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Showing posts with label Alabama ballot access. Show all posts

Friday, July 06, 2007

TODAY'S NEWS HEADLINES for INDEPENDENT VOTERS

BLOOMBERG'S NONPARTISANSHIP
  • Bloomberg continues to support Repubs in New York despite nonpartisan stand (Jonathan Singer on MyDD blog)
  • Bloomberg in a great position to affect public discourse (Bloomberg.com)
  • Bloomberg's Insistent Call for Partisan Disarmament (Gay City News)

OBAMA CAMPAIGN
  • Obama's Tightrope: the closer to ordinary black folks, the further from the nomination... (Washington Post commentary)

LOCAL INDEPENDENT ISSUES
  • OH: Ruling on independent candidates has partisans dropping petitions as independents (Salem News)
  • AL: Court backs Alabama's ballot laws, Independent candidates say requirements too tough (Decatur Daily)
  • AL: Ballot access laws for independents now the toughest in the country (Montgomery Advertiser)

POLL ON INDIES
  • Independent Voters 'Not a Homogeneous Group', Poll shows greater diversity within political affiliation (Harvard Crimson)