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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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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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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COLUMBIA, S.C., Feb. 19 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York courted black voters considered crucial to securing the Democratic presidential nomination in a series of campaign stops in South Carolina on Monday in which she cast the 2008 election as a chance to make history.
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Labour has begun recruiting people who could take key roles in an election campaign, the BBC understands.
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Election offices were flooded with new voters in a dozen states Monday as registration deadlines offered a glimpse of what the nation might see a month from now.
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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.
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A look at efforts by the Democrats and the Republicans to register new voters in battleground states:
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When civil rights elders signed on to support Hillary Rodham Clinton's run for president, it was seen as a coup in the competition for the black vote, especially in the Deep South.
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A growing number of foreign-born blacks has inspired a quiet debate over who can claim the term "African-American."
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Determined to avoid any erosion in support, Sen. John Kerry is reaching out to black voters, a core Democratic constituency, in the campaign's final month, meeting with black religious leaders and traveling with Jesse Jackson.
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US Muslims have embarked on a vast drive get the community registered to vote in the presidential election to build what could be a potentially powerful voice in deciding the winner.
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Voters this fall could take small steps toward increased diversity in the Senate.
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Republicans and Democrats are calling on some heavy hitters to help attract voters as the presidential campaigns enter the homestretch before the November 2 election.
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Democratic rivals Barack Obama  and Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by former President Bill  Clinton, descended on a hallowed shrine of the civil rights  movement on Sunday to court black voters who could help pick  the party's 2008 presidential nominee.
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SELMA, Alabama  - Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by former President Bill Clinton, courted black voters at a hallowed civil rights shrine on Sunday and said the movement's leaders had set the stage for their White House bids.
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THE STRATEGY: Politicians are reaching out to voters who have already applied for absentee ballots.