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Native American Indians get out the vote rez-style
October 8, 2004CASS LAKE, Minn. — Sitting in her tiny office at Leech Lake Tribal College here, Elaine Fleming ran through the get-out-the-vote (GOTV) activities she is helping to organize among the college’s students, faculty and staff.
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Coalition registers millions, seeks huge turnout Nov. 2
October 8, 2004Leaders of the nationwide voter registration movement are reporting that millions of new voters have registered for the Nov. 2 election, breaking records. This has taken place especially in swing states like Ohio, where the determination...
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GRASSROOTS POWER
October 1, 2004‘So glad you’re here’ ST. PAUL, Minn. — “Minnesota ACORN is going to reach our goal of 38,000 new voters. We’ve been going to malls, neighborhoods, high schools. We’ve gone to naturalization ceremonies. As soon as...
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Paul Robert Emerson, 89
October 1, 2004Paul Robert Emerson died on June 8 in his hometown of Juneau, Alaska. He was 89. Emerson was born in 1914 in Boston, Mass., the youngest of three children. He left school in 11th grade to...
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Ray Simons, 90, South African Communist
October 1, 2004Legendary South African Communist and trade unionist Ray Simons died in Cape Town Sept. 13. She was 90. Simons was born Rachel Alexander in Latvia in 1913. When she came to South Africa at the age...
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