early voting

If you live in any of the following states, you can vote early with no excuse needed at specified voting locations: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

These states allow no-excuse mail-in absentee voting: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Record turn-out is predicted for election day, November 4th. To avoid waiting in (even longer) lines, go vote TODAY. Many early-voting locations already have lines to vote every day, why risk having to wait even longer to vote on November 4th. Don't risk being unable to vote b/c the polls closed before you were able. Don't risk being discouraged to vote by the long lines on election day. Vote TODAY. I voted last week, and even though I enjoy taking part in voting on the traditional election date, it's kind of a relief to know that I won't have to wait in line on Nov 4th.

For more information, see:
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/legismgt/elect/absentearly.htm

'Sarah's Hard Rock Candy' by Peggy Seeger

Ellen Responds To Sarah Palin

What's your Obama Tax Cut?

as usual, his campaign's use of typography and color emphasis is brilliant. and the message is good too ;)

Make-Believe Maverick : Rolling Stone

A couple of good excerpts from the Rolling Stone article on John McCain:

This is the story of the real John McCain, the one who has been hiding in plain sight. It is the story of a man who has consistently put his own advancement above all else, a man willing to say and do anything to achieve his ultimate ambition: to become commander in chief, ascending to the one position that would finally enable him to outrank his four-star father and grandfather.

Intent on winning the presidency at all costs, he has reassembled the very team that so viciously smeared him and his family eight years ago, selecting as his running mate a born-again moose hunter whose only qualification for office is her ability to electrify Rove's base. And he has engaged in a "practice of politics" so deceptive that even Rove himself has denounced it, saying that the outright lies in McCain's campaign ads go "too far" and fail the "truth test."

In 1993, he was the keynote speaker at a fundraiser for a group that sponsored an anti-gay-rights ballot initiative in Oregon. His anti-government fervor was renewed in the Gingrich revolution of 1994, when he called for abolishing the departments of Education and Energy. The following year, he championed a sweeping measure that would have imposed a blanket moratorium on any increase of government oversight.

Indeed, if the current financial crisis has a villain, it is Phil Gramm, who remains close to McCain. As chair of the Senate Banking Committee in the late 1990s, Gramm ushered in — with McCain's fervent support — a massive wave of deregulation for insurance companies and brokerage houses and banks, the aftershocks of which are just now being felt in Wall Street's catastrophic collapse. McCain, who has admitted that "the issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should," relies on Gramm to guide him.

Its an excellent article. Definitely a scathing report of McCain, but it portrays a side of him that I was not familiar with, and certainly the general public is not familiar.

Please Don't Vote !

Fellow Hoosiers: If you are not yet registered to vote, you have until Monday October 6th to register. If you are already registered, but have moved since you last voted, you have until Oct 6 to update your voter information. If you are already registered to vote at your current address: you are golden. Now all you have to do is go vote on November 4th.

Early voting, aka absentee, starts on Monday Oct 6th. You can vote early without a reason to do so, no questions asked. This is very important, presidential elections have historically drawn very large crowds. In the most recent presidential elections, some people have been turned away because the lines were too long and the polls were closing. Vote early and avoid the lines and possible disenfranchisement.
For fellow B-towners: Voters who’d like to vote early can do so from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday through Nov. 3 at the downtown Curry Building. In addition, you can vote between 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 6-8 at the Sherwood Oaks Christian Church, Oct. 9-11 at the fire station in Ellettsville and Oct. 14-16 on the Indiana University campus. Anyone from any precinct can vote early at the Curry Building or at any of the satellite sites. The Curry Building will also be open for early voting on Saturdays Oct. 25 and Nov. 1, between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.