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A report by People for the American Way Foundation
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Harsh and Burdensome Voter ID Requirements
- Barriers to voter registration
- Provisional Ballots
- Long lines and inequality in resource distribution at the polls
- Disenfranchisement of citizens with past felony convictions
- Emerging suppression strategies
- Cause for optimism-fighting voter suppression and winning
- Endnotes
"I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of the people. They never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now. As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down."
— Radical Right strategist Paul Weyrich, at a 1980 training session for 15,000 conservative preachers in Dallas.
There are two ways to win an election. One is to get a majority of voters to support you. The other is to prevent voters who oppose you from casting their votes.
In the 27 years since Paul Weyrich's astonishingly candid admission, the radical right wing in America has developed an array of subtle and overt methods to suppress voter registration and turnout. The methods are targeted to constituencies most likely to oppose right-wing causes and candidates: low-income families, minorities, senior citizens and citizens for whom English is a second language.
Occasionally, attempts at voter suppression are illegal dirty tricks, such as the phone-jamming scheme carried out by Republican operatives against a Democratic phone bank in New Hampshire in 2004. Some voter suppression is unintentional, the result of applying or misapplying changes in voting laws. However, voter suppression today is overwhelmingly achieved through regulatory, legislative and administrative means, resulting in modern-day equivalents of poll taxes and literacy tests that kept Black voters from the ballot box in the Jim Crow era.
Couched in feel-good phrases such as "voter security" and "anti-voter fraud," these measures limit voter registration, turn voters away from polling places, and cast doubt on the validity of ballots. For example, stringent voter ID rules that require photo ID at the polls sound reasonable, until the estimated up to 12 percent of eligible voters who do not have a driver's license are figured in. And while "anti-fraud" measures sound good, in truth there is little evidence of organized voter fraud anywhere in the nation, while voter suppression tactics are varied and widespread:
- In Ohio, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has implemented rules to carry out a new state elections law. Blackwell's rules make it extremely difficult for small churches and other nonprofit organizations to hire and train voter registration workers—and they expose voter registration workers to felony charges for making mistakes.
- In Texas, Congressman John Carter has suggested implementing literacy tests and English-only ballots, despite the existence of a federal law requiring minority language ballots at the polls.
- In Florida in 2004, Governor Jeb Bush was forced to deactivate a list of purported felons who were to be blocked from voting when the news media discovered that the list included Black, but not Hispanic, voters and that many people on the list were actually eligible voters.
- In California this year, nonsensical requirements for matching new voter names to existing state databases (e.g., a "Michael R. Neuman" would not match a "Mike R. Neuman" at the same address) resulted in numerous voter registrations being rejected. Between January and June, 26,824 voter registration forms received by Los Angeles County alone were rejected because of these new restrictions.
- In New Mexico, the number of "provisional ballots," which are mandated under new federal voting rules, that went uncounted exceeded the margin of victory in the presidential race in 2004.
- In Indiana, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona, since the 2002 passage of the federal Help America Vote Act, state legislatures have passed new voter identification rules that would disenfranchise thousands of elderly and poor voters who do not have drivers' licenses or passports. Some of these measures have been blocked, but others are now in effect.
- In Ohio in 2004, precincts in predominantly low-income and minority neighborhoods were chronically understaffed and had fewer voting machines than higher-income precincts, resulting in long lines and uncounted numbers of voters leaving the polls before they had a chance to cast a vote.
The Radical Right strategy of turning out base supporters while suppressing the votes of its opponents has often been successful. Legislatures controlled by far-right conservatives now determine the voting laws and how redistricting is conducted in many states. Governors, secretaries of state, and other election officials, supported by the Radical Right, now administer many states' elections. This report, by no means comprehensive, provides a brief overview of various suppression techniques so that citizens, community activists and the news media can recognize similar attempts as patterns of voter suppression emerge across the country.
Harsh and Burdensome Voter ID Requirements
The most widespread modern voter suppression tactic is the imposition of new laws and rules that require voters to show specific forms of identification in order to vote. Identification requirements pose a special burden to the approximately 12 percent of voting-age Americans – mainly the poor, racial minorities, senior citizens and students – who do not have a driver's license.[1]
Proponents of new voter identification requirements cite the supposed problem of voter fraud as the impetus for their action, but there's no evidence that voter fraud exists in this country in any significant way, or that identification requirements would fix the problem if it were to exist. Indeed, the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform acknowledged that "there is no evidence of extensive fraud in U.S. elections or of multiple voting,"[2] And, according to a 2005 study by the Ohio League of Women Voters, out of more than nine million ballots cast in Ohio in 2002 and 2004, just four were found to be fraudulent.[3]
A particularly troubling proposal came from the Carter-Baker Commission. The commission proposed requiring the use of a new national photo identification card, known as a "REAL ID" card, for all voting. REAL ID cards, which are slated to come into use in May of 2008, would be highly expensive and, if they are required for voting, would constitute a modern-day poll tax. National REAL ID cards are not yet in place, but many identification requirement proposals already have been adopted at the state level.Such proposals, usually backed strongly by Radical Right special interest groups, serve to suppress votes and intimidate voters—regardless of their supporters' intent. In 2001, 11 states required voter IDs. But thanks in part to encouragement from Radical Right activists, since the passage of the federal Help America Vote Act in 2002, 24 states now require voter identification.[4]A few examples follow.
In November of 2004, Arizona voters passed Proposition 200, which implemented harsh voter identification requirements (as well as proof-of-citizenship requirements—discussed in the next section of this report). The law requires voters who cast a ballot at a polling place on Election Day to present photo identification deemed "acceptable" by Arizona's Secretary of State, such as a driver's license, or two alternate forms of ID that include the name or address of the voter such as a utility bill or a bank statement. Such requirements can disenfranchise voters without photo ID by making it hard for them to cast ballots if they live at a residence where someone else, such as a spouse, parent, or roommate pays the bills, or if they are uninformed about the rules. Students, the poor, and senior citizens are among the groups that are most likely to be adversely affected.
A broad coalition of Arizonans, including the Inter_Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., the Hopi Tribe, the League of Women Voters of Arizona, the League of United Latin American citizens, the Arizona Advocacy Network, and People For the American Way Foundation, joined by State Representative Steve Gallardo, have challenged Proposition 200 in federal court . Plaintiffs are awaiting an August 30, 2006 hearing regarding an injunction.[5]
New voter ID requirements were signed into law in Georgia by Gov. Sonny Perdue in early 2005 despite warnings from Georgia's Black legislators and other Democrats that thousands of voters could be disenfranchised.[6]
One problem with the law is that an estimated 700,000 registered Georgia voters do not have valid drivers' licenses.[7] Although Georgia's law now mandates that registered Georgians who do not have valid drivers' licenses must be provided with free state identification documents, as of the time this report was published (with the November 7, 2006 elections rapidly approaching) the mandate had not been carried out.
The Georgia voter ID requirements generated national controversy in November of 2005, when it was revealed that senior political officials in the U.S. Justice Department had overruled a team of career Justice Department lawyers who recommended rejecting the rules because they were likely to discriminate against Black voters.[8] The state was temporarily prevented from implementing the requirements due to the pre-clearance provision of the Voting Rights Act, but Attorney General Gonzales, who was responsible for the final decision on its implementation, signed off.
On the first day of the 2006 legislative session, Republicans in the legislature changed the bill to make it possible for voters to obtain photo identification free of cost. Despite that change, a Georgia court enjoined the requirements, finding them to be overly burdensome. In July of 2006, a week before Georgia's primary election, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld a court order blocking enforcement of the bill, ruling that voters would not have to show identification during the subsequent primary. Court injunctions appear likely to stay in place and prevent enforcement of the rules in November of 2006.
In April of 2005, the Indiana legislature passed a strict voter ID bill, which was then signed into law by Governor Mitch Daniels. Under the new requirements, Indiana voters must present government-issued photo identification, displaying the voter's name, which must match the name on their voter registration record, at the polls. The ID must display an expiration date, and it may not be expired. A voter without valid photo ID must cast a provisional ballot, which can only be counted if that voter travels to a County Election Board office within 10 days of the election and presents a valid photo ID to the board.
Indiana's voter ID bill, like those in Georgia and Missouri, purports to give free state-issued photo identification cards to Hoosiers without IDs. However, Indiana's bill, unlike those in Georgia and Missouri, does not specify how these IDs are to be distributed.
The Indiana voter ID rules sparked criticism from the Indiana Democratic Party and voting rights advocacy organizations including the Indiana Civil Liberties Union. The Indiana Democratic Party filed suit in May of 2005, alleging that the law infringed on the rights of voters. The suit was thrown out by U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Evans Barker, who ruled that the plaintiffs had not produced sufficient evidence that the rules would prevent people from voting.
