[Peace-discuss] referendum roundup - for letter writers!

[Robert Naiman]

The Wisconsin folks have done a nice job of organizing the referendum
results, including a map that shows Springfield, Champaign, and
Urbana!

http://www.wnpj.org/homenow

On 11/9/06, Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com> wrote:
> ANTIWAR INITIATIVE WINS IN ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN &
> MASSACHUSETTS
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
>
> "Bring Our Troops Home" Initiatives Sweep Wisconsin,
> Illinois, Massachusetts
>
> Contact:
> •       Wisconsin: Steve Burns, (608) 250-9240 Wisconsin
> Network for Peace & Justice
> •       Illinois: Laurel Lambert Schmidt (708) 447-9577,
> (708) 991-8175 (cell),Siobhan Kolar, (630) 270-8520
> •       Massachusetts: Paul Shannon (617) 497-5273 or (617)
> 623-5288
>
> Wisconsin, Illinois and Massachusetts "Bring Our
> Troops Home" ballot initiatives are headed for a sweep
> of every community in which they appeared.
>
> In Wisconsin, final returns for Boscobel, Fox Point,
> Lake Delton, Middlet on,South Milwaukee, Springdale
> and Viroqua and Wauwatosa show all initiatives
> passing, winning with more than 60% of the vote in
> several communities.
>
> As of 1:00 am Tuesday Night, with 98% of precincts
> reporting, the City of Milwaukee voted 72% for
> "orderly, rapid and comprehensive withdrawal" from
> Iraq, and with 85% of Precincts reporting, Racine
> voters approved their "Troops Home" initiative with a
> 61% "yes" vote.
>
> Wisconsin's statewide totals gave a more than
> two-to-one "yes" vote.
>
> In Illinois, final returns for the state capitol,
> Springfield, gave a 60% "yes" vote, while partial
> returns as of 1:00 am showed all initiatives passing,
> some with "yes" votes approaching 70%. Champaign
> township, with 94% reporting, gave a 57% "yes" vote,
> and Cunningham township, with 86% reporting, showed a
> 65% "yes" vote. In Cook County, with 49% reporting,
> the initiative was winning with a 66% "yes" vote.
> DuPage and Kane Counties, home of several of the
> successful initiatives, were carried by George W. Bush
> inthe 2004 election.
>
> And, most remarkably, In Massachusetts, where 36
> legislative districts voted on a resolution to "end
> the war in Iraq immediately and bring all United
> States military forces home", the Boston Globe
> reported that, as of 2:00 am Eastern Time, all 36
> districts had voted in favor of the initiative. The
> districts encompassed 139 Massachusetts communities.
>
> "I don't think the voters could make themselves any
> clearer. The voters get it - they know that the best
> thing for the American people and the Iraqi people is
> for us to bring our troops home from their country.
> Now it's time for our government to listen," said
> Steve Burns, Program Coordinator for the Wisconsin
> Network for Peace and Justice.
>
> "I was blown away by the totals" said Laurel Lambert
> Schmidt, an organizer of the initiatives in Berwyn and
> Riverside townships. Partial returns showeda 71% "yes"
> vote in Berwyn, and a 61% "yes" vote in Riverside.
>
> "The antiwar majority has spoken!" said Siobhan Kolar,
> an initiative organizer in Geneva Township, which
> reported a 54% "yes" vote.
>
> A full summary of "Troops Home" initiative language is
> available online: http://www.wnpj.org/homenow Full
> election returns will be posted there when they become
> final.
>
> Steve Burns
> Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice
> 122 State St. #402
> Madison, WI 53703
> (608) 250 9240
>
>
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________________
> Want to start your own business?
> Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business.
> http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index
> _______________________________________________
> Peace-discuss mailing list
> Peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net
> http://lists.chambana.net/cgi-bin/listinfo/peace-discuss
>


-- 
Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org