The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
John F. Kennedy
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When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.
Franklin P. Adams
Now someone can jump online and find out a great deal from your voter registration or the DMV, ... What used to be considered private is out there for everyone to look at.
Karen Coyle
I look forward to working closely with the DNC under Terry's tenure, ... I look forward to continuing the focus I began in my campaign on rebuilding state parties, election reform and ensuring that no voter and no state is left behind.
Maynard Jackson
The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.
Art Spander
We just send them a letter and answer their questions. Because I don't have a history of making false and inflated campaign promises, when I tell a voter something will happen, they put a lot of weight into it.
Nick Pacheco
Proposition 76 would override the voter protection on local government funding, ... Nothing else would allow anyone to dip into those funds.
John Laird
We also had to contend with voter irregularities and electoral fraud, such as the ruling party's busing of supporters from one district to another. There were also blatant, politically motivated smear campaigns against some of our public representatives.
Musa Zondi
By the majority resolution, we will be disenfranchising every voter who went to the polls in the state of Florida. This does nothing but jeopardize the process... and (we) declare ourselves the paramount authority just as the United States Supreme Court considers these very same issues.
Dan Gelber
I can't think of anything he didn't touch on. There wasn't a (voter) base that he didn't reach out to.
Neal Thigpen
The governor personally came here, assigned a dozen staff members to work the hall like it was a political convention and it squeaked by with 11 votes. Unless they're going to assign a dozen staff to every voter in California, I don't think Prop. 76 is sailing very high right now.
Alex Padilla
The consumer, so it is said, is the king... each is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that he wants done.
Paul A. Samuelson
The more dramatic effect was in 1998 and 2000. There was a growth in Latino and Asian- American registration rates and a maintenance of the higher levels of voter participation.
Louis Desipio
It seems like the election could be decided by the undecided voter who makes a decision in the final days.
Maria Rossi
The EC does not have adequate time to complete all the preparatory tasks including the voter list before the next parliamentary election.
Munsef Ali
Requiring valid, photographic identification is a common sense step to ensure voter integrity and sound elections.
Georgia Govsonny Perdue
The list is ludicrous. I think the intelligent voter would look at this and say this is so far off, it's incredible.
Wayne Blanton
In a low-turnout special election, it's the only item on the ballot. The opponents - who would be well-funded - would be able to focus on it and have a great opportunity to defeat it. In a general election, there's so many things on the ballot that the average voter is lost.
Brian Sanderoff
W e still need poll workers and anyone who is mentally and physically capable of doing this job please call voter registration and offer your services .
Pat Mansard
I would hope this becomes an issue in the 2006 election and becomes a factor in voter conduct.
Larry Weber
Based on our review, we believe there's anywhere (between) 600,000 to 800,000 deceased or duplicate names on the qualified voter file. It's not just a Detroit problem. It's a statewide problem. Their maintenance and operation of the file leaves a lot to be desired.
Mark Brewer
It made me as a voter not vote for Jackie L. Currie, ... I felt like Jackie L. Currie shouldn't be running things.
Pam Johnson
We've had an amazing response. You'll see an increase in Hispanic voter turnout.
Summer Luciano
As the special election has dragged on, one of the side effects have been greater voter cynicism about the reasons the governor called the election, ... The governor has never been able to sell them on the idea and have questioned his motives.
Mark Dicamillo
He doesn't seem like he's really motivated the Democratic voter, gotten anyone's juices up. He hasn't led any crusade, and that's what you've got to do if you're running against an incumbent.
John Maginnis
The Republican Party believes that people shouldn't leave their moral and spiritual beliefs at the door of the polling place. We're just appealing to one of our constituencies, just as the Democrat Party does. ... The Democrats may feel it's more profitable to go and do voter registration drives at a homosexual convention. We feel more comfortable going to churches.
Bill Peaslee
The League does not endorse candidates. This is strictly voter education.
Julie Martineau
I don't know why it was not open to everyone, but the point that you have to remember is that every single member of the Falcon Landing Community is a registered voter in the district. They are the public. Mark Herring said he would not agree to go to that debate so we have ended up having nothing.
Mick Staton
There are a number of mentions … and examples of intimidation in southern claims. There is a voting poll where three names who voted [not to secede] were crossed out, the votes changed to yes with a note 'vote changed by request of voter,'.
