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Great article: Prop 8, Gay Marriage, Can the government repeal YOUR marriage?

Posted on November 11, 2008 by iwilder

(excerpt from) Los Angeles Times The law and Prop. 8 California’s Supreme Court will have to untangle two important legal questions. By Goodwin Liu November 10, 2008 Is Proposition 8 the last word on same-sex marriage in California? A debate that started this year in the state Supreme Court met its latest verdict at the […]

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Poll: Were you shocked by Kimberly’s Obama coverage?

Posted on November 9, 2008 by iwilder

This is partially in response to bickering in the Wilder household, and partially in response to us getting slammed by fellow, progressive bloggers at Third Estate Sunday Review. Please vote (unless you are like our friend Roger, and you know not to get in the middle of a couple arguing…) In case it has to […]

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Lori Sturdevant: What if Minnesota used instant-runoff voting?

Posted on November 9, 2008 by iwilder

Lori Sturdevant: What if Minnesota used instant-runoff voting? Posted using ShareThis

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Official call to action! Support Nick Morgan and the Hempstead 15! 11/10/08

Posted on November 9, 2008 by iwilder

Update!: Come to court AGAIN on Wed. Nov 12th at 8am for the first trial- Adam Kokesh. More info is here. And, at www.ivaw.org. _____________________________ Related video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Gd_ojcnk0. Their testimonies: http://www.squadron13.com/BillPerry/HofstraDebate/default.htm Please join the Hempstead 15 in court Monday, Nov. 10th at 8am at the Nassau County District Court at 99 Main Street in Hempstead, […]

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Electoral College News from Nebraska: And, what next?

Posted on November 9, 2008 by iwilder

Ballot Access News reports that even thought most of Nebraska’s Electoral College votes went to Bush, Obama has now won “one Electoral College Vote” from that state. Ballot Access News goes on to explain the history of some states having proportional apportionment of their Electors, rather than winner-take-all (which history was stated incorrectly in a […]

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Prop 8 opponents plan [and another] Saturday protest

Posted on November 8, 2008 by iwilder

Update 11/13/2008: More protests planned for this Saturday, Nov. 15th in various cities around the country. A good web page is here at Join the Impact. Click on their dates and places links for more info. Update: About ten thousand people showed up at each of the two biggest protests. And, more throughout California, where […]

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Green Party wins for 2008

Posted on November 8, 2008 by iwilder

Here is a list of Green Party candidates who won elected office in 2008. There’s 18. More results may come in. Arkansas Richard Carroll was elected to Arkansas State Legislature, District 34. California Bruce Delgado was elected to Mayor of Marina City, Monterey County, CA (pop. 25,000) Ross Mirkarimi was re-elected to San Francisco Board […]

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View of the Obama Election: A Green from Brooklyn, NY

Posted on November 7, 2008 by iwilder

Mitchel Cohen writes: Went to a pool hall/bar in Brooklyn with Alex Steinberg, Linda Z., Cathryn, and others. None of us voted for Obama (I voted for McKinney) — in fact, quite a commotion broke out at the polling place when Alex tried to do a write-in vote for one of the socialist candidates — […]

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The injustice of our ballot access and two party system

Posted on November 7, 2008 by iwilder

KW: A person’s right to run for office is directly related to their right to vote. Every voter can and must be able to run for office under reasonable circumstances, or our democracy is a fraud.

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30 Days to Congressman Malik Rahim

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

Wait! I thought we were done with all this election stuff? After Hurricane Gustav, the Louisiana Secretary of State pushed back the election dates.  December 6, 2008 is the general election for District 2 Congress.  You can get on board now for this exciting, winnable, campaign to get a peace candidate into our Congress. To […]

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View of the Obama Election: A Nader Supporter from Nassau County, NY

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

Steve Sloane, a Long Islander who supported Nader, sent out the following e-mail: Nader Forum-You are blind-copied to protect your privacy (what is left of it). I voted for Nader again yesterday.  I watched the results on CNN, Comedy Channel and NET.  They did not mention Nader during the hours that I watched.  It was […]

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Post-Election Vision from Cindy Sheehan, Peace Mom

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

Cindy Sheehan ran for Congress in San Francisco, against Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. As an independent, first-time candidate, Cindy Sheehan received about 17% of the vote. I Will Never Concede Defeat Cindy Sheehan “I have fought the good fight, I have run the good race, I have kept the faith.” St. Paul in […]

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View of the Obama Election: A Libertarian

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

Estelle Edwards is a Libertarian from Long Island, New York. Estelle Edwards wrote: We libertarians will always strive to put some pro-Constitution, small government person in the Oval Office. But sometimes we get so bogged down in our own view of the world we miss the significance of events unfolding.  Even though Obama was not […]

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Ballot Access News: Wins and Losses for IRV/Alternative Voting Systems

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

Having Instant Runoff Voting (where voters can rank the candidate they choose in preference order) and other Alternative Voting Systems are better for third parties. IRV takes away the chance or idea that a third party could possibly spoil an election. IRV also has other merits of increasing democracy, eliminating the “winner-take-all” system, and usually […]

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