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ICYMI: MSNBC’s PoliticsNation with Reverend Al Sharpton

The Constitution details at great length that the expansion of voting rights is essential to the nature of our democracy. It’s simply extraordinary that over the past couple of years the Republican Party has attempted to decimate voting rights in the U.S.

On MSNBC’s PoliticsNation, I joined Reverend Al Sharpton and Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, to discuss Ohio Secretary of State John Husted’s efforts to appeal a federal court decision which upheld early voting in the crucial swing state. Watch the video of last night’s show and comment below with your thoughts on Ohio’s early voting controversy.

Both candidates in the presidential election know the swing state of Ohio is critical to the election. President Obama is in the lead, but Romney is intensifying his efforts. Can Obama hang on to his lead? Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, and Catherine Crier, former judge, prosecutor, and journalist talk with Rev. Al Sharpton.

From PoliticsNation

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47 donors contribute more than half of the $230 million taken in by super-PACs this year.

With enormous resources and an agenda driven by short-term profits, most plutocratic super-PAC donors are apathetic toward the American public interest. A recent analysis of FEC and Sunlight Foundation data reveals that a mere 47 donors contributed more than half of the $230 million taken in by super-PACs this year, with 1,082 individual donations making up 94% of that total amount.

With corporate takeover of our political campaigns well underway, the only power still capable of opposing ‘USA, Inc.’ is the people themselves — an informed, united citizenry willing to reclaim their country. Where do you stand?

From Mother Jones

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The one federal agency designed to ensure our electoral process is currently leaderless.

Without careful oversight, faulty voting machines could put our entire electoral process at risk. But as November fast approaches, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission currently operates without any leadership whatsoever due to congressional attempts to defund the agency.

Republican lawmakers nationwide risk disenfranchising millions of voters with harsh Voter ID laws and voter roll purges, yet they continue to obstruct the one federal agency designed to ensure the honesty of our electoral process. Are they really concerned about voter fraud, or is there something more underway?

From The Huffington Post

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‘Shadow Years’ is a must read as voters sort out Romney’s conflicting narratives.

If we examine the achievements that Romney says qualify him to lead our economy, two things are certain: He generated great returns for investors but job creation was never a goal; and his success was dependent on a financial system designed and manipulated by powerful special interests.

David Bernstein’s article on the ‘Shadow Years’ is a must read as voters struggle to sort out the conflicting narratives about Romney’s corporate and political career.

From The Boston Phoenix

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