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The 2010 Midterm Elections: What Happened and What Happens Now?

Sponsored by: The Bucknell Institute for Public Policy

7:00PM-8:30PM Tuesday, November 9

Trout Auditorium on Bucknell Campus

Join representatives from the media and area faculty for a post-election panel discussion dissecting how the campaigns are run, what the results tell us, and what it all means for public policy in 2011 and beyond.

Panelists will include:

Nell McCormack Abom, political journalist for WITF in Harrisburg and host of “Smart Talk,” a weekly political news program

Henriet Hendriks, assistant professor of political science at Susquehanna University

John Micek, political writer for the Allentown Morning Call

Scott Meinke, associate professor of political science at Bucknell University

Why Poll Watch?

Why is poll watching so important during a General Election?  A Poll Watcher does nothing more than sit at the polls and cross off names as voters vote.  From there, the list is then taken to a phone bank calling those who have not voted reminding them today is Election Day and how important their vote is.  This is what takes the average number of voters to above average.  You would be surprised at the number of people who were “going to stop on their way from home from work and forgot.”  Or those who were fed up with everything, but because they received a personal phone call asking them to vote, will go and vote.  Or those who need a ride to the polls, which we will setup.  Poll Watching is what takes the average voter turnout and takes it above average.

Are you available for an hour or two on Election Day to poll watch or make phone calls reminding  people to vote?  Is so, please contact us at rockstargop@verizon.net

No one is allowed to stay home on election day – a message from Ted Meehan

Friends,

For the past year, our fellow conservatives have turned out in huge numbers to resist the rapid expansion of Government, and the orgy of spendng that threatens not only us but our children and grandchildren.

There are less than two full weeks left in this campaign, and the “community organizers” are being paid handsomely to turn out the Democrat vote. Passion wins elections. Our side has that passion. Pat Toomey embodies that passion, and no one can afford to be idle between now and election day. This is crunch time.

Call your local campaign HQ. Volunteer to make calls, hand out literature, or do any job that advances the Cause. Get online and make another donation. America’s future hangs in the balance.

Two thoughts from our forefathers to consider…

“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it Now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.  Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict the more glorius the triumph.” (Thomas Paine)

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men and women to do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)

Lets not be sunshine patriots, and please let us not allow the triumph of evil. Lets get out and win this election!

To Victory!

Ted Meehan

 

Poll Watcher Training on 10/19/2010 @ 7:00 pm

Snyder County will be implementing Swarm and Storm again for the 2010 Election.  This process makes a huge impact on voter turnout.  We are in need of poll watchers and phone call makers on Election Day, Tuesday, November 2, 2010; if you are able to give an hour or more, please contact us at rockstargop@verizon.net.

There will be an informational meeting for Poll Watchers, or anyone interested in the process on Tuesday, 10/19/2010 at 7:00 pm.

Information for Poll Watchers – poll watcher info 2010

Bucknell Political Science Discussion 10/21/2010

The 2010 Elections in Context: A Panel Discussion, Thursday, October 21 at 7:00PM in the Langone Center Gallery Theater (3rd floor) at Bucknell.

What is at stake in the November elections? What factors are driving our politics this year? What has changed—and what hasn’t? And what consequences will the elections have for the nation in 2011?

Faculty members from the departments of Political Science and Economics will provide context for understanding the upcoming elections and address your questions. Faculty participants include:

Chris Ellis, Political Science

Chris Magee, Economics

Scott Meinke, Political Science

Atiya Stokes-Brown, Political Science

Students, faculty, staff, and members of the Lewisburg community are all welcome.

 

Sponsored by the Department of Political Science.