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OBAMA BLOCKED MILITARY VOTE

PROOF OF VOTER FRAUD WITHOUT ID

OBAMA CAMPAIGN $800,000 TO ACORN TO STUFF BALLOT BOXES

DEMOCRATS CHEAT

Stop SEIU from taking over the lives of California's disabled and seniors. We must be the ones to train and supervise the people who do care giving.

With the November elections quickly approaching, the majority of  Americans will be thinking one thing: "Who cares?" This apathy isn't due  to ignorance, as some accuse. Rather, working people's disinterest in  the two party system implies intelligence: millions of people understand  that both the Democrats and Republicans will not represent their  interests in Congress.  This begs the question: Whom does the two party system work for? The  answer was recently given by the mainstream The New York Times, who  gave the nation an insiders peek on how corporations "lobby" (buy)  congressmen. The article explains how giant corporations - from  Wall-mart to weapons manufacturers - are planning on shifting their  hiring practices for lobbyists, from Democratic to Republican  ex-congressmen in preparation for the Republicans gaining seats in the  upcoming November elections: "Lobbyists, political consultants and recruiters all say that the  going rate for Republicans - particularly current and former House staff  members - has risen significantly in just the last few weeks, with  salaries beginning at $300,000 and going as high as $1million for  private sector [corporate lobbyist] positions." (September 9, 2010) Congressmen who have recently retired make the perfect lobbyists:  they still have good friends in Congress, with many of these friends  owing them political favors; they have connections to foreign Presidents  and Kings; and they also have celebrity status that gives good PR to  the corporations. Often, these congressmen have done favors for the corporation that  is now hiring them, meaning, that the corporations are rewarding the  congressmen for services rendered while in office, offering them million  dollar lobbyist jobs (or seats on the corporate board of directors)  that requires little to no work.  The same New York Times article revealed that the pay for 13,000  lobbyists currently bribing Congress is a combined $3.5 bil

Generally, there are two types of election campaigns, the primary and the general election campaign. The primary ballot lists all the canddiates who are looking to run for that office...

Balloting was under way in Britain on Thursday to elect a new government amid growing fears of a hung parliament.

The free-spending role of corporations in California's electoral system has come under fire as the state prepares to vote on two referendum which opponents have condemned as a "hijacking" of democracy.