Little Rock Nationally President Obama announced the formation of a panel that would convene for 6-months to look at the voting system in the United States in order to see if lines could be shorted and voting could be made less burdensome. Meanwhile back at the ranch, a simple majority is enough to overturn a governor’s …
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Problems are Epidemic in the States Due to Voter Registration
New Orleans The headlines only tell part of the story when it comes to the emerging crisis in voter registration systems and the simple act of voting. I haven’t gone through the whole Pew Trust report on state problems according to their election performance index covering 2008 and 2010, but I’ve read enough to know …
No Real Loan Forgiveness, Re-segregate and Leaving All Children Behind, Arizona Voter Suppression, Weird Germans, and Lincoln Like Politics
New Orleans No Real Loan Forgiveness, Just More Bank Scams “…the main purpose of the settlement was to keep people in their homes. Yet the report shows that $13 billion of debt has been written off in 113,500 short sales, versus $2.5 billion in 22,000 principal-reduction loan modifications. Those numbers raise questions about which types …