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LAURA FLANDERS, THE NATION
August 23, 2010
Candidates are in their districts, making nice to likely mid-term voters. They're a precious bunch, more scarce than general election voters, and typically more polarized in their views. What if there were more of them and more low-income people, particularly women, in the mix?
In a country where 131 million people voted in the 2008 presidential election, a few million more voters from under-represented groups sprinkled, state after state, by the tens or hundreds of thousands, just might make a difference. Securing their voting rights is a smart, effective way to find out.
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ART LEVINE, IN THESE TIMES
August 19, 2010
On Wednesday, the AFL-CIO's affiliated group, Working America, announced its goal of mobilizing the jobless over the issues of jobs and trade. This comes at a time when there are concerns among some Democratic operatives and progressives over a supposed "enthusiasm gap." The flap over Robert Gibbs' dissing of the "professional left" only exacerbated those concerns. As strategist Mike Lux points out, "The White House right now has very little in the way of strategy for reaching out to the progressive community."
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LINDA MARTZ, MANSFIELD NEWS JOURNAL
August 11, 2010
MANSFIELD -- Job and Family Services offices in Richland, Crawford and Morrow counties were among many public assistance offices taken to task in a 2006 lawsuit contending they failed to go far enough to register low-income voters.
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