<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - registration</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/registration</link><description>Newsvine - registration</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:21:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:05:31 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>States With The Most Gun Violence: 24/7 Wall St.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Who'd a thunk it.
The states it's the most gun violence?  One would think Illinois because gangbangers are running rampant in the streets up there shooting everything in sight.
Nope.
Well what about New York?  With all those "black and brown types" in New York City, they must &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dwillie]]></source><link>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17782734-states-with-the-most-gun-violence-247-wall-st</link><guid>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17782734-states-with-the-most-gun-violence-247-wall-st</guid><category>politics</category><category>weapons</category><category>legislation</category><category>us-news</category><category>statistics</category><category>second-amendment</category><category>registration</category><category>nra</category><category>gun-trafficking</category><category>gun-safety</category><category>background-check</category><category>stand-your-ground</category><category>public-safety</category><category>assault-weapons-ban</category><category>gun-lobby</category><category>state-gun-laws</category><category>straw-purchaser</category><category>sandy-hook-shooting</category><category>most-gun-violence-filed</category><category>magazine-capacity-limit</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 21:05:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chiwillie67B6A558-59C3-5869-EB7D-28254DF4205A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chiwillie67B6A558-59C3-5869-EB7D-28254DF4205A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>  How conservatives invented &amp;#8220;voter fraud&amp;#8221; to attack civil rights</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Just when it seemed that the democratic process had reached its  apotheosis with the election of America&rsquo;s first black president, a  political earthquake occurred in 2010 that threatened all that had been  accomplished since 1965. Two years after Obama&rsquo;s election, t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17763694-how-conservatives-invented-voter-fraud-to-attack-civil-rights</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17763694-how-conservatives-invented-voter-fraud-to-attack-civil-rights</guid><category>elderly</category><category>politics</category><category>students</category><category>republicans</category><category>voting-rights</category><category>obama</category><category>poor</category><category>house-of-representatives</category><category>registration</category><category>hispanic-community</category><category>handicapped</category><category>governorships</category><category>early-voting</category><category>2010-midterms</category><category>both-statehouses</category><category>voter-photo-id-laws</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:34:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat0D0CB32F-9C13-052C-F198-0B66D2418C82.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat0D0CB32F-9C13-052C-F198-0B66D2418C82.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New York's assault weapon registration begins</title>
<description><![CDATA[Key measures of New York's tough new gun law kicked in Monday, with owners of firearms now reclassified as assault weapons required to start registering the firearms and new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Virtanen]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Virtanen]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17755907-new-yorks-assault-weapon-registration-begins</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17755907-new-yorks-assault-weapon-registration-begins</guid><category>us</category><category>ap</category><category>new-york</category><category>law</category><category>us-news</category><category>registration</category><category>gun-law</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:00:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f9102f5-2a85-404f-b856-82e65798e72b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f9102f5-2a85-404f-b856-82e65798e72b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 file photo, gun enthusiasts gather during the annual New York State Arms Collectors Association Albany Gun Show at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, in Albany, N.Y. Key measures of New York's tough new gun law are set to kick in, with owners of guns now reclassified as assault weapons required to register the firearms and new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines. As the new provision takes effect Monday, April 15, 2013, New York's affiliate of the National Rifle Association said it plans to head to court to seek an immediate halt to the magazine limit. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0fda3feb-b5cb-436a-b557-2abbf620c85b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0fda3feb-b5cb-436a-b557-2abbf620c85b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013 file photo, handguns appear on display at the table of David Petronis of Mechanicville, N.Y., standing with rifle, who owns a gun store, during the heavily attended annual New York State Arms Collectors Association Albany Gun Show at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center, in Albany, N.Y. Key measures of New York's tough new gun law are set to kick in, with owners of guns now reclassified as assault weapons required to register the firearms and new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines. As the new provision takes effect Monday, April 15, 2013, New York's affiliate of the National Rifle Association said it plans to head to court to seek an immediate halt to the magazine limit. (AP Photo/Philip Kamrass, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7650fd3f-9d45-4674-908d-c0be77f246ac.