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News :: Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy : Urban Development |
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Urbana Progressives Crush Satterthwaite Proposal to Add At-Large Seats to Council |
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by ML |
03 Nov 2004
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Citizens read Constitution, Flunk Mayor in Civics 101
Urbana votes at-large to reject at-large proposal by mayor to add council seats |
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Live Electoral Vote Count: |
by Sascha Meinrath
Email: sascha (nospam) ucimc.org |
03 Nov 2004
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See how the networks call the EVs live as they happen. Available HERE.
1805: IN, KY, and GA are now being called for Bush (34 electoral votes total); VT for Kerry (3 electoral votes total).
1833: WV called for Bush (39EVs total); Kerry at 3 EVs.
1901: 80 EVs Bush; 77 EVs Kerry.
1919: 95 EVs Bush; 77 EVs Kerry.
1922: 108 EVs Bush (OK, MS, AL, TN, KY, IN, GA, SC, NC, VA, WV); 77 EVs Kerry (IL, ME, VT, MA, CT, NJ, DE, MD, DC).
2004: 162 EVs Bush; 112 EVs Kerry.
2030: LA & MS called for Bush (171 total); 112 EVs for Kerry.
2101: UT for Bush (176 total); 112 EVs for Kerry.
2108: 192 EVs Bush (MO, AK); 112 Kerry.
2113: 195 EVs Bush; 112 Kerry.
2142: MT for Bush (196); 112 for Kerry.
2151: AZ for Bush (203); 112 for Kerry.
2155: Bush (203); PA for Kerry (133).
2203: Bush (203); CA for Kerry (188).
2205: CO for Bush (207); Kerry (188).
2226: Bush (210); Kerry (199) -- states to watch: FL, OH, NV, NM.
2235: Bush (219); Kerry (199).
2241: They've now begun calling Florida for Bush (237); Kerry (199) -- states to watch: OH, NV, NM.
2248: Bush (246); Kerry (199).
2311: Bush (246); OR for Kerry (206).
2349: Bush (246); NH and MN for Kerry (220) -- states (still) to watch: OH, NV, NM.
0001: AK and OH for Bush (269); Kerry (220) -- but 250,000 votes still to be counted in OH.
0024: Bush (269); BBC is calling MN & HI for Kerry (234).
0048: OH too close to call: Bush (249); Kerry (234).
0135: Bush (249); Kerry (242) -- waiting on results from IA (7), NM (5), NV(5), OH (20), and WI (10).
0241: Results have slowed to a crawl -- tentatively, it looks like the remaining states will take awhile to flesh out. Amid growing concerns (on both the left and the right) of voting irregularities, the presidential election looks more and more likely to be decided in the courts. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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Live from Brookens |
by Editors
Email: web (nospam) ucimc.org |
03 Nov 2004
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12:15am These reporters are sleepy and have to go home. We leave with Gill and Johnson close in Champaign County but knowing that the Congressional District is larger than the County. Rietz wins. No At Large is ahead by a wide margin. No election commission is ahead. Developmental Disabilities is ahead. Greens are expected to establish their districts in all three cases and in no case do they seem to be a "spoiler" factor. Mackaman is around 4% and may be able to break 5%. Jakobsson is the apparent winner in the State Rep race. That's all from Brookens tonight.
11:30pm For County Board race in district 9 Cunningham 12 reports 31% for Miller (Green), 48% McGinty (Democrat), 21% Moment (Republican) and in the State Rep race 8% for Socialist Mackaman.
10:45pm With 1 district 7 Champaign precinct reporting, Green party cadidate Ken Urban received 6% of the vote. Democrat Jane Anderson leads the race.
In County Board district 9 race, Green Zach Miller received 17% of the vote in Cunnimgham 16.
Upon hearing of Miller's 17% prominent Democrats were heard to say "that's not good."
Republican Stu Moment leads in that race.
Socialist Tom Mackaman received 3% with 3 precincts reporting. Jakobsson leads that race.
Election Commission is taking a beating 62% no to 38% yes. Develomental Disabilities Board is ahead 55% yes to 45% no.
Village of Foosland voted 39 votes to 10 to remain in existance.
Rietz leads Piland 54% to 46%, Piland conceded and Rietz is giving her victory speech.
9:45pm In the County Board race, Cunningham 20, the first Urbana precinct to report, a tradtionally Rebublican district, shows 37 votes Green, 191 votes Democrat and 260 votes Republican. With 8% of the votes in the most conservative district 9 precinct the Greens are almost assured to establish their party.
