, John Salazar, Jon Porter, Latino vote, Marilyn Musgrave, Mark Udall, Nevada, New Mexico, Reno, Shelley Berkley, Tom Tancredo, Tom Udall, voter registration, Washoe County | Comments

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