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="325" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7650fd3f-9d45-4674-908d-c0be77f246ac.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, April 9, 2013 file photo, Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference in New York. Key measures of New York's tough new gun law are set to kick in, with owners of guns now reclassified as assault weapons required to register the firearms and new limits on the number of bullets allowed in magazines. As the new provision takes effect Monday, April 15, 2013, New York's affiliate of the National Rifle Association said it plans to head to court to seek an immediate halt to the magazine limit. Cuomo calls those and other provisions in the state's new gun law common sense while dismissing criticisms he says come from extreme fringe conservatives who claim the government has no right to regulate guns. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>300-gun arsenal seized from Long Island, NY, home - U.S. News</title>
<description><![CDATA[An arsenal of more than 300 guns, many of them illegal, has been seized&nbsp; from a Long Island home around the corner from a high school, and the homeowner&nbsp; was arrested, authorities said Thursday]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DOCJT]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DOCJT]]></source><link>http://docjt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17405664-300-gun-arsenal-seized-from-long-island-ny-home-us-news</link><guid>http://docjt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17405664-300-gun-arsenal-seized-from-long-island-ny-home-us-news</guid><category>us-news</category><category>regulation</category><category>gun-control</category><category>registration</category><category>illegal-weapons</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:40:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=docjt1F7D1BD8-5E5F-CAED-5B8C-445759332A52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=docjt1F7D1BD8-5E5F-CAED-5B8C-445759332A52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>California Seizes Guns as Owners Lose Right to Keep Arms - Bloomberg</title>
<description><![CDATA[California is one of the few states actually attempting to identify and confiscate weapons from felons and lunatics.  If second amendment freaks were at all serious about public safety, they would be endorsing and supporting similar efforts in every state.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dwillie]]></source><link>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17283849-california-seizes-guns-as-owners-lose-right-to-keep-arms-bloomberg</link><guid>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/12/17283849-california-seizes-guns-as-owners-lose-right-to-keep-arms-bloomberg</guid><category>california</category><category>bloomberg</category><category>agents</category><category>us-news</category><category>firearms</category><category>mentally-ill</category><category>gun-control</category><category>second-amendment</category><category>registration</category><category>nra</category><category>felons</category><category>public-safety</category><category>assault-weapons</category><category>bear-arms</category><category>gun-seizure</category><category>right-lost</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:42:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chiwillie23A425A6-7446-7435-13A8-978E5C638585.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="127" width="190" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=chiwillie23A425A6-7446-7435-13A8-978E5C638585.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Watercooler News | AM 720 KDWN</title>
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A Pennsylvania detective is trying to figure out how an apparent prankster was able to fill out a 2008 voter registration card signed "Barack H. Obama." By the time Butler County elections officials processed the card, it went into the state's computerized database with the las&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16571862-watercooler-news-am-720-kdwn</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/17/16571862-watercooler-news-am-720-kdwn</guid><category>h</category><category>voter</category><category>obama</category><category>card</category><category>as</category><category>registration</category><category>prankster</category><category>barak</category><category>registered</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 23:54:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Police: Sex Offender Caught Stalking 11 Year-Old Girl </title>
<description><![CDATA[
LEESBURG, Fla. &mdash; A registered sex offender recently released from prison could be in trouble again. Leesburg police said they found him stalking an 11-year-old girl.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15694682-police-sex-offender-caught-stalking-11-year-old-girl</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15694682-police-sex-offender-caught-stalking-11-year-old-girl</guid><category>girl</category><category>arrested</category><category>police</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>man</category><category>suspect</category><category>crime</category><category>name</category><category>change</category><category>victim</category><category>status</category><category>convicted</category><category>us-news</category><category>unknown</category><category>registration</category><category>child-sex-abuse</category><category>11-year-old</category><category>sex-crimes</category><category>luring</category><category>staling</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 10:46:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How to Fix a Broken Election System -</title>
