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Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Volume CIX, Issue 39 Minimum K AIMIN Electoral Wage woes slow More money, same crappy jobs vote totals

ZACH FRANZ & SEAN BRESLIN Page 4 MONTANA KAIMIN

Letters Election Day came and went without a clear winner in from a Montana’s hotly contested Senate race, as a high voter turnout and Thin-Walled problems with new voting equip- ment delayed the final tally. Apartment When Democratic challenger and Republican incum- bent Conrad Burns called it a night around 2 a.m. Wednesday, Page 2 Tester maintained a narrow lead, but Burns was closing the gap. The outcome remained uncer- Marijuana tain because of hold-ups in three Hugh Carey/Montana Kaimin key counties. In Gallatin County, a larger- than-expected number of voters kept election officials up late. Voters pipe up Although the polling places tech- nically were to close at 8 p.m., the for pot initiative rules say that anyone in line at that time can still vote. In Bozeman, that line was long. Hundreds of people were still Page 8 waiting to vote at the scheduled poll-closing time, the reported. The last vote was cast just before midnight, accord-

Dems seize Shane McMillan/Montana Kaimin Mark Maher/For the Kaimin ing to local officials. District 92 candidate Robin Hamilton, front, and other Democrats at the Shack Cafe (top); UM College Republicans President Seth Patterson, right, at the In Yellowstone and Flathead Double Tree Inn (left) as Jon Tester and his supporters wait for election results in Great Falls Tuesday night (right). counties, meanwhile, computer control of problems delayed the results. The machines that were sup- posed to read and record ballots in Senate control hinges Flathead County weren’t properly U.S. House communicating with one another, DAVID ESPO an election official said. Thousands of ballots had to be fed ASSOCIATED PRESS into a scanner by hand. on Tester-Burns race Yellowstone County, the state’s WASHINGTON – Resurgent most populous county, also had Democrats won control of the computer problems, but election House and challenged the officials there refused to specify Republicans’ grip on the Senate in the nature of the trouble. midterm elections early today, rid- Nation awaits results from several Montana counties At one point, the county posted ing a powerful wave of public the results from 43 percent of its anger over the war in Iraq and precincts, but later removed those scandal at home. SEAN BRESLIN & ZACH FRANZ trickle in, Tester’s lead over Burns Democrats have had control of the numbers. Unofficial results post- “Mr. President, we need a new MONTANA KAIMIN shrank to a few thousand votes. House. ed on the county’s website at direction in Iraq,” said House By 2 a.m., Tester held the narrow- As the night wore on, members 10:39 p.m. showed Tester leading Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, With control of the U.S. Senate est of leads – 49 percent to 48 per- of both parties urged their support- with 18,161 votes, compared to celebrating her party’s return to hanging in the balance, Americans cent, but Burns was steadily gain- ers to be patient, though Gov. Brian Burns with 16,888 votes. power – and her own ascension as have turned their attention to ing ground. Libertarian candidate Schweitzer might have spoken a According to the CNN Web site, first female speaker in history. Montana’s senatorial election, Stan Jones won roughly 3 percent little too soon about when voters as of 3:15 a.m., with 14 percent of Aided by public dissatisfaction where a winner is yet to be deter- of the vote. could expect to hear final results. the precincts reporting, Burns led with President Bush, Democrats mined. As of 4 a.m., with 90 percent of “This race is going to get called Tester by 244 votes. won gubernatorial races in New As Tuesday night turned to the precincts reporting, Tester had in the next half hour,” Schweitzer Election officials decided to York, Ohio and Massachusetts for Wednesday morning, several key amassed 173,259 votes, compared said shortly after midnight. start recounting ballots in the first time in more than a counties were still tallying votes in to Burns’ 171,207, according to But two hours later there was Yellowstone County around mid- decade, then put Colorado, the race between Republican The Associated Press. still no solid outcome, and sup- night because of unfamiliarity Maryland and Arkansas in their incumbent Conrad Burns and Democrats secured four new porters of both candidates began with equipment, according to the column as well. Democratic challenger Jon Tester Senate seats nationally, while to call it a night. Associated Press. Results for the At 3 a.m. in the East, Democrats for Montana’s U.S. Senate seat. Montana