Comments for Voting Matters Blog http://votingmatters.wordpress.com News and commentary about elections, voting and politics Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:56:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on 5 simple ways to increase the youth vote by Betsy http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/5-simple-ways-to-increase-the-youth-vote/#comment-275 Betsy Sun, 13 Jul 2008 04:10:17 +0000 http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-275 These are interesting ideas. In my county, some very important elections have been decided by the youth vote. These are interesting ideas. In my county, some very important elections have been decided by the youth vote.

]]> Comment on 5 simple ways to increase the youth vote by Michael Connery http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/5-simple-ways-to-increase-the-youth-vote/#comment-273 Michael Connery Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:17:19 +0000 http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-273 Hi, I've come across your website a couple times in my Google Alerts and wanted to point you to my own blog, Future Majority (www.futuremajority.com). It focuses on young voters in politics, and specifically the work of youth organizations to get young people to the polls and to fight for their policy agenda. We recently finished a redesign and turned on user-blogs, so any registered user can now post their own blogs just like on Daily Kos, MyDD, or any other major political community blog. I'd like to invite you to register and cross-post some of your blogs there. I think you'll find that we have a highly influential audience and that the signal to noise ratio is much greater than on the "A-List" sites, so it is much easier to get your ideas heard. We also have live-blogs with congressional and senate (state and federal) candidates every week or so, and with far less traffic than on a site like Daily Kos, it's much easier to talk to them and get your thoughts heard and questions answered. Anway, I dig your blog and hope you'll join us over at Future Majority, Best, Mike Hi,

I’ve come across your website a couple times in my Google Alerts and wanted to point you to my own blog, Future Majority (www.futuremajority.com). It focuses on young voters in politics, and specifically the work of youth organizations to get young people to the polls and to fight for their policy agenda.

We recently finished a redesign and turned on user-blogs, so any registered user can now post their own blogs just like on Daily Kos, MyDD, or any other major political community blog. I’d like to invite you to register and cross-post some of your blogs there. I think you’ll find that we have a highly influential audience and that the signal to noise ratio is much greater than on the “A-List” sites, so it is much easier to get your ideas heard. We also have live-blogs with congressional and senate (state and federal) candidates every week or so, and with far less traffic than on a site like Daily Kos, it’s much easier to talk to them and get your thoughts heard and questions answered.

Anway, I dig your blog and hope you’ll join us over at Future Majority,

Best,
Mike

]]> Comment on 5 simple ways to increase the youth vote by   links for 2008-07-06 by Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/5-simple-ways-to-increase-the-youth-vote/#comment-272   links for 2008-07-06 by Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:31:21 +0000 http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/?p=72#comment-272 [...] 5 simple ways to increase the youth vote « Voting Matters Blog [...] [...] 5 simple ways to increase the youth vote « Voting Matters Blog [...]

]]> Comment on Sen. Nelson (FL) introduces One Person, One Vote Initiative by Joel S. Hirschhorn http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/2008/06/25/sen-nelson-fl-introduces-one-person-one-vote-initiative/#comment-263 Joel S. Hirschhorn Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:48:13 +0000 http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/?p=69#comment-263 To get needed electoral reforms through constitutional amendments we must force Congress to obey the Constitution and let the nation use for the first time what the Founders gave us the option for: an Article V convention of state delegates to conside proposals for amendments. Learn the facts at www.foavc.org and become a member. To get needed electoral reforms through constitutional amendments we must force Congress to obey the Constitution and let the nation use for the first time what the Founders gave us the option for: an Article V convention of state delegates to conside proposals for amendments. Learn the facts at http://www.foavc.org and become a member.

]]> Comment on Counting every vote by Slush http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/counting-every-vote/#comment-254 Slush Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:42:50 +0000 http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-254 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Slush . Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Slush
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]]> Comment on David Dill’s Excellent Article on H.R. 811 by Betsy http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/david-dills-excellent-article-on-hr-811/#comment-120 Betsy Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:55:30 +0000 http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/david-dills-excellent-article-on-hr-811/#comment-120 Great article! I've written my Representative. Great article! I’ve written my Representative.

]]> Comment on Counting every vote by artier http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/counting-every-vote/#comment-106 artier Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:48:49 +0000 http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/?p=59#comment-106 Please look at my blog: http://artier.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/hello-world/ Please look at my blog:
http://artier.wordpress.com/2008/02/19/hello-world/

]]> Comment on Post Election Audit Summit - 25-27 Oct. 2007, Minneapolis, MN by Stylianos http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/post-election-audit-summit-25-27-oct-2007-minneapolis-mn/#comment-96 Stylianos Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:45:18 +0000 http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/post-election-audit-summit-25-27-oct-2007-minneapolis-mn/#comment-96 Cool! Cool!

]]> Comment on Remembering ‘Being There’ … or why Chauncey Gardener could not vote in today’s America by Chris Telesca http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/remembering-being-there-or-why-chauncey-gardener-could-not-vote-in-todays-america/#comment-93 Chris Telesca Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:22:41 +0000 http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/remembering-being-there-or-why-chauncey-gardener-could-not-vote-in-todays-america/#comment-93 How do you know they are really eligible to vote? So let's get them ID. That is why having free ID provided by the government to everyone - that would show people who you are and what your citizenship status is - would be a great thing. Many people are vulnerable to chaos and calamity and they still have ID. Let's try and uplift them. Merely letting anyone vote who says they have a right to do so doesn't solve the problem of their poverty or remove the chaos in their lives. Letting people vote who aren't citizens would create more chaos for the rest of us. How do you know they are really eligible to vote? So let’s get them ID.

That is why having free ID provided by the government to everyone - that would show people who you are and what your citizenship status is - would be a great thing.

Many people are vulnerable to chaos and calamity and they still have ID. Let’s try and uplift them. Merely letting anyone vote who says they have a right to do so doesn’t solve the problem of their poverty or remove the chaos in their lives. Letting people vote who aren’t citizens would create more chaos for the rest of us.

]]> Comment on Remembering ‘Being There’ … or why Chauncey Gardener could not vote in today’s America by Betsy http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/remembering-being-there-or-why-chauncey-gardener-could-not-vote-in-todays-america/#comment-81 Betsy Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:19:29 +0000 http://votingmatters.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/remembering-being-there-or-why-chauncey-gardener-could-not-vote-in-todays-america/#comment-81 I cook dinner at a homeless shelter once a month. Many of the people I cook for don't have proper I.D. The point is that many poor people, those vulnerable to chaos and calamity of various kinds, are those most likely to lack I.D. These people vote disproportionately for Democratic candidates. Poor people are an easy target for Rovian measures like this one. I cook dinner at a homeless shelter once a month. Many of the people I cook for don’t have proper I.D. The point is that many poor people, those vulnerable to chaos and calamity of various kinds, are those most likely to lack I.D. These people vote disproportionately for Democratic candidates. Poor people are an easy target for Rovian measures like this one.

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