Blacks Enlist Groups to Court New Voters
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Motivated by unpleasant memories of the 2000 Florida recount, black leaders determined to boost voter turnout this fall are enlisting hip-hop artists and community organizations in campaigns to register millions of new voters.
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Millions of U.S. citizens, including  a disproportionate number of black voters, will be blocked from  voting in the Nov. 2 presidential election because of legal  barriers, faulty procedures or dirty tricks, according to civil  rights and legal experts.
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An event steeped in civil rights symbolism offers rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama an opportunity to show unity with the black community while they spar over support from a crucial Democratic constituency.
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Barack Obama may find that for black voters in South Carolina, being black isn't everything. If there is a single state where being black holds the potential to boost Obama's chances to win the Democratic presidential nomination, South Carolina fits the bill.
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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and the  other Democratic candidates for president lobbied for the  African-American vote on Thursday with vows to make sure black  votes are fully counted in the 2008 election.
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The Democratic candidates are aggressively pursuing members of the group that could serve as tiebreakers at the partyâs convention.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is reaching out to fellow blacks in his first advertising effort in South Carolina, a minute-long spot scheduled to begin airing Wednesday on 36 radio stations with predominantly black listenership.
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Thousands plan to take part this year in an online effort that lets backers of third-party candidates in swing states trade votes with people in less critical locations. But overall participation is lower than in 2000. By Joanna Glasner.
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The brains behind Hot or Not have turned their attention -- and their wallets -- to getting people to join the electorate. Twin $100,000 prizes are up for grabs to those who register to vote. By Dan Brekke.
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As polls suggest gains for President Bush among black voters, Democrats are trying to solidify their bloc.
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New voters are flooding local election offices with paperwork, registering in significantly higher numbers than four years ago as attention to the presidential election runs high and an array of activist groups recruit would-be voters who could prove critical come Nov. 2.
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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and  the other Democratic presidential contenders battled for black  support on Thursday with attacks on the ravages of racism,  promises to lift up the poor and pledges to do more for Africa.
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Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and  the other Democratic presidential contenders battled for black  support on Thursday with attacks on the ravages of racism and  promising to lift up the poor.
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The FBI has launched a new drive to  seek information from Muslim and Arab Americans to help thwart  any pre-election attack, a move some communities consider a  racist campaign which will not make America safer.
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An advocacy group that registered more than a million voters two years ago is facing new allegations of voter fraud and sloppy work just weeks before crucial midterm elections.
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There are echoes of Jesse Jacksonâs candidacy as the battle for the Democratic nomination once again roars across the South, focused squarely on African Americans.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson and other black political leaders spread a message of victimization that leads most blacks to vote Democratic, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson charged Wednesday.