youtube.com - 10/20/2008
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The scene outside an early voting site in Fayetteville, N.C., a few hours after Sen. Barack Obama held a rally nearby. Most of the voters were supporting the...
elections.gmu.edu - 10/20/2008
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elections.gmu.edu —
2008 Early Voting Statistics Last updated: Oct. 20,
2008 And they're off! Hundreds of thousands of people...
have already cast their ballot for the 2008 presidential election. By early vote, I mean any vote cast prior to Election Day, be it by absentee ...
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2008 Early Voting
usatoday.com - 10/22/2008
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usatoday.com —
The trend is evident in Ohio, North Carolina
and Iowa, Nevada and New Mexico, state and county...
figures show. In Georgia, blacks are voting in greater numbers than they did in 2004. The early voting trend is about even in Colorado. Republicans claim ...
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Early voting a boost for Dems
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Christina Bellantoni: McCain supporters heckle early voters, call them 'cheaters'
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
First published at WashingtonTimes.com
PRINCETON, W.V. — Over the last few days I've been through Southwest Virginia, down in North Carolina and now back up into the mountains on the West Virginia side near Bluefield for some stories about the political climate in red states.
Sen. Barack Obama has set up a massive organization across the country, and especially in North Carolina.
The campaign has given supporters lists with hours and locations of early voting sites, and collected the names, e-mail address and cell phone number of each attendee at the Fayetteville rally Sunday afternoon. (There were a few ...
NC Early Voters Heckled by McCain Supporters, Tires Slashed
Firedoglake —
Early voters in North Carolina, most of whom were black, were heckled and mocked by McCain supporters as they their cast their ballots Sunday. According to Washington Times reporter Christina Bellatoni primarily white McCain supporters shouted "terrorist" and complained that "Sundays are ...
McCain supporters heckle early voters.
Think Progress —
On Sunday, the Washington Times’s Christina Bellantoni stopped by a polling place in North Carolina, where she reported that a “group of loud and angry protestors” — almost all of whom were white — were shouting and mocking voters — nearly all of whom were black. Bellatoni noted that people “were shouting about Obama’s acknowledged cocaine use as a young man, abortion and one man used the word ‘terrorist.’ They also were complaining that Sundays are for church, not voting.” Watch it: ...
McCain Supporters Heckle Early Voters In North Carolina
Oliver Willis —
The Republican party fully supports the Bull Connor/George Wallace agenda.
McCain supporters heckle early voters
Photographer Joe Eddins and I headed over to the closest one and found a steady line of voters hoping to cast ballots early. Most seemed to be Obama supporters and several had come from the rally. Nearly all the voters were black.
Also at the polling site was a group of loud and angry protesters who shouted and mocked the voters as they walked in. Nearly all were white.
As you can see from these videos, no one held anything back. People were shouting about Obama’s acknowledged cocaine use as a ...
Hullabaloo —
How Helpful by digby Nothing like deploying a bunch of cops on the streets of American cities, looking for marauding African Americans to help get out the vote: Police departments in cities across the country are beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest. Public safety officials said in interviews with The Hill that the election, which will end with either the nation’s first black president or its first female vice president, demanded a stronger police presence. Some worry that if Barack Obama loses and there ...
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