We The People:
Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade on Thursday dropped plans to allow presidential candidates to be elected with just a quarter of the vote, as violent opposition protests erupted in the capital.
With elections due next February, the opposition saw the plans as a scheme by Wade, who is 85 and seeking another term, to avoid a second round of voting and line up his 42-year-old son Karim for the succession.
While Justice Minister Cheikh Tidiane Sy was addressing lawmakers debating proposed constitutional reforms, riot police fired tear gas and water cannons trying to disperse thousands of protesters, some hurling stones, gathered outside the parliament building.
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Gov. Bev Perdue has vetoed a controversial proposal to require voters to show photo ID at the polls.
“The right to choose our leaders is among the most precious freedoms we have – both as Americans and North Carolinians. North Carolinians who are eligible to vote have a constitutionally guaranteed right to cast their ballots, and no one should put up obstacles to citizens exercising that right."
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Yeah, keep fanning those bigot fires, Confederates. See what it's done for Georgia.
P.S. I did not even know there was such a thing as "Blogger In Draft". Clicked and edited the favicon that way.
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Elections Editor:
Now that you know, we expect to see many unemployment-induced changes.
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