Brian Conley
[Merkel and her party] did criticize the Schroeder government, which in their view was needlessly antagonizing the Americans, ... But they didn't really suggest strong support for American policy, which would be very difficult since that's a sure voter loser in Germany.
Dana Allin
This report makes clear that poor implementation of (the) voter-database requirement has the potential to disenfranchise millions of Americans.
Deborah Goldberg
There are ballots that the machine cannot read but from which voter intent can be discerned by manual review.
David Boies
They appear to have had a higher voter turnout in Iraq than we did in our recent federal elections, and we didn't have terrorists threatening to kill our families if we voted.
Conrad Burns
The patrons of the library were somewhat inconvenienced due to the voter traffic and parking spaces.
Paula Paschal
I don't see how a voter whose vote has been counted can be denied equal protection of the law just because someone else's vote is counted.
Pamela Karlan
The races for the N.C. Supreme Court and N.C. Court of Appeals are the only statewide contests on the ballot this year, so it's key that voters across North Carolina have the facts on these candidates. The State Judicial Voter Guide does just that.
Chris Heagarty
It's hard to catch in-person voter fraud.
Howard Cohen
We believe the most important issue we can address moving forward are the voting systems, ... We want to make sure that the will of every voter is self evident and we think that through the appropriate voting system that they will not only be able to feel comfortable with that, but that we can be assured.
Katherine Harris
'bad news for Kinky. If a voter was going to go independent, they may want to go somewhere that they won't waste their vote.
Kelly Fero
The policy reason why this is bad is that it puts the onus on the voter to fix the state's mistake. But the fact is this is a violation of the Constitution and federal law by putting an undue burden on the right to vote.
Justin Levitt
With these systems there is less room for error by the voter in addition to fewer spoiled ballots.
Craig Keeney
The core of the whole issue is to restore voter confidence in Missouri?s elections.
Sen. Delbert Scott
The Department of Justice Civil Rights Division found that the new identification requirements had no negative purpose or effect, nor is there any evidence, for that matter, that the voter ID requirements have a negative effect on the turnout of any voters.
Brian Roehrkasse
We're certainly trying to focus on voter empowerment.
Bruce S. Gordon
If we can't get a match we contact the voter.
John Hedgecoth
Our research shows that the number-one reason why qualified voters don't go to the polls on Election Day is not that they don't care, but that folks simply don't know enough about the candidates. The State Judicial Voter Guide goes a long way to empower voters with the facts they need to cast a confident ballot.
Chris Heagarty
It's the bigger picture that continues to wear down Bush's approval rating on Iraq, and voter frustration with Iraq.
Amy Walter
I think that John is also making that point to the American voter who feels that he can't make a difference because it's all too rotten, that if one is inquisitive enough, then maybe that spark can be ignited.
Danny Huston
Justice O'Connor, the swing voter in the recent campaign finance cases, has left the court. The Vermont case could present the new Roberts Court with an opportunity to begin imposing significant restrictions on the ability of the government to limit the role of money in politics.
Richard Hasen
Early primaries are abysmal. Governor Ehrlich believes we should encourage voter turnout, not change the rules to stifle voter turnout.
Henry Fawell
[Those hoping that a national voter registry might bring some order to the chaos might have to wait some time.] I think sometime we will have a real-time federal registry, ... I hope I live long enough to see it.
Kurt Browning
We're going to hire a director of voter identification, a communications director and a director of voter registration.
Patricia Morgan
Early voting in and of itself is a good thing but the way this legislation was crafted ... has created the opportunity for voter fraud.
Audra Miller
Because of the overwhelming evidence of official misconduct, deliberate fraud, and an attempt to suppress voter turnout by unlawful means. I felt the necessity, as do my colleagues from the Congressional Black Caucus and other members of the House of Representatives, to object to the kinds of errors against democracy ... that were permitted in the state of Florida.
Alcee Hastings
Replacement voter registration certificates are arriving this week at absolutely no cost to Harris County taxpayers. Because this was the printer's error, the printer agreed to pay all printing and postage costs to correct it.
Paul Bettencourt
I can't understand why anyone would do that. We clearly say on the voter registration form that it's the primary voter address - it's as clear as one can be.
John Ravitz
I think for the average voter it's all just a blur. And it's going to get worse because every available spot around prime time is booked and they're spending outrageous amounts of money on it.