and remained “I know that we are going to Senate race weren’t expected had won more than two dozen Long lines and computer glitch- up in the air. Wins in both of those win in the morning when every- until at least 5 a.m. House seats held by Republicans, es held up both the voting and the states would give Democrats a thing gets reported,” said Seth more than enough to guarantee a vote counting processes in three one-seat majority in the Senate. In Patterson, president of the UM return to power after 12 years in major counties. Virginia, Republican incumbent College Republicans. the minority. Several GOP offi- Tester jumped out to an early George Allen had not conceded to Denver Henderson, president of cials said they expected Speaker lead as results came in from dem- Democratic challenger Jim Webb, the UM College Democrats, was For updates on the Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., to step ocratic strongholds, including who was leading the election by equally confident about Tester’s down as party leader and possibly Missoula. He won 64 percent of about 8,000 votes. chances for victory. Montana Senate race, even retire from Congress. the vote in Missoula County, gar- In the House, Democrats picked “We knew ever since the pri- check out Democratic challengers defeat- nering nearly 13,000 more votes up nearly 30 seats, well beyond mary it was going to be a ridicu- ed Republican incumbents to win than Burns. the 15 needed to gain a majority. It lously close race,” Henderson www.montanakaimin.com Senate seats in Pennsylvania, But as results continued to is the first time since 1994 the said. See CONGRESS, Page 4 www.montanakaimin.com

M o n t a n a K a i m i n 2 Opinion Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Letters from a Thin-Walled Apartment Editorial Experiencing the horrible trauma of neighbor sex Democrats in Congress need guts The results of yesterday have you believing that to right Republican wrongs people can make a difference in government, or final- ly convinced that democracy just doesn’t work. Whatever. It’s over, thanks for voting, and now most of you won’t have to care about government again With the Democrats making huge gains in Congress, taking until 2008. the House of Representatives and, at press time, possibly the But let’s not talk about the election here (I’m writ- Senate, American voters have sent a clear message that they ing before the results are in anyway), and if Tester are fed up with the unchecked leadership of the Republicans. lost it’d be better for all of us not to talk about it. So Inevitably, the Democrats will take this as a mandate, as let’s talk about something that has adversely affected they should; but Democrats should take pains to make sure mankind and isn’t named Conrad Burns: neighbor they understand what the mandate is for. Because it is not sex. about minimum wage, health care, or consumer protection, as The first time I encountered this phenomenon I future Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi seemed to imply in was living on the fourth floor of the Aberhood with a speeches leading up to the election. While these are all goals roommate who liked his girlfriend to stay over. We that legislators should pursue, what was at issue this mid-term never had a talk about any rules for these sleepovers, election was the growing realization among the American peo- because I assumed they’d sleep and call it good. I ple that the Republican leadership was making a mockery of was in the room after all. the ideals that found make our nation: the honesty of elected Admittedly, I sleep like a rock, but one fateful officials, balance of federal powers, benevolence of our for- night I woke up when my roomie and his girlfriend eign affairs and privacy of citizens. were talking, and I wasn’t happy to hear what they As hard as it might be for Democrats to accept, it was not were talking about. She asked, “What if Pat wakes their nice talk about more equity in our nation and more up?” He told her not to worry. You can fill in what reliance on diplomacy abroad. It was scandalous Republicans sound I heard next. who lost this election. Headlines day after day showed voters Terrified at the blatant exhibitionism going on, I that the Republicans were like kids in a candy store with their sat up in bed and said, “Oh, sweet Jesus, I’m awake. mothers’ backs turned. Why would you do this when I’m three feet away?” To make it worse, despite all the jaw-dropping revelations They didn’t say anything and neither did I, we just sat about how the president was running this “,” in silence. Later in the night I heard one of them say, book. She’d laugh. He’d laugh. She’d laugh again. nothing was being done about it. The Republican-controlled “Do you think he’s asleep again?” And so