Training of an Election Judge

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Thursday October 26, 2006 · 11:00 AM PDT

2006/10/26 · 11:00

I just returned from a 3 1/2 hour training session to be an election judge in Montgomery County, MD. My role on November 7 is to check in voters using the dreaded "electronic voter rolls."

Actually, I have many compliments on the training and the intentions of the Montgomery County Board of Elections. [Don't know about those other counties.] Read More

Good News: CQ Moves MD-06 from "Safe R" to "Favored R"

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Tuesday October 24, 2006 · 8:40 PM PDT

2006/10/24 · 20:40

A new Congressional Quarterly (CQ) survey has moved the race in Maryland's 6th District, where the incumbent is 80 year old Republican Roscoe Bartlett, from "Safe Republican" to "Favored Republican."

The article cites the difficulties for any Democratic challenger in the race:

the 6th District has the most conservative constituency among Maryland's eight districts.

and

Redistricting by the Democratic-controlled legislature early this decade made the district even more Republican in order to bolster Democratic majorities in other districts

But
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Newsweek's Eleanor Clift Profiles Andrew Duck (MD-06)

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Saturday October 21, 2006 · 2:52 PM PDT

2006/10/21 · 14:52

Newsweek's on-line edition http://www.msnbc.msn.com/... has an article by Eleanor Clift titled "As the Tide Turns." In it she outlines how Andrew Duck (MD-06) is representative of the "tide" that's washing incumbent Republicans out of office.

She outlines his 20 year service in the Army and his encounters with the Bush "bureaucrats." Read More

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