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> Granite Roots
> The Democracy for New Hampshire newsletter
> www.Demo=
cracyForNewHampshire.com
> Volume 6, Number 15
>
> November 15, 2008
>
> B=
e the Media!
>
>
>
> What's your issue? Get it out there! Be the Media. The=
DFNH website is
> a public blog site, where registered users are invited=
to post their
> issues, comments, and concerns within the bounds of the =
terms of
> service (general civility and no libel, basically).=A0 At top=
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t to
> the website. DFNH is a well-trafficked site, visited by interested=
> folks from NH, the nation, and the international community. Google
=
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=
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The nation wants to hear from you. Share your views. Share your
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. Post action alerts. Contribute to the state and national
> activist min=
dshare.
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> In this issue (click for stories)...
>
> Upcoming Events
> 1=
Sky: Welcoming the new Congress and President - Tue, 11/18/2008 -
> 7:00p=
m
> Tyranny of Oil--Lecture - Fri, 11/21/2008 - 7:00pm
>
> Feature Stories
=
> =95 BBV: How We the People tied the hands of the election
> kleptoman=
iacs - Over the weekend (before the election), a multi-group
> effort cal=
led Protect the Count was blasted across the nation,
> spearheaded by Bla=
ck Box Voting, prepared at the request of YouTube
> and working with Vide=
o the Vote and Election Defense Alliance. This
> follows distribution of =
over 100,000 copies of the Black Box Voting
> Tool Kit online, and 20,000=
by request in hard copy form, and these
> got into the hands of state ca=
mpaign leaders, labor unions, and public
> interest groups...
> =95 Pow=
er Vote: the green campaign youth movement gets out the vote in
> Keene..=
..
> =95 Collins: Voter turnout underreported? Why protecting the count i=
s
> the most important thing we can do - (Wash. DC) In 2004, we were told=
> to anticipate a red versus blue election. It didn=92t turn out that wa=
y
> but that was hardly mentioned . By 2008, we were told to expect recor=
d
> voter turnout for the presidential election. Now we=92re told that th=
e
> predictions were wrong, the pictures of long lines, massive early
>=
voting, and massive registration increases all went to produce just
> ab=
out the same vote total as reported for 2004....
> =95 NH recounts no che=
ck and balance for its privatized
> corporate-controlled elections - Near=
ly 90% of NH votes are counted IN
> SECRET by a private corporation with =
a criminal history, criminal
> personnel, and partisan ties. The State of=
NH has approved the
> outsourcing of our elections, in clear violation o=
f the NH
> Constitution, which states that vote counting must be observab=
le, and
> in violation of the concept of "non-delegable governmental func=
tions.
> This legally binding principle is outlined in the Office of Budg=
et and
> Management Policy Letter 92-1, as quoted below the video at bott=
om of
> this article....
> =95 BBV letter to NH Diebold towns highlight=
s state's irresponsibility
> with vote data - Dear Election Official, It =
has come to our attention
> that some New England towns have been plannin=
g to allow a private
> contractor, LHS Associates, to take custody of the=
memory cards
> immediately after the election. As you know, LHS programs=
the memory
> cards for almost all of New England. In addition, a New Ham=
pshire
> official made the same statement during the 2008 primary electio=
n.
> This is a very serious matter....
>
> Headlines
> =95 More Allegat=
ions of Misconduct in Alabama Governor Case - A
> whistleblower from insi=
de the Justice Department has provided
> documents that raise questions a=
bout the behavior of prosecutors
> during the case of former Alabama Gove=
rnor Don Siegelman....
> =95 Spotlight on MinnesotaMark Halvorson is the =
director and
> co-founder of Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota (C=
EIMN). In
> 2004, he traveled to Ohio to observe the recount. CEIMN was f=
ounded in
> the wake of what happened there, its goal to ensure that vote=
s are
> counted....
> =95 Dartmouth Junior Wins County Election - Vanes=
sa Sievers, a
> Dartmouth College junior, was not content to wait tables =
or make
> coffee as a side job. Instead she ran for treasurer of Grafton =
County,
> N.H., and won, unseating the incumbent and unleashing a war of =
> words....
> =95 Recall voting machines: Byte me Diebold!