<description><![CDATA[
While President Obama was delivering his victory speech in the early hours of Wednesday, Nov. 7, people were still standing in line in Florida to vote. Thousands had waited hours to vote in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, some in the cold, some giving up wages to do so. In a s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/24/15414444-how-to-fix-a-broken-election-system</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/24/15414444-how-to-fix-a-broken-election-system</guid><category>politics</category><category>voting</category><category>voting-machines</category><category>registration</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>president-obama</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2012 20:32:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-27157A967-70C2-1201-6BCB-0B32FA71BC0A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-27157A967-70C2-1201-6BCB-0B32FA71BC0A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Justice official: Register voters automatically</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the top enforcers of the nation's civil rights laws said Friday government should be responsible for automatically registering citizens to vote by using existing databases to compile lists of all eligible residents in each jurisdiction.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pete Yost]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15222427-justice-official-register-voters-automatically</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/16/15222427-justice-official-register-voters-automatically</guid><category>politics</category><category>justice</category><category>voter</category><category>registration</category><category>voter-registration</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:25:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sex Offenders Sue Over $100 Registration Fee </title>
<description><![CDATA[
November 8, 2012 (CHICAGO) -- A lawsuit accuses the city of Chicago of unfairly refusing to waive a $100 registration fee for sex offenders who are too poor to pay.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15107239-sex-offenders-sue-over-100-registration-fee</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15107239-sex-offenders-sue-over-100-registration-fee</guid><category>lawsuit</category><category>city</category><category>jail</category><category>sex</category><category>crime</category><category>fee</category><category>offenders</category><category>us-news</category><category>poor</category><category>registration</category><category>sex-crimes</category><category>refusal</category><category>waive</category><category>non-payment</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:38:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046745EB7854-1B6E-441D-F6A6-EA1ED62FC944.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="105" width="186" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad046745EB7854-1B6E-441D-F6A6-EA1ED62FC944.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>APNewsBreak: Suspected noncitizens found in Colo.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler says 300 more suspected noncitizens have been found on the state's voter rolls.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Moreno]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ivan Moreno]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14652134-apnewsbreak-suspected-noncitizens-found-in-colo</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14652134-apnewsbreak-suspected-noncitizens-found-in-colo</guid><category>us</category><category>colorado</category><category>voter</category><category>us-news</category><category>registration</category><category>state-scott-gessler</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:50:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dems lead GOP in battleground voter registration</title>
<description><![CDATA[A robust registration push by President Barack Obama's re-election campaign has resulted in more Democrats than Republicans on the voter rolls in most battleground states, including Florida and Nevada, according to data from state election boards.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Pace]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Julie Pace]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14370796-dems-lead-gop-in-battleground-voter-registration</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/11/14370796-dems-lead-gop-in-battleground-voter-registration</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>registration</category><category>voter-registration</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:31:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42ae94d6-f37d-478e-8e28-06231291ffeb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42ae94d6-f37d-478e-8e28-06231291ffeb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Charlenia Rutland-Persones, center with headband, and others cheer as President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at the University of Miami, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, in Coral Gables, Fla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36a0ddde-13c2-4b9b-9df1-eb84f752f23c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=36a0ddde-13c2-4b9b-9df1-eb84f752f23c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Supporters of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney look on as he speaks during a campaign rally at the Shelby County Fairgrounds on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012 in Sidney, Ohio.  (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fla. probing GOP-hired voter registration firm</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Florida Department of Law Enforcement began an investigation Wednesday into alleged fraud involving a company hired by the state's Republican Party to register voters.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14205647-fla-probing-gop-hired-voter-registration-firm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14205647-fla-probing-gop-hired-voter-registration-firm</guid><category>us</category><category>gop</category><category>voter</category><category>law-enforcement</category><category>republican-party</category><category>us-news</category><category>registration</category><category>voter-registration</category><category>florida-department</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2012 21:26:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Voter registration slumps amid lack of enthusiasm for Obama and Romney</title>