During the May 2006 primary, Congresswoman Julia Carson, a Democrat seeking her sixth term, was delayed at her Indianapolis polling place when the photo ID card she presented to confirm her identity didn't have an expiration date on it, as is required by the new law.[9] Also during the primary, a group of veterans, who arrived at the polls using their Veterans Administration medical cards as their photo ID, were turned away from the polls because the IDs did not have an expiration date or a stamp indicating that the ID never expired.[10]
The Democratic Party appealed Judge Barker's decision, asking the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago to overturn her decision. Arguments in that case are scheduled to be heard on October 18, 2006.
The Michigan Supreme Court is currently revisiting the state attorney general's opinion against implementing Michigan's photo ID requirement. This photo ID requirement was declared unconstitutional by the state's attorney general, but the Michigan Supreme Court, in an act of judicial activism, has taken it upon itself to review the attorney general's opinion and may overturn it any day. NAACP and others have filed legal briefs urging that the attorney general's opinion be left in place, and they are awaiting a decision.[11]
In May of 2006, the Missouri Legislature passed Senate Bill 1014, which requires every Missouri voter to present a state-issued photo ID to be eligible to vote.[12] The bill passed despite the efforts of People For the American Way, SEIU, ACLU, MO Pro Vote, the Disability Vote Project, LCCRUL and others.
In July, the American Civil Liberties Union announced a state court lawsuit in St. Louis and Kansas City claiming that the law violates a Missouri constitutional prohibition on imposing costs on local governments without providing state funding. For example, the ACLU argues that the law would cost Jackson County (where Kansas City is located) $470,000 to implement, as it costs money to notify voters about the new rules and to purchase needed equipment, hire staff, and train Election Day poll workers.[13] Plaintiffs are seeking a permanent injunction blocking the law from being enforced and class-action status. A federal lawsuit challenging the statue is also anticipated.
As with the Georgia voter ID bill, there is a provision in the Missouri bill that purports to provide free identification cards to citizens without valid identification. But with the bill passing in mid-May, and officials still trying to tie up loose ends, there has been little time to ensure that all eligible voters have been alerted about the new rules and their need to obtain a state-issued photo ID before the November 2 elections.
In January of 2006, the Ohio legislature passed House Bill 3,[14] an election system overhaul that included new voter ID requirements.
The identification requirements imposed by HB 3 are complicated, and many local poll workers do not fully understand them. For example, during Ohio's August 8, 2006 special elections, some voters with valid drivers' licenses were required to cast provisional ballots because the drivers' licenses contained old addresses[15] (such provisional ballots often go uncounted – see the "provisional ballot" section of this report). Yet under HB 3, so long as a license is valid (even if the address is out of date), voters are entitled to cast regular ballots. Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has failed to make this rule clear to elections officials, and People For the American Way is currently working to make sure that elections officials are properly informed.[16]
In February of 2006, the Pennsylvania legislature passed House Bill 1318, a voter identification bill that purported to address the problem of "voter fraud."[17]
People For the American Way supported a coalition of Pennsylvania community organizations, volunteers, concerned citizens, civic groups, community leaders and activists fighting the bill. Thankfully, as a result of this tremendous activism, Governor Ed Rendell vetoed the measure in March, and its burdensome voter identification requirements did not become law.[18]
Barriers to voter registration
Votes can also be suppressed well in advance of elections when efforts to register new voters are hindered. Barriers to voter registration include proof-of-citizenship requirements, rules mandating that registration applications be sealed, and regulations that make it difficult for nonpartisan civic engagement groups to distribute and collect voter registration forms. Such registration suppression tactics have been employed—and fought with a degree of success—in a number of states in 2006. Some examples follow:
Proposition 200 requires citizens to present proof-of-citizenship documents in order to register to vote. Such documents include driver's licenses, birth certificates, and passports. Groups that independently register voters are required to obtain proof of citizenship in order to carry out their work, and the result has been impeded registration efforts.[19] In addition, even when forms are submitted, Proposition 200 has led to a large proportion of them being rejected. For example, the election director of Maricopa County, the largest county in Arizona, has testified that approximately 30 percent of registration applications received by her office have been rejected because of Proposition 200's restrictions.[20]
Such proof-of-citizenship requirements are often rationalized through fear tactics—namely the claim that non-citizens (especially "illegal immigrants") are attempting to register to vote. But no evidence exists to indicate that this is a problem. Congressman Raul Grijalva, who represents the Tucson area, has strongly criticized Proposition 200, saying, "The objective to me appears to be to begin to erect obstacles to voting by affixing a solution to a non-existent problem.''[21]
The lawsuit filed by People For the American Way Foundation and other organizations to challenge Proposition 200's voter ID requirements also challenges its proof-of-citizenship provisions for voter registration.
On May 18, 2006, the Brennan Center, in conjunction with the Advancement Project and pro bono counsel filed a lawsuit in federal district court on behalf of the League of Women Voters and other groups challenging as unconstitutional a new Florida law that restricts the activities of voter registration groups. This law requires third-party voter registration groups to meet artificially short deadlines for the return of forms, and imposes hefty fines under a strict liability scheme. The suit argues the resulting burden on plaintiffs' speech is unconstitutional. The new law also specifically exempts political parties from its reach, discrimination that plaintiffs argue is clearly unconstitutional.[22] A preliminary injunction hearing took place in early August of 2006.
In August of 2006, ACORN filed suit in federal court in Atlanta against Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox and the State Elections Board, claiming that voter registration restrictions implemented by the board violate the National Voting Rights Act. Other plaintiffs in the lawsuit include the NAACP, Project Vote, and the Georgia Coalition for People's Agenda. The restrictive registration rules under scrutiny require groups registering voters to accept only sealed voter registration applications and prohibit the copying of such forms. These rules prevent them from reviewing applications to make sure they are filled out correctly, and the rules also hinder get-out-the-vote efforts.[23] A preliminary injunction hearing was held on August 21, 2006.
In addition to containing voter identification requirements, Ohio's HB3 implemented new voter registration rules.[24] Those rules—and Secretary of State Ken Blackwell's interpretation of them—have thrown up substantial barriers to voter registration.
In early June of 2006, Blackwell issued his guidelines, which made it difficult for nonpartisan groups to carry out their work, diminishing registrations of young people, first-time voters, racial minorities, poor people, and new citizens.[25] By preventing efforts to register these potentially eligible voters, the rules have the effect of suppressing the vote.
The new restrictions require that when nonpartisan organizations pay staffers to help register voters, each individual staffer must hand deliver completed registration applications to the Secretary of State's office or county board of elections, instead of using the postal service to deliver the applications. Failure to abide by this rule is a fifth-degree felony—election falsification—that carries a penalty of jail time or a maximum $2,500 fine. The rules discourage workers who may be concerned about unintentionally committing a crime, and make it more difficult for groups to exercise quality control over the registrations filled out by the workers to prevent mistakes and discover problems.
Additionally, the rules require all compensated voter registrars to first complete a training regimen via an online program. This creates an unnecessary barrier for groups and citizens who cannot afford or do not have access to a computer, the Internet, and a printer. It disadvantages groups such as churches that may have only dial-up service and an antiquated computer, as opposed to wealthier groups that have greater resources for training.
Pressure from People For the American Way Foundation and other nonpartisan organizations, the media, and the public, led Blackwell to change one rule, and allow paid staffers to use the postal service to deliver registrations.It was a piecemeal fix that solved only one problem among many. People For the American Way Foundation filed suit with Project Vote, Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN), Communities of Faith Assemblies Church, and Common Cause Ohio against Blackwell and other state officials to address outstanding problems and overturn these burdensome voter registration restrictions. A preliminary injunction hearing is scheduled for September 1, 2006.
Provisional Ballots
In the 2004 election, more than one million provisional ballots were cast but not counted in the United States.[26] Provisional ballots are alternatives to regular ballots that are provided to voters whose names do not appear on voter lists, who do not present required forms of voter identification, or who are otherwise deemed ineligible at the polls to vote normally. Meant to address widespread problems seen in the 2000 elections, they are a well-intentioned idea that has been exploited by those who would discourage certain communities from voting.
The Help America Vote Act of 2002, or HAVA, set new nationwide standards intended to protect every American's right to vote. The new rules included the provisional ballot, which voters would use if their eligibility was in doubt. The idea was that eligibility could be determined after the election, and eligible provisional ballots would be counted. That's not what has happened.
