<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : vote : ATOM 0.3</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><entry><title><![CDATA[A Wasted Vote]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/80572/1/" /><id>80572</id><summary><![CDATA[A Wasted Vote]]></summary><issued>2008-10-29T21:35:43+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-29T21:35:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[When asked why they will not vote for a third party candidate, many people will respond by saying something like, &quot;He cannot win.&quot; Or, &quot;I don't want to waste my vote.&quot; It is true: America has not elected a third party candidate since 1860. Does that mean, however, that every vote cast for one of the two major party candidates is not a wasted vote? I don't think so.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Florida plan would give voters 'no vote']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17752/1/" /><id>17752</id><summary><![CDATA[Florida plan would give voters 'no vote']]></summary><issued>2007-04-24T23:09:56+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-24T23:09:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A state legislator in Florida wants voters to have a &quot;none of the above&quot; option to avoid questionable election outcomes.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Don't Forget to Vote]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/5307/1/" /><id>5307</id><summary><![CDATA[Don't Forget to Vote]]></summary><issued>2006-11-07T04:02:56+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-07T04:02:56+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Hope this isn't too late.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Whom do I vote for?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/30552/1/" /><id>30552</id><summary><![CDATA[Whom do I vote for?]]></summary><issued>2007-08-07T14:30:22+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-07T14:30:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Don't have a clue?  Me neither.<br/><br/>Pick the candidate that supports the issues you support or opposes the issues you oppose -- or just be a sheep and vote for the one that your friends like.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Dawning of a New Era]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/49498/1/" /><id>49498</id><summary><![CDATA[The Dawning of a New Era]]></summary><issued>2008-02-05T12:02:35+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-05T12:02:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[PLEASE write in your primary vote for this candidate!  We NEED REAL CHANGE!!  Do not listen to the mainstream candidates! They do not know what change is.  Vote for this one and your life WILL. BE. CHANGED.  I <b>personally</b> guarantee it.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chicago woman, 114, registers to vote]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/46105/1/" /><id>46105</id><summary><![CDATA[Chicago woman, 114, registers to vote]]></summary><issued>2008-01-05T03:58:43+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-05T03:58:43+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The chairman of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners visited a 114-year-old woman who registered to vote on Thursday. It was also her birthday, according to her family, who cite a family Bible as evidence of her birth date.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Council incumbent misses re-election by one vote -- guess whose it was?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/41299/1/" /><id>41299</id><summary><![CDATA[Council incumbent misses re-election by one vote -- guess whose it was?]]></summary><issued>2007-11-10T17:49:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-10T17:49:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Bill Monroe lost by one vote in his bid to return to the Winchester City Council, and here's the clincher to the squeaker of a race: His wife didn't vote.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Tennessee constable wins election with ONE vote ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72008/1/" /><id>72008</id><summary><![CDATA[Tennessee constable wins election with ONE vote ]]></summary><issued>2008-08-11T14:00:37+01:00</issued><modified>2008-08-11T14:00:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Not just BY one vote - WITH one vote.<br/><br/><div class='qp pad d'><i>Her husband didn&#8217;t think she would win</i></div> Obviously, or else she would have had TWO votes.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Dog registered to vote]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/25805/1/" /><id>25805</id><summary><![CDATA[Dog registered to vote]]></summary><issued>2007-06-30T19:05:24+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-30T19:05:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Duncan the dog is still registered to vote, and his owner isn't pleased.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[How We Used To Vote]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/80922/1/" /><id>80922</id><summary><![CDATA[How We Used To Vote]]></summary><issued>2008-11-03T10:37:24+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-03T10:37:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In 1859 they tried to fix elections a different way. On George Kyle's way to the polls he was attacked by men with knives, guns, and bricks. His brother died from attacks. He survived but didn't get to vote. When his candidate lost and he contested the election. Congress basically said a &quot;real man&quot; would have managed to vote.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[I Didn't Vote For Obama ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/81135/1/" /><id>81135</id><summary><![CDATA[I Didn't Vote For Obama ]]></summary><issued>2008-11-05T21:52:49+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-05T21:52:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Oh, I went to the voting booth.  