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Activist William Barber II urges blacks in Congress to mobilize poor voters
California church sues after removal as polling place over Black Lives Matter banners
Fat and happy: the comforts of practicing a religion
Faith groups mount election turnout efforts that could help both parties
Data mining gets religion as campaigns target voters of faith
Most US faith groups say country is on the wrong track
Catholics, the ultimate swing voters, lean heavily toward Clinton
Theologian Miroslav Volf makes a surprising case for one candidate
Campaign aims to register a million US Muslim voters in anti-Trump move
Fewer churches are involved in politics, and that’s not good
Yes, Catholics may vote for Bernie Sanders (COMMENTARY)
Neither Obama nor Romney? Some Christians vote for ‘None of the Above’
(RNS) Is it a sin not to vote? Or a virtue? Some disappointed Christians on both sides of the aisle -- especially evangelicals and Catholics -- are advocating the merits of boycotting the ballot box on Nov. 6. By David Gibson.
Election Day Communion aims to heal the partisan breach
(RNS) About 300 churches are preparing for a new tradition: Election Day Communion, when people of every political stripe will leave their respective partisan bunkers and line up side by side to receive the sacrament on Election Day. By G. Jeffrey MacDonald.
Pollster: Romney’s Israel trip will have little effect on Jewish vote
WASHINGTON (RNS) Neither Mitt Romney’s trip to Israel Saturday (July 28) nor President Obama’s policies will influence the Jewish vote in the 2012 election, according to a new report that sees Jewish voting patterns as predictable and unchanging. By Chris Lisee.
Michelle Obama: “No place better” for political issues than in church
First lady Michelle Obama held up the church as the place to deal with political issues and the catalyst for getting people to the polls in a keynote speech to African Methodist Episcopal Church members on Thursday (June 28). By Adelle M. Banks.
