Being an anxious and early voter, I casted four ballots yesterday that decided the fate of 34 propositions and nine offices. I vote in San Francisco. Our voting agenda has fueled jokes from comedians and PACs alike.
Seeking a transcendent victory, Democrat Barack Obama made a final-hour push for Republican-leaning Indiana on Tuesday after casting his own ballot with his young daughters at his side. “It’s going to be tight as a tick here in Indiana,” Obama told volunteers in Indianapolis trying to get out the vote for the Democratic ticket with […]
FiveThirtyEight.com, a leading poll aggregator that weighs and averages polls based on past performance, has information that says that early voting is going to be a game changer. Full story after the jump…
Confusing Ballots In Palm Beach Fla Again Full story after the jump…
Black Youth Vote For Obama, 3:37 pm Click here for full post. For videos from NCBCP, click here. Watch a video of a Black Youth Vote member talk about the election: Illai Reports Machine Malfunctioning, Incorrect Rosters, Long Lines, 2:37 pm Click here for the full posts. Nia Robinson Has Updates From Florida and Alabama, […]
I talked to my mom on the phone yesterday. She told me that they had taken me off the registrar in Massachusetts because I had not returned census documents in 4 years. Even though I was saved two 5 hour bus rides and 3 hours in line, I was disappointed and depressed.
A new video paints Barack Obama as Superman and Bush, Cheney and McCain as villains. It uses speeches and quotes from Barack Obama as well as George Bush, John McCain and Dick Cheney and footage from the Superman movie.
On Election eve, as emotions run high, the impending history weighs bulbously on our nation. The number of improbable American stories still in their piquant phase, from Condoleeza Rice to Lil Wayne is astounding. But the American tragedies in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, the depressed areas of Newark, and the Appalachian Valley remain a […]
Lines stretched around buildings and crossed city blocks as people waited to cast ballots in the historic presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain. Touchscreen voting machines malfunctioned in some precincts, yet voting Tuesday appeared to go smoothly overall. The biggest trouble was big crowds. But folks seemed to take it in stride.
The first time I voted in an election-casting a vote for the Reverend Jesse Jackson in the 1984 New York State Democratic Primary-I can’t say that I fully appreciated the significance of my vote. As an 18-year-old though, casting my vote for someone who looked liked me and who, more importantly, shared my values and […]
The world was riveted by the election drama unfolding Tuesday in the United States, inspired by Barack Obama or simply relieved that — whoever wins — the Bush administration was coming to an end.
Barack Obama referred to his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who passed away yesterday as a quiet hero. He said ‘She was on of those quiet heroes that we have all across America..they’re not famous Americans, their names aren’t in the newspapers, but each and every day they work hard. They look after their families. They sacrifice […]