9:30pm Results have been slow to come in. Only rural precincts have reported so far. We are only closely tracking ballot measures and county board races and leaving the rest to the final summaries. So far Developmental Disabilities Board is close. It is behind by 32 votes with 11 out of 117 precincts reporting. By the numbers it is yes 1061 no 1095
On the Electoral Commission vote is 746 yes to 1343 no.
We have heard rumors that even with only rural precincts reporting that Rietz is ahead of Piland in the State's Attorney race.
Media are also calling it for Johnson and Obama.
IMC Reporters are live at Brookens Center Media Room where the Champaign County precinct returns will come in. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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Zogby's predicting Kerry electoral win, Bush popular vote win: |
by Sascha Meinrath
Email: sascha (nospam) ucimc.org |
02 Nov 2004
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In what may be a reversal of the 2000 Presidential elections, Zogby's prediction is now that Kerry will take the electoral college with 311 votes (compared with Bush's 213; however, Bush is predicted to take 49.4% of the popular vote (compared with Kerry's 49.1%). These are just predictions -- so be sure to vote! More details below. |
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News :: Elections & Legislation |
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Indymedia Election Coverage: |
by Editors
Email: web (nospam) ucimc.org |
02 Nov 2004
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Polls close at 7 PM. Verify your voter registration status, find your polling place, and see your ballot by entering your info at:
www.champaigncountyclerk.com/registrationstatus.asp.
LOCAL HOTLINE FOR CHALLENGED VOTERS: 398-1018
ID MAY BE REQUIRED
We are getting reports that students are being sent home to fetch ID. Please bring the following with you to the polls. Stand up for your right to vote!
Two types of ID with your REGISTERED ADDRESS are required:
1) Primary ID: Driver license, state ID, student ID, utility bill, bank statement, paycheck, government check.
2) Secondary ID: any piece of mail with your name and address (the one you registered with).
VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS ARE NOT VALID ID.
Here is a list of local imc's that will be offering comprehensive coverage: | Independent Media Centers Coverage | Web Radio Streams | | | | |
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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Elections & Legislation : Media : UCIMC |
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Indymedia Gears Up for Election Coverage: |
by Editors
Email: web (nospam) ucimc.org |
31 Oct 2004
Modified: 09:59:04 PM |
 On the eve of what may be the most important election in U.S. history, the Indymedia network announces the launch of a new and indispensable website for gathering the news and views of ordinary people across the country and around the world. With its mission of publishing independent, on-the-ground reports from the people who experience the news most directly, indymedia.us will amplify the voices of those most directly impacted not only by the elections process, but by the policies of either a Bush or Kerry administration.
"Indymedia has changed the face of journalism through its creative and comprehensive coverage from the front lines of struggles for social justice through out the world," says Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, the independent public radio and TV news hour. "With its vast network of
unembedded journalists throughout the country indymedia.us will become a weapon in the fight for the truth about what happens on November 2nd and
beyond."
Many IMCs (including the Urbana-Champaign IMC) will be covering the election... stay tuned! |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Elections & Legislation |
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GEO Joins NAACP, College Democrats, and Many Other Organizations that Endorse Voting "NO" on At-Large in Urbana |
by Vote No At-Large
Email: noatlarge (nospam) yahoo.com |
29 Oct 2004
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The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) has become the latest in a long list of organizations that have publicly endorsed a "no" vote on the at-large ballot question in Urbana. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
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EFF, UCIMC Challenge Secret Court Order |
by EFF via Sascha Meinrath
Email: sascha (nospam) ucimc.org |
26 Oct 2004
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Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) attorneys filed a motion to unseal a secret US federal court order that led to the seizure of two servers hosting several websites and radio feeds belonging to Indymedia, a global collective of Independent Media Centers (IMCs) and thousands of journalists. The motion seeks to discover which agencies and governments are responsible for the seizure in order to hold them accountable. In their motion, EFF attorneys argue that "the public and the press have a clear and compelling interest in discovering under what authority the government was able unilaterally to prevent Internet publishers from exercising their First Amendment rights." They argue further that secret court orders circumvent due process, undermine confidence in the judicial system, and deny an avenue for redress. "When a secret order results in the unconstitutional silencing of media, the public has a right to know what happened," said Kurt Opsahl, EFF Staff Attorney. "Freedom of the press is an essential part of the First Amendment, and our government must show it had a compelling state interest to order such an extreme intrusion to the rights of the publisher and the public..." |
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