Tag Archives: voter registration

Battle for the West: ‘Patriotic’ T-Shirt, Polling Roundup and Voter Reg Figures

What’s a kid to do when asked to wear a patriotic red, white, and blue t-shirt to school? If you’re Aurora, Colorado fifth grader Daxx Dalton, you naturally decide to don your homemade “Obama [is] a terrorist’s best friend” shirt, of course, and promptly get suspended. The boy’s father, Dann Dalton, a self-described “proud conservative” [...]

Controversial Ariz. Voter ID Law Upheld by Federal Judge

Last week, a federal judge in Phoenix upheld Arizona’s 2004 voter ID law, which mandates proof of citizenship for anyone registering to vote. U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver acknowledged that some citizens, especially Latinos and Native Americans, will have trouble registering to vote, but she said that the impact would not be significant.
Nina Perales, [...]

McCain Not Fighting For California

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 [...]

New Citizens Bulk Up Latino Vote

Newly-naturalized citizens register to vote in Denver
A key factor in a Barack Obama victory in Colorado, New Mexico, or Nevada will be his ability to turn out Latino voters.
One segment of the Latino population specifically targeted in registration drives is newly naturalized citizens. Grace Lopez Ramirez, director of the Colorado chapter of Mi Familia Vota, [...]

West Hollywood Obama Supporters Woo Clintonites

One day after Hillary Clinton announced the suspension of her campaign, supporters of Barack Obama in Los Angeles celebrated the clinching of his nomination by marching in the 38th L.A. Pride Parade, part of an annual three-day celebration of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities.
Pam Cooke, the local coordinator of L.A. Pride events for [...]