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Guardian survey reveals marked drop compared to 2008 as Democrats attack GOP for trying to suppress minority voters.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14196445-voter-registration-slumps-amid-lack-of-enthusiasm-for-obama-and-romney</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14196445-voter-registration-slumps-amid-lack-of-enthusiasm-for-obama-and-romney</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>presidential</category><category>states</category><category>voter</category><category>2012</category><category>swing</category><category>registration</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2012 10:22:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=michaelsautterE81E5748-77DD-5D01-0A8D-1D33B28B12C8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="84" width="140" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=michaelsautterE81E5748-77DD-5D01-0A8D-1D33B28B12C8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Dems sign up more voters than GOP in Sept. in Nev.</title>
<description><![CDATA[Democrats have widened their lead in the voter registration game in Nevada, one of a handful of swing states and a frequent stop for both presidential candidates and their surrogates.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Rindels]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michelle Rindels]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14184096-dems-sign-up-more-voters-than-gop-in-sept-in-nev</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14184096-dems-sign-up-more-voters-than-gop-in-sept-in-nev</guid><category>us</category><category>nevada</category><category>us-news</category><category>registration</category><category>voter-registration</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2012 16:54:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f58cd3a-6102-43a8-a0d0-a63f02c54771.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="186" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4f58cd3a-6102-43a8-a0d0-a63f02c54771.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Motorcade vehicles for President Barack Obama are seen leaving the Lake Las Vegas resort en route to a local campaign office, Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, in Henderson, Nev.  Sometimes all President Barack Obama has to do is look out the window to get a first-hand look at the countrys economic woes. This week in this town, the presidential motorcade speeds past opulent homes lining manmade Lake Las Vegas as he heads to the sprawling luxury development where hes preparing for the upcoming debates with Mitt Romney. But many houses here are empty, victims of Nevadas foreclosure crisis, and others are worth far less than their purchase price.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b551cdf1-83ba-4d98-a5aa-6708cf5cbb1e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="360" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b551cdf1-83ba-4d98-a5aa-6708cf5cbb1e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="108" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic shows Nevada's past presidential winners, demographics and jobless rate&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8f92dcac-3300-4f78-8ea2-59cb11f228d4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8f92dcac-3300-4f78-8ea2-59cb11f228d4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2012 file photo, Ann Romney, wife of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks, in Las Vegas. She's her husband's chief defender, even taking on his GOP critics. Since the GOP convention, Ann Romney has been venturing out on her own and working to woo women who polls show like President Barack Obama more than her husband.  (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Florida Congressman Demands Bipartisan Investigation Of GOP Voter Registration Fraud Scandal | ThinkProgress</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the wake of revelations that Strategic Allied Consulting, a controversial voter registration  firm that has worked for the Republican National Committee, the Florida  Republican Party, and the Romney campaign, is under investigation for  turning in fraudulent voter registratio&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14176441-florida-congressman-demands-bipartisan-investigation-of-gop-voter-registration-fraud-scandal-thinkprogress</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14176441-florida-congressman-demands-bipartisan-investigation-of-gop-voter-registration-fraud-scandal-thinkprogress</guid><category>election</category><category>fraud</category><category>florida</category><category>politics</category><category>scott</category><category>voter</category><category>2012</category><category>registration</category><category>rick</category><category>suppression</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2012 04:37:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite9C6CC7E3-0508-51B4-005E-67BE4058D7B5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="302" width="199" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite9C6CC7E3-0508-51B4-005E-67BE4058D7B5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="182" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Voter registration problems widening in Florida</title>
