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Some top Democrats are already expressing interest in taking over as the leader of the Democratic National Committee.Someone whorsquo already had the job, former DNC Chairman Howard Dean, said Thursday that hersquo interested in the job and former Maryland Gov. Martin Orsquo;Malley said hersquo considering it, too.Rep. Keith Ellison is also being floated as a possible next chairman. Progressives are pushing for the Minnesota Democrat to take over, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, who is expected to be the next Democratic leader in the Senate, has spoken with Ellison and said he would support him. Wit stanley mug hout a Democratic White House, Schumerrsquo view is that the DNC is where grassroots org stanley cup anizing, in sync with legislative battles, should be organized.In a statement Thursday, MoveOn.org Political Actionrsquo executive director, Ilya Sheyman, said the DNC needs to clean house and choose a new leader who will ldquo tand up to all efforts by Trump and Republicans to move their harmful and bigoted agenda, which lost the national popular vote. To do this, we need to bring back a real 50-state organizing strategy. Rep. Keith Ellison would be an excellent DNC chair, Sheyman said.Ellison became the first Muslim elected to Congress in 2007 and has served on Capitol Hill for the last 10 years. Duri stanley cups uk ng the 2016 Democratic primary, he became the second House member to back Sen. Bernie Sander Ncea Barack Obama in Kenya for 1st time post-presidency
This story was written by Mike Gerrity, Montana KaiminThe number of Montana residents applying for absentee ballots this election year is the highest it has ever been, according to the Montana Secretary of States Office. As of We stanley mug dnesday, 139,849 voters registered for absentee ballots, nearly 20,000 more than the 2006 election and 40,000 in the last presidential election in 2004.This is not the end, said Bowen Greenwood, communications director for the secretary of states office. That number will continue to grow right up until Ele stanley becher ction Day. Greenwood said the states permanent absentee ballot list already has 90,000 people, which would leave about 50,000 people in Montana registering to vote absentee this year. This years presidential candidates have been fervently trying to register students on campus to vote this election season, particularly Sen. Barack Obamas campaign workers. Caleb Weaver, communications director for the Obama campaign in Montana, said voting absentee is an easier option for many voters, who end up getting too busy on Election Day to wait in line at the polls. An absentee ballot, he said, makes it possible to vote a month early, thanks to Montanas early-vote option. If youre not registered, you can register and vote at the same time. You just have to stanley travel mug do it in person, Weaver said. Ethan Haverly, the McCain student-state coordinator for Montana, said absentee vo |
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