Things ALL VOTERS Should Know About Voting at the Polling Place, especially Board Workers and Observers
The “Chain of custody” begins at the Polling Place.  The Board Worker Manual is mostly a series of checklists for procedures to ensure that eligible Voters are able to vote, and that their votes are securely delivered and accurately counted.  [...]

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Answers show plans to tackle some of the toughest challenges facing America
Barack Obama answered the 14 top science questions facing America, according to ScienceDebate2008.com, the group leading the effort to make key science issues a larger part of the election.
“Most of America’s major unsolved challenges revolve around these 14 questions. To move America forward, [...]

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July 9, 2008 Wednesday 6:30pm
El Penasco Restaurant
19 E Broadway Rd. Tempe, AZ 85282
Speakers:
Ed Hermes, County Supervisor Candidate
Joel Sinclaire, County Supervisor Candidate
Karen Price, LD9 Senate Candidate
We meet together the first Wednesday (except Jan. and July when we meet 2nd Wed.) of each month. Bring a friend and enjoy an evening of politics, activist information, planning and [...]

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Andrea Dalessandro, Candidate for LD 30 House, has written an excellent opinion piece on the Stop Payday Loans initiative:
In 2000, many legislators were hoodwinked into allowing payday loans in Arizona. The law is set to expire, or “sunset,” in 2010 but Senate Bill 1239 seeks to postpone the ban until 2012. The leadership of [...]

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Please vote in the upcoming SRP board elections if you can. This is for registered voters who own property in the SRP areas, which probably includes any property you own in the East Valley.
The election is April 1, but you can vote by mail if you request your early ballot by the end of this [...]

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For once, Sheriff Joe has caved in to public pressure and the media and has suspened his controversial foreign aid project to Honduras, telling KTAR that “until we get out of this budget crunch, we’re going to put it on hold.” The MCSO attempted to provide cover for this waste of RICO funds saying it [...]

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Corey Woods, former DFA-MC Officer, is a Candidate for Tempe City Council. We’d like to remind all registered Tempe voters to VOTE!
Tempe Municipal EARLY VOTING IN PERSON is February 11 - March 7, 2008 (M thru F):

Tempe Public Library, 3500 S. Rural Road (SW corner of Rural/Southern)
City Hall, 31 E. 5th Street, 1st [...]

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Sheriff “I am above the law!” Arpaio is at it again. He can’t seem to squander the Maricopa County budget fast enough in our own country; he has to go to Honduras to break the bank. What? You think the bank isn’t broke? Well, if you can’t buy staples and paper [...]

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In response to the broad and growing interest in Science Debate 2008, the AAAS held a candidates forum in Boston last week and we got terrific coverage, though only two campaigns sent representatives. You can read about it here, and find other news stories on our home page.
Former White House Chief of Staff John [...]

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John McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, and yet he said “I’m the only one the special interests don’t give any money to.”
Sign the petition demanding McCain return the millions of dollars raised by lobbyists.
We use humor, we use pop culture, we use McCain’s insistent use of the word “friends!” We [...]

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