Barbara O'connor
While our candidate could have suffered from problems of visibility given that she has been out of the country for 20 years, the voter mentality was also terrible. Unless people move away from politics of the gun and focus on fundamental issues, we shall not nurture democracy in Uganda.
Joseph Ochieno
The mailing issue injured him tremendously. Because while he was beginning to get some voter recognition, it became more negative than not. It wasn't helpful.
Hank Sheinkopf
I don't think they'll make it on [voter dissatisfaction] alone. But I would have expected the anti-pay-raise thing to fizzle by now, so it's hard to predict.
Henry Teune
This is good news for voters because now these records will be open and available for public inspection to help protect the right of every eligible voter in Florida. Our interest in this case is to analyze the information on the list to prevent eligible voters from being wrongfully purged from the rolls.
Howard Simon
If we can't win the battle in court, we'll find every voter we can touch and make sure they have every piece of information needed to participate.
Damon Hewitt
I'm very pleased. The voter turnout was far higher than I anticipated. The conduct of the County Board in general does matter to the voters. I can't really attribute it to any other single issue, other than that.
Paul Zeller
The Iraqi citizen doesn't know what elections are and doesn't know who the candidates are or who the voter is.
Hazem Sha'alan
We get complaints (on) just about everything else relating to voting except voter fraud at the polls.
David Freed
If the Democratic Organization has accepted donations from Jack Morris, how can the freeholders award tax-dollar subsidies for this project? To avoid this impropriety, they should let the voter decide on the use of revenue by a referendum.
Andrew Tidd
I feel that the state has more of a responsibility to protect the ability of its citizens to vote than it does to prevent voter fraud.
Jonathan Hill
Also the highest voter registration we get is at the citizenship ceremony at the federal courthouse.
Corky Mattingly
It'll solidify him in western Pennsylvania. He gets to capitalize on the nostalgia for Pittsburgh and the Steelers. Anyone who's ever waved a Terrible Towel is a Lynn Swann voter.
Larry Ceisler
Public respect for political parties has plummeted, and democratic government discredited, ... The massive fall in voters can only be attributed to voter disillusionment in their governments -- successive governments.
Malcolm Fraser
Generally, special elections have low voter turn-out, which means get-out-the-vote efforts can make all the difference. The election is going to hinge on if Schwarzenegger, the Republicans and other supporters of the union dues measure can mount an effective ground war.
Jack Pitney
We believe in the right to keep and bear arms. We believe in hunting and fishing. Those activities are part of our national heritage. I don't care if you're a Republican or an independent or a libertarian. If you have an opportunity to pick up a voter registration application, I want you to do it.
Marion Hammer
Part of the reason [voter] turnout has dropped is that Washington and politics have felt more alien to people, ... People have felt more removed from the political system and I think that that is unfortunate, because I don't believe it's true. The fact is that every Decision does have an impact.
George Stephanopoulos
The numbers aren't final but we have sampled out polling stations and the trend shows voter turnout will be about 70 percent.
Ofwono Opondo
I don't believe there has been fraud. It's frustrating to me as a voter. This entire process is about trying to suppress votes.
Amy Weinsheim
There will be some voter-friendly, or shall we say patronizing, legislation. We'll see some trash, but most of it will be pretty good.
Brian Ballard
The rules are ambiguous and you can't call up (Voters Services) and get an opinion, ... In 1999 that was (a) result of erroneous instructions that we got from Voter Services. I'm very skeptical.
John Messina
Poll workers are a crucial element of the election process. You can buy new machines, you can educate voters, but really the poll workers are the bridge between the polling place and the voter.
Doug Chapin
In Cairo, for example, voter turnout does not usually exceed nine per cent.
Diaa Rashwan
We've got to try and verify every one of those registrations. There's no way someone can get on the statewide voter file without it.
Mikel Haas
I'm disappointed. It looks like voter turnout is pretty low.
John Binder
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.
Mark B. Cohen
Clerks want an opportunity to use the statewide voter checklist during an election before the House takes action on this bill.
Alison Kaiser
In doing voter registration, you always go to where your base is.
Bill Peaslee
As a blind voter, I'm strongly opposed to the paperless e-voting machines that the NFB is trying to force onto us. I want a voting system that is accessible to as many voters as possible and that also produces an audit trail. The paperless machines are simply the wrong approach, and I support the County's efforts to try to find a better way.
