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Estabrook files for ballot spot |
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by News-Gazoo via gehrig
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24 Jun 2002
Modified: 08:17:32 PM |
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The News-Gazette has an article announcing that Carl Estabrook has filed petitions for his candidacy for the U.S. House seat now held by Tim Johnson. |
"Thanks to dozens of volunteers, the Green Party will be on the ballot in the fall in the 15th Congressional District, so we'll be able to run a campaign on the issues that would not be talked about if the incumbent had only token opposition,” Estabrook said.
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Congrats to Carl. Now the _real_ fun starts.
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See also:
http://www.newsgazette.com/story.cfm?Number=11831
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Yes, indeed. |
by Carl Estabrook
cge (nospam) shout.net (unverified) |
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24 Jun 2002
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"There is a project at Harvard called The Vanishing Voter Project. It does extensive polling analysis to try to determine why the voters have been losing interest in elections over the past twenty years. One of the things they measure is the sense of helplessness -- the feeling that you cannot do anything that will affect the political process. It hit a new high [in 2000], far beyond anything before. Right before the election about 75 per cent of the population felt that there was no election at all, that it was just some kind of game being played by rich contributors, party bosses and the media." --We're going to try to disrupt the game a little, even though they tried (and continue to try) to keep us out. And we're going to enjoy it... |
