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Detroit increases voting access, defying “tyrants”
October 5, 2012"The right to vote preserves all other rights; tyrants deny people the right to vote," Jesse Jackson told a big voter mobilization rally here Thursday.
Read morePresident Obama will establish Chávez National Monument
October 5, 2012President Obama is slated to announce establishment of the César E. Chávez National Monument.
Read moreCourt halts Pennsylvania voter ID law
October 3, 2012Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court halted the state's new voter suppression law, ruling today that it not be enforced for the presidential election only five weeks away.
Read moreProtesters slam Linda McMahon’s call to “sunset” Social Security, Medicare
October 3, 2012NORTH HAVEN, Conn. -- Chanting "Social Security - for every generation - not just me," angry retirees lined the street outside the headquarters of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Linda McMahon on Monday, protesting her call for...
Read moreSurvey: Voters hate secret money in congressional races
October 3, 2012Voters in 54 "battleground" GOP-held congressional districts overwhelmingly hate big and secret money in politics.
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