on. Then came a moan and I stopped believ- Congress simply turned their eyes another direction. A few days later I moved in with a guy who sold ing in Jesus. It’s the Democrats’ duty to seek political justice for those pot — mostly to himself — and who taught me how Due to terminal laziness I couldn’t find the who have embarrassed us all as Americans. funny my feet could be (Just look at them. No, really strength to leave my bed to turn on music or a movie. This means being confrontational about the fact that look at them). Besides, I thought, that should be their job. But the President George W. Bush orchestrated an illegal domestic Since those dorm days I’ve been living in a crappy Marvin Gaye never started to play, and no one turned spying program. This means being blunt about the absolute apartment building behind Hellgate High. From my on a vacuum. All that happened was the rhythmic, shame brought to the by secret CIA prisons and apartment I sometimes hear conversation, music, idi- somewhat tribal smacking of a headboard against the the not-so-secret Guantanamo Bay holding facility. It means otic high school kids or TV. Other times I learn facts wall. investigations, investigations, investigations. It might even I never needed – or wanted – to know about the other At this point you’d think I would cover my head mean impeachment. residents. And I’m not talking about one neighbor lis- with a pillow and start humming, but I didn’t because Pelosi has already said she is taking impeachment off the tening to that crappy band Tool (God, they suck). the smacking sound was just like that yardstick hit- table. That’s consistent with the Democrats’ inability to stand The next story involves a psychology course I took ting a desk. I was frozen, just laying there repeating up to the Republicans’ bullying. in high school, so please excuse the tangent. I prom- “Learning is a change in behavior as a result of expe- To stand up to them will take guts. It will be easy to falter ise it will make sense in a minute. rience. Learning is a change in behavior as a result of under accusations that the Democrats are just playing politics The course involved a teacher who found it amus- experience,” for eight and a half minutes. with their power. Indeed, such accusations are sure to come. ing to slam a yardstick against a desk while making It was exactly like high school. Other people were But to grant Bush and his cronies amnesty for their past sins us chant in unison “Learning is a change in behavior having sex while I was sitting in bed reading by and move right along with health care reform would prove that as a result of experience.” For years I was happy to myself. the legislative branch no longer stands as a check on presiden- forget about the trauma of that ritual chanting, but And some people have the gall to ask me why I tial power. then, last year, my neighbor’s boyfriend visited. drink. The number one goal of this new House and Senate is to It started with a tickle fight while I was reading a Pat Duganz is a senior majoring in print journalism. reclaim the power of state representatives and show the American people and the world that justice can be served to the president and others who think that the Geneva Conventions, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and myself amazed by the total lack of the library that reads “please prac- the Constitution are just hurdles to jump, not documents to consideration and common sense tice cell phone courtesy”? Do you abide by. Letters employed by so many students. think that those of us, whom uti- The number one goal is to reinstate the basic principles of Is it a Generation “Y” thing to sit lize the library for study, want to our nation. to the editor in a library and yap on your cell listen to you flapping your jaws –Daniel Person, phone loud enough for everybody about how fun it was at the bar last news editor to hear? 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M o n t a n a K a i m i n 4 News Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Election coverage keeps UM captivated, opinionated

