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		<title>Peace Movement Adopts New Comprehensive Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/07/29/peace-movement-adopts-new-comprehensive-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By David Swanson http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/54305 Last week 700 leading peace activists from around the United States met and strategized in Albany, N.Y. ( http://nationalpeaceconference.org ). They discussed, debated, and voted for a comprehensive new plan for the coming months. The plan includes a new focus and some promising proposals for building a coalition that includes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CC candidate Garrett stresses long-term planning, public participation</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/05/29/cc-candidate-garrett-stresses-long-term-planning-public-participation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 05:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Steve Klinger Billy Garrett, a candidate for Doña Ana County Commission, District 1, feels his experience sets him apart from the other Democrats running for the position in the June 1 primary. As a National Park Service architect and manager for 26 years, Garrett dealt heavily with infrastructure challenges and multi-million-dollar budgets and would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LULAC calls for immediate investigation of potential &#8216;dirty tricks&#8217; in race for Court of Appeals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 03:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Mexico State Council of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) today called upon the Attorney General of the State of New Mexico, Gary King, and his state Federal counterpart, United States Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales, for an immediate investigation of potential “dirty tricks” and abuse of the judicial system in the judicial contest for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Linda Vanzi&#8217;s Campaign Commends Secretary of State for Protecting Public Dollars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 04:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA FE  &#8211; The Supreme Court Monday upheld the Secretary of State&#8217;s ruling to deny public financing to Mr. Dennis Montoya.   Montoya is challenging Judge Linda Vanzi for her seat on the Court of Appeals in the Democratic Primary. The election is June 1st. &#8220;Other candidates have successfully applied for public financing,&#8221; said Sandra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early voting starts today; last day to register for primaries</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/05/04/early-voting-starts-today-last-day-to-register-for-primaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Early voting in advance of the June 1 Primary Elections begins today at the Doña Ana County Government Center, according to Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins. Early voting at the Doña Ana County Government Center will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each business day through May 28, and from 10 a.m. to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voter registration for primary election closes today</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 17:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voter Registration closes for Primary at 5pm today, Tuesday, May 4. Accept registration forms dated on or before Tuesday 5/4/10 walked-in or mailed before 5:00pm Friday 5/7/10. Voter registration re-opens on Monday 6/7/10. ABSENTEE In-Person Voting begins at: Government Center 845 N. Motel Blvd. Las Cruces, NM 88007. Monday through Friday 8am-5pm and the Saturday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local Forum to Tackle Problem of Corporations and Lobbyists</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/04/30/local-forum-to-tackle-problem-of-corporations-and-lobbyists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Las Cruces/Doña Ana County residents gather to discuss how to make Washington work for regular New Mexicans, not the top 2 percent of corporate lobbyists and CEOs On Tuesday, May 4th, local residents of Southern New Mexico will hold a community forum hosted by MoveOn.org at NMSU Campus, PSL Auditorium, 7-8:30pm.  Against the backdrop of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Montoya Disqualified from First Statewide Publicly Financed Race in New Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/03/31/montoya-to-conduct-first-statewide-publicly-financed-race-in-new-mexico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:13:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: NMPolitics.net is reporting the Secretary of State has rejected Dennis A. Montoya&#8217;s application to become the first candidate in New Mexico to run a statewide campaign under the state public financing laws. In a letter to Montoya, Herrera reportedly states that Montoya exceeded the $5,000 limit a candidate seeking to run under public financing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>District Judge Arrieta seeks election to post he holds</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/03/08/district-judge-arrieta-seeks-election-to-post-he-holds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/03/08/district-judge-arrieta-seeks-election-to-post-he-holds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[District Judge Mannie Arrieta has announced that he will seek election to a full term in the Third District Court in  November. “I have enjoyed my work as a judge,”  Arrieta said, “especially the opportunity to serve the people of this county fairly and impartially.  The right to a fair trial is one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March 20 demonstration in Albuquerque</title>
		<link>http://www.grass-roots-press.com/2010/03/05/march-20-demonstration-in-albuquerque-protests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All groups and organizations are invited to endorse the big March 20 demonstration in Albuquerque, protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other U.S. militarism.  Endorsing groups and organizations are invited to make a donation toward the costs of equipment/publicity for the demonstration.  (Donations can be made out to Stop the War Machine with [...]]]></description>
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