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	<title>Michael Dorsey</title>
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	<description>Independent Candidate for US Senator from Illinois.  Vote for bottom-up democracy!</description>
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		<title>Petition sheets are now available!</title>
		<link>http://michaeldorsey.org/2010/03/22/petition-sheets-are-now-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can begin collecting signatures tomorrow, March 23, 2010.  Thank you for your interest and help.  If you are collecting signatures be sure to read the directions.  
Instructions and Legal Requirements for Collecting Signatures (pdf)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We can begin collecting signatures tomorrow, March 23, 2010.  Thank you for your interest and help.  If you are collecting signatures be sure to read the directions.  </p>
<p><a href="http://michaeldorsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Instructions-and-Legal-Requirements.pdf">Instructions and Legal Requirements for Collecting Signatures (pdf)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://michaeldorsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/INDEPENDENT-CANDIDATE-PETITION.pdf">Petition For Independent Candidate Michael Dorsey (pdf)</a></p>
<p><a href="http://michaeldorsey.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Michael-Dorsey-Card.pdf">Bottom-Up Democracy and website reference cards (pdf)</a></p>



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		<title>Democracy from the bottom up!</title>
		<link>http://michaeldorsey.org/2010/01/03/democracy-from-the-bottom-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 20:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, we have heard from some people who think this is a good idea.  But for this to be a bottom up movement, we need more people working at the bottom!  We need to get the word out and get conversations started.  If it is true that there are only 7 degrees of separation, if [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Okay, we have heard from some people who think this is a good idea.  But for this to be a bottom up movement, we need more people working at the bottom!  We need to get the word out and get conversations started.  If it is true that there are only 7 degrees of separation, if everyone tells 7 unique friends the whole world should know with-in a few days.  If you are a fan and have a blog, please post a link back to our page to help the search engines find us!  If you have a myspace/facebook or other social networking site, please post a link to us there.  Please leave comments on any of the pages!- Rachel</p>



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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel</dc:creator>
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