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Pakistan’s Elections: Ruling Party Out

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Posted on February 19, 2008 - 8:30am at The Crone Speaks
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The other big election news comes out of Pakistan, where the ruling party lost.

Pakistan’s ruling party conceded defeat Tuesday as early poll results indicated that the country’s opposition looked set to deal a crushing blow to President Pervez Musharraf.

Voting Schedule

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Posted on January 30, 2008 - 10:51am at Volunteer Voters
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R. Neal is putting up for discussion the topic of the scheduling of local elections. Should local election be scheduled whenever possible to coincide with state and federal elections in order to drive turnout for local elections or no?

Local elections have notoriously low turnout when they stand alone. Unfortunate, but true.

Your Voter Registration Is Purged If You Abstain In Two Federal Elections?

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Posted on January 16, 2008 - 5:50pm at Volunteer Voters
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Did not know that. From the AP:

Thompson said there are about 3.3 million active registered voters in Tennessee. The state’s population is just over 6 million.

There are 400,000 inactive voters, who will be purged from the rolls after two federal elections without casting ballots.

About 485,000 people voted in Tennessee’s 2004 presidential primary.

And They’ll Come For The Republicans

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Posted on January 8, 2008 - 3:03pm at Volunteer Voters
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Bob Krumm puts those turning out against Hillary Clinton beside those voters casting ballots for the first time after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein:

And Then They’ll Come For The Republicans

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Posted on January 8, 2008 - 3:03pm at Volunteer Voters
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Bob Krumm puts those turning out against Hillary Clinton beside those voters casting ballots for the first time after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein:

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