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by Deborah Vollmer
Vollmer
keeps it going (The Montgomery Sentinel, March 6-12, 2008, p. 5) on
her decision to run as a write-in candidate.
Why
we protesters occupied Van Hollen’s office for hours (The Hill,
March 22, 2007) on Von Hollen's decision "to side with the Democratic
Party leadership, and against the wishes of the majority of his
constituents on" the issue of war funding.
Vollmer:
‘Let everyone vote on paper’ (The Weekend Gazette, Sept. 29, 2006)
on the need for paper ballots
in Maryland
elections. "I don’t
claim to have been deprived an election victory due to this
breakdown, but some of the other candidates certainly are in such a
position."
Take
your pick: Absentee ballots or purple thumbs? (The Examiner, Sept.
26, 2006) on the need for paper ballots in Maryland elections. "As a
voter, I feel more confident that my vote will be counted if I can vote
on paper for the general election. For this reason, I voted absentee in
the primary."
Media
should report more local congressional votes - (The Examiner, April
13, 2006). "As a Maryland voter, I was curious to know how my
own representative in Congress, Chris Van Hollen, voted on the $68
billion to continue military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as part
of a supplemental emergency appropriation bill."
Media
should inform public how representatives voted on war - (The
Gazette, April 12, 2006). "I did subsequently learn that Rep. Van
Hollen voted for the appropriation to continue funding for the Iraq
war. But I learned this from a source on the Internet, with no help
from the Washington Post! Nor do I recall seeing this story in The
Gazette, for that matter..."
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