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            <title>THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR ALL 50 STATES + DC</title>
            <description>&lt;p XSSCleaned=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 10pt&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;ALABAMA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.al.us/elections/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ALASKA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ARIZONA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.azsos.gov/election/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ARKANSAS &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.votenaturally.org/all_about_voting.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CALIFORNIA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;COLORADO &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elections.colorado.gov/DDefault.aspx?&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONNECTICUT &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ct.gov/sots/cwp/view.asp?a=3179&amp;amp;Q=411292&amp;amp;sotsNav=|47610|&amp;amp;sotsNav_GID=1846&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DELAWARE &lt;a href=&quot;http://elections.delaware.gov/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DC &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dcboee.org/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FLORIDA &lt;a href=&quot;http://election.dos.state.fl.us/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GEORGIA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.ga.gov/elections/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;HAWAII &lt;a href=&quot;http://hawaii.gov/elections/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IDAHO &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.idahovotes.gov/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ILLINOIS &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elections.state.il.us/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;INDIANA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/vote_reg.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;IOWA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KANSAS &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kssos.org/elections/elections_registration.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;KENTUCKY &lt;a href=&quot;http://elect.ky.gov/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LOUISIANA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/tabid/68/Default.aspx&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MAINE &lt;a href=&quot;http://maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/voter_info/index.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MARYLAND &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elections.state.md.us/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MASSACHUSETTS &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MICHIGAN &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633---,00.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;MINNESOTA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=134&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MISSISSIPPI &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/elections.asp&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MISSOURI &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MONTATA &lt;a href=&quot;http://sos.mt.gov/elb/calendar/index.asp&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NEBRASKA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.ne.us/elec/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NEVADA &lt;a href=&quot;http://sos.state.nv.us/elections/voter/index.asp&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NEWS HAMPSHIRE &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.nh.gov/electionsnew.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NEW JERSEY &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/vote_doe.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NEW MEXICO &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.nm.us/sos-VoterReg.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NEW YORK &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elections.state.ny.us/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NORTH CAROLINA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sboe.state.nc.us/items.aspx?id=1&amp;amp;s=1&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NORTH DAKOTA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nd.gov/sos/electvote/voting/index.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OHIO &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/PublicAffairs/voterInfoGuide.aspx&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OKLAHOMA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elections.state.ok.us/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OREGON &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/other.info/vr.htm&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PENNSYLVANIA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dos.state.pa.us/voting/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RHODE ISLAND &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elections.state.ri.us/registration/intro.htm&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SOUTH CAROLINA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scvotes.org/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SOUTH DAKOTA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sdsos.gov/electionsvoteregistration/registrationvoting.shtm&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TENNESSEE &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election/index.htm&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TEXAS &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UTAH &lt;a href=&quot;http://elections.utah.gov/&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VERMONT &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.vermont-elections.org/elections1/voters.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VIRGINIA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sbe.virginia.gov/cms/Voter_Information/Registering_to_Vote/Index.html&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WASHINGTON &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections/register.aspx&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WEST VIRGINIA &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wvsos.com/common/participate.htm&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WISCONSIN &lt;a href=&quot;http://elections.state.wi.us/faq_que_list.asp?fid=27&amp;amp;locid=47&amp;amp;linkid=&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WYOMING &lt;a href=&quot;http://soswy.state.wy.us/election/election.htm&quot;&gt;Link&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:37:08 EDT</pubDate>
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            <title>The Myth About Where To Buy Gas</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/12/exxon.mobil/&quot; title=&quot;cnn&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/US/06/12/exxon.mobil/art.exxon.gi.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;art.exxon.gi.jpg&quot; width=&quot;292&quot; height=&quot;219&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; Recently Exxonmobil announced it will be selling 2,200 gas stations.&amp;nbsp; If you live in the Chicago area like I do, you don&#039;t see very many Mobil station and no Exxon station. So how does Exxonmobil have more profits than any of the other oil companies and now they are selling most of their gas stations because &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/12/exxon.mobil/&quot; title=&quot;cnn&quot;&gt;they do not make a profit at these stations&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Gasoline is just a commodity that gets sent to terminals and sold to Corporate Gas Stations and independent stations. Some of the independent companies&amp;nbsp;get their gasoline directly from the Big Oil Company terminals.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;The only difference in&amp;nbsp;one brand of gasoline and another is the additives but you can never be sure&amp;nbsp;who&#039;s gasoline you are buying when you pull up to the pump. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;We use 20% of the world oil demand in the US and China uses 10%. As China progresses and their demand for oil increases we will continue to pay more and more for oil.&amp;nbsp; Our energy problem will never be solved with oil and we will never hurt the big oil companies by switching gas stations.&amp;nbsp; The way to solve our energy problem is to get the Oil Men out of the&amp;nbsp;White House.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:22:44 EDT</pubDate>
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            <dc:creator>GoBO 08</dc:creator>
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            <title>Postcards</title>
            <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/detail/4338&quot; title=&quot;UpComing&quot;&gt;POST CARDS TO UP COMING STATES&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pyxe- here is an instruction. You can sign up for the event as well..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/lynnbranco/gGBpBy/commentary&quot; title=&quot;Post Cards&quot;&gt;POSTCARDS TO PA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you so much for taking the time to support this initiative.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. We request at least 10 postcards (that represent your city or state) from each person.&lt;br /&gt;2. Write a sentence telling why you support Obama and another sentence asking for their support. Example: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Fellow Voter, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I voted for (or I am voting for) Barack Obama for President because I believe that integrity and character has a place in American politics. He has the type of leadership we need right now. I hope that you will vote for him too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely, (Sign Your Name)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. Put stamps on each postcard, leaving the return address and mailing address areas blank. Then put them in an envelope and mail them to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talisa Sheppard or WFO Post Card Campaign&lt;br /&gt;c/o Women for Obama 193 E. Rich Street&lt;br /&gt;146 N. Hamilton Road, #168 Columbus, OH 43215&lt;br /&gt;Gahanna, OH 43230&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TIME LINE:&lt;br /&gt;If you would like them to get to Indiana you must mail them no later then Monday, April 28th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT PUT A DATE OR STATE ON YOUR POSTCARD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They will send the postcards to the other states. It must be received by May 26th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to help with this event. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://bo4u.net/c.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;</description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:46:19 EDT</pubDate>
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