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Ken Burch

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9. For some reason, hatred and cheesy computer graphics carried the day.

Reply to d_b (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 12:48 PM

Apr 2012

Don't lose heart...it took eighty-eight years to overturn legal Jim Crow-ninety years prior to that to abolish slavery-one hundred thirty years for women to get the vote...justice sometimes takes awhile in this country, but it wins in the end.

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Anybody catch the cheesy "No on 5" ads (Anchorage municipal election)? [View all] Ken Burch Mar 2012 OP

My wife and I will be voting yes on 5! Steerpike Mar 2012 #1

Glad to hear you'll be voting the humane way. Ken Burch Mar 2012 #2

The No on 5 people are completely crazy. Blue_In_AK Apr 2012 #3

the machine at my precinct was messed up d_b Apr 2012 #5

Something very bizarre went on here tonight. Blue_In_AK Apr 2012 #6

i do find that strange. d_b Apr 2012 #7

Were those precincts in the same area? Ken Burch Apr 2012 #8

Several of them were in east Anchorage, Paul Honeman's home turf. Blue_In_AK Apr 2012 #10

This suggests a strong case DOES exist for throwing out the election in court Ken Burch Apr 2012 #11

I can't seem to find a straightforward answer to that question Blue_In_AK Apr 2012 #12

ugh d_b Apr 2012 #4

For some reason, hatred and cheesy computer graphics carried the day. Ken Burch Apr 2012 #9