MIKE GERRITY officer, who was called in to quell any potential rushes of Montana’s Republican incumbent Sen. Conrad Burn’s time MONTANA KAIMIN late voters. to go. “I work nights and I forgot to set my alarm,” Frederiksen “I considered myself a Republican but he screwed over Heavy rain chased most University of Montana students said. “I don’t have a TV, so it’s hard for me to keep up on all my family’s pharmacy business and he’s got to go,” UM indoors on election night, and as the results poured in, many the issues, but I really wanted to vote for Tester and the pot freshman Nik Schwaderer said. sat in their dorms watching poll results, waiting for a initiative.” At one point in the evening, Krista Paul head resident glimpse of the nation they would awaken to in the morning. Meanwhile, students across campus stared at their televi- assistant threatened to break up the mob of students as they When the polls closed at 8 p.m. in the UC, the voter sions and computer screens as election results for Montana grew increasingly loud and sometimes vulgar. turnout was 317 people, which did not include provisional and the rest of the nation came in. Other places on campus were less rambunctious as poll ballots. Throughout the day, polling manager Betty Wing at UM freshmen Tyler Hare and Rob Moeller turned their numbers filtered in. A fourth-floor pod in Pantzer Hall treat- the UC said she noticed a steady line of at least a dozen vot- second-floor dorm in Knowles Hall into the self-proclaimed ed themselves to a pizza party to celebrate election night ers at one time. “election central” of the building, where about a dozen stu- while a handful of students in the basement of Knowles Hall “That’s something we’re not used to here,” Wing said, dents crammed in as they monitored the results on two TV’s were switching between news reports and “The Simpsons.” referring to the fact that a mere 11 voters turned out for the and two computers as they waited for state and national UM sophomore Zach Wheelihan said that even though he city elections in June and only one person came to vote in results to be reported. did not vote he felt the election results were entertaining the School Board elections in May. “It needs to hurry up!” freshman Tia Hunter complained enough to check in on. Wing said that the voter turnout this year was roughly as the precincts for Montana reported their numbers for the “It’s just something to watch,” Wheelihan said. “It’s the about the same number as those who turned out to vote in night. “They need to hurry up and get this stuff in!” talk of the town, you know.” the presidential election in 2004. Students of all political allegiances were present, a few Eventually the second story “election central” in Knowles “We’re very pleased with these numbers,” Wing said. “It’s even spilling into the hallway. Some were hoping for the Hall fell to a dull hush when Tom Brokaw reported that, ulti- obvious people worked hard to get the voters out.” Democrats to take majority control in both the House of mately, majority control of the Senate would depend on Students were clamoring to get their votes in even at the Representatives and the Senate, while others like Hare were Yellowstone and Gallatin counties in Montana. very end when polls were officially closed. Many were hoping for Republicans to maintain at least one of the two. Awestruck and staring at the newest poll numbers on his shooed out into the rain after showing up late. “Oh shit, we lost another House member,” Hare said as computer screen, Schwaderer said, “I never thought that my Dana Frederiksen showed up merely one minute after the others in the room snickered in triumph. county would have a hand in determining the fate of the polls were closed and was refused admission by a security However, everyone in the room agreed that it was nation.” Montanans to see minimum wage increase in January ALEXIA BECKERLING FOR THE KAIMIN That argument did not hold sway with Doug Mitchell, cam- The initiative to raise the paign manager for Raise Montana’s minimum wage from Montana, an affiliation of groups, $5.15 to $6.15 an hour with an individuals and small-business annual cost-of-living adjustment owners who spearheaded the ini- was passed overwhelmingly in tiative. He said the current $5.15 Tuesday’s election. an hour minimum wage was a big Initiative 151 held steady at 75 issue for the 25,000 people in the percent of the vote as ballots were state who are trying to support a counted across the state Tuesday family on a minimum annual night. wage. The measure, which will take “Go to the Food Bank, and you effect Jan. 1, may come as a huge will see a line of 50 people who relief for Montana residents who are working for the minimum are trying to make ends meet on a wage,” he said. “For these people, minimum annual wage of $10,712 the minimum wage matters.” – which is 31 percent less than the Members of Raise Montana federal poverty level for a family were elated when it became clear of three. that their efforts had been reward- But Linda McCarthy, executive ed. In Missoula County, 81 per- director of the Missoula cent of those who cast their votes Downtown Association, said she were in favor of I-151. had heard from a number of peo- “It is a unique moment in public ple that the minimum wage policy when you can pass legisla- increase was not really an issue, as tion that is going to make a differ- most people would not work at ence in people’s lives,” said that wage. Mitchell.

