Category: Elections and Politics
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A Citizen’s Attempt to Restore the Democratic Process to the 2010 New York U.S. Senate Campaign
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: NEW YORK, N.Y. — ‘New Yorkers have a right to a Democratic primary,’ says U.S. Senate Candidate Gail Goode. Goode built an organization of citizens to collect over 45,000 signatures from registered Democrats, who agreed with her mission to give voters of the Empire State a choice for Senator in this year’s…
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Financial Commentator Peter Grandich Endorses Michel Faulkner for Congress
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: NEW YORK, N.Y. — As a financial commentator, Peter Grandich always has something to say and his opinions and forecasts are sought-after by hundreds of thousands on his daily blog, The Grandich Letter. Yet, in over 25 years of broadcasting his opinion, Grandich has never endorsed a candidate for political office. Until…
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Santos Victory Demonstrates New Digital Strategy in Latin American E-Democracy
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: BOGOTA, Colombia — Nearly half a million Colombians logged on to SantosPresidente.com between June 1st and June 20th, the second round Presidential elections to follow the Santos campaign and the Candidate’s initiatives, turning the tide in this historic political victory. In under 72 hours, 1,076 individual Web pages, comprising the first-ever Virtual…
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ElectionMall and Microsoft Join to Power Campaigns at Personal Democracy Forum Conference 2010
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: NEW YORK, N.Y. — Election Mall and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) today announced a strategic partnership to provide the one-stop technology shop for running and winning political and issue advocacy campaigns. As part of the relationship, the companies introduced Campaign Cloud, an integrated set of customizable technologies, from online collaboration to robust Web…
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Juan Manuel Santos Grows Extremely Quickly in Social Networks
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: BOGOTA, Colombia — In only two weeks, the Santos Presidential campaign has managed to slingshot the candidate across social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, hi5, Delicious and WordPress. Santos’ Facebook fans were at 70,409 before the Web 2.0 campaign began, and now number 148,750 within 15 days.
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Twitter Goes Down and Hall of Shame Goes Up in Colombia Presidential Elections 2010
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: BOGOTA, Colombia — The Web 2.0 Victory Team set up by presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos, has recently been attacked through various online media. These attacks have ranged from fake profiles or groups on Twitter and Facebook, to misleading or abusive comments on blogs. In response, the Web 2.0 Victory Team, led…
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Santos Campaign Making History: Juan Manuel Santos is First Politician in South America to Launch Campaign Through the Internet
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: BOGOTA, Colombia — Political campaigns in Latin-America have always been marked by traditionalism, manifestations, crowded plazas and message distribution through traditional media such as television, billboards, written press and radio. Never before has voter outreach been conducted through the Internet and other new media technologies.
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One Tennessee County Commissioner Candidate Declares 2010 Census Unconstitutional
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: FRANKLIN, Tenn. — County Commissioner candidate and former U.S. Marine, Trinity Persful, sparked some controversy this weekend at a Rise & Shine Conservative Breakfast at Dotson’s Cafe when he warned Williamson County residents against the federal usurpation of local government by means of the 2010 census. A constitutional conservative, Mr. Persful puts…
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Conservative PAC Says Joseph Kennedy Taking More Votes from Martha Coakley in U.S. Senate Race
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — William Greene, Chairman of the conservative online political action committee RightMarch.com PAC, announced today that Independent candidate Joseph Kennedy is taking enough votes from Martha Coakley to ensure her loss in the upcoming special election for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts.
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Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. Launches New Website: Reaching Voters in New and Exciting Ways
freeNewsArticles Story Summary: CHICAGO, Ill. (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., the incumbent candidate for Illinois 2nd Congressional district, has launched his new Website. The site focuses on new Web strategies to increase the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) efforts for the campaign. The new Website encourages supporters to share their ideas with the…