Instead, as author Greg Palast puts it, provisional ballots created "a whole new category of 'spoilage'" and were "kind of a voting placebo."[27]Although HAVA requires a provisional ballot to be provided to anyone not given a regular ballot who asserts he or she is an eligible voter, HAVA does not require those provisional ballots to be counted. States have wide latitude to determine which, if any, provisional ballots to count, resulting in a vast number of them never being counted.[28]
Further, poll workers sometimes provide provisional ballots to voters who should actually cast regular ballots. For example, a voter who shows up at the wrong precinct might receive a provisional ballot instead of being directed to the correct precinct. A voter without proper identification might be asked to fill out a provisional ballot instead of advised to return home for valid identification. In each case, the voters could, given the proper advice from poll workers, cast regular ballots. Sadly, many voters walk away from the polls believing their votes will be counted when in fact, they will not.
Problems in 2004
Provisional ballots were especially problematic in Ohio in 2004, where Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, who was also state chairman of President Bush's reelection campaign, implemented restrictive rules about which provisional ballots were to be counted. For example, Blackwell said that all provisional ballots cast in the wrong precincts should be thrown out, even if the voter was an eligible voter. On some occasions the difference between one precinct and another was a neighboring table in the same school gym polling place.[29]
Provisional ballots also surfaced as a significant problem in New Mexico in 2004. There, uncounted provisional ballots outnumbered the difference in votes between the presidential candidates, so it is possible that the outcome of the presidential election in that state might have changed if all uncounted provisional ballots had been counted. [30]
A Victory in Pennsylvania
Since policies about which provisional ballots to count are determined at the state level, some states are getting it right. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell recently vetoed a measure in that state (H.B. 1318) that would have likely increased uncounted provisional ballots by requiring many provisional voters to travel to the county board of elections after Election Day in order to have their ballots counted.[31]
Disproportionate Effects on Some Groups
Despite a handful of victories at the state level, the system is not working, and the adverse effects of the flawed provisional ballot system are borne unevenly among the population. Analysis of the areas where provisional ballots were least likely to be counted indicates a higher concentration in areas with large populations of African Americans and other racial minorities. Mark Salling, a Cleveland State University Professor who analyzed the discarded ballots, found they were "overwhelmingly" from African American precincts.[32]
Rather than addressing the reasons that some voters are initially determined to be ineligible—and then allowing them to cast regular ballots that will be counted—many eligible voters are now encouraged to cast provisional ballots, under the misimpression that their provisional ballots will definitely be counted. This suppression of actual voting and its replacement with provisional voting that often does not count disenfranchises voters and threatens our democracy.
Long lines and inequality in resource distribution at the polls
Long lines at the polls constitute a form of voter suppression because they can compel eligible voters to give up on waiting or discourage people from even showing up at the polls. The problem is usually caused by an inadequate number of voting booths, faulty voting equipment, a lack of poll workers, or poorly trained poll workers who are not able to move voters through the process efficiently.
While long lines can suppress the vote in any precinct, evidence indicates that such lines often form at polling places that are frequented by students, people of color, and low-income voters who often do not have the time or the resources to wait many hours. Some work more than one job, have trouble obtaining permission to vote from employers, or must meet child-care deadlines. These are often the precincts which receive the fewest resources for voting equipment, poll workers and poll worker training.
In the 2004 election, many voters waited in lines for well over an hour before casting their ballots.[33] And in some places, the lines were much longer—for example, there were reports of five- and even ten-hour long lines at some precincts in Ohio.[34]Even the most dedicated citizens cannot typically spend five or ten hours to cast a vote.
People For the American Way Foundation worked with a number of other civil rights and public interest organizations to implement the Election Protection (EP) program in 17 states during the 2004 election. EP poll monitors received numerous complaints of long lines at polling places around the country.In its post-election report titled "Shattering the Myth,"[35] the Election Protection coalition summarized the numerous complaints it had received:
[There were complaints] of long lines and waits of up to ten hours to cast a ballot, especially in urban districts with too few voting stations.The lines inevitably led to untold numbers of voters who were disenfranchised because they could not afford to wait, and had to return to their jobs or their children before they had a chance to cast a vote. Further, reports of these long lines discouraged large numbers of voters from even attempting to cast their vote.Voters faced not only long lines, but also antiquated and faulty equipment and polling places with too few adequately trained poll workers or voting machines.In some minority communities there appeared to have been inequitable distribution of voting machines and Election Day resources that likely contributed to longer lines.
Examples of the Problem: Florida, Ohio and Illinois
The following are just a few examples of how inadequate resources at some polling places created long lines that suppressed votes in 2004:
In Florida, where long lines were evident from the start of early voting through Election Day, reports of senior citizens and disabled voters waiting in long lines during hot weather created additional concerns.There appeared to be a lack of clarity on the part of poll workers about special accommodations that could be made for these voters.[36]
In Ohio, an entire polling place in Cuyahoga County had to shut down at 9:25 a.m. on Election Day because there were no working machines.[37]
And in Cook County, Illinois, long lines at one polling place were explained by a voter who reported that it took 45 minutes to vote because only one person was voting at a time even though there were five booths. There was a single poll worker checking names and monitoring the process.[38]
The problems have persisted. During a primary election in May of 2006, a precinct in Cleveland, Ohio, didn't open until 1:30 p.m. because poll workers weren't adequately trained and didn't know how to set up the voting equipment.[39] Many people who came to vote in the morning could not return and were disenfranchised.
On July 28, 2005, PFAWF and other voting rights organizations filed suit in federal court on behalf of The League of Women Voters and a group of individual plaintiffs seeking changes in Ohio's maladministration of the voting process. Among other concerns, the lawsuit challenged the uneven allocation or voting machines and other resources, which led to long lines in poor and minority neighborhoods. On December 2, 2005, the district court denied the Secretary of State's motion to dismiss on immunity grounds and set the case on a fast track for trial. It was scheduled to begin on June 13, 2006. The state then appealed, however, and the case has been stayed pending that appeal.
The solution to the problem of unequal resource allocation is obvious, requiring a fundamental commitment to democracy. To be fair, and to ensure that some groups of voters aren't given preference over others, states should implement uniform poll worker training, adequate poll worker recruitment, and sufficient numbers of voting machines and voting booths in each precinct where voting will take place.
Disenfranchisement of citizens with past felony convictions
The disenfranchisement of felons and ex-felons currently excludes 5.3 million Americans—disproportionately racial minorities and low-income Americans—from participating in the democratic process.[40] And felon disenfranchisement rules sometimes result in the further exclusion of eligible voters from the polls because their names incorrectly appear on felon lists or match the names of other people on those lists.
Because states control their own laws when it comes to voter eligibility, disenfranchisement varies widely. Forty-eight states and the District of Columbia prohibit citizens from voting while incarcerated for a felony; Maine and Vermont are the only exceptions to the rule. Thirty-six states continue to prohibit citizens with felony convictions to vote while on parole. Thirty-one states exclude probationers as well. Only three states -- Virginia, Kentucky, and Florida -- permanently bar felons from voting, even years after they have completed their sentences and reintegrated themselves into their communities. Nine states either permanently disenfranchise those convicted of certain offenses or require ex-felons to wait a set number of years before re-registering to vote.[41]
As a point of comparison, no other democracy in the world takes away the right to vote for citizens who have completed their sentences. Many other countries, including Denmark, Norway, Israel, France and Zimbabwe, also allow those still in prison to cast a vote.[42]
Laws Disproportionately Affect African Americans
Supporters give various reasons for their support of disenfranchisement of felons, but the historical motivation behind such laws is unambiguous: they sought to keep African Americans from the voting booth and were passed before the civil rights movement.[43] Today, these laws still disproportionately affect African Americans and other racial minorities.
Nationwide, more than thirteen percent of adult African American males are denied the right to vote because of past felony convictions, and Black men make up over a third of the total disenfranchised population.[44] In six of the states that deny the right to vote to ex-offenders one in four Black men is permanently disenfranchised. The laws disproportionately affect Latino men as well: sixteen percent of Latino men will enter prison in their lifetime, compared to less than five percent of white men.[45]
Faulty Lists Disenfrachise Eligible Voters
One of the major problems involved in disenfranchising felons is the difficulty of keeping an accurate list. In Florida in particular, errors in the list appear to have suppressed votes and have undoubtedly impacted the results of elections, notably in 2000 but also in earlier years.
In 2000, Governor Jeb Bush's administration contracted with a private company to purge the names of convicted felons, past and present, from the voter rolls. In doing so, the company also purged the names of thousands of non-felons, mostly African Americans, who subsequently were denied the right to vote. Ultimately, the Presidential election of that year came down to only hundreds of votes in that state and faulty felon lists may have played a role in the outcome.[46]
Four years later, Governor Bush came under fire when it was revealed that once again, eligible voters were wrongly listed. Bush was forced to abandon use of the list completely after news reports revealed that thousands of Hispanic voters (who tend to vote Republican in Florida) had been returned to the voter rolls, while the list continued to exclude African Americans (who tend to vote Democratic).[47]
Emerging suppression strategies
In addition to the suppression strategies noted above, voting rights advocates should be aware of other emerging strategies appearing around the country that could spread if they are effective.
