Despite overwhelming evidence that our presence in the Iraqi Civil War has been a failure, despite an ever-increasing body count and a $10 billion monthly price-tag, we are faced with a hard truth. There will likely be more than 100,000 American soldiers in Iraq on Election Day. Despite the extensive and persistent efforts of the anti-war movement, we have still failed to gather the votes we need to end this intractable conflict. Over the next year, we must increase the pressure on policymakers who continue to ignore the will of the American people. We can do this by looking toward Election Day itself, which may be our best chance for a new direction – a direction home.
It was with that belief in mind that Ballotground was created, and why we’re moving forward today. Ballotground is an organization dedicated to placing anti-war initiatives on the ballots of 2008 battleground states: Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, and Oregon. We will put into words the voice of two-thirds of the American people, present it clearly and concisely on the ballot, and in doing so, quite literally turn the 2008 election into a referendum on Iraq.
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