David Dixon
We decided to make some investment in voter contact early on that will pay off through the campaign.
Albert Martinez
I'm thrilled at the opportunity. I'm humbled. We had a great voter turnout this year and it means a lot. I'm excited about the next few days. We have two great candidates. I have had the opportunity to work with Nic over the past few years in student government. It's gonna be a great race and I'm really looking forward to it.
Brian Blackwell
We've said all along that federal law requires provisional ballots and the statute was crystal clear on that. This certainly calls into question whether the DOJ is gong to pre-approve the secretary of state's voter manual.
Tim Nelson
We are interested in reviewing any and all procedures that were undertaken to cross-reference these registration updates with pre-existing voter registration records in your county, and with the counties in which these voters previously resided.
Michael Toner
I'm sometimes astonished at how much the German voter can take of this.
Roland Koch
The real divide [over election reform] boils down to the voter-fraud side for conservatives and voter-access issues for liberals.
Rob Richie
I think the Democrats have done a better job on voter registration efforts. Whether you can get those voters out on Election Day remains to be seen.
Herb Asher
This grant gives us the opportunity to build on the historic young voter turnout in the last presidential election by encouraging the development of effective, replicable strategies for increasing young voter participation while significantly boosting youth registration and turnout in the upcoming mid-term elections.
Heather Smith
People talk about going back to a paper ballot, but you know in 2000 we used paper and that didn't do a lot to instill voter confidence.
Charles Burton
The main application of psychology is usability. A huge problem with voting technology has been voter errors and confusion. Many of the problems of Florida in the 2000 election, including the butterfly ballot, are usability problems. Those problems aren't unique to Florida. They happen in every election with every type of equipment.
David Dill
Someone in the state has to have the authority to ensure that there is not widespread voter fraud in Michigan.
Luke Massie
The Republicans are doing voter mobilization and grass-roots organizing year-round, but the Democrats only seem to get organized in election season. Democrats are more often working people, and it's difficult for them to have the same kind of sustained organizational intensity.
Susan Macmanus
We might organize another rally when the revote occurs. If students care about this issue, they should contact their senators and voice their opinions. The legislature will respond to voter concerns, and hopefully HOPE will be protected.
Chris Dempsey
Since the 2000 election, Florida has led the nation in election reform. We have one of the most rigorous [voter machine] certification processes in the nation.
Jenny Nash
Someone living in Fresno has very different concerns from a voter in Eureka or Santa Barbara. When you're running a statewide campaign, everything has to be nuanced and addressed to a region's specific concerns.
Darry Sragow
It needs to be shut down. It's cynicism raised to a new art form. It's destructive to the democratic process. If 50 state prosecutors don't jump on this guy's back and every voter that participates, they aren't doing their job.
Deborah Phillips
In 1973 and 1975, the Black Panther Party promoted a strategy for reorienting civic priorities around the rehabilitation and health of low-income neighborhoods that brought a record Black voter turnout to the polls in city elections.
Randy Shaw
A lot of headaches, a lot of voter frustrations of them standing in the wrong line, then finding out that they stood in line for 20 minutes and they?re in the wrong line.
Gloria Williams
Any registered voter eligible to vote in the election may vote by absentee ballot without stating a reason.
Mary Mitchell
We'll also be providing voter education programs. In the meantime, we'll be keeping up the pressure on Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform.
Aeryca Steinbauer
I believe word of mouth is the best thing any SGA member can do to increase voter turnout. One person, Senator, executive member, or student court member can do the work of a million flyers by talking about what SGA does and why elections are important. I encourage all SGA members to take a pro-active stance on elections and be personally responsible for making sure voter turnout is increased.
Matt Rankin
It's been over a month now, and the voter outrage is still going strong.
Russ Diamond
The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.
Sir Winston Churchill
It's a concern. But right now, fund raising in general has been lower than we had hoped, and we've been focusing so heavily on direct voter contact and get-out-the-vote, that we have not done a good enough job in raising money in the Valley.
Jeremy Warren
I suspect they concluded that their opening salvo needed to start chipping away at her aura of invincibility in hope that gives an opening with the average voter to define himself.
Jim Haynes
Everybody becomes an absentee voter.