Restricting Early Voting
In early 2005, the Maryland legislature passed new rules to expand the right to vote in the state by allowing early voting. Governor Bob Ehrlich vetoed the legislation on May 20, 2005, providing unfounded allegations of the potential voter fraud as his rationale.[48] The legislature overrode the governor's veto, but a judge's decision recently struck down the early voting provisions. The case is on appeal.
Ending Same-Day Voter Registration
In Wisconsin, during his 2006 campaign to win the state's Republican gubernatorial primary, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker proposed repealing the state's same-day voter registration rules in order to make poll workers' job easier.[49] Walker's proposed repeal of same-day registration would be especially harmful to young voters and college students, and could change the outcome of elections. Same-day voter registration was credited with increasing the student vote considered essential to former Governor Jesse Ventura's 2000 win as an independent in neighboring Minnesota.
Database Matching
In Washington State, a 2005 election law that required the state to precisely match voter ID data from registration forms to a government database was likely to disenfranchise numerous voters at the polls until it was enjoined. The law, formulated on a "no match, no vote" practice, was recently challenged this past May by a coalition of individuals and organizations led by ProjectVote and the Brennan Center for Justice. As of August 1, 2006 a preliminary injunction was granted by a federal judge on the grounds of this law's violation of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002.[50]
Also, in California this year, the Secretary of State imposed a requirement that new registrations and registration renewals be matched precisely with other existing state databases. [51] The criteria were so strict that one different letter in a name or numeral in an address, or the inclusion of a middle initial, could prevent a citizen's registration from going through. Between January and June, 26,824 voter registration forms received by Los Angeles County alone were rejected because of these new restrictions.[52] Because rejected registrations quickly mounted by the tens of thousands, the Secretary of State revised his rules to make them less restrictive, but People For the American Way Foundation and others continue to monitor the situation to determine whether problems persist.
Literacy Tests
Congressman John Carter of Texas recently proposed re-instituting literacy test requirements for voting.[53] Such tests were a mainstay of Jim Crow disenfranchisement policies and would likely disenfranchise millions of voters. Congressman Carter's proposal was roundly criticized and went nowhere, yet it should not be counted out as a strategy that could be pursued by other elected officials in the future.
Cause for optimism—fighting voter suppression and winning
People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation, other civil rights and voting rights groups, political leaders, civic organizations, and vigilant citizens have refused to stand by as the Radical Right has tried to suppress votes.
In Arizona, as noted above, People For the American Way Foundation and a coalition of civic participation organizations and Arizona voters have filed suit against Secretary of State Jan Brewer to end burdensome voter ID, voter registration, and proof of citizenship requirements. In Georgia, Indiana, and Missouri, groups including the AARP, ACLU, NAACP and MALDEF are working through the courts to do the same thing.
People For the American Way Foundation and allied organizations are suing to ease restrictive voter registration rules in Ohio, and People For the American Way and its allies have successfully persuaded Governor Rendell to veto Pennsylvania's suppressive HB 1318. Testimony from People For the American Way helped persuade the Minnesota legislature to defeat restrictive voter ID requirements in 2006. People For the American Way also worked with Common Cause to defeat similar requirements in Colorado in the 2006 regular and special legislative sessions. And Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle has vetoed suppressive voter identification legislation three times.
In addition to fighting suppressive measures, People For the American Way and coalition allies are working around the country to pass components of comprehensive electoral reform proposals such as the federal one sponsored by Senator Clinton and Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones, that will expand the right to vote. Additionally, we are supporting, and have seen some success with, state-level vote-by-mail proposals, early voting, same-day voter registration, and versions of anti-deceptive practices legislation that is sponsored at the national level by Senator Barack Obama of Illinois.
Nevertheless, it is far easier to suppress votes than to bring new voters to the polls. As long as the Radical Right continues to follow the advice Paul Weyrich gave in 1979, and continues to believe that suppressing votes favors its candidates, voter suppression will continue and new strategies will emerge. Proponents of good government and the news media must remain vigilant in identifying voter suppression, and civic participation advocates must continue to oppose it. Every American citizen is guaranteed the right to cast a vote that counts. As a nation, we have the responsibility to make that ideal become reality.
- Overton, Spencer. "The Carter-Baker ID Card Proposal: Worse Than Georgia." Roll Call. 2005.Roll Call. 22 Aug. 2006. In Overton's Carter-Baker dissent, he cites a 2001 Carter-Ford Commission report that an estimated 6 to 10 percent of voting-age Americans (approximately 11 million to 19 million potential voters) lack any form of state-issued photo ID.
- Carter, Jimmy. James Baker. "Building Confidence in U.S. Elections Report of the Commission on Federal Election Reform." CFER. 2005. CFER. 22 Aug. 2006.18.
- Urbina, Ian. "New Registration Rules Stir Voter Debate in Ohio." New York Times. 2006. New York Times. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Carter, Jimmy. James Baker. "Building Confidence in U.S. Elections Report of the Commission on Federal Election Reform." CFER. 2005. CFER. 22 Aug. 2006.18.
- "Arizona Voters File Lawsuit Against Secretary of State Brewer." Lawyers Committee. 2006.
Lawyers Committee. 26 Aug. 2006.
- Campos, Carlos. James Salzer. "Suit slams voter ID law." The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.2005. The
Atlanta-Journal Constitution. 22 Aug. 2006.
- "Analysis of State Databases Reveals Nearly 700,000 Registered Voters Lack Valid Driver's License or State-Issued Georgia ID" Georgia Secretary of State' office press release. 19 Jun. 2006
- Eggen, Dan. "Criticism of Voting Law Was Overruled." The Washington Post. 2005. The
Washington Post. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Relvea, Neil. "New Voter ID Law Snags Indiana Congresswoman." WCPO 9 News, 2006.
WCPO 9 News. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Green, Rebecca S. "Refusal of vets' IDs leads to hard feelings at polls." The Fort-Wayne Journal Gazette, 2006. The Fort-Wayne Journal Gazette. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Josar, David. "Groups Challenge Voter ID Plan." The Detroit News 2006. The Detroit News. 23
Aug. 2006.
- Hoover, Tim. "Missouri approves voter ID." Kansas City Star. 2006. Kansas City Star. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Wiese, Kelly. "Democrats Challenge New Mo. Voter ID Law." Boston Globe 2006. Boston
Globe. 22 Aug. 2006.
- In addition to creating new voter ID requirements, HB 3 has created problems by allowing poll
workers to challenge a voter's registration at a polling place, enabling poll workers to discriminate against voters on sight. It also prevents federal election challenges from being pursued in state courts, severely hindering voters' ability to fight for their rights, and it requires people assisting voters with disabilities to have power of attorney—greatly narrowing the ability of disabled voters to cast their votes with assistance from chosen representatives. More information about HB 3's burdensome registration requirements can be found in the next section of this report.
- Woods, Jim and Dana Wilson. "Voters handle ID requirement; Only minor confusion mars first test of new rule," The Columbus Dispatch. 2006. The Columbus Dispatch. 22 Aug. 2006.
- On August 15, 2006, People For the American Way sent a letter to Secretary of State Blackwell asking
that he issue a directive to election officials that voters with a current license that has an old address can cast a regular ballot. Following the August 11, 2006 primary, several Ohio papers reported that some voters had to cast a provisional ballot because poll workers were unaware of the rules. See PFAW's letter to Blackwell at: http://media.pfaw.org/pdf/8-15-06LetterToBlackwell.pdf
- Levy, Marc. "Senate approves bill to require ID from voters." Times-Gazette. 2005. Times-Gazette. 22
Aug. 2006.
- "Governor Rendell Signs Veto Message Protecting Fundamental Right to Vote of PA Citizens, Says Bill Places Unnecessary Burden on Voters." PA Govt.
- "Arizona Voters File Lawsuit Against Secretary of State Brewer." Lawyers Committee. 2006.
Lawyers Committee. 26 Aug. 2006.
- Ibid.
- "National voter verification requirements mostly a partisan question, Dems charge." The
Douglas Daily Dispatch. 2006. The Daily Dispatch. 5 August 2006.
- "League of Women Voters of Florida, et al. v. Cobb, et al." Brennan Center. 2006. Brennan
Center. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Campos, Carlos. "Election board rules challenged." The Atlanta Journal-Constitutional. 2006.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitutional. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Siegal, Jim. "Coming this fall: voters must show ID at polls." The Columbus Dispatch. 2006.
The Columbus Dispatch. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Provance, Jim. "Panel supports Blackwell on voter registration rules." The Toledo Blade. 2006.
The Toledo Blade. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Palast, Greg. Armed Madhouse. New York: Penguin Group, 2006. 208.
