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corner.nationalreview.com - 11/4/2008
Why Is It So Hard for Soldiers Overseas to Vote?
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Mark Hemingway's article here at NRO on the subject is great, and we have personal knowledge on the subject here in Massachusetts. After the 2000 election, new federal laws were passed ordering state election officials like Secretaries of State to track ballots requested by active duty ...
tnr.com - 10/28/2008
How Soldiers *Really* Vote
— tnr.com — Watch out for polls about military political voting, even the ‘Military Times’ can screw it up. ©2008... Garling Gauge . All Rights Reserved. . (more) How Soldiers *Really* Vote
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mudvillegazette.com - 11/9/2008
Re: Overseas Troop's Reactions to the Election
— mudvillegazette.com — I did a post here highlighting reactions to the election from troops abroad. Some were in Afghanistan,... some were in Iraq. Scott Kesterson - a journalist embedded with troops in Afghanistan - writes at the Huffington Post about a few soldiers and ... (more) Re: Overseas Troop's Reactions to the Election

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eschatonblog.com - 11/5/2008
Becoming The President Is Hard
— eschatonblog.com — Tbogg: I never thought that I would see an African-American elected President of the United States in... my lifetime. I just didn't think we had it in us but it appears that we have most assuredly come a long way. I didn't think I would see it, or ... (more) Becoming The President Is Hard

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Wizbang:  Voter Suppression Calls in Pennsylvania

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Voter Suppression Calls in Pennsylvania
Wizbang — ... important one in the nation for John McCain's presidential bid. In at least one case, the voter captured the phone number from which the call originated and later called back. The male who answered confirmed that he had placed the call. According to reversemobilephones.org, the number is assigned to a resident of Philadelphia. That's how a citizen can engage in suppressing an opponent's turnout. How can an elected Secretary of State do so with much more effectiveness? Michael Graham shares precisely how it's done in the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts. After the 2000 ...

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