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BOSTON, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Auto calls are an effective tool to turn close races into victories and to produce votes for candidates who use them strategically. Nearly two-thirds of registered voters (64%) recall receiving recorded telephone messages in the final stages of an election (Pew Research Center). Adam Miller, Vice President at www.2centautocalls.com, lists clients from all political parties in the United States, running for political offices from U.S. Senators...
VANCOUVER, June 14, 2012 /CNW/ - This week in Cantech Letter, Adam Adamou argues that the plurality voting system employed by most Canadian public companies is inherently flawed. He says Canadian shareholders should demand stocks they own adopt majority voting, a practice that has emerged as a best practice for board selection in Canada. Go to www.cantechletter.com to read the full article. SOURCE Cantech Letter
Timing can affect whether females and minorities experience discrimination — says a study published today in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Emails were sent from fictional prospective doctoral students to 6,500 professors across 258 institutions, requesting a meeting either that day or next week. Prospective doctoral students with Caucasian male names were 26% more likely to be granted an appointment with a professor when requesting one for...
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Visteon Corporation (NYSE: VC) announced today that its board of directors has amended the company's bylaws to adopt a majority voting standard for the election of directors. The new standard is effective immediately and will apply to all future elections. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20001201/DEF008LOGO ) The company's new majority vote standard requires each nominee for election to the board to receive a...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a Texas case that could have implications for other voting rights cases nationwide, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lower court's redistricting plans for the state's new electoral seats, which could pose constitutional concerns. According to the 2010 Census, Texas' population grew by more than four million people in the last decade - 65% of which is attributed to Hispanics - giving the state four additional seats in the...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, at 1 P.M., the Supreme Court will hear Perry v. Perez, a case in which the state of Texas used redistricting gerrymandering techniques to delineate districts that dilutes Latino voting strength, in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and in violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments. Long-time LULAC attorney Jose Garza will argue for all plaintiffs, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the interim maps...
DETROIT, Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Detroit Branch NAACP, the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus (MLBC), Latino Americans for Social and Economic Development (LASED) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) filed a legal challenge to Michigan's Redistricting process in Federal District Court on December 8, 2011. This coalition of civil rights and labor groups welcomes a review of the State's electoral maps by the Voting Rights Section of the United States Department of...
An international study of holiday shopping and religion finds that dominant religious groups are more likely to experience "consumption mass hysteria" while shoppers in minority religions may view malls and stores much differently: as central meeting places that "can play an active role in the creation of a sacred event." The study, co-authored by Temple University Fox School of Business marketing professor Ayalla Ruvio, found that holiday consumption in dominant religious settings –...
The top website development team at Affordable Web Design and Marketing Inc. (AWD) is providing ground-breaking technical support for the online facet of the Rhode Island State Redistricting Project, located at http://www.riredistricting.com. Manassas, VA (PRWEB) December 17, 2011 The top website development team at Affordable Web Design and Marketing Inc. (AWD) is providing ground-breaking technical support for the online facet of the Rhode Island State Redistricting Project, located at...
VALLEY FORGE, PA, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ - On September 15th, 2011 at 7:00 PM EDT, a simultaneous U.S. and world premiere for SPOiLER, will be held at the Clearview Anthony Wayne Theater in Wayne, PA and broadcast exclusively online by The Foundation for the Advancement of Free-Market Thinking ( www.fafmt.li ) on its flagship website, www.thedailybell.com. Filmmaker James Jaeger (FIAT EMPIRE, ORIGINAL INTENT) teams with constitutional attorney, Edwin Vieira, Jr. and political...