- Palast, Greg. "Kerry Won…" TomPaine.com. 2004. TomPaine.com. 4 Nov. 2004.
- Palast, Greg. Armed Madhouse. New York: Penguin Group, 2006. 208.
- Ibid. 209.
- Ibid. 210.
- "Governor Rendell Signs Veto Message Protecting Fundamental Right to Vote of PA Citizens, Says Bill Places Unnecessary Burden on Voters." PA
- Jackson. Jesse. Greg Palast. "Jim Crow Returns to the Voting Booth," Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2005. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 10 Aug. 2006.
- Jones. Tamara. Jo Becker. "A Passionate, Patient Electorate" Washington Post. 2004.
Washington Post. 10 Aug. 2006.
- Fitrakis, Bob. Harvey Wasserman. "Hearings on Ohio Voting Put 2004 Election in Doubt."
FreePress.org. 2004. FreePress.org. 22 Aug. 2006.
- "Shattering the Myth." People For the American Way Foundation, NAACP, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. December 2004. 3.
- Ibid. 18-19.
- Ibid. 22.
- Ibid. 36.
- "Cleveland Polling Place Delays Statewide Election Results." Newsnet5.com 2006. Newsnet5.
10 Aug. 2006.
- "Felony Disenfranchisement in the Laws in the United States." Sentencing Project.org. 2006.
Sentencing Project. 11 Aug. 2006.
- Ibid.
- "About Felon Re-enfranchisement." Demos.org. 2004.Demos. 11 Aug. 2006.
- Ewald, Alec. Punishing at the Polls.New York: Demos: A Network for Ideas and Action. 2003.9.
- "Felony Disenfranchisement in the Laws in the United States." Sentencing Project.org. 2006.
Sentencing Project. 11 Aug. 2006.
- Restoring Voting Rights to Citizens with Felony Convictions. New York: Demos: A Network for
Ideas and Action. 2006.2.
- Getter, Lisa. "Florida's Voter Purge Overzealous, Records Confirm the Thousands of Wrongly Targeted Legitimate Voters May Have Changed the 2000 election's outcome." Los Angeles Times. 2001. Los Angeles Times. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Waite, Matthew. "Florida scraps felon vote list." St. Petersburg Times Online. 2004. St. Petersburg Times. 22 Aug. 2006.
- Ehrlich Jr., Robert L.. "Governor Ehrlich's Veto Messages for Senate Bill 478." MD Govt.2005. MD Govt. 22 Aug 2006.
- Anderson, Scott. "Walker Pushes Tax Freeze in his GOP Campaign for Governor." Journal Times. 2006. Journal Times. 22 Aug 2006.
- "Washington Association of Churches et. al v. Reed." ProjectVote.org. 2006.
ProjectVote.org.22 Aug 2006.
- Rau, Jordan. "New ID System May Block Voters; A statewide database has rejected otherwise valid registrations because of computer glitches or slight discrepancies in the spelling of names." Los Angeles Times. 2006. Los Angeles Times. 22 Aug. 2006.
- McCormack, Conny. Chronology of events and L.A. County Stats re VR database issue." Email to Melissa Darr. 4 August 2006.
- Kronberg, Harvey. "Objections to renewal of the Voting Rights Act." News8austin.com. 2006.
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Presenting at the Shorty Awards this week, Miss Teen USA, Logan West looks pretty in pink. Read the full article here.
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SARANAC LAKE – Pendragon Theatre has announced its 2013 spring family classic, "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" by Michele L. Vacca.
Matt Sorensen is directing the production, with scenic and costume design by Kent Streed, lighting design by Bonnie B. Brewer and an original score by Phill Greenland.
The show opens on Sunday for a special Mother's Day performance at 1 p.m.. Mother's Day only, moms get in free. Subsequent performances will take place at 4 p.m. May 24, 25 and 31, 7 p.m. May 26, 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. June 1, 11 a.m. July 5, 16 and 30, and at 11 a.m. Aug. 10, 23 and 30. All performances take place at Pendragon Theatre.
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futurebird wrote:Even good shu is just "nice" never amazing. (well someone prove me wrong!)
lordsbm wrote:
Actually I find aged shu (even better if it's aged lao cha tuo) is better appreciated if u cook it with iron pot or stainless steel. Learned this from China forums. The flavor is better and most of the time is sweeter.
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Woopsie, looks like the ever-so popular Virtual Bartender Chicks (and version number two) from beer.com have been re-done by Bavaria beer in Brazil (say that ten times fast after drinking ten of them).
To view the Brazilian version, hop in to their site and click the babe on the top, leave your 'name' and 'email' and choose where you live from a drop-down menu. Then off you go.
This girl strips for a little longer and a lot less dress when you ask her to, dances a bit more and probably does a million other things that I haven't figured out yet.
Hat tip to Frank at mediafact.nl
Um...just the best site ever....
Sex sells, and I wonder how long it will be before we see, "Virtual Bartender: ad nauseum" take hold?
It looks like we now might have, "Virtual Bartender IV" with a gender switch! Follow the link Dabitch posted above to see what I mean.
Oops! I didn't name the link. Click on the "Direct link to the beer-babe" link Dabitch posted above.
He doesn't seem to do much at all. I don't think the male version is intended to appeal to women as the female version was obviously intended to appeal to men. I don't know what Bavaria's angle is on this one.
At first, I thought Bavaria was just doing a gender switch, but now I am not so certain. I tried translating the Portuguese on the page to English via an online translator, but much seemed to get lost in the translation, and I could not make any sense of it.
Maybe Bavaria is taking their Virtual Bartender in a different direction (gender or otherwise) than Beer.com. We will just have to wait and see.
How to change to woman, when i click this direct link, there is guy ;/ Sorry i dont speak spanish ;]
I've confirmed there is a Virtual Bartender III currently in production (as of November 2006) from the makers of the first two, so it looks like the Virtual Bartender will continue; for better or for worse.
Having seen some of the audition footage (I'm not going to bother with a link), I think it's time for Beer.com to end the boring story, finish its drink, and go home. It's closing time.
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The website or the comments? The site is in Portuguese. (and the post here is from 2005)
the website i dont understand it
Just an unsuccessful imitation of beer.com's virtual bartender...


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Date: April 30, 2011Location: Ft Yargo State Park - Winder, Georgia
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Located between Athens and Atlanta. This park is a perfect venue for an off-road Triathlon as it has some of the areas best lakes, a fun and fast trail system and a quiet comfortable setting, the trails are built and maintained by the YABA club.
The ½ mile lake swim will start off the event as athletes will begin on East shore and swim out to a point in the lake marked with buoys and then back to the beach. After exiting the water the racers will face a short run to the transition area to begin the mountain bike leg, which consists of a 10 mile loop. The athletes will then transition again to the shorter 5 mile run course which will use parts of the mountain bike course plus some dirt road power line sections to finally finish the race.
Last years event was a fun and challenging time and we look for the competition to be at a high level as well as the turnout. Also if you are in the mood for more race action the 3rd round of the Georgia State Championship series mountain bike race will be held the next day on the same course (go to goneriding.com for more information).
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I am attempting to create my own starter for the first time. I followed a basic process that I read on a blog (appears that I can't include links in my posts) - essentially I added 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of water and let it sit overnight, dumped out half and added another 1/2 cup water, 1/2 cup flour. After the first day, nothing really happened except there was a bit of separation between the flour and water. On the second day however, the starter appeared to come 'alive' as it doubled in size. I thought I was in good shape until I smelled it. It does not smell pleasant and yeasty as I have read on some of these threads. Instead, it has a fairly sour smell and smells like sour milk. I have read that the smell changes when you refrigerate it. My question - should I dump it out and try again if it continues to smell fairly sour?
The hooch was on top. Is that normal or should it be on the bottom?Thanks for the cleaning tip - I just did that. Is the contamination problem the reason people use the method that calls for the addition of pineapple juice?
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June H. Andreoli
KINGSFORD – June H. Andreoli, 99, of Kingsford, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, at ManorCare Health Serivces.
She was born June 20, 1914, in Brazeau Village, Wis., daughter of the late George and Sophia (Porier) Brazeau. She married John Canavera on Dec. 2, 1939. He was killed in action during World War II in 1944. June married Nello Andreoli on Oct. 20, 1962, and he preceded her in death in 2001.
She was employed as a cook with Breitung Township Schools for many years and was a member of American Martyrs Catholic Church. June loved tending to her flower garden, knitting and quilting. She was an excellent cook and enjoyed baking. Most of all she loved her family, grandbabies, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. June's loving ways and smiling face will be sadly missed by everyone who knew and loved her.
