Street Team '08: CarissaJ
 
 
 
   
 
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11:00 - Update

I'm still at the Obama party in St. Paul.  Just talked to a group of students from Carlton College in southern Minnesota.  They traveled up to the Twin Cities to attend both the Minnesota Republican and Minnesota Democrat results party.  They told me the Republicans' party was very different from the...

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9:00 p.m. - Quick update

I'm blogging from the Crowne Plaza hotel in St. Paul, where Democrats are holding what they hope will be a victory party.  Several of the hotel's conference rooms are packed with Obama supporters.  Spirits are high, and there has been lots of cheering throughout the evening as states are called for...

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Election in 60 seconds
I take a look back at the 2008 election in Minnesota in this 60 second retrospective.
Tags: Minnesota   Street Team '08
Views 54
by  CarissaJ on november 12, 2008
 
   
 
Why are you voting?
A U of MN student says young people shouldn't forget to vote for local offices as well as president.
Tags: election   voting   Minnesota
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by  CarissaJ on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Why are you voting?
Two first time voters talk to me about the election.
Tags: election   voting   Minnesota
Views 7
by  CarissaJ on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Why are you voting?
I talked with a student who thinks Minnesota will stay blue.
Tags: election   voting   Minnesota
Views 32
by  CarissaJ on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Voting at the U of MN
Students help fellow students figure out where to vote.
Tags: election   voting   Minnesota
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by  CarissaJ on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Honk for Change
Getting out the vote for Obama.
Tags: obama   Minnesota   Honk
Views 5
by  CarissaJ on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
My Ballot
A picture of my ballot taken in my voting booth.
Tags: election   voting   Minnesota   Ballot
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by  CarissaJ on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
Vote Here
Sign at my polling place.
Tags: election   voting   Minnesota
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by  CarissaJ on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
I Voted
My "I voted" sticker.
Tags: election   voting   Minnesota
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by  CarissaJ on november 04, 2008
 
   
 
80 in '08
The Minnesota Secretary of State hopes Minnesota will surpass 80 percent voter turnout on Nov. 4th. Young Minnesotans think it is likely to happen.
Tags: election   voting   Minnesota   turnout   Street Team '08
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by  CarissaJ on november 03, 2008
 
   
 
Bama Bus
Three young people are visiting all of the swing states to rally support for Obama.
Tags: vote   Barack Obama   Minnesota   Street Team '08   road trip   swing states...
Views 64
by  CarissaJ on october 26, 2008
 
   
 
Register to vote by Oct. 14th (in MN)
A couple of University of Minnesota students teamed up with the Minnesota Secretary of State's office to help register young people to vote. While Minnesota does...
Tags: election   vote   voting   Minnesota   Voter Registration   Street Team '08...
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by  CarissaJ on october 09, 2008
 
   
 
Minnesota Going Red?
Just a few weeks after the Republican National Convention, McCain was back in Minnesota to rally support. I talked with some young republicans who told me they...
Tags: gop   Rally   Minnesota   McCain   Street Team '08   Young Republicans
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by  CarissaJ on september 25, 2008
 
   
 
March on the RNC
When the RNC came to St. Paul, over 10,000 people gathered to protest.
Tags: protest   war   peace   Iraq   Minnesota   Street Team '08   RNC
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by  CarissaJ on september 11, 2008
 
   
 
Iraq Vet Has Had Enough
Mike Nordstrom, a 25-year-old Marine has been to Iraq twice, and is expected to serve a third tour this November.
Tags: protest   Iraq   Minnesota   Street Team '08   Marines   Vet   RNC   Anti- War...
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by  CarissaJ on september 02, 2008
 
   
 
Marching Against Marginalization
Kelly Lewis marches against the RNC because she's tired of feeling marginalized.
Tags: discrimination   Minnesota   Street Team '08   RNC
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by  CarissaJ on september 02, 2008
 
   
 
Resting before the March
Two St. Paul girls rested in front of the Minnesota State Capitol before the anti-war march.
Tags: anti-war   Iraq   Minnesota   March   Street Team '08   St. Paul   RNC
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by  CarissaJ on september 02, 2008
 
   
 
Obama Fans protesting theRNC
I talked with two Obama fans who were at the State Capitol to take part in a march on the RNC.
Tags: Minnesota   Street Team '08   RNC
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by  CarissaJ on september 02, 2008
 
   
 
Preparing to Protest
High school students upset with the War in Iraq prepare to protest the Republican National Convention when it comes to St. Paul in September.
Tags: war   Iraq   Minnesota   Street Team '08   Republican national convention   ...
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by  CarissaJ on august 13, 2008
 
   
 
Voting Green
Robbie Cox, president of the Sierra Club explains how our role as citizens impacts the environment.
Tags: environment   election   voting   green   Minnesota   Sierra Club   Street Team...
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by  CarissaJ on august 10, 2008
 
 
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Street Team '08
Get the latest on local politics and the presidential elections from MTV's band of 51 state-based youth journalists.
Tags: elections   politics   primaries   campaign   Choose Or Lose   obama   Democrat...
by  thinkMTV on september 03, 2008
Members  172 Discussions  91 Media  1873
 
   
 
SmartPower: Let's get Energy Smart!
SmartPower is a nationwide, nonprofit marketing campaign that is leading the effort to promote clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency. Let's Get Energy Smart!
Tags: global warming   environment   green   Energy   clean energy
by  SmartPower on july 25, 2008
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WE ARE THE CHANGE!
A THiNK group which aims to begin a "wave of change" in the world by changing within ourselves first and then lending a little something to those around us. Simple...
Tags: change   peace   help   Love   heart
by  dynamicteens on june 30, 2008
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ServiceVote
ServiceVote is Youth Service America’s campaign to engage young people in the political process, beginning with voting. Building on the significant recent growth...
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by  ServiceVote on december 21, 2007
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Street Team X+Y
This is a PRIVATE group for the Choose or Lose Street Team '08 REPORTERS ONLY for behind-the-scenes strategizing. PLEASE DO NOT REQUEST MEMBERSHIP, we are all already...
Tags: generation   street team
by  shelbinator on december 18, 2007
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