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ElectionWatch '04 - The Final Choice
October 27, 2004
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After months of one of the most intense presidential campaigns in recent history, voters will decide whether to give President George W. Bush another four years in the White House, or to send him packing back to Texas. On this edition we take a look at an international mission to observe the U.S. elections. We look at the impacts of a decade-long Republican-controlled Congress. And we'll hear about an effort in the hip hop movement to persuade young voters to go to the polls.
Featuring:
Pansy Tlakula, chief electoral officer, Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa; Terence Humphreys, chief executive, Electoral Reform International Services; Jason Mark, spokesperson, Global Exchange; Caerwyn Dwyfor Jones, election official, Wrexham County, Wales; Luis Tonelli, professor of political science, University of Buenos Aires; Ted Lewis, director, Fair Election International; Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House; Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor; Rick Santorum, U.S. Senator; Bernie Sanders, U.S. Representative; Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader; Tom Coburn, U.S. Representative; Brad Carson, U.S. Representative; Aya De Leon, poet and activist.
For more information:
Independent Electoral Commission, South Africa
P.O. Box 7943, Pretoria, 0001
Election House
260 Walker Street
Sunnyside, Pretoria
012-428-5516; tlakulap@elections.org.za
www.elections.org.za
Electoral Reform International Services
6 Chancel Street
London SE1 0UU UK
+44(0)20-7620-3794
www.eris.org.uk
Global Exchange
2017 Mission Street, #303
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-255-7296
www.globalexchange.org
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20210
202-693-6000
www.dol.gov
Representative Bernie Sanders
Washington DC Address
2233 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-4501
202-225-4115
www.bernie.house.gov
Nancy Pelosi
Washington DC Address
2371 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-0508
202-225-4965; sf.nancy@mail.house.gov
www.house.gov/pelosi/
Representative Brad Carson
317 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515-3602
202-225-2701
www.carson.house.gov
Aya De Leon
www.ayadeleon.com