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Irish Presidential Election and Referenda: Results.

Speakers' Corner Caru - November 3, 2011 8

A late update from the 2011 Irish Presidential Elections.

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, November 3, 2011

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, November 1, 2011

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HALLOWEEN EDITION! News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, Halloween, 2011

DOJ and Voter Suppression Activities

Speakers' Corner SueInCa - October 30, 2011 75

I know some people were wondering what the DOJ and others were doing about voter suppression so I went out and googled it. Here are the results. DOJ to look into Racist Texas Voter Suppression Scheme http://weirdloadreboot.com/blog/2011/09/19/doj-to-look-into-racist-texas-voter-suppression-scheme/ FAIR Elections Network http://fairelectionsnetwork.blogspot.com/2011/09/voter-suppression-update-its-not-all.html DOJ says "hold...

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, October 28, 2011

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, October 27, 2011

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, October 26, 2011

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, October 25, 2011

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, October 24, 2011

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