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2. "In 1913, the 17th Amendment allowed for voters to determine who their US Senators would be."

Sat Oct 20, 2012, 11:12 AM

Oct 2012

And the daughter of the Senator who triggered passage of that amendment just died last year -

http://www.forbes.com/sites/zillow/2012/03/16/reclusive-heiress-huguette-clarks-ny-apartments-listed-for-combined-55-million/

Here in PA, we don't have early voting and after the fiasco of 2008 here in Philly with trying to get an absentee ballot (which I desperately had to do being out of town back then), I will be ferrying family members to the polls on November 6.

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Ok I'll do it right now! upi402 Oct 2012 #1

done upi402 Oct 2012 #4

Thank you! H2O Man Oct 2012 #5

Thank YOU for your service work upi402 Oct 2012 #10

Thank you! H2O Man Oct 2012 #7

Done Downwinder Oct 2012 #3

Thanks! H2O Man Oct 2012 #8

K&R! G_j Oct 2012 #6

Thanks! H2O Man Oct 2012 #11

! n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #9

Thanks! H2O Man Oct 2012 #12

It's a good message. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #14

just sent away for my absentee ballot n/t coeur_de_lion Oct 2012 #13