~ could georgia be getting ready to bring it? it’s unlikely, as this is the home of newt gingrich and bob barr, where even our democrats give speeches at the republican national convention. nonetheless, we have atlanta’s large gay community pouring out to vote against the proposed anti-marriage amendment, and many blacks are turning out, excited to support denise majette, inhabitant of our native stone mountain and georgia’s first chance for a black woman in the senate. fortunately, georgia’s registration forms do not have affiliation indicators, and so they can not be easily trashed based on the party of the voter like they are in states such as florida.
“If you walk into our mail room, we have stacks and stacks of new forms coming in,” said Kara Sinkule, spokeswoman for Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox, who oversees elections. “It”s a great problem to have.”
Her state is on pace to see a 50 percent increase in new voters for this presidential election compared to 2000. In the past year, 371,376 new voters registered, with 87,110 new voters in September alone. And the surge grew even bigger in the first few days of October.
–msnbc
regardless of what happens next, the anecdotal evidence collected by the angry red planet during our forays into metro atlanta neighborhoods for the sake of registering voters includes many thrilling conversations concerning issues such as free trade, immigration, and the overextension of our military, which leads us to believe that folks out there are really listening in numbers great enough to allay our fears. thankfully, it seems that they haven’t fallen victim to the proven falsehoods on fox [w].
~ red state or pink state, we learned during the above mentioned forays that jehovah’s witnesses do not vote in earthly elections.
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