June is survived by a son, Larry (Mary Beth) Canavera; a step-daughter, Judy (Paul) Schofield; five grandchildren, Tina Schultz, Carrie Backlund, John Canavera, Chris and Danny Schofield; five great-grandchildren, Nick and Emily Schultz, Ben Backlund, and Sofia and Gabriella Schofield; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and her husbands, June was preceded in death by an infant son, Robert Canavera; four brothers, George, Russel, Lloyd and Felix Brazeau; and two sisters, Mildred Lessor and Olive Suchan.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. on Thursday at the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home in Iron Mountain. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Thursday at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Kingsford. Fr. Joseph Gouin will offer the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in Iron Mountain Cemetery Park.
The family would like to thank the staff at ManorCare Health Services for all the special care given to June while she was a resident there.
Pallbearers will be John Canavera, Tom Quick, Steve Conery, Dick Suchan, and Leonard and Rick Lessor.
Condolences may be expressed to the family of June Anderoli online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com.
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EMU Mathematical Sciences Department
Spring 2009
In this issue:
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Congratulations Graduates
We have six graduates this spring (although a few have some remaining requirements to fulfill this summer or fall).
Jevon Coleman and Nathan Swartzentruber are CS majors. Briana Gascho, Sarah Kalichman, and Annette Lolchoki are math majors and Michelle Swartley is a math education major.
Sarah Kalichman is also one of the ten recipient of EMU's "Cords of Distinction" this year.
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Department Brunch and Alumni Panel
On Saturday, March 21, at 11:30 a.m., seventeen EMU mathematical sciences students and faculty joined five recent departmental alumni (and one spouse) for a brunch in the West Dining Hall. Following the brunch, the five alumni shared about their life since EMU.
In addition to describing the path taken since graduation, the panelists talked about the ways in which they see faith being integrated into vocation. Faculty enjoyed hearing updates from these five former students, and current students expressed appreciation for the opportunity to learn more about the career options for graduates with a degree in the mathematical sciences. As first-year student Karla Mumaw said, "I always like to hear stories from other people, and it was an added bonus to hear how they are using their math skills."
Our Alumni Panelists
Rachel Sims, a 2007 Mathematics Education graduate, taught for one year at Turner Ashby High School. In the summer of 2008, Rachel began volunteering about 30 hours per week at Our Community Place in Harrisonburg, doing various bookkeeping and secretarial duties. Currently, Rachel is transitioning into a paid role as Volunteer Coordinator and Assistant to the Director at OCP.
Trevor Bare graduated in December of 2006 with a major in Mathematics and a minor in Business Administration. Following graduation, Trevor moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, married classmate Jenee High, and began working as an actuary at Conrad Siegel Actuaries, where Trevor had previously done an internship.
After graduating from EMU in 2005 with a major in Mathematics and a minor in Economics, Zachary Kurtz entered a graduate program in Mathematics at the University of Delaware. Upon completion of a Masters degree, Zachary began work for the Federal Reserve. Beginning in the fall semester of 2009, Zachary plans to enter a PhD program in Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University.
Michael Swartley graduated from EMU in 2004 with a major in Computer Science and minors in Business Administration and Computer Information Systems. Since then, Michael has worked in Harrisonburg at Rosetta Stone, first as a QA (Quality Assurance) Analyst and more recently as a Business Analyst in the IS department. His work is primarily project based and involves supporting current processes as well as implementing new functionality with Rosetta Stone's business systems.
After completing two years in EMU's Pre-engineering program, Erik Frankenfield transferred to Drexel University in the fall of 2003, where he majored in Mechanical Engineering. Upon completion of his engineering degree, Erik started a job at GlaxoSmithKline. Currently, Erik is employed as a process engineer at the CRB Consulting Engineers, Inc., at their office in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania.
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International Mathematical Contest in Modeling
Congratulations to Kendall Garber, Briana Gascho, Dustin Good, Sarah Kalichman, Annette Lolchoki, and Steven Rittenhouse! These six students from the EMU Applied Math class participated in the MCM this year for five days in early February.
One EMU team won the "Meritorious" award and the other was a "Successful Participant" this year. As the number of participants in the contest grows each year, we are pleased that EMU teams continue to do well.
Both EMU teams worked on the problem Energy and the Cell Phone dealing with the increased energy use as people transition from use of landline telephones to cell phones. Specific points considered included models of population growth and increased usage, inefficiencies of current methods of recharging of batteries, shorter lifespan of cell phones and components than traditional phones, and the social impact of the two types of communication systems.
This year there were 9 Outstanding Winners, 294 Meritorious Winners, 298 Honorable Mentions and 1074 Successful Participants out of approximately 2500 registered teams from the US, Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, and the United Kingdom.
We've put the paper written by our Meritorious team titled You Could Cut that Energy with a RAZR on the web at http://www.emu.edu/math/mcm/2009solutionpaper.pdf and any formatting errors can be blamed on the imperfect conversion from the original .docx format rather than on the team members Briana Gascho, Dustin Good, and Annette Lolchoki.
You may also want to visit the main contest web site at http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/mcm where you can find the original problem specification and other results including general commentary from the judges.
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Department News
We're on YouTube!
The EMU Marketing Department has helped us create a YouTube video, describing mathematical sciences at EMU. It's now featured on our department webpage.
Faculty Updates
Dr. Diek Wheeler, who taught two courses for our department during the 2008-09 academic year, has accepted a full-time research position at George Mason University. We thank Diek for his contributions to our department and wish him the best at GMU. Adjunct instructors will teach several courses in 2009-10 while we continue the search for a computer science faculty member to join the department. We also express our appreciation to John Horst, faculty emeritus, for his willing assistance as a departmental volunteer.
Three of the four full-time Mathematical Sciences faculty members marked milestone years of service this spring: Leah Boyer has completed five years of teaching at EMU; Charles Cooley and Deirdre Smeltzer have each completed ten years of service. (Owen Byer is the department veteran, with eleven years of EMU teaching under his belt!)
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Problem Corner
Denton Yoder, Craig West, and Jarad Buckmaster each submitted solutions to our last Integram problem, which asked you to find the area of the quasi-triangular region bounded by three congruent circles. Ellis Detwiler went beyond the call of duty and solved the problem for the general case where the circles have different radii.
New Problem:
Given a randomly selected point P within a square with a side AB, what is the probability that triangle ABP is obtuse?
Submit solutions to Owen Byer at email@example.com.
What have you been doing since leaving EMU?
Do you have a PhD in Computer Science or closely related field? Does joining the EMU faculty sound appealing to you? If not, do you know of someone else you would recommend? We would love to hear from you.
And as usual, even if you can't help with our job search, you can send your personal and professional updates to Deirdre Smeltzer at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Spring 2009
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UA Gets Another $20M Gift, This Time for Music School
Couple contribute in honor of Fred Fox, music teacher and French horn player.
Couple contribute in honor of Fred Fox, music teacher and French horn player.
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Filmmakers are working on new projects that are being shown outside the island.
Buena Vista Social Club founder shows no sign of slowing down after decades of playing Cuban music worldwide
A conversation with UA professor about evolution and global appeal of culture
The Arizona Repertory Theater presents Avenue Q, an unusual onstage mix of drama, satire and music
From ballet and Broadway to classical music and Carol Burnett
Visiting Tucson for concert, he stops at Tucson High, offers his help
Once based in Old Pueblo, group returns for performance, archive donation
Outreach program allows undergraduates to teach younger students
Popular university program draws classical guitar students from all over the world
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Hi people,
So finally I menaged to set up my workshop on contemporary dance (improvisation) and 'body-building' workshop. Come along, it's gonna' be amazing and and probably fun as well. I have about 10 years experience in contemporary dance, mainly in impro and modern dance techniques, but I've never been a teacher before so it's going to be very interesting and challenging for both you and me
So that's the stuff!
Contemporary Dance and Improvisation Workshop
at the Forest Café every Tuesday and Thursday from 2.30-5pm
starting from the 31st of May (Tuesday)
14.30-15.20 Strengthening and Stretching
15.30-17.00: Contemporary Dance (combination and improvisation)
You can come just for the first or the second part of the workshop, but the best is if you come for both. Barefoot and comfy but not too loose clothing is recommended. Previous experience in dance is not a requirement, class is open to all who are interested in dance and movement. for more info please write an e-mail to the email@example.com address or call 07790566865 and I'll get back to you!


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Today marks the 54th year since the passing of one of the world's most influential international human rights lawyers. Raphael Lemkin, who coined the term 'genocide', made the crime illegal under international law, and possessed an almost prophetic sense of the atrocities that would occur under Nazi tyranny in World War II, died a largely unnoticed man. Only seven people attended his funeral, and to this day, many have not heard of Lemkin or the great contributions credited to his name.
The following account of Lemkin's life and work is largely drawn from "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide, the 2002 book by Samantha Power. Power was named U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations on August 2nd.
