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Registering to vote. (Photo via NYC Board of Elections Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/theNYCBoardofElections/])As discussion of the historic 2016 presidential election continues, one statistic especially worries democracy advocates — declining voter turnout across Brooklyn and the state. Voter turnout in Brooklyn has dropped steadily since 2008, with 53.
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Photo via Green Party NYC Facebook Page [https://www.facebook.com/gpnyc/].As she did across the state, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein [http://www.jill2016.com] secured a percentage and a half of Brooklyn’s vote. Stein received 11,165 votes from Brooklynites in Tuesday’s historic election,
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Screenshot of front page of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 18th, 1920, noting the passage of the 19th amendment, which granted women in the United States the right to vote. (Courtesy Brooklyn Daily Eagle)Today marks the first time in American history that voters have the chance to vote
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Assemblymember Dov Hikind. (Photo via the Assemblymember’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/assemblymandovhikind/])A Brooklyn Democratic Assemblymember, who said in September that he was considering a vote for Donald Trump [/assemblyman-dov-hikind-clinton-not-option-trump-possible-president/], now says that he cannot vote for the Republican nominee. Local Assemblymember Dov Hikind, who represents sections
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Interior of the Brooklyn Army Terminal during the “Doomocracy” Haunted House. (Photo via Creative Time’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/creativetime/].)Have you had all you can take of mainstream politics in the United States? Has reality gone to a place that is just too dark for you?
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Sometimes a primary is almost as important as a general election. Just think of the presidential primaries this spring. Registered voters who wish to participate in the 2017 NYC mayoral primary must have their correct party affiliation registered by tomorrow — Friday, October 14th. Don’t
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Sometimes a primary is almost as important as a general election. Just think of the presidential primaries this spring. Registered voters who wish to participate in the 2017 NYC mayoral primary must have their correct party affiliation registered by tomorrow — Friday, October 14th. Don’t
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Photo via hookedonnightlife [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKv4Pj5DFeO/?hl=en] /instagramFor those of you who need a cocktail and warm bodies to watch (or survive) the first Presidential debate [https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/presidential-debate-schedule/] of 2016, you have plenty of options in the neighborhood. Democratic Candidate
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Photo via hookedonnightlife [https://www.instagram.com/p/BKv4Pj5DFeO/?tagged=presidentialdebate&hl=en] /instagramFor those of you who need a cocktail and warm bodies to watch (or survive) the first Presidential debate of 2016 [https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/presidential-debate-schedule/] , you have plenty of options in the
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Joshua Ramos displayed his pro-Trump signs at his home on 11th Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues. (Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6693048,-73.990039,3a,75y,242.13h,79.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMrmQ0hfXxgpnqdmy9w5HdQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656] )An 11th Street resident wants to
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Photo by Fort Greene Focus.Local elected officials have rallied around efforts to add Russian and French Creole interpreters and translations at polling stations. Following the presidential primary debacle, in which more than 125,000 Brooklyn Democrats [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/brighton-beach-among-handful-brooklyn-nabes-voted-sanders/] were dropped from voter rolls, Mayor
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Affidavit ballot. (Photo: John Morton [https://www.flickr.com/photos/morton/3002941350/in/photolist-5zmRQS] / Flickr) Tuesday’s primaries have raised more questions than answers for Brooklynites. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has opened an investigation [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/21/nyregion/new-york-attorney-general-opens-inquiry-into-primary-day-complaints.html] and New York City