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	<title>Rock the Vote Blog &#187; voting rights</title>
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		<title>WEEKLY UPDATE: WAR ON VOTING, Oct 17-21</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/10/weekly-update-war-on-voting-oct-17-21.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>coral@rockthevote.com</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[suppression is un-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voter ID laws]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The war on voting drudges on. From teachers being fined for registering students to vote to the ACLU suing Wisconsin, here is a quick survey of some of the states currently on the front line: Florida: A teacher in Florida could face thousands of dollars in fines for helping students register to vote. Jill Cicciarelli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News Round-Up: Monday, July 18, 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/07/5215.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie Scholick</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/?p=5215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Deputy Commissioner of London&#8217;s Metropolitan Police resigns, the former Chief Executive of News International is arrested, a $1.5 trillion debt deal is being considered, former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray will run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Japan is set to ban Fukushima cattle shipments, and Giuliani tells the GOP to &#8220;stay out of&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outdated and Failing: Modernizing Our Voting System for the Rising Electorate</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/06/outdated-and-failing-modernizing-our-voting-system-for-the-rising-electorate.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/06/outdated-and-failing-modernizing-our-voting-system-for-the-rising-electorate.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jason Carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suppression is un-American]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voting system scorecard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[young voters]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/?p=4970</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This post originally appeared on the Huffington Post. It was co-authored by Rock the Vote President Heather Smith (@rtvHS) and Georgia State Senator Jason Carter (@SenatorCarter). Day after day, from college campuses to high school classrooms, we hear stories about needless bureaucratic barriers that prevent young people from voting. For young Americans, the greatest barrier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida&#8217;s Attack on Rock the Vote and You</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/04/floridas-attack-on-rock-the-vote-and-you.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/04/floridas-attack-on-rock-the-vote-and-you.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Bates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early voting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[league of women voters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/?p=4777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Florida is on the verge of passing a law that will make it harder for groups like Rock the Vote and our volunteers to register voters, harder for you to cast your ballot, and, ultimately, harder to have your ballot counted. This is a direct attack on us, and it is a direct attack on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montana Win or &#8220;Neato, Veto!&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/04/montana-win-or-neato-veto.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/04/montana-win-or-neato-veto.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Bates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[champ edmunds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forward Montana]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/?p=4680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Good news today in Montana: Governor Brian Schweitzer vetoed the bill that would have ended Election Day registration in Montana. The Governor, in true Montana style, vetoed the bill with his VETO branding iron. Seriously. Check out the picture with State Representative and Forward Montana staffer Bryce Bennett in front of the veto branding board. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War on Voting: Two Victories This Week</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/04/war-on-voting-two-victories-this-week.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/04/war-on-voting-two-victories-this-week.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Bates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo ID]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/?p=4620</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two glimmers of hope in the war on voting to report. Legislators in both Arkansas and Iowa rejected restrictive photo ID measures this week. (They join Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, and New Mexico as the states where laws to make it harder to vote have been stopped this year.) The Iowa victory was particularly important because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Hampshire: ACTION ALERT</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/03/new-hampshire-action-alert.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/03/new-hampshire-action-alert.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Bates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire voting laws]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/?p=4596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ACTION ALERT: The New Hampshire Senate is voting on a photo ID bill that threatens voting rights on Wednesday, March 30th. (That&#8217;s tomorrow, as I am writing; today, probably, as you&#8217;re reading!) Please call your Senator and urge him or her to vote NO on SB 129. (You can find your Senator by clicking here.) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voting rights now part of Wisconsin battle</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/02/voting-rights-now-part-of-wisconsin-battle.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/02/voting-rights-now-part-of-wisconsin-battle.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Bates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The legislative roller coaster in Wisconsin just got a bit more twisted. According to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, &#8220;Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) threatened to force a vote soon on a bill that would require voters to show ID at the polls, in a move meant to lure Democrats boycotting the Senate back to Wisconsin.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPDATE: War on Voting</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/02/update-war-on-voting.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/02/update-war-on-voting.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Bates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iowa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/?p=4337</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The war on voting continues and we have updates in five states this week. (If you missed last week&#8217;s update, you can check it out here.) MISSOURI The Missouri Senate passed legislation on Thursday, February 17 to amend the state constitution to allow laws requiring voters to show a Missouri ID at the polls. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update: War on Voting</title>
		<link>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/02/4264.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.blog.rockthevote.com/2011/02/4264.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 22:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Bates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a quick, end-of-the week review on some of the ins and outs in the War on Voting.  As you can see, this war has many different fronts. Here are updates on what&#8217;s happening in the states (in alphabetical order, no less!): Colorado: Republicans killed a bill that would have allowed 16- and 17-year [...]]]></description>
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