Early Insights
Born in 1900 to a large Jewish family in the village of Bezwodene, Poland (now near Volkovysk, Belarus), Lemkin became conscious of crimes against religious and minority groups at a young age. At the age of 12, he read the book, Quo Vadis, which recounts the Roman Emperor Nero's massacres of Christian converts in the first century.
Lemkin learned about the Ottoman Empire's extermination of its Armenian minority in 1915, and the 1920 assassination of Mehmet Talaat, the architect of the genocide. While studying linguistics at the University of Lvov, he asked one of his professors why the Armenians did not arrest Talaat instead. The professor said there was no law under which he could be arrested. "Consider the case of the farmer who owns a flock of chickens," he said. "He kills them and this is his business. If you interfere, you are trespassing." Lemkin was deeply troubled by this response and the idea that "state sovereignty" effectively permitted leaders to exterminate entire minority groups. (more…)


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Paul deserves his proper respect. John Lennon was a swine when he was alive as Paul said to Hunter Davis. And he was and is 100% right. No matter how much i love Lennon and his music. Facts are facts and grizzled old rock critics try to destroy Macca's legacy with their snide comments. Lennon's crimes...too numerous
HE Stabbed McCartney in the back by
1) going with a manager who was a crook
2) allowed other forces to destroy his friendship with Paul
3) continued to bash Paul whenever given "bloody" opportunity
4) total insecure in his genius and thought by mouthing off on Paul he would certify his legend
5) How do you sleep ?? Need i say more..
6) Paul wrote a song --a good one to ease Julian's pain - For that the man should be grateful?? What the hell??
Yoko actually think Paul was Salieri and John was mozart. Pulease. They were equals - but one was not greater than the other
Don't get me wrong - Lennon was great but as a person - Paul was right. he was a "swine"


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (131 votes).
In short: And didn't I need that Cup of Sweet Tea at the end In full: Good event Excellent marshals. i found the last two miles VERY hard, but made it in the end Date of review: November 27, 2005
In short: Much Better than expected... the race itself and my time.In full: Interesting course, well marshalled, even the hills weren't too extreme, except the sharp one just after 7 miles!Not an ideal track for a pb I would guess but I still managed to do mine,so there must be some off-set on those downhills.Agree with the coment about marshalling over the last mile or so but it feels a bit like nitpicking after such an allround splendid little race.I know that next year the numbers will no doubt tripple again and it will lose something but I have every intention of lining up again.Date of review: November 27, 2005
In short: Another satisfied customer...In full: Doubted my wisdom at 7am this morning, wiping the ice off my car 70 miles from the race but it was well worth it. For once the adjective "interesting" meant tough but pleasurable. The cattle grids and cows added to the day. But hey, it was uphill but there were some fast downhill parts too ( sometimes too fast).I reckon it added 5 minutes to my time as I generally romp in just under 1hr 40 - 1hr 43 today. Great day, see you next year.Date of review: November 27, 2005
In short: Nice small race will be back next year now I know what to expect!In full: Shame there was no water left by the time I got to the finish!!! Also could have done with more marshalls for the last half mile or so on the busy road through the town centre. Otherwise cheery marshalls, lovely scenery, challenging course, great atmosphere, will be back! Iced buns at the end next year please...Date of review: November 27, 2005
In short: Beautiful scenery, great organisation, surprisingly tough for the south!In full: Lovely little race, a classicDate of review: November 27, 2005
In short: This has the potential to be a very popular race.In full: Very nice race,very challenging without being stupidly difficult quite hilly in places,but had the best looking stewards i've seen in a long time!Date of review: November 27, 2005
In short: Excellent Half MarathonIn full: This is probably one of the best all round half marathons I have done this year. The organisation has been superb, no parking problems or toilet queues, the scenery was excellent and the course was a real mix of flat, hills and a couple of steep hills!,the marshalls were very encouraging and cheery especially on such a cold day. Big congratulations to the organisers. I'll definetley be back next year...oh yeah, the cuppa and the bun at the end was a real nice touch.Date of review: November 27, 2005
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June Jordan Carris
June Jordan Carris, 56, of 7 Burton St., Ripley N.Y. passed away Wednesday (March 20, 2013) at UPMC Hamot Medical Center, Erie, Pa.
She was born August 3, 1956 in Westfield, N.Y. the daughter of Gordon P. and Annabelle Caron Carris.
A smile I have seen a million times, Two eyes that would light up the sky at night, One last battle you could not fight, The beauty, grace, and love cannot be dimmed.
June raised four beautiful strong children Corey, Casey, Nicole, Raymond who became and blossomed into four strong adults with families of their own. June raised her children off the core values given to her by her father and mother. She loved to spend time with her family. She loved sewing, shopping and spending time with her 11 grandchildren whom she loved dearly. In her younger years she loved farming and horseback riding with her siblings and family. She also loved baking for her family especially for her father Gordon P. Carris Sr. She shared her love through her cooking, baking and other creative things she did. In her late years June enjoyed playing bingo with her mother, the late Annabelle M. Carris. June also enjoyed sitting outside watching the humming birds and just enjoying life. She enjoyed every aspect of life, no matter if you were family or not. She always gave people a helping hand. June was the light in a lot of people's lives. June passed away unexpectedly; she went to meet her mother Annabelle M. Carris , her son Norman Caron Jr. and other loved ones. She will be sadly missed by all different people in different walks of life.
She is survived by her father Gordon P. Carris, of Ripley, N.Y.; her children Corey P. (Heidi) Caron Sr. of Ripley: Casey P. (Jamie) Caron, Brocton, N.Y.; Nicole (Michael) Steeples, Jamestown, N.Y. and Raymond Gates of North East, Pa.; 11 grandchildren; her brother, Gordon P. (Melissa) Carris of Sherman, N.Y.; two sisters, Sonia McGuay, and Denise Carris both of Falconer, N.Y.
She was preceded in death by her mother Annabelle M. Carris, August 3, 2012; son Norman P. Caron; and paternal grandparents Gerald and Arlouin Carris.
A memorial service will be held April 20, 2013, at 11:00 AM, at the First Baptist Church, Sherman, N.Y., with Rev. Paul Sears, officiating. Friends will be received for one hour prior to the service at church.
Arrangements are being handled by the Spitzer Funeral Home, Sherman, New York.


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Personal income growth in Ohio lags national average in 2013
The Columbus Dispatch - March 25, 2014 11:58 AM
Ohioans made more money in 2013, but we lagged the national average.
New federal data show our incomes rose by 2.3 percent last year. That was 31st in the country.
The national average was 2.6 percent.
Income per capita in Ohio totaled $40,865 last year. That was 30th in the country and below the national average of $44,543.
The government said personal income growth, in general, was weaker in 2013 in part due to the expiration of the temporary cut in Social Security taxes at the end of 2012. Also, some income was pushed in 2012 to avoid higher taxes in 2013.


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Good Luck Girl
This, Indeed, Has the 'The Battle Between God and Girl Now Begins' Feel To It
Episode 2 | TV-14
Momiji turns up the pressure on Ichiko by transferring in to her school to try to catch her off guard there. Meanwhile, a traveling monk named Bobby arrives in town bearing charmed weaponry and an offer to help Ichiko vanquish Momiji's negative energy.
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Welcome to Hardin County Cooperative Extension Service
The Hardin County Extension office is located at 201 Peterson Drive in Elizabethtown Kentucky. We're part of the University of Kentucky and Kentucky State University off-campus information network. Our website contains information for agriculture natural resources, family consumer sciences, horticulture, 4-H, district 5 horse programs, and Kentucky state horse program.
We are your source of information for local 4-H clubs, 4-H camp, 4-H Youth Development scholarships, 4-H newsletter, and 4-H Events and activities. If you have a couple of hours a week and would like to make a difference in the life of a child, we would love for you to become a 4-H Volunteer.
We also offer family consumer sciences events and information. We have homemaker's events for you to attend plus if you are interested in quilting we have specific quilting events. Our website will also provide you with Hardin County weather, food nutrition information, plus Hardin county fair information.
The Hardin County Extension office is also your source of information for District horse camps, Kentucky state horse shows, district 5 horse shows, state horse contests and many other horse programs.
If you are a homeowner, landscaper, or nursery and looking to beautify Hardin County then you will be interested in our horticulture section. We have a horticulture news section, horticulture events, and information for and about Master Gardeners.
Our website provides many different avenues of information. If you are interested in agriculture natural resources information we have it all in one location. You can find info on the Hardin County Cattleman's Association, the Hardin County Goat Producers, livestock market reports, plus much more. We also have agriculture natural resources scholarship and grant information.
We deliver information, education, and solutions. And we grow ideas into better communities, and healthier lives. If you are interested in any of the above items, but cannot seem to find what you are looking for, feel free to Contact us today.