> =95 Your=
Tax Dollars at Work - EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov 11, 2008
> /PRNewswire via=
COMTEX/ -- Spectacular events, free to the public
> throughout Southern =
California for individuals and families, highlight
> the region's first A=
ir Force Week, Nov. 14-21. Activities showcase the
> U.S. Air Force's imp=
ressive capabilities and recognize the
> contributions and importance of =
service members and the communities
> supporting them....
> =95 Obama's=
Cabinet: Start With Al Gore - If there is a single
> appointment Barack =
Obama could make to signal how dramatically things
> will change in Washi=
ngton, it would be to name Albert Gore Jr. -
> former House member, forme=
r senator, former vice president, former
> presidential nominee and curre=
nt Custodian of the Planet - as
> secretary of state. For all the other a=
spirants to the job, sorry -
> this is an inconvenient truth. Can you ima=
gine a bolder statement
> about a new direction when it comes to global w=
arming and the general
> care of our abused planet? Gore has won a Nobel =
Peace Prize for his
> work in this area (and an Oscar, to boot), and his =
appointment would
> signal a dramatic shift from the indifference of the =
Bush era with its
> cold shoulder to the Kyoto treaty. In one stroke, the=
United States
> would emerge as the leader of nations in the effort to s=
ave the planet
> from ourselves - and could prepare for the consequences =
of a changed
> world....
> =95 Protect the Count - Video the Vote NH El=
ection 2008 - Part I -
> Election 2008 Protect the Count volunteers docum=
ented the polls
> closing and vote counting at NH polling places...
> =
=95 News from Denver - Undercover cops were among the unruly at DNC
> Wh=
en a Jefferson County deputy deployed pepper spray into a crowd
> during =
the first night of the Democratic National Convention, he did
> not know =
that his targets were undercover Denver police officers....
> =95 Gore: T=
he Climate for Change - The inspiring and transformative
> choice by the =
American people to elect Barack Obama as our 44th
> president lays the fo=
undation for another fateful choice that he - and
> we - must make this J=
anuary to begin an emergency rescue of human
> civilization from the immi=
nent and rapidly growing threat posed by the
> climate crisis....
> =95 =
America celebrates a duly elected president
> =95 "Between Hope and Real=
ity," by Ralph Nader - Dear Senator Obama:
> In your nearly two-year pres=
idential campaign, the words "hope and
> change," "change and hope" have =
been your trademark declarations. Yet
> there is an asymmetry between tho=
se objectives and your political
> character that succumbs to contrary ce=
nters of power that want not
> "hope and change" but the continuation of =
the power-entrenched status
> quo....
> =95 Death rattle for techno-ele=
ctions? We can only hope...
> Unfortunately, this piece, like so many oth=
ers, ignores the fact that
> the optical scanners, privately owned and pr=
ogrammed, counting our
> votes are as fraud-friendly as touchscreens. The=
right to open and
> public vote counting can not be replaced with the ri=
ght to recount -
> and NH recounts don't hold water because there are no =
security
> procedures in place for ballot chain of custody. And NH's resp=
onse to
> recent citizen scrutiny of this failure? They just passed a law=
making
> it more difficult to obtain recounts. Add to that the fact that=
> someone went out of his way to specifically exclude ballots from the =
> public records law so that no post-election forensic investigations
> =
can ever take place. All of which begs the question about NH's famous
> p=
aper ballots and recounts, what's the state trying to hide?....
> =95 App=
arent Plan to Deploy Active-Duty Military Unit Inside the U.S.
> Draws AC=
LU Scrutiny - Apparent Plan to Deploy Active-Duty Military
> Unit Inside =
the U.S. Draws ACLU Scrutiny... The American Civil
> Liberties Union has =
filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
> with the departments =
of Defense, Justice and Homeland Security,
> seeking an explanation for t=
he Army's decision to station what the
> ACLU believes is an active-duty =
military unit inside the United
> States....
> =95 Stolen election in A=
laska? Deja vu: results completely different
> from polls - The pollsters=
all agreed. Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich
> would whip Republican Sen. Ted=
Stevens in Tuesday's election. Maybe by
> a little. Maybe, as some polls=
predicted, by a landslide....
