{"id":12778,"date":"2008-09-29T14:24:54","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T21:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/09\/29\/register.html"},"modified":"2008-09-29T14:24:54","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T21:24:54","slug":"register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/09\/29\/register.html","title":{"rendered":"Register!"},"content":{"rendered":"

To my Colorado cohorts — voter registration (for those of you who aren’t ends Real Soon Now. Register to Vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The site is an Obama site — but the info looks work even if you’re a Republican. We try to play<\/a> fair<\/a> around here. And remember — only by registering and voting can you help make the following a reality, or a fantasy …<\/p>\n

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To my Colorado cohorts — voter registration (for those of you who aren’t ends Real Soon Now. Register to Vote. The site is an Obama site — but the info…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elections-2008"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137280,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/06\/register-to-vote.html","url_meta":{"origin":12778,"position":0},"title":"REGISTER TO VOTE","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 6-Oct-18 11:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"And I do say this to anyone, even if I disagree with your politics. The intrinsic value of social engagement and voter turnout in a democracy is immense. 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How convenient","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 16-Oct-14 9:12am","format":false,"excerpt":"No, no, nothing funny going on here at all, nothing to see, move along ... Voter Registration Drive in Georgia Leads to Lawsuit A nonprofit group working to register minority voters in Georgia filed suit, claiming officials have failed to process tens of thousands of voter applications ahead of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49508,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/06\/oregon-will-have-universal-voter-registration-it-appears.html","url_meta":{"origin":12778,"position":2},"title":"Oregon will have Universal Voter Registration, it appears","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 6-Feb-15 11:32am","format":false,"excerpt":"Which, frankly, is awesome. The more people are engaged in the voting process -- even if they skip making use of the franchise in a given election -- the more engaged and vested they are in our state and nation. Which is a good thing.That's part of what makes the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12843,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/09\/18\/databases_are_not_stone_t.html","url_meta":{"origin":12778,"position":3},"title":"Databases are not Stone Tablets from God","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 18-Sep-08 9:47am","format":false,"excerpt":"But governments sure like to think of them that way. Once they have a database built, no matter how many problems they have, the data is considered sacred, and...","rel":"","context":"In "Elections 2008"","block_context":{"text":"Elections 2008","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/politics-law\/elections-2008"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/voting-butterfly.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7177,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/10\/13\/another_reason.html","url_meta":{"origin":12778,"position":4},"title":"Another reason to check on your voter registration","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 13-Oct-04 11:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"If you want to go out and register folks in just one party, that's fine and legal (and the way the electoral game is played). 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