<description><![CDATA[What first appeared to be an isolated problem in one Florida county has now spread statewide, with election officials in nine counties informing prosecutors or state election officials about questionable voter registration forms filled out on behalf of the Republican Party of Florida.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fineout]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Gary Fineout]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14139538-voter-registration-problems-widening-in-florida</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/28/14139538-voter-registration-problems-widening-in-florida</guid><category>us</category><category>florida</category><category>republican-party</category><category>us-news</category><category>registration</category><category>voter-registration</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:41:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Megachurch Pastor's Sex Charge Deal Calls for 10 Years in Prison </title>
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September 20, 2012 (HAMMOND, Ind.) -- - A former pastor of a northwestern Indiana megachurch likely will serve 10 years in prison for taking a minor across state lines for sex.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14017208-megachurch-pastors-sex-charge-deal-calls-for-10-years-in-prison</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/21/14017208-megachurch-pastors-sex-charge-deal-calls-for-10-years-in-prison</guid><category>taking</category><category>church</category><category>pastor</category><category>religion</category><category>sex</category><category>sex-offender</category><category>crime</category><category>baptist</category><category>us-news</category><category>minor</category><category>registration</category><category>sex-crimes</category><category>plea-deal</category><category>megachurch</category><category>state-lines</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:43:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Voter registration drives adopting new methods</title>
<description><![CDATA[Some organizations are turning to sophisticated data mining, direct mail, the Internet and other strategies to register voters typically underrepresented on the rolls, including young people and ethnic minorities. Others are simply targeting those who favor their political goals, such as conservative Christians.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Kaczor]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bill Kaczor]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/06/13726441-voter-registration-drives-adopting-new-methods</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/06/13726441-voter-registration-drives-adopting-new-methods</guid><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>registration</category><category>voter-registration</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Sep 2012 00:55:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Conference Aims to Remove Sex Offender Registration &amp; Soften Sex Crime Laws</title>
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NEW MEXICO - A registered sex offender who is tired of the stigma that comes with the label is one of the forces behind a national conference in Albuquerque next week that aims to soften reform sex offender laws.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/30/13566533-conference-aims-to-remove-sex-offender-registration-soften-sex-crime-laws</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/30/13566533-conference-aims-to-remove-sex-offender-registration-soften-sex-crime-laws</guid><category>laws</category><category>sex-offenders</category><category>crime</category><category>change</category><category>us-news</category><category>end</category><category>registration</category><category>sex-crimes</category><category>confrence</category><category>soften</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:40:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad04670D26B432-9372-BCB1-2140-E3BBF4B6E2C1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad04670D26B432-9372-BCB1-2140-E3BBF4B6E2C1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Time To Get To Work (with polls)</title>
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Anyone even remotely aware of our Nation&rsquo;s politics over the last half century knows that the Southern Strategy &ndash; the republican effort to wrest voters from the democratic party through overt appeals to white racial resentment &ndash; has left an indelible mark on bo&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[dwillie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[dwillie]]></source><link>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13549059-time-to-get-to-work-with-polls</link><guid>http://chiwillie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/29/13549059-time-to-get-to-work-with-polls</guid><category>ohio</category><category>pennsylvania</category><category>florida</category><category>politics</category><category>turnout</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>registration</category><category>poll-tax</category><category>voter-suppression</category><category>battleground-states</category><category>election-2012</category><category>politics-and-race</category><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 15:51:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ron Paul supporters raise a ruckus at Republican National Convention | NOLA.com</title>
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Feeling slighted, supporters of Texas Rep. Ron Paul's presidential bid chanted and booed Tuesday after Republican convention delegates adopted new rules that could impede insurgent candidates in the future.
