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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 3
SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Important Voter
Information
Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance Political
Action Committee Endorses Candidates
Voters participating in
the election during Advance
Voting Week or on Election
Day will be required to show
one of the following six
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• A Georgia driver's license,
even if expired;
• Any valid state or federal
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including a free Voter ID
Card issued by your county
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Department of Driver
Services (DDS);
• Valid U.S. passport;
• Valid employee photo ID
from any branch, department,
agency, or entity of the U.S.
Government, Georgia, or any
county, municipality, board,
authority, or other entity of
this state;
• Valid U.S. military photo
ID; or
• Valid tribal photo ID.
If a voter does not have
one of these forms of photo
identification, they can obtain
a free voter ID card at their
county registrar's office or the
Georgia Department of
Driver Services.
Voters can request an
absentee ballot through
Friday, October 31, 2008. All
absentee ballots must be
received by the county regis
trar on Election Day,
Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
Photo identification is not
required when voting by
mail. To download an absen
tee ballot request form, please
visit http://www.sos.geor-
gia.gov/Elections
Polls will be open from
7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
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prior to November 4.
Jim Martin
Georgia during these tough
economic times. His oppo
nent voted with President
George Bush, and in favor of
his failed economic policies,
over 90 percent of the time.
Martin attended the
Atlanta Public Schools and
earned three degrees (a
bachelor's degree and two
law degrees) at the
University of Georgia. He is
a Vietnam Veteran who says
that the Bush
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Administration's failure to
provide adequate care for
our returning soldiers and
their families is nothing
short of disgraceful.
We, at The Savannah
Tribune, believe that the
people of Georgia could use
a different kind of senator.
We need a senator who
shares our concern for the
wellbeing of all people... not
just the rich. We urge you to
vote to elect Jim Martin.
John Barrow... Continued fivm page 1
most of our readers in the
urban area of Savannah. John
Barrow is clearly the right
man for this Job. On
Congress, he serves on both
the Energy and Commerce
Committee and the
Committee on Agriculture.
We were especially
impressed that very early
during the Democratic
Primary, Congressman
Barrow had the foresight to
step forward and endorse
Senator Barack Obama for
President. We consider this
early decision to support
Barack Obama as just anoth
er example of Congressman
Barrow's good judgment.
We recommend that our
readers vote to re-elect
Democrat John Barrow to the
12 District Congressional
Seat. He has earned our sup
port.
Vote...
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To appreciate this moment,
you must appreciate what
African-Americans have
endured, especially those of
us who grew up in the Old
South.
I’ll never forget the
indignity of having to ride in
the back of the bus in my
hometown, Tuscaloosa, Ala. I
know how it feels to stare at
“colored” water fountains and
restrooms downtown. Of
course, I’ll never forget seeing
my mother, Martha Brownlee,
riding in the back seat of a car
upon her return home after
doing domestic work for the
White woman driver. I
remember thinking at the time
that this woman felt my moth
er was good enough to cook
their food and care for their
children, but not good enough
to ride in the front seat of her
car. I filed that image away for
posterity, determined that nei
ther I nor my three younger
sisters - Charlotte, Chris or
Sue - would sit in the back
seat of anyone’s car unless we
were being chauffeured.
Even as a teenager, I
frilly understood how the
notion of White supremacy
was designed to make Blacks
feel inferior. When I took my
mother to get her driver’s
license, like other African-
Americans, we had to wait
until every White person in
the room completed the test
before it was given to Blacks.
I filed that scene away, too.
The irony of pervasive
degradation, however, was
that it made me stronger, not
weaker. Those of us who sur
vived America’s version of
apartheid knew that on our
bad days, we were at least
equal to the people who tried
to suppress our humanity.
Moreover, we knew that the
wall of segregation would
crumble and we did every
thing within our power to
speed its demise. I am proud
that a bunch of students from
all-Black Druid High School
piled in Joe Page’s old car for
a trip to Birmingham to
protest the church bombing
that claimed the lives of four
innocent girls.
Because of the civil
rights movement, things did
change for the better. In 1970,
I left Knoxville College in
Tennessee for New York City,
where I began my career in
journalism as a reporter for
Sports Illustrated, the largest
sports magazine in the world.
At the time I began work in
New York, no African-
Americans were allowed to
work as reporters, editors or
photographers at the
Tuscaloosa News.
Obama has already
brought about change. And he
can bring about similar
change for the country.
After interviewing
candidates and researching
their backgrounds, the
Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance
Political Action Committee
has endorsed the following
candidates:
President of the United
States, Barack Obama;
United States Senate, Jim
Martin; U. S. Congress,
District 1, Bill Gillespie; U.
S. Congress, District 12,
John Barrow; Public
Service Commission, Jim
Powell; Judge, Georgia
Court of Appeals, Michael
S. M. Von Bremen; District
Attorney, Larry Chisholm;
Sheriff, A1 St. Lawrence;
Reverend Sam Williams
Chatham County
Commission Chair, Pete
Liakakis; County
Commission District 4,
Patrick K, Farrell; County
Commission District 6,
Dave Gellatly; Board of
Education District 2, Daniel
Frazier; Board of Education
District 6, John Taylor; and
Board of Education District
8, Ruby Jones. The minis
ters also recommend that
citizens vote “Yes” for
Amendments 1, 2 and 3 and
the Garden City
Referendum.
Reverend Sam
Williams is President of the
Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance and
Rev. Bennie R. Mitchell, Jr.
is Chairman of the
Interdenominational
Ministerial Alliance
Rev. Bennie R Mitchell, Jr.
Political Action Committee.
Voting is a
Priviledge!
“Please join us on Novjgrnper 4th in
RE-ELECTING
PETE LIAKAKIS
Chairman, Chatham County Commission!
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