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Joan Blades

"I find it odd that there's such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions."

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"I find it odd that there's such strong objection to what is a clear way to assure that our elections are reliable and we can do a recount if there are any questions."

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"Even though mother's issues are not front page news, they touch us all personally, some more than others, and I believe passionately in the power of grassroots engagement."
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"People think of us as an information distributor because that's how they relate to the Internet. But most of the time people already have pretty well established opinions."
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"When we compile a petition, we often have members go to their representative's or Senator's offices and deliver it in person. This way they can experience a real connection with the staff."
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"Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics."
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"We've got 50 percent voter turnout for presidential elections. That's appalling. We can do so much better."
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"What we do is not going to be successful unless our members care about it."
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"We put together a one-sentence petition asking Congress to censure President Clinton and move on to other pressing issues. We sent it to under 100 friends and family, and within a week we had 100,000 people sign the petition."
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"What is the biggest public forum in the United States? We were told it's the Super Bowl. The ad shows kids working at blue-collar jobs, and the final statement is just written text: Who's going to pay for the trillion dollar deficit?"
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