Category: Campaigns+Elections
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A simple plan for a clean sweep in 2010
OK Georgia Democrats we can win the entire enchilada in 2010. A clean sweep! If we stick to one message: If the Georgia Republicans could care less about their own families what makes you think that they care about YOUR family. Easy as pie. The Georgia GOP’s code of ethics is cracking by the minute.…
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Today’s turnout is gonna screw up the data geeks
Like ME!!! Who would have thunk that the turnout numbers in today’s run-off election would be similar to the general election numbers. Freaking freaky weird. Very weird. I’ll write my assumptions about why this later…after I have some time to actually process and comprehend. So here are some numbers: Northside: North Atlanta – 1088 voters…
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Election Day – Turnout
To say that I’m pleasantly pleased with the turnout today is an understatement. Voter turnout is rocking this morning. I’m tracking 45 key precincts for the Aaron Watson campaign (Post 2 At-Large). Northside: North Atlanta – 446 voters at 10 am; 509 at 10 am on Nov. 3 Brandon Elementary – 263 voters at 110…
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Real men wear lavender!
This fall I’d like to see some of my favorite men wearing something other than blue. Oh yeah I know you all look good in that Delta uniform blue shirt, but please I beg of you, change up this season to Lavender. Purple, is the color of royalty, purple connotes luxury, wealth, and sophistication. I’ve…
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Why VRA preclearance may evade further review
Right after Monday’s decision sidestepping the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act’s preclearance requirement, the conventional wisdom appeared to be that SCOTUS was poised to find preclearance unconstitutional the next time the issue came before it. However, the conventional wisdom has fermented and evolved as the week wore on, and now some legal scholars are suggesting…
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The Voting Rights Act survives, for now
In a decision that virtually no court watchers saw coming, the U.S. Supreme Court today dispensed with the constitutional challenge to the pre-clearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act by, in essence, creating a technicality. Back when this case was argued before SCOTUS, most readers of tea leaves believed that the Justices’ questions to counsel…