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Presidential Election U.S. Senate New York State Immigrant Vote Minority/Ethnic Vote Voting Issues Polls and Polling Get Out The Vote Ballot Bloopers Up Close and Personal

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Uptown 2004 The Catholic Vote The Homeless Vote Columbia e-Day News

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High School Students Blind Voters Democracy Plaza First Time Voters Homeless Votes Nader Campaign Patients Voter Registration Index

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Prof. Sig Gissler Prof. LynNell Hancock Prof. Stephen Isaacs Prof. Rhoda Lipton Prof. Laura Muha Prof. Sandy Padwe Prof. Robin Reisig

Volunteers Descend on Ohio Voters to Get Out the Vote
By Katie Baker and Alyssa Danigelis
CLEVELAND, OHIO-An unprecedented army of volunteers from all parts of the United States ventured out into the blustery Ohio morning on voting day to post poll locations, offer hand-to-arm escorts and knock on more than 50,000 doors in order to get voters out of their homes and to the polls.

Homeless Votes Count, Too
By Kiera Butler and Karen James
In an election year with massive voter registration mobilizations and turn-out-the-vote drives, advocates for homeless New Yorkers did their part to make the votes of residents of city shelters and others without permanent addresses count in what will likely be another closely contested presidential race.

Turning Out New York City’s Newest Voters
By Jayanthi Daniel, Brandon Keim, Gina Pace and Shannon Sharpe
More than a quarter of a million new immigrants have registered to vote since the 2000 elections, offering new opportunities for the newly inducted citizens and posing new challenges at the polling sites in yesterday's election.

The Hip-Hop Generation Mobilizes For The Presidential Election
By Adam Howard
Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Harlem’s legendary Black congressman and pastor, once told his predominately black congregation, “The only thing the white man cares about is your dollar and your vote.”

Unenthused Arab Americans Choose Kerry
By Ivan Karakashian
Arab Americans support Sen. John F. Kerry by a two-to-one margin over President George W. Bush, according to a Zogby International poll released one week before Tuesday’s general elections.

Amplifying the Asian Vote:
Korean, Chinese and South Asian Groups Rally to the Polls
By Wendy Leung, Lisa Macabasco and Alisa Opar
Political activity was high in the city's Asian communities yesterday as voters went to the polls following one of the largest voter registration efforts among this population.

Voting is Not a Sin
The Catholic Church Divided
By Jaimal Yogis and Nicole LaRosa
The Roman Catholic vote remained evenly split between the Republican and the Democrat right up until the polls opened on Tuesday, despite dire warnings from a handful of conservative Catholic bishops that a vote for pro-choice candidate Sen. John Kerry was a sin against God.

Serrano Ousts Mendez: 'You Will Suffer For This,' Warns Defeated Senator
By Alexandra Zabjek and Ben Whitford
The New York Democratic machine took its revenge yesterday on turncoat State Senator Olga Mendez, who lost her east Manhattan seat in a crushing defeat at the hands of Democratic City Councilman Jose Serrano, Jr.