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Primary Farce: Low Voter Turnout in MA Senate Primary a Crisis of Government, an Opportunity for the Opposition

18 hours ago ago from Poli-Tea

Reports on the US Senate primary elections to fill the seat of the late Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts uniformly emphasize the lack of voter participation. TPMDC writes: Turnout in today's Democratic primary for the Massachusetts special election for Senate -- tantamount to election for Ted Kennedy's seat, in this deep-blue state -- is turning out to be astonishingly low . . . as of 3 p.m. ET, only 35,000 people had voted in Boston, less than ...

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You can’t really replace Crazy Larry

21 hours ago ago from Thomason Tracts

Patrick Cooper, William Bell in runoff for Birmingham mayor | Birmingham Elections al.com . But his term must be filled. Patrick Cooper, Langford's main rival for the election two years ago, had 40.1 percent of the vote, meaning that William Bell, who has been running for Mayor for as long as I can remember, has to build on to his 25.1 percent with other anti-Cooper forces. That may be difficult; Carole Smitherman, the interim mayor who ...

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New Years Eve Soiree At W Fort Lauderdale 12/31/09

19 hours ago ago from Soul Of Miami

TICKETS ONSALE FOR NEW YEARS EVE SOIREE AT W FORT LAUDERDALE WHO: W Fort Lauderdale – Living Room and Whiskey Blue WHAT: On Thursday December 31st, W Fort Lauderdale hosts its first New Year’s soiree. Ticket prices start at $100 with open bar from 9pm until 1am with a champagne toast at midnight. W Fort Lauderdale invites guests to count down to the New Year and watch the ball drop with music by Bill Gotti in the Living Room and video ...

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Brown, Coakley win Massachusetts Senate seat primaries amid low voter turnout

17 hours ago ago from news.meeq

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and Massachusetts State Senator Scott P. Brown who represents the Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex District have won their parties respective primaries amid low voter turnout to replace the seat of the late Ted Kennedy who died after losing his battle with brain cancer last August. Coakley won out by 47 percent over three other candidates, which included Representative ...

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Playing the Voting Game

18 hours ago ago from Harrumph!

Did anyone else take civics classes? read elections mailings? even listen to TV voting tips? Yesterday's puzzlement at Boston polls was the huge percentage of voters who had no concept of how a primary works. Each unenrolled ( independent or undeclared in other states' lingo) voter got to choose one of the three ballots for the special election primary yesterday. With half the state unenrolled in any political party, that was a lot of ...

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Four Out of Five Older Children Academically on Track

17 hours ago ago from FanHouse

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly 80 percent of students ages 12 to 17 were academically on track in 2006, up 8 percent from 1998, according to a new report by the U.S. Census Bureau. Students were considered to be academically on track if they were enrolled in school at or above the grade level appropriate for their age. The report, A Child's Day: 2006 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-Being) , relies on in-person ...

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Email Marketers More Aggressive in Sending 'Holiday Cheer': Silverpop Finds B2C Campaigns Increased by 25% in November

19 hours ago ago from Good News Now

ATLANTA, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A Silverpop analysis of B2C email marketing campaigns leading up to the important holiday selling season found more emails being sent to more people as open and click rates held steady. Silverpop reviewed the email marketing programs of 70 retail and consumer product companies, comparing last year's campaigns with those sent last month. Overall, the companies' list sizes grew by more than 124 percent, and they ...

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