Paul Kelley
The FF Plus is convinced that the voter day on March 1 is an ideal opportunity to also hold a referendum on those issues that are closest to the heart of Pretoria residents.
Pieter Mulder
This exciting new campaign?promises to dramatically change debate about reforming presidential elections. If successful, [it] would have a powerful impact on voter participation, racial fairness and protections of the right to vote.
Rob Richie
That doesn't leave a lot of extra money in the budget to support the types of things we're talking about. The things we're talking about would cost a lot of money sustained over time and that will be difficult for the city council. The city council is not going to be able to pull a rabbit out of their hat. It's going to take voter support.
Ron Fink
Already more than 50 per cent of people registered on voter lists have taken part.
Nikolai Lozovik
Colorado is the only state with a majority Republican voter registration in which the Republicans hold neither house of the state legislature. We've lost a Senate seat and a House seat under the current leadership. It will be up to the voters to decide if Marc's vision is something they want to embrace.
Dick Leggitt
It's an area that's more dependent on the government, and that's led to high voter turnout. Traditionally politics has been a spectator sport there ... they take it very seriously.
Craig Grau
The one-on-one voter contact and the conversations that we have and the ability we have to get the message across outweighs the ability to get it out with signs.
Jass Stewart
We do see voter turnout in some school districts reach higher levels. Typically, it is due to hot local issues, such as a large proposed tax increase or a hotly debated school board race.
Mike Yaple
With the amount of violence that has gone on, with the total denial of access to the media, with the fact that we have not had an opportunity to look at the voter rolls yet, there is just no way that a free and fair election can be held.
David Coltart
I want to thank the voters... for showing their confidence and I will try to live up to that voter confidence. I pledge that we will try to bring justice to every community in this city.
Robert Morgenthau
I'm just like every other voter and taxpayer in the state of Nevada, ... I want to make sure that government does not overburden me as a taxpayer, but I also want to be sure we can fund our schools.
Jim Gibbons
None of the observers or analysts predicted the results we achieved so far in these elections. We had long prepared for this, but the voter turnout exceeded our predictions.
Muhammad Habib
There's uncertainty about the floating voter.
Ian Gunner
I found it's much better to publicize nominations and try to get that out then to try and get voter turnout by just publicizing elections.
Joe Franco
I am dismayed the governor decided to veto a voter-oriented, good government piece of legislation, ... However, I understand this bill would have adversely affected his govern-by-initiative approach by forcing paid signature gatherers to reveal their true identity to voters.
Joe Nation
I think they're pretty well in step with other counties. The state just rolled out its voter education program last week. There really isn't anything they could have done. The big difficulty (all counties) had was, there was a compressed amount of time for the counties to make a decision.
Doug Hill
People are required to show a legal identity, their required to show a proof of age and citizenship, which may be shown through a variety of ways such as a voter registration card, or motor vehicle ID card rather than a drivers license if they do not have a drivers license.
Larry Bush
Preliminary estimate indicate that voter turnout could be a little over 50 per cent.
Peter Erben
It has the potential to be a foundation for expanded voter turnout and other forms of civic activism but that will require more than just a single weekend or a single week of activism.
Louis Desipio
We are giving the voter a chance to elect people they know so that people will get more involved in the candidate's program for his province.
Abdul Hussein Hindawi
Without a doubt, any post-election coordination between Rep. Buyer and the Pentagon over private voter contact information is completely inappropriate.
Peter Deutsch
It does make it difficult. I've had to struggle with taking special-interest money or grassroots money. The only special interest I represent is the voter, so I think I've done the right thing.
Dale Inman
This is so complicated for the voter to understand. And you only have 30 seconds to make a pitch.
Jeff Kasko
[And so on through immigration and health and law and order and one she might not have anticipated. South African immigrant, John Becker, who is a first-time voter in New Zealand, says,] Is military conscription perhaps not the solution? ... It may be a solution, but it may not be the one for now.
Judith Collins
There is a high level of upset among voters who feel their franchise was violated, ... One voter said she got a sample ballot in the mail, filled out all the little circles, then took it to the polls. It wasn't until she saw the discussion later in the news that she realized she had picked the wrong circle.
Deborah Phillips
Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life.
Elmer Davis
Final preparations have been concluded and the voter turnout is expected to be about 72 per cent, on a par with the last general election.
Ekachai Warunprapha
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