> =95 Palast: Stolen election (again) in G=
eorgia - The Pits: Georgia's
> GOP Swipes the Peach State... The evil lit=
tle &*% s are doing it
> again. Even as they drown in the anger of platoo=
ns of pissed-off
> voters, Republican operatives are swiping ballots with=
both hands.
> Ground zero is Georgia. It's here where the sick little vu=
lture named
> Saxby Chambliss won the US Senate seat six years ago by cal=
ling his
> Democratic opponent, a guy who'd lost three limbs in Vietnam, =
a friend
> of Osama bin Laden....
> =95 Congratulate the elected enviro=
nmental champs - We did it! As you
> know there are tremendous victories =
to report up and down the ballot.
> Time to get right to work to ensure t=
hat President-elect Barack Obama
> and the incoming members of the new Co=
ngress tackle the pressing
> environmental issues facing our state and th=
e nation. But first,
> here's an opportunity to congratulate the candidat=
es who won and
> applaud their commitment to the environment. Environment=
New
> Hampshire, as part of Environment America, endorsed 29 candidates =
for
> Congress and Sen. Barack Obama for president. We're excited to
> =
announce that, so far, 25 environmental champions were victorious on
> El=
ection Day -- including Jeanne Shaheen for U.S. Senate and Reps.
> Paul H=
odes and Carol Shea-Porter for Congress -- giving us an enormous
> head s=
tart on our agenda for 2009....
> =95 McCain concession speech
> =95 Ob=
ama acceptance speech
> =95 What happens when We the People take back our=
elections - What
> happens when youth movement organizers, propelled by =
a new world
> vision of peaceful coexistence fueled by a green economy th=
at produces
> not only a healthy environment but millions of fair, living=
wage jobs,
> work tirelessly for years to get their agenda on the table =
and get out
> the voters to support it?...
> =95 The Onion reports: e-v=
oting machine elects one of its own
> =95 Backus concedes senate race - M=
ANCHESTER- Bob Backus has
> officially conceded his campaign for the Dist=
rict 16 State Senate
> seat....
> =95 Robbins joins Oprah in disenfranc=
hisement by database - Actor Tim
> Robbins Finds His Name Was Removed Fro=
m Voter List. The actor Tim
> Robbins looked dejected and annoyed around =
10:30 a.m. on Election Day,
> as he was sitting in a folding chair at the=
McBurney YMCA at 125 West
> 14th Street, one of the more than 1,300 poll=
ing places throughout New
> York City....
> =95 DNC Chair Howard Dean's=
statement on 2008 election results -
> Washington, DC - Democratic Natio=
nal Committee Chairman Howard Dean
> issued the following statement on to=
night's election results: "This
> has been a truly historic, transformati=
onal election. Tonight, our
> country chose hope over fear, the future ov=
er the past, unity over
> division. This election also reflects the passi=
ng of the torch to a
> new generation. Barack Obama inspired young voters=
across this country
> to answer the call and get involved. They responde=
d to his promise to
> put partisanship and divisiveness aside and come to=
gether as one
> nation to find solutions. They turned out. They made call=
s. They
> knocked on doors. And they helped change our country...
> =95 =
Obama landslide in Dixville Notch - SOURCE: CNN DIXVILLE NOTCH,
> New Ha=
mpshire (CNN) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
> emerged=
victorious in the first election returns of the 2008
> presidential race=
, winning 15 of 21 votes cast in Dixville Notch, New
> Hampshire....
> =
=95 CNN: Rove predicts Obama landslide - Karl Rove's Electoral
> predict=
ion (CNN) =96 John McCain and his aides are still banking on a
> come-fro=
m-behind victory Tuesday, but the GOP's most famous political
> strategis=
t has already called the race for Barack Obama...
> =95 Truthout: Is the =
election about to be stolen? - Calvin Thomas in
> West Virginia claims to=
have witnessed a touch-screen machine
> malfunction that assigned his vo=
te to John McCain as opposed to Barack
> Obama - his intended choice...
>=
=95 Election problems? Don't know where to go to vote? - The Attorney
=
> General=92s toll free election line for voters, parties, campaigns, and =
> election officials is...
