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• Yup, This Is Veterans Day. So What Are You Going To Do About It?

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 476
      On this Veterans Day, we have much to reflect on regarding our past and much to think about regarding our future.  We also have many people to honor. The events of last week at Fort Hood in Texas have punctuated the importance of this year’s Veterans Day, and not only for the sake of the 13 soldiers lost ...
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• Local Government Election Act was merely suspended

  
  Colour Blind — Authority: 134
  The Local Government Election Act was not banned but suspended; it can be lifted with the approval of the Federal government. The state government is working towards this direction. guangming 雪州議會‧恢復地方選舉須中央點頭 要聞   中馬   地方    2009-11-11 19:57 ...
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• Lalgarh operation will continue, says Pranab

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Kolkata, Nov 11 (IANS) The operation to flush out Maoists from Lalgarh in West Bengal would continue till the situation was “completely under control”, senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee said Wednesday, notwithstanding ally Trinamool Congress’ demand that it be called off immediately.Asserting that the ...
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• 13:25 - The New South Wales teens to be automatically enrolled to vote when they turn 18....(audio)

  
  Collectors — Authority: 812
  Shon Walker is speaking with Associate Professor Murray Print, an expert in voting and democracy at the University of Sydney.
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• Hill Times Column on Vote Switching and Non-Voters

  
  Pundits' Guide — Authority: 420
  While we were all busy covering the by-elections, the Hill Times was kind enough to publish a column of mine yesterday. Its reprinted here with kind permission. Byers’ formula fails in his own province Michael Byers recently urged the Liberals and NDP to strike a one-time deal where each party would stand down ...
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• No electoral reform bill in Queens speech, says Downing Street

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  This months Queens speech will not contain a bill to introduce reform of the voting system, Downing Street sources confirmed today. The package of measures will grant NHS patients new legal rights to maximum waiting times for elective surgery and urgent cancer referrals. Electoral reformers thought they had won ...
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• Mark Valladares takes the "Open Up" campaign to task

  
  LibDemBlogs — Authority: 174
  There is an excellent post by Mark Valladares on Liberal Bureaucracy today where he rips into the "Open Up" campaign which is trying to force all parties at have open primaries. Mark nails the campaign for the distraction from real reform it is: Im afraid that this looks like a plot to remove smaller political ...
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• John Major calls for ministers to be cut by one third

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Sir John Major the former prime minister has called for the number of Government ministers to be slashed by as much as onethird.
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• Major urges reduction in ministers

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Former Conservative prime minister says payroll vote is too dominant and calls for slimmed-down Commons The former prime minister Sir John Major has called for the number of government ministers to be reduced by up to a third in order to end the dominance of parliament by the "payroll vote". Major said he was ...
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• My Take On The By-Elections

  
  They Call Me "Mr. Sinister" — Authority: 471
  Harper won two more rural seats and so two more votes against the long gun registry and for money transfers from the cities to the country (Yippee). The Tories are still going nowhere fast in the cities, but who gives a shit about them? They are milch cows, nothing more. The big story, as far as I am concerned is ...
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• Court threatens to jail Iwu, others for disobedience – Daily Trust

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 150
  The Court of Appeal Abuja has threatened to jail chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Maurice Iwu and his officials should they continue disobeying the judgement of its sister court in Calabar.The appeal Court in Calabar had ordered that a member representing Uyo Federal Constituency ...
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• The Berlin Wall Came Down, But Now The Washington Wall Goes Up

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 476
      This week marked the 20 th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is the anniversary of an event worthy to revisit and rethink. Of the dominoes that remained standing during the Cold War, the Berlin Wall’s fall, set in motion, the end of communism in Europe. And not slowly. Within days of the ...
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• Glenrothes mark 2

  
  Not a sheep — Authority: 148
  The Glasgow North East by election is later this week and Rantin Rab has spotted something odd. Apparently: "Postal vote applications granted - 6,065 (2005 figure 2419). Constituency voters roll total on the 1st October 2009 = 60,037. Voters roll at the end of October = 62,475. A huge increase of 2,438. The ...
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• Congress, BJP bag one seat each in Himachal

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Shimla, Nov 10 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday bagged one seat and the opposition Congress one in the assembly by-elections held last week.Congress candidate Sujan Singh Pathania won the Jawali seat by 5,249 votes, whereas the BJP’s Khushi Ram Balnatah won from Rohru by a ...
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• Newspoll: ??-??

  
  The Poll Bludger — Authority: 487
  Following last week’s surprising and almost certainly rogue Newspoll result, The Australian sent its pollster out into the field again over the weekend for an eagerly anticipated follow-up survey. However, when the results were published yesterday, all that was offered was attitudinal results on asylum seekers – ...
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• Australia’s Emissions Trading Legislation Political Football

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 548
  With all the talk currently about the massive Health Care Bill, those other 2 Bills regarding the ‘perceived’ threat of Carbon Dioxide emissions may slide a little into the background. We need reminding that just because they are not at the forefront of the news, they are still important. Those two Bills, the ...
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• Vote count begins in Himachal

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Shimla, Nov 10 (IANS) Counting of votes began Tuesday morning in two assembly constituencies of Himachal Pradesh that saw by-elections Saturday.The counting in Rohru and Jawali began at 8 a.m. The results are expected before noon, state chief electoral officer Anil Khachi told IANS.While Rohru in Shimla district saw ...
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• Less than Half of Muscovites Trust Election Results

  
  The Other Russia — Authority: 490
  Less than half of Moscow residents trust the results of recent elections for the Moscow State Duma, according to a survey by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center ( VTsIOM ). The survey contradicts statements by Russian President Dmitri Medvedev that the election results reflected the preferences of voters. ...
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• Hampton challenging Keasler for CCA slot in 2010

  
  Grits for Breakfast — Authority: 573
  Keith Hampton, a veteran appellate lawyer and chair of the legislative committee for the Texas Criminal Defense Laywers Association, has announced his candidacy for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, lining up to run against Michael Keasler. Heres Hamptons campaign website . Ive had my differences with Keith but ...
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• Surveying political candidates on their transportation behaviors

  
  Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space — Authority: 497
  According to " Transit riders movement " in the Boston Globe , a coalition of groups asked candidates for Boston City Council a number of pointed questions on mobility, and created a website with the results for each office. BOSTON CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES TRANSPORTATION SURVEY 1. What is the most unsafe ...
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