ly two-thirds of the vote in a CONGRESS warm-up for a possible run for the Continued from Page 1 White House in 2008. Democrats defeated Republican Sens. Rick Santorum in Ohio, Rhode Island and . Pennsylvania, Mike DeWine in Abramoff scandal. Republican That left control of the Senate Ohio, Jim Talent in Missouri and Rep. John Sweeney lost his seat in up in the air, pending the outcome Lincoln Chafee in Rhode Island – New York several days after of races in Montana and Virginia. four lawmakers who covered the reports that he had roughed up his Republican Sens. Conrad Burns spectrum from conservative to wife – an allegation she denied. and George Allen both trailed, and moderate. Republicans also lost the seat that Democrats needed to win both But they came up short in Rep. Mark Foley had held. He races to emerge with a majority. Tennessee as Republican Bob resigned on Sept. 29 after being Bush monitored the returns Corker won a hotly contested confronted with sexually explicit from the White House as the vot- race, defeating Rep. Harold Ford. computer messages he had written ers picked a new Congress certain Jr., who had hoped to become the to teenage pages. to complicate his final two years first Southern black senator since The GOP also lost the Texas in office. He arranged to call Reconstruction. seat once held by former Majority Pelosi on Wednesday morning, Burns, seeking a fourth term, Leader Tom DeLay. then hold an afternoon news con- trailed Democrat Jon Tester. Allen Surveys of voters suggested ference. trailed his Democratic challenger, Democrats were winning the sup- In a comeback unlike any other, Jim Webb, by a few thousand port of independents with almost Sen. Joe Lieberman won a new votes, with a strong likelihood of a 60 percent support, and middle- term in Connecticut – dispatching recount. class voters were leaving Democrat Ned Lamont and thus Indiana was particularly cruel to Republicans behind. winning when it counted most House Republicans. Reps. John About six in 10 voters said they against the man who had prevailed Hostettler, Chris Chocola and disapproved of the way Bush is in a summertime primary. Mike Sodrel all lost in a state handling his job, that the nation is Lieberman, a supporter of Bush’s where Republican Gov. Mitch on the wrong track and that they war policy, ran as an independent, Daniels’ unpopularity compound- oppose the war in Iraq. Voters in but has said he will side with the ed the dissatisfaction with Bush. all groups were more inclined to Democrats when he returns to Scandal took an undeniable toll vote for Democratic candidates Washington. on the Republicans. Democrat than for Republicans. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton Zack Space won the race to suc- coasted to a second Democratic ceed Bob Ney, who pleaded guilty term in New York, winning rough- to corruption this fall in the Jack www.montanakaimin.com

M o n t a n a K a i m i n News 5 Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Incumbent Rehberg keeps Montana’s sole House seat

ISRAEL TOCKMAN grandmother’s country. cized the 2005 federal energy bill FOR THE KAIMIN 80th birthday Lindeen said the as not placing enough emphasis Tuesday evening, war was “fueling upon alternative energy develop- Republican incumbent Denny said the race had terrorism and ment. Rehberg retained Montana’s sole been a lot closer insurgency” and Thelma Baker, one of three seat in the U.S. House of than expected. cited intelligence members of the Montana Electoral Representatives Tuesday night, Asked why she reports that showed College, said that one of the defeating Democrat Monica thought Montanans terrorism had biggest issues facing Rehberg in Lindeen and Libertarian Mike chose to re-elect increased since the his next term will be the new Fellows. Rehberg, Lindeen began. Democratic majority in the house. Rehberg, a rancher from said they were giv- She said that four At a gathering of Missoula Billings, had received 55 percent ing him another out of six Iraqis Republicans Tuesday, she said she of the votes counted by early chance to hear the think attacks on had known Rehberg for 20 years Wednesday morning. Lindeen, message that it is American troops and that his ability to “work who has served four terms in the time for a change. are justified and together with people” would help Montana Legislature, had 43 per- Lindeen said that Rep. (R) Monica Lindeen (D) that the majority of him move forward in the new cent of the votes and Fellows, of her next step was to the country’s peo- political climate. Missoula, had two percent. spend time with family and “see He has visited Iraq twice since the ple want America to leave. In his speech Tuesday evening, In a victory speech on Tuesday how things go.” She did not men- conflict began and said that, from Rehberg expressed support for Rehberg vowed to “roll up” his night, Rehberg said his campaign tion any hopes of running in the what he has seen, the situation is the Energy Act of 2005, which, he sleeves and work on , had been “all about building a next election. not a failure. He