Vote for Change: Get Out and Vote!
Have questions about voting this election season? Has it been so long since you’ve last voted that you don’t even know if you’re registered to vote anymore? Feministe has answered a lot of questions out there and also touch base on what is arising now that will keep voters from voting.
While the Obama campaign challenges election schemes like that in Michigan, where voters who have lost their homes to foreclosure are being purged from the registration rolls, technical issues like voter database glitches are feared to disenfranchise thousands. With dirty politics that affected the Florida vote in 2000, like purging people from the registered voter list who matched only 80-90% of the information recorded for a convicted felon, many people were turned away from the polls who were legitimately registered in their districts. These tactics have been shown to disproportionately affect minority voters, and in the Florida case, black Americans accounted for 88% of those removed from the rolls even though they only comprise 11% of all voters in the state.
With all the shit that is going down trying to keep voters from voting, completely disregarding the whole democracy thing America likes to enforce on other territories, the biggest thing that we can do now is vote–Or try to, at least.
Vote for Change can tell you if you are already registered to vote and if not, lets you download a voting registration document that must be sent in by October 6th. Time is running out, so make sure you are registered and that you get out and vote. It is the only way for us to get out there and tell the candidates who we want in the white house. Don’t listen to the media or vote simply for who your spouse or roommate wants you to vote for–Get informed and make an informed decision. Here are the candidates on the issues–McCain / Obama. Plus, I’ve talked a great deal about John McCain on the issues so you can check those out here.
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great link! and a superb informational post!
Holly,
Check the Obama issues link – doesn't seem to work for me
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
http://www.eac.gov/index_html1
http://www.eac.gov/voter/Register%20to%20Vote
http://www.fabnit.com/nvra_update.pdf
McCain Site for voter registration
https://secure.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/Regi…
Obama Site for voter registration
http://www.voteforchange.com/index_obama.php
Note – both McCain and Obama sites can be used regardless of party affiliation – includes Green, Socialist, Independent, etc….
We shouldnt try to vote….Its our right to choose the best…..Hence, we should do so!!!
Interesting stuff. Google seems to be doing quite a bit these days, and I'm wary of them kind of “taking over” in a big brother sort of way.
nice post thaks for the post. keep it up.
Great info – keep up the great work.
Great info – keep up the great work.