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Egyptians Vote to Change Constitution [VIDEO]

Egypt: Constitution Changes Pass in Referendum

CAIRO -- Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved changes in the constitution, opening the way for parliamentary and presidential elections within months, according to final results from a landmark referendum announced today. Opponents fear the swift timetable could boost the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood and members of...

Egypt Votes Freely for First Time in Half-Century

CAIRO -- Millions of Egyptians voted freely on Sunday for the first time in more than half a century, joyfully waiting for hours to cast their ballots on a package of constitutional changes eliminating much-hated restrictions on political rights and civil liberties. Young people traded mobile-phone pictures of ink-stained...

Yemen Declares State of Emergency; 40 Protesters Killed in Crackdown

SANAA, Yemen -- As snipers hidden on rooftops fired methodically on Yemeni protesters Friday, police sealed off a key escape route with a wall of burning tires, turning the largest of a month of anti-government demonstrations into a killing field in which at least 40 people perished. Many of the victims, who included...

Opinion: Egypt's Jump-Ball Revolution

If you weren't thrilled by the images of last week's revolution in Egypt, then you might want to check for a pulse. For a while, it looked as if "Les Miserables" had been transported to Cairo and simulcast on CNN, Twitter and Facebook. Even more remarkable: these events occurred in the Middle East, where tyranny, poverty...

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Federal Judge Says No to Florida Voter Registration Restrictions

A federal judge in Florida has blocked parts of a state law that put "harsh and impractical" restrictions on civic groups that help new voters register to vote in the upcoming election season.

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SMACKED DOWN

The Department of Justice demanded that Florida stop purging its voter rolls, Talking Points Memo reported Thursday.

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Ireland Referendum: Counting On Europe Fiscal Treaty Ballot To Begin

Counting of ballots in Ireland's referendum on the European fiscal treaty kicks off at 9am on Friday.

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Get Mad as Hell About Citizens United and Register to Vote

We learned yesterday that Republican SuperPACs will spend one billion dollars this election.

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A Democracy Deferred

In the year 2000 I was a college student at Eastern Michigan University where I developed and had my first taste of engaging in electoral politics.

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06/01/12 Florida vote ruling seen as win for poor, minorities Source: The Advocate-Messenger - Danville KY Efforts in Florida to curtail voter registration drives and purge names from the voting rolls were dealt a set of legal blows Thursday, drawing cheers from voting rights activists who say the state has been attempting to prevent certain types of people from exercising their civic rights.
06/01/12 Long line at Madison city clerk's office on last day... Source: The Daily Page - Madison WI People said they waited about 30 minutes to vote.
06/01/12 EDITORIAL: 2 vetos for Florida's voter rules Source: Northwest Florida Daily News - Fort Walton Beach FL Make sure that every Floridian who's registered to vote is a legal, living U.S. citizen.
06/01/12 Use Precinct Polling Places, Not Vote Centers Source: CBS - KELO - Sioux Falls SD Minnehaha County voters could be confused come election day.
06/01/12 Clinton urges Democrats to vote out Wisconsin Gov.... Source: FOX News Former President Bill Clinton urged Wisconsin Democrats to vote against Gov. Scott Walker in Tuesday's recall election, saying the Republican has governed without compromise or honest negotiation.

Background on democracy

Democracy (grecian Δημοκρατία, from δῆμος [dēmos], „Masses“, and κρατία [kratía], „Rule“, literal: Rules of the Masses) is an egalitarian form of government in which all the citizens of a nation together determine public policy, the laws and the actions of their state, requiring that all citizens (meeting certain qualifications) have an equal opportunity to express their opinion.

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