The brief uproar was a rare unscripted moment in a carefully choreogra&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Henry Thinks]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Henry Thinks]]></source><link>http://henry-thinks.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13532871-ron-paul-supporters-raise-a-ruckus-at-republican-national-convention-nolacom</link><guid>http://henry-thinks.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/28/13532871-ron-paul-supporters-raise-a-ruckus-at-republican-national-convention-nolacom</guid><category>politics</category><category>convention</category><category>vote</category><category>insurgent</category><category>rules</category><category>romney</category><category>primary</category><category>registration</category><category>shame</category><category>presidential-candidate</category><category>ron-paul</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:43:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=henry-thinks0EA887CC-70B9-8D63-E486-8BD55F807F8A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="105" width="155" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=henry-thinks0EA887CC-70B9-8D63-E486-8BD55F807F8A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Rule of Law  &amp;raquo; Texas Voter ID Clown Show Ends Today</title>
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The trial featured bizarre and absurd testimony.&nbsp; I believe Texas is&nbsp;bound to lose&nbsp;this case because the statutory language is stacked against the state.&nbsp; But celebrations at the DOJ and in civil rights groups may be short-lived.&nbsp; Texas voter ID might d&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Socrates1]]></source><link>http://socrates1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12746404-rule-of-law-raquo-texas-voter-id-clown-show-ends-today</link><guid>http://socrates1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12746404-rule-of-law-raquo-texas-voter-id-clown-show-ends-today</guid><category>white</category><category>texas</category><category>politics</category><category>right</category><category>left</category><category>law</category><category>voter</category><category>racism</category><category>black</category><category>liberal</category><category>id</category><category>conservative</category><category>equality</category><category>registration</category><category>united-states-supreme-court</category><category>rule-of-law</category><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:47:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Socrates17E62183F-3662-4EF6-745C-07B00DA66554.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="85" width="85" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Socrates17E62183F-3662-4EF6-745C-07B00DA66554.jpg&amp;width=120" width="85" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Right to Vote Affects the Power to Choose: How Voter Suppression in 2012 Will Erode Reproductive Rights | </title>
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There is power in a woman&rsquo;s right to vote.
Since 1984, women have been the&nbsp;majority&nbsp;of the total vote in every presidential election. This year, millions of women will stand in line and prepare themselves to decide who will serve in state legislatures and in th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12741974-the-right-to-vote-affects-the-power-to-choose-how-voter-suppression-in-2012-will-erode-reproductive-rights</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/14/12741974-the-right-to-vote-affects-the-power-to-choose-how-voter-suppression-in-2012-will-erode-reproductive-rights</guid><category>abortion</category><category>politics</category><category>american-civil-liberties-union</category><category>voters</category><category>birth-control</category><category>planned-parenthood-federation</category><category>registration</category><category>african-american</category><category>reproductive-rights</category><category>gop-war-on-women</category><category>u-s-news-politics</category><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:34:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Dogs, dead people get election docs from nonprofit</title>
<description><![CDATA[The voter registration form arrived in the mail last month with some key information already filled in: Rosie Charlston's name was complete, as was her Seattle address.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Baker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Mike Baker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12716480-dogs-dead-people-get-election-docs-from-nonprofit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/13/12716480-dogs-dead-people-get-election-docs-from-nonprofit</guid><category>us</category><category>woes</category><category>us-news</category><category>registration</category><category>voter-registration</category><category>brenda-charlston</category><category>rosie-charlston</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:44:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a4adfea-0111-41f8-b794-195babe017c0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="440" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8a4adfea-0111-41f8-b794-195babe017c0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="132" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, July 11, 2012, Brenda Charlston holds a photo of her long-deceased dog, Rosie, and a voter registration form for &quot;Rosie Charlston&quot; that arrived in the mail for the canine last month in Seattle. Rosie was a black lab who died in 1998. A left-leaning group called the Voter Participation Center has touted the distribution of some 5 million registration forms in recent weeks, targeting Democratic voting blocs such as unmarried women, blacks, Latinos and young adults. But residents and election administrators around the country have also reported a series of bizarre and questionable mailings addressed to animals, dead people and people already registered to vote. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5238d622-03db-4bf4-bcda-9c0a042374c9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5238d622-03db-4bf4-bcda-9c0a042374c9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Wednesday, July 11, 2012, Brenda Charlston holds a photo of her long-deceased dog, Rosie, and a voter registration form for &quot;Rosie Charlston&quot; that arrived in the mail for the canine last month, in Seattle. Rosie was a black lab who died in 1998. A left-leaning group called the Voter Participation Center has touted the distribution of some 5 million registration forms in recent weeks, targeting Democratic voting blocs such as unmarried women, blacks, Latinos and young adults. But residents and election administrators around the country have also reported a series of bizarre and questionable mailings addressed to animals, dead people and people already registered to vote. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>