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I AM VOTING FOR OBAMA. AND EVERY DEMOCRAT AND NO REPUBLICAN. {Okay, maybe some Green Party candidates for some offices!} I AM VOTING IN THIS ELECTION AND YOU SHOULD ALSO. VOTE FOR ANYONE WHO IS NOT A REPUGLICAN.

I think it will be MUCH HARDER to STEAL this election, especially if there is a LANDSLIDE AGAINST REPUBLICANS. I don't think the Democrats will lie down and take it, the election being stolen, I mean, like before. I think we are all watching much more carefully; and the protests will be IMMEDIATE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THE POLLS that say that McCain/Palin are "ahead" or "neck-and-neck". The "polls" are anything but "objective" -- they "poll" about 800 to 1000 people and say that is a "fair sample". In actuality, they have used DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION -- the SAME kind of info that they use when deciding who gets what junk mail ads sent to them -- to call up 400 or 500 people they KNOW IN ADVANCE will be McCain/Palin supporters. For this purpose, they use lists of people who voted in the LAST elections. They take NO ACCOUNT AT ALL of the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW VOTERS IN THE OBAMA CAMP.
I heard on the news today -- in a rare breakthru of the TRUTH -- that in King County alone, ONE county in the State of Washington, there are 10,000 new voters enrolled -- TEN THOUSAND -- each MONTH. And I KNOW the Obama people are active in EVERY COUNTY IN WASHINGTON STATE. Maybe in YOUR State, too? Most likely. TEN THOUSAND NEW VOTERS, IN ONE COUNTY, EVERY MONTH. Since the campaign began!
If you are discouraged from voting, thinking "They're all alike" and "The votes will be stolen anyway", that's JUST EXACTLY WHAT THE REPUBLICANS WANT YOU TO THINK. That sort of rationalization of not voting WILL HELP PUT PALIN IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
There should be an overwhelming landlslide for Obama; voting for third parties I don't think should hurt the Democrats or make third parties "spoilers". Just, for Heaven's sake, VOTE AGAINST PALIN AND McCAIN -- as if your LIFE depended upon it -- which it literally does. YOUR life, the lives of the children, and animals, of the world; and the Planet's life.
If I were not 72 years old, I would be out every day doing Voter Registration work, with those great Obama kids!
Also, CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION AND KEEP IT UP TO DATE. The Repugs intend to try their best to CHALLENGE AND DIS-QUALIFY EVERY VOTER THEY CAN. 

The Repugs may figure they're going to lose this one anyway. But, they don't want to be WIPED OFF THE MAP ENTIRELY. That would be the BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME; for Repugs to become a NOTHING party; a small fringe group of hard-line religious fundamentalists and die-hard extremists. There is NOTHING that says that Repugs are "IMMORTAL". The Repugs could BECOME AS OBSOLETE AS THE WHIGS, in mainstream politics -- if the voters really caught on to them! YOU SHOULD NEVER VOTE FOR ANY REPUG AGAIN THE ENTIRE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

That way, the Democrats could become the right-wing or Centrist party; and the Greens, the left-wing party! And politics could start MAKING SENSE AGAIN!!!

Please remember to CHECK YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION; to tell everybody else to keep their voter registration up-to-date; YOU NEVER LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE EVEN FOR AN INSTANT {unless you are a convicted of a felony, in most States, unfortunately}. YOU CAN MOVE FROM STATE TO STATE, AND LOSE YOUR HOME, AND EVEN BE HOMELESS; YOU STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND HAVE YOUR VOTE COUNTED. Check the laws in your State. Demand answers or look them up or contact the ACLU if there's a problem finding the information.

REMEMBER, AND TELL EVERYONE THIS: YOU NEVER LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE, ONCE YOU'RE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN {or are of voting age}. YOU NEVER, EVER LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE {unless a convicted felon}. Moving or changing your address or going to college does NOT, repeat NOT, lose you your right to vote -- DON'T BE INTIMIDATED BY SOME REPUG WHO WILL TRY TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE OTHERWISE.

I am a VOTING JUDGE in my State's elections. In this State, if there is a question about address, etc., the voter gets a PROVISIONAL BALLOT. THIS IS THE LAW. YOU NEVER, EVER LOSE YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE. Get AROUND the Repugs' Dirty Tricks. DON'T LET THEM TELL YOU OTHERWISE.