Posts Tagged by 2010

Dan Onorato – Confident About Election Day?

May 11, 2010

Posted by committeegrrl under 2010

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Image by IowaPolitics.com via Flickr A week before election day and Dan Onorato has sent around a Facebook invite to his election night party which invites guests to “Come Celebrate with Dan as we make a big step in bringing real reform to Harrisburg! ” Thus far 55 people have RSVPed yes for the event.…

2010 Election Dates

February 17, 2010

Posted by engagedcitizen under Events, Information

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Yesterday marks the first day of petition circulation for the 2010 primary elections. Thought it might be helpful to post the inportant election dates for 2010. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE BUREAU OF COMMISSIONS, ELECTIONS AND LEGISLATION 2010 PENNSYLVANIA ELECTIONS IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER First day to circulate and file nomination petitions ……………………… February…

PA Gov Race 2010 – The Candidates and Healthcare

February 9, 2010

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Joe Hoeffel just released a new web ad (included below) on Health Care today. Here is a look at the 4 candidates in the race for the Democratic nomination and the health care related information from their campaign websites Chris Doherty – no mention of health care on his website Joe Hoeffel – has a…

PA Gov. 2010 Update

July 14, 2009

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Image via Wikipedia With the Race for PGH 2009 moving very slowly this summer (Is there even a race or does Ravenstahl have it all locked up?). Looks like some things are happeing in the next years Race for PA. Don Cunningham, who is currently the Lehigh County Executive, has dropped out of the race…

Michelle Obama to Attend Fundraiser at Rivers Club on April 17
The Obama Victory Fund

Invites you to a reception with special guest

First Lady Michelle Obama

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

3:00 PM

The Rivers Club

301 Grant Street

One Oxford Centre Suite 411

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

To rsvp or for more details, please contact tfletcher@barackobama.com

https://my.barackobama.com/April17PittsburghReception
04/13/12
Infographic on voter suppression from @ACLU - Let People Vote

04/13/12
PA <3 O’Bama via @ofa_pa

pittsburghisbeautiful:

Sign in a storefront on Penn Avenue in East Liberty that reads, “Pennsylvania Loves O’Bama”.

03/30/12
MoveOn Pgh is hosting a free screening of the Document Hot Coffee on Sun. March 11, 2012 1pm @ USW Building

neighborhoodr-pittsburgh:

MoveOn Pgh is hosting a free screening of the Document Hot Coffee on Sun. March 11, 2012 1pm @ USW Building - RSVP here http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=127094&is_manage=1

03/09/12
Voter ID bill passes PA Senate
Post-Gazette:

The state Senate rejected a series of Democratic amendments before passing the voter identification bill 26-23, with three Republicans joining the Democrats in opposition. Democrats had tried to add new forms of acceptable identification and postpone the requirement until after the November elections.

Oh? Why did we pass this bill?

“The reason people don’t have confidence is because they think there’s fraud,” [Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele] said. “This would eliminate or dramatically reduce anyone thinking that there are people voting illegally in Pennsylvania.”

So, there’s fraud, is there?

“This is simply a solution in search of a problem,” said Sen. Wayne Fontana, D-Brookline. “It will alienate many of our citizens, including the poor, elderly and minorities.”

But Carol Aichele said there was fraud, didn’t she?

“The reason people don’t have confidence is because they think there’s fraud”

I see. So there is no fraud, but people think there is fraud. So we need to do this so that no one will see people without ID voting, and think there is fraud.

“This bill is a simple, common sense measure to protect the integrity of the voting process, which is the very foundation of our democracy,” Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi said. “It’s important to note that no voter will be turned away from the polls on election day.”

So people will go to the polls, see people asked for ID, which they will not be required to actually provide, and this method will assure everyone that there is no fraud, which we have already agreed is the case.

Gov. Tom Corbett supports requiring voters to show photo identification, and a spokesman for House Republicans said he expects the House to pass the bill in its current form.

Well, at least everyone can get behind this measure that everyone agrees will fail to solve a problem that does not, in any case, exist.
03/08/12

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