I signed, was given my stub, and was walked over to a voting machine.  I cast votes for statewide races and a state referendum on water and sewer improvements.<br/><br/>I stood there, and I thought about all of these people, who influenced my life so greatly.  But I didn't vote for who would be the 44th President of the United States.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Vote or Die - Literally!]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/5367/1/" /><id>5367</id><summary><![CDATA[Vote or Die - Literally!]]></summary><issued>2006-11-07T23:47:58+01:00</issued><modified>2006-11-07T23:47:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Follow up to <div style='display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;'><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://plime.com/politics/l/5352/1/" rel="nofollow">http://plime.com/politics/l/5352/1/</a></div> <br/>Poll worker choked voter trying to force him to vote in a judicial race that the voter didn't want to vote on. Possibly even more entertaining are the comments below the story.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Vote card sent to dead president]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/4181/1/" /><id>4181</id><summary><![CDATA[Vote card sent to dead president]]></summary><issued>2006-10-23T21:25:07+01:00</issued><modified>2006-10-23T21:25:07+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic has been invited to vote in an upcoming referendum, despite having died while awaiting trial in March.<br/><br/>And the fact he was arrested by the international tribunal for war crimes apparently didn't matter either.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[A Woman's Right To Vote]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/50766/1/" /><id>50766</id><summary><![CDATA[A Woman's Right To Vote]]></summary><issued>2008-02-15T16:20:13+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-15T16:20:13+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In honor of <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Susan B. Anthony's</a> birthday, TIME put together a slide show of photos memorializing her and &quot;the many other women who lobbied for the passage of the 19th amendment.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Did you vote for the presidential elections last year?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27614/1/" /><id>27614</id><summary><![CDATA[Did you vote for the presidential elections last year?]]></summary><issued>2007-07-16T17:52:35+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-16T17:52:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Apparently Paris Hilton did.  <br/><br/>I know, I know.  Everyone is tired of hearing about Paris, but I totally got a kick out of this anyway.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[My running for President]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/75510/1/" /><id>75510</id><summary><![CDATA[My running for President]]></summary><issued>2008-09-09T20:34:47+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-09T20:34:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[With so much at stake, there is one candidate that may be able to make the difference. Chappy has surprised both Democrats and Republicans with a grass roots effort. This candidate has made many wonder: Who is Vote Chappy?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Duval County's Write-In Vote Humor...]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/82320/1/" /><id>82320</id><summary><![CDATA[Duval County's Write-In Vote Humor...]]></summary><issued>2008-11-19T15:36:20+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-19T15:36:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The Duval County [Florida] Supervisor of Elections Office released the breakdown of 932 write-in votes this week.<br/><br/>Some include: Al Gore (4), George W. Bush (2), Jesus (23), Lou Dobbs (2), Bill O'Reilly (1), Steven Colbert (4), Tim Tebow (2), &quot;Weird Al&quot; (1), Morgan Freeman (1), Mickey Mouse (3), Homer Simpson, and James T. Kirk (1).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Young Feminist Split: Does Gender Matter?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/46885/1/" /><id>46885</id><summary><![CDATA[Young Feminist Split: Does Gender Matter?]]></summary><issued>2008-01-11T11:26:02+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-11T11:26:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton visited her Alma-mater Wellesley College, an all female liberal arts school, where an Important debate has been sparked between feminists... <br/><br/>Do you vote for a woman to shatter the glass ceiling and further the cause? <b>Or</b> do you make an empowered, individual decision that is not confined by gender?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Canada Bows To P.C.  And Fears]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35151/1/" /><id>35151</id><summary><![CDATA[Canada Bows To P.C.  And Fears]]></summary><issued>2007-09-10T01:54:09+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-10T01:54:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Canada out of political correctness and a fear of being blown up, will allow women or at least people who claim to be women vote while in disguise. Normally, &quot;Every person who comes out to exercise their vote must be clearly identified.&quot; Most Canadians will still have to do so. Muslim Women will be given special treatment.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hubble's Next Discovery - You Decide]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/95855/1/" /><id>95855</id><summary><![CDATA[Hubble's Next Discovery - You Decide]]></summary><issued>2009-02-22T22:49:29+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-22T22:49:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In 1609, Galileo turned his telescope on the night sky for the first time. Now, 400 years later, your vote will help make the momentous decision of where to point modern astronomy's most famous telescope.]]></content></entry></items></xml>