The Democracy Restoration Act, expected to be introduced in the next few weeks, would allow ex-felony offenders to vote in Federal Elections once they are out of prison. The Issue: Almost 4 million Americans, or 1 in 50 American adults, are not allowed to vote because they have been convicted of a f ...
I missed this last week, but State Rep. Scott Hochberg sent out a press release, which is posted on the House website about Governor Perry’s veto of his bill HB1457. If Governor Perry was denied a voter registration certificate because a clerk spelled his name “Peiry” instead of “Perry”, we’d never ...
Governor Perry recently reject HB 1457 which would have given the Secretary of State’s the authority to resolve obvious typos by voter registration clerks when checking registration cards against drivers license files. State Representative Scott Hochberg sponsored the legislation because he claims t ...
The July 4 Shreveport/Bossier Tea Party is ready to roll; here is the tentative agenda: (Some of the details are still be worked out, but this is the general event lineup.) Activities begin at approximately 5pm. (Depends on number of people streaming in.) First 500 to arrive will receive free pocket ...
The July 4 Shreveport/Bossier Tea Party is ready to roll; here is the tentative agenda: (Some of the details are still be worked out, but this is the general event lineup.) Activities begin at approximately 5pm. (Depends on number of people streaming in.) First 500 to arrive will receive free pocket ...
The Commission on Elections announced today that the total number of approved Filipino overseas absentee voters (OAV) now reached 17,061 after Resident Election Registration Boards (RERBs) of the poll body’s Committee on Absentee Voting (COAV) approved last May 5, 2009; 12,310 applications for OAV r ...
Earlier today, Dr. Matt Ladner at the Goldwater Institute revealed a disturbing poll on the state of civics education amongst Arizona students. Some time ago, we ran this video but we thought it was worth posting again. This problem is obviously not limited to Arizona students. This video was shot d ...
SYLVIA LEVIN AT WORK Ken Hively/LAT If this isn’t a record, it might as well be. Sylvia Levin of Santa Monica, Calif., registered approximately 47,000 men and women to vote. It can’t be established formally, but authorities on the subject say that total exceeds anything accomplished by an individual ...
June 25, 2009. Before I got out of the car I said to my cousin, “Could this day get any worse?” When I got inside I continued my pre-election habit of turning on CNN. I was shocked. Michael Jackson was dead at age 50. A friend called. “Are you crying? Stevi, please don’t cry.” I stopped for a second ...
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