> =95 No more stolen elections? We'll see abo=
ut that. - Because the NH
> Legislature (both Republican and Democrat maj=
orities) and the
> Department of State have given the privatized corporat=
ion unfettered
> control over our elections, NH elections - with 86% of o=
ur vote count
> controlled by Diebold Corporation and LHS Associates, wit=
h virtually
> no state oversight - are ripe for the stealing. Citizen wat=
chdogs will
> be out at the polls documenting fraud if and when it occurs=
. No More
> Stolen Elections has these action steps planned if we allow a=
nother
> stolen election in this country....
> =95 Planning to Protect =
the Count in NH tomorrow? Protect the Count
> action means you go to the =
polls as they are closing, and you film the
> closing of the polls and th=
e polling place election results. This way,
> we have first hand data of =
the election results before the central
> tabulation, which is done Wedne=
sday morning at the Secretary of
> State's office...
> =95 Bob Bruce fo=
r Executive council in District 4! - District 4 is
> comprised of ; Aubur=
n, Bedford, Candia, Derry, Hooksett, Hudson,
> Litchfield, Londonderry, M=
anchester, Pelham, and Raymond. I am asking
> you to Send a Neighbor, not=
a Career Politician to the Council!...
> =95 Polls among cell phone user=
s - These are Barack Obama's leads in
> the likely voter models presently=
included in the Real Clear Politics
> average, plus the Research 2000 po=
ll which they arbitrarily
> exclude....
> =95 LTE: Support for Sgambati=
- NH Senate - People of New Hampshire
> are known for making informed de=
cisions based on the records of the
> leaders they vote into office and w=
e value the accessibility we have
> to our legislators more than many oth=
er states. Sen. Kathy Sgambati
> has a long history of both. She truly ex=
emplifies this New Hampshire
> tradition...
> =95 Yet another reason fo=
r NH to ditch Diebold optical scanners - New
> Wrinkle.. That is, Crease.=
. in Tabulating Votes. The election isn't
> until Tuesday, but already th=
ere is a vote counting problem in Palm
> Beach County. Some absentee ball=
ots are apparently being kicked out of
> counting machines because of-- c=
reases....
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EEEEObama's
Cabinet: Start With Al Gore - If
there is a single appointment Barack Obama cou=
ld make to signal how
dramatically things will change in Washington, it wou=
ld be to name
Albert Gore Jr. - former House member, former senator, former=
vice
president, former presidential nominee and current Custodian of the
P=
lanet - as secretary of state. For all the other aspirants to the
job, sorr=
y - this is an inconvenient truth. Can you imagine a bolder
statement about=
a new direction when it comes to global warming and
the general care of ou=
r abused planet? Gore has won a Nobel Peace
Prize for his work in this area=
(and an Oscar, to boot), and his
appointment would signal a dramatic shift=
from the indifference of the
Bush era with its cold shoulder to the Kyoto =
treaty. In one stroke,
the United States would emerge as the leader of nati=
ons in the effort
to save the planet from ourselves - and could prepare for=
the
consequences of a changed world....
Verdana =95
0000,0000,EEEEProtect
the Count - Video the Vote N=
H Election 2008 - Part I
- Election
2008 Protect the Count volunteers documented the=
polls closing and
vote counting at NH polling places...
Verdana =95
0000,0000,EEEENews
from Denver -=
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Undercover=
cops were among the
unruly at DNC When a Jefferson County deputy deployed =
pepper spray
into a crowd during the first night of the Democratic National=
Convention, he did not know that his targets were undercover Denver
police=
officers....
Verdana =95
0000,0000,EEEEGore:
The Climate for Change - The
inspiring and transformative choice by the American people to elec=
t
Barack Obama as our 44th president lays the foundation for another
fatefu=
l choice that he - and we - must make this January to begin an
emergency re=
scue of human civilization from the imminent and rapidly
growing threat pos=
ed by the climate crisis....
