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$100M Online Giving Study
Posted on November 12, 2006 by iwilder
$100M Online Giving Study Network for Good has released a study of $100 million in donations from over 23,000 individual donors. The Young and the Generous provides key insights such as: Online givers are young (38-39 years old) and generous, giving several times more than offline donors on average. Virtually all of online givers (96%) […]
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Agenda for a New Congress: Election Reform
Posted on November 9, 2006 by iwilder
Last night, my family, colleagues, and I gathered to watch the results of the midterm election. But it was difficult to keep our attention on the returns, with calls about polling place disasters pouring into our hotline and reports of voting machine problems hitting the airwaves. 2006 is the third election in a row shadowed […]
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Agenda for a New Congress: Science
Posted on November 9, 2006 by iwilder
In the lead up to the election, voters ranked America’s energy independence as a top concern, integral to our national security and our well being here at home. For the first time, we’ve seen candidates all across the country taking strong positions on clean energy and global warming. And on Tuesday, as a wind of […]
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$250,000 Reward For Evidence of Election Fraud
Posted on November 8, 2006 by iwilder
Press Release Regarding Reward for Evidence Leading to Voter Fraud Conviction Washington, Nov. 7 — MoveOn.org Political Action is offering a $250,000 reward for new material evidence leading to a felony conviction for an organized effort of partisan voter suppression or electronic voting fraud. Throughout the day accusations of election fraud and voter suppression incidents […]
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12 WAYS YOU CAN SAFEGUARD THE VOTE
Posted on November 3, 2006 by iwilder
Will it happen again? On November 7 we may see voters waiting in long lines, only to find they’re not on the voter rolls. We may see election workers struggling with malfunctioning machines. If you’re worried that we will wake up November 8 to find that, once again, election procedures in key races are in […]
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Voting Help from Common Cause
Posted on November 2, 2006 by iwilder
Six days to go before Election Day! We’re mobilizing all Common Cause staff around the country, setting up our Washington “control room,” and working hard to get election information out to voters and the press. This morning, USA Today mentions our work in a front page article titled “Many eyes will watch the polls.” We’ve had […]
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Gen Y to rock 2006 election
Posted on November 1, 2006 by iwilder
18 to 24-Year-Olds Poised to Challenge Midterm Election Turnout Records, Harvard Poll Finds President Bush Gets Below-Average Grade of ‘C-‘ on Key Issues; Majority of Likely Voters Favor Switch to Democratic Majority in Congress WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ — A new national poll by Harvard University’s Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John […]
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Where To Go To School
Posted on October 19, 2006 by iwilder
Go to a school that is small, if you can. Go to a school where the leaders are wise and happy and care about you. Maybe they even know you. Go to a school with a mission: Religion or football PTA dances or class gardens–anything. The focus will draw people together. Go to a school […]
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from the Preface to Walt Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass”
Posted on October 19, 2006 by iwilder
This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing […]
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Who Votes, Who Doesn’t, and Why
Posted on October 19, 2006 by iwilder
Regular Voters, Intermittent Voters, and Those Who Don’t Navigate this report Summary of Findings About this Survey Topline Questionnaire Summary of Findings They vote but not always. Compared with Americans who regularly cast ballots, they are less engaged in politics. They are more likely to be bored with the political process and admit they […]
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Improving Voting Rules
Posted on October 18, 2006 by iwilder
Election Administration Issues Follow Up Briefing Background Material to Press Call WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ — A bipartisan group of former secretaries of state and elections experts held a conference call today to brief reporters on what voters can expect at the polls this November. Many new voting laws will have a profound impact […]
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Corporate Media Exclude Green Candidates; LWV Withdraws
Posted on October 18, 2006 by iwilder
Green Party US Senate candidate Howie Hawkins and Green Party Attorney General candidate Rachel Treichler qualified for the New York State League of Women Voters (LWV)-sponsored debates. The corporate media running the debates refused to include the two Green Party Peace Slate candidates, so the Leaguage withdrew its sponsorship. but the debates went on without […]
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