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The bandmates in desert-blues collective Tinariwen are no strangers to living a nomadic existence. Their people, the Kel Tamashek (commonly known as the Tuaregs), typically migrate throughout northern Africa, ignoring recognized international borders and spreading into Niger, Chad, Mali and Libya, among other countries. Additionally, the musicians have maintained a grueling international touring schedule in more recent years.
So when political unrest in northern Mali prevented the group from recording in the Sahara Desert — the location where it laid down 2011's Tassili and an environment that serves as a continual wellspring of spiritual and musical inspiration — the band members did what they do best: They adapted, shifting recording sessions nearly 7,000 miles to the comparatively placid deserts of Joshua Tree, California.
"Our territory was too unsafe for our crew, so we decided to record … away from home for the first time," said bass player Eyadou ag Leche via a translator in a late March email interview. "We wanted to record in another desert [because] we need this environment to feel good. The air, sand, rocks [and] the silence of the desert are our main inspirations. We decided to go to Joshua Tree also because … we felt at ease [there]."
The threat of danger in the band's homeland, brought on by Islamist extremists who have imposed strict rules, including, in some cases, banning music and physically assaulting artists, is very real to the members of Tinariwen. Guitarist Abdallah ag Lamida was even kidnapped in late 2012 and held for more than a month before securing release early last January — a series of events that still has the crew rightfully on edge.
"Northern Mali is very unstable with Islamist [extremists] and armies, so we just are very careful about it," ag Leche said. "[The region is not] secure and international talks are happening right now. We are hopeful about them, but we aren't naive either. We are following this carefully."
The songs on the band's most recent effort, Emmaar, touch on this instability. Album opener "Toumast Tincha," for one, was penned in the wake of this political and social upheaval, and it calls on the populace of these affected nations to stand in opposition to these oppressive forces. Other songs are more hopeful, reflecting on the simple pleasures of life in the desert.
"We use [music] to spread the message to the world about what is happening in our territory and for our people, but it is also about love, nature, poetry," ag Lache said. "[This is why] we feel a special connection with American blues [music], too. Like the blues, our music is about suffering, love, exile."
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Bob Olson turned 80 on Nov. 7.
An open house will be held on Saturday, Nov. 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Spring Glen LDS church, 1985 W. 4000 N.
Bob is married to Darlene and has three daughters, Tami Huntington, Pam Olson and Kelli (Keith) Jensen, four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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The Hydro-Power Electric Generator is a device that is used as an alternate power source with the HYBRIDFLO® series of automatic faucet systems. The hydro generator easily adapts to the faucet system to provide for many years of dependable operation and eliminates the need to routinely replace batteries or use electrical power. The hydro generator is recommended for high traffic facilities where the faucets get frequent use such as office buildings, restaurants, hospitals, schools, etc. The Hydro-Power Electric Generator includes a small rechargeable battery pack that charges itself with the water that flows through the faucet system after every use. With as little as five uses per day the hydro generator will allow for 10+ years of operation making it the most eco- friendly and efficient way to power your automatic faucet system.
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Ron Guth: 1960 Cents from both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints can be found with Large and Small Dates. The differences are somewhat subtle, but once learned, can be used to identify the different varieties by sight. The most obviois difference is the shape of the 6. On the Small Date, the 6 seems thicker and the portion of the 6 above the loop is much shorter than it is on the Large Date. Also, when an imaginary line is drawn across the top of the 1 and the 0, the line cuts across the top of the 9 on the Large Date, and more of the 6 appears above the line (see diagram above).
Both varieties are common, though superb examples are rare. For instance, the finest 1960-D Large Date Cents certified by PCGS as of October 2011 were only two MS67RD examples.
Jaime Hernandez:
In 1960 the U.S. Mint struck a Small and Large Date Lincoln cent. For the Denver Mint the Large Date Lincoln cents are difficult to locate in grades of MS66 and higher. In MS67 it is very scarce with about 15 known and none being finer.


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Thursday, October 10, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, in 023 Dunbar Library.
Led by CTL staff.
This one hour, hands-on workshop provides an overview of the Dropbox tool and Turnitin plagiarism detection. Participants will learn how to create Dropbox folders, initiate plagiarism detection, retrieve the plagiarism report, and discover some of the evaluation tools available in Turnitin.


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Boeing to Expand Support for Australian Air Defense System
Boeing will expand its support of an Australian air defense command and control system, Vigilare, under a new five-year $60 million contract announced Thursday with the Australian Department of Defense.
Boeing Defense Australia (BDA) will provide engineering, maintenance, training and system updates for Vigilare, which provides battlespace management for the Royal Australian Air Force's (RAAF) air defense surveillance network. The system first became operational in 2010, facilitating communication between RAAF's airborne early warning system and control aircraft, fighter jets and Royal Australian Navy ships.
The system is operated from two control centers, one at the north and one in the eastern region of Australia.
"The contract ensures that this essential air surveillance and battle management system continues to be cost-effectively maintained and relevant to the Australian Defence Force's requirements, including the need to be interoperable with a wide range of defense and civil systems," said Bill Madley, general manager for BDA's information and operational services unit.
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Ban The Bumpers–Once and For All
9 Feb
Although the use of crib bumpers has long been a hotly debated topic amongst parents and safety groups, their use remains widely accepted and legal throughout most of the country. As safety experts and parents ourselves, we are constantly frustrated to see parents choose the best in safety gear and the safest crib available, yet bolster that crib with bulky and dangerous bumpers.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is now reiterating it's guidelines for the use of crib bumpers in hopes that parents will finally heed the warning. The following is part of an article published in the February 2012 issue of Parenting magazine.
Bumper pads should never be used in cribs, according to guidelines released by the AAP. There's no evidence the bumpers protect against injury, but they do carry a potential risk of suffocation, strangulation or entrapment because infants lack the motor skills and strength to turn their heads away from the bumpers. Here's the scoop on the new policy:
Q: Why are bumpers suddenly off-limits?
A: Reports in the Chicago Tribune from late 2010 and early 2011 allege that federal regulators knew for years that crib bumpers posed a suffocation hazard but had failed to warn parents of the danger. Chicago recently became the first U.S. city to ban the sale of crib bumpers, and Maryland has also proposed a ban. "We conclude that if there's no reason for them to be in the crib, it's better to get them out of there, in light of the reported deaths associated with the bumper pads," says Rachel Moon, M.D., chair of the AAP's sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) task force and lead author of the guidelines.
Q: Are bumper alternatives safe?
A: The AAP also wants to warn against bumper alternatives, including those made of breathable mesh. "As of now, we're recommending nothing in the crib," Dr. Moon says.
Q: Why do parents opt for bumpers in the first place?
A: They make the crib look cute, and many parents mistakenly believe bumpers prevent a baby from hitting his head on the crib or getting his limbs stuck in slats. But Dr. Moon says young babies simply don't have the strength to fling themselves against the crib hard enough to hurt themselves. And safety experts have long recommended that crib bumpers be removed when babies become strong enough to pull themselves up and could potentially use the bumpers to climb out.


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Tax Benefits For 529 Plans: The Pension Protection Act Of 2006
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 makes permanent the federal income tax exclusion for qualified withdrawals from 529 plans.
The law governing the federal income tax treatment of qualified withdrawals from 529 plans has changed — for the better. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 makes permanent the federal income tax exclusion for qualified withdrawals from 529 plans.
Higher education costs are steadily on the rise and a college savings strategy is no longer a consideration, but a requirement for today's parent. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 provides the assurance you need to know that tax incentives will remain available.
Take advantage of this convenient way to save money for future college expenses for a child, grandchild or even yourself.
- The 2001 Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act created provisions for federal tax-free withdrawals from 529 plans for qualified expenses
- The provisions were set to expire on December 31, 2010
- The passage of the Pension Protection Act means the provisions won't expire, so you can continue to make tax-free withdrawals for qualified expenses
The Pension Protection Act also:
- Provides for the creation of prepaid tuition programs
- Allows rollovers from one account to another every 12 months
- Allows same-beneficiary rollovers
- Eliminates the mandated state-imposed penalties on nonqualified distributions
- Makes first cousins eligible members of the family for purposes of rollover and change of beneficiary rules
- Preserves the income tax exclusion at the state level in states that follow the federal tax treatment of 529 plans
Consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing in any of the TIAA-CREF managed 529 plans. Please call 1 888 381-8283 for a Disclosure Booklet containing this and other information. Read it carefully.
The tax information herein is not intended to be used, and cannot be used by any taxpayer, for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties. It was written to support the promotion of TIAA-CREF Managed 529 plans. Taxpayers should seek advice based on their own particular circumstances from an independent tax advisor.
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