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,EEEEAmerica
celebrates a duly elected
president
=
Verdana =95
0000=
,0000,EEEE"Between
Hope and Reality," by Ralph Nader =
-
Dear Se=
nator Obama: In your
nearly two-year presidential campaign, the words "hope=
and change,"
"change and hope" have been your trademark declarations. Yet =
there is
an asymmetry between those objectives and your political character=
that succumbs to contrary centers of power that want not "hope and
change"=
but the continuation of the power-entrenched status quo....=
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0000,0000,EEEEDeath
rattle for=
techno-elections? We can only
hope... Unfortunately,
this piece, like so many other=
s, ignores the fact that the optical
scanners, privately owned and programm=
ed, counting our votes are as
fraud-friendly as touchscreens. The right to =
open and public vote
counting can not be replaced with the right to recount=
- and NH
recounts don't hold water because there are no security procedure=
s in
place for ballot chain of custody. And NH's response to recent citizen=
scrutiny of this failure? They just passed a law making it more
difficult =
to obtain recounts. Add to that the fact that someone went
out of his way t=
o specifically exclude ballots from the public records
law so that no post-=
election forensic investigations can ever take
place. All of which begs the=
question about NH's famous paper ballots
and recounts, what's the state tr=
ying to hide?....
Verdana=
param> =95
0000,0000,EEEEApparent
Plan to Deploy Active-Duty Military Unit Inside th=
e U.S. Draws ACLU
Scrutiny - Apparent =
Plan to
Deploy Active-Duty Military Unit Inside the U.S. Draws ACLU
Scrutin=
y... The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a Freedom of
Information =
Act (FOIA) request with the departments of Defense,
Justice and Homeland Se=
curity, seeking an explanation for the Army's
decision to station what the =
ACLU believes is an active-duty military
unit inside the United States....<=
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olen
election in Alaska? Deja vu: results completely different from polls
-=
The
poll=
sters all agreed. Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich would whip
Republican Sen. Te=
d Stevens in Tuesday's election. Maybe by a little.
Maybe, as some polls pr=
edicted, by a landslide....
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EEEEPalast:
Stolen election (again) in Georgia
- The Pits: Georgia's GOP Swipes
the Peach S=
tate... The evil little &*% s are doing it again. Even as
they drown in the=
anger of platoons of pissed-off voters, Republican
operatives are swiping =
ballots with both hands. Ground zero is
Georgia. It's here where the sick l=
ittle vulture named Saxby Chambliss
won the US Senate seat six years ago by=
calling his Democratic
opponent, a guy who'd lost three limbs in Vietnam, =
a friend of Osama
bin Laden....
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000,EEEECongratulate
the elected environmental champs=
-
We did it! As you know there are
tr=
emendous victories to report up and down the ballot. Time to get
right to w=
ork to ensure that President-elect Barack Obama and the
incoming members of=
the new Congress tackle the pressing environmental
issues facing our state=
and the nation. But first, here's an
opportunity to congratulate the candi=
dates who won and applaud their
commitment to the environment. Environment =
New Hampshire, as part of
Environment America, endorsed 29 candidates for C=
ongress and Sen.
Barack Obama for president. We're excited to announce that=
, so far, 25
environmental champions were victorious on Election Day -- inc=
luding
Jeanne Shaheen for U.S. Senate and Reps. Paul Hodes and Carol
Shea-P=
orter for Congress -- giving us an enormous head start on our
agenda for 20=
09....
Verdana =95
0000,0000,EEEEMcCain
concession speech
Verdana =95
=
0000,0000,EEEEObama
acc=
eptance speech
Verdana =95
0000,0000,EEEEWhat
happens when We the=
People take back our elections
- What=
happens
when0000,0000,EEEE youth
movement organizers, propell=
ed by
a new world vision of peaceful coexistence fueled by a green economy
=
that produces not only a healthy environment but millions of fair,
living w=
age jobs, work tirelessly for years to get their agenda on the
table and ge=
t out the voters to support it?...
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0,0000,EEEEThe
Onion reports: e-voting machine elects=
one of its
own
Verdana =95
0000,0000,EEEEBackus
concedes senate =
race -
MA=
NCHESTER- Bob Backus has
officially conceded his campaign for the District =
16 State Senate
seat....
Ve=
rdana =95
0000,0000,EEE=
ERobbins
joins Oprah in disenfranchisement by databas=
e
- Actor Tim Robbins Finds His
Name W=
as Removed From Voter List. The actor Tim Robbins looked
dejected and annoy=
ed around 10:30 a.m. on Election Day, as he was
sitting in a folding chair =
at the McBurney YMCA at 125 West 14th
Street, one of the more than 1,300 po=
lling places throughout New York
City....
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0000,0000,EEEEDNC
Chair Howard Dean's statement o=
n 2008 election
results - Washington, =
DC -
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the
followin=
g statement on tonight's election results: "This has been a
truly historic,=
transformational election. Tonight, our country chose
hope over fear, the =
future over the past, unity over division. This
election also reflects the =
passing of the torch to a new generation.
Barack Obama inspired young voter=
s across this country to answer the
call and get involved. They responded t=
o his promise to put
partisanship and divisiveness aside and come together =
as one nation to
find solutions. They turned out. They made calls. They kno=
cked on
doors. And they helped change our country...
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landslide in Dixvi=
lle Notch -
SOURCE:0000,0000,EEEE=
CNN DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire
(CN=
N) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama emerged
victorious in =
the first election returns of the 2008 presidential
race, winning 15 of 21 =
votes cast in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire....=
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Rove predicts Obama land=
slide -
Karl Rove's Electoral predicti=
on (CNN) =96 John McCain and his aides are
still banking on a come-from-beh=
ind victory Tuesday, but the GOP's
most famous political strategist has alr=
eady called the race for
Barack Obama...
Verdana =95
0000,0000,EEEETruthout:
Is the election about to b=
e
stolen? - Calvin Thomas in West
Virg=
inia claims to have witnessed a touch-screen machine malfunction
that assig=
ned his vote to John McCain as opposed to Barack Obama - his
intended choic=
e...
Verdana =95
0000,0000,EEEEElection
problems? Don't know where to go to vote?
- The
Attorney General=92s tol=
l free election line for voters, parties,
campaigns, and election officials=
is...
Verdana =95
0000,0000,EEEENo
more stolen elections? We'll see about that.
- Because
the NH Legislature (b=
oth Republican and Democrat majorities) and the
Department of State have gi=
ven the privatized corporation unfettered
control over our elections, NH el=
ections - with 86% of our vote count
controlled by Diebold Corporation and =
LHS Associates, with virtually
no state oversight - are ripe for the steali=
ng. Citizen watchdogs will
be out at the polls documenting fraud if and whe=
n it occurs. No More
Stolen Elections has these action steps planned if we =
allow another
stolen election in this country....
Verdana =95
0000,0000,EEEEPlanning
to Protect the Cou=
nt in NH
tomorrow? Protect the Count
a=
ction means you go to the polls as they are closing, and you film the
closi=
ng of the polls and the polling place election results. This way,
we have f=
irst hand data of the election results before the central
tabulation, which=
is done Wednesday morning at the Secretary of
State's office...
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=
x-tad-bigger>0000,0000,EEEEBob
Bruce fo=
r Executive council in District
4! - D=
istrict 4 is comprised of ;
Auburn, Bedford, Candia, Derry, Hooksett, Hudso=
n, Litchfield,
Londonderry, Manchester, Pelham, and Raymond. I am asking yo=
u to Send
a Neighbor, not a Career Politician to the Council!...
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among =
cell phone users -
These are Barack Obama's leads in
the likely voter models present=
ly included in the
0000,0000,EEEEReal
Clear Politics average, =
plus the
0000,0000,EEEER=
esearch
2000 poll which they arbitrari=
ly
exclude....
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Support for Sgambati - NH Senate
- People of New Hampshire are known for making informed decisi=
ons
based on the records of the leaders they vote into office and we value
=
the accessibility we have to our legislators more than many other
states. S=
en. Kathy Sgambati has a long history of both. She truly
exemplifies this N=
ew Hampshire tradition...
V=
erdana =95
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EEYet
another reason for NH to ditch Diebold optical =
scanners
- New Wrinkle.. That is, Crea=
se..
in Tabulating Votes. The election isn't until Tuesday, but already
the=
re is a vote counting problem in Palm Beach County. Some absentee
ballots a=
re apparently being kicked out of counting machines because
of-- creases...=
.
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