Occupy Your Ballot Box and VOTE! (How to, where to, why to)

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Occupy Your Ballot Box and VOTE! (How to, where to, why to)

POSTED: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 11:30 AM
Filed Under: News

Tunisians took to the streets, Egyptians overthrew their despot, Libyans revolted — all for the right to do what you can so easily: participate in a fair democratic election.

Not registered? Did you vote Obama/McCain in Philly? You're registered.

Don't know where to go? Check the Committee of Seventy's ultra-helpful web site.

Don't see why you should bother?

Come now:

Brian O'Neill in the 10th District faces the toughest opposition in decades against Democrat Bill Rubin; David Oh, the presumed front-runner for Minority (Republican) City Council At-Large faces a concerted smear campaign by Johnny Doc's crew and a "group" of Veterans headed by one guy with a long beef against Oh, and, perhaps, others in a tight race that includes Joe McColgan, Michael Untermeyer, Rep. Denny O'Brien, and Al Taubenberger.  

There's the Shakespearean conflict over who will become the next City Council president — a deicision in the flux as these Council candidates duke it out.

And then, of course, there's the upstart Al Schmidt's attempt to seize a seat with the the City Commissioners from longtime incumbent, the aggressively camera-shy Joe Duda. (On the Democratic side, you'll see Stephanie Singer and Al Schmidt on the ballot).

There are many more candidates running as well: we don't do endorsements but find the Daily News endorsements here, the Inquirer endorsements here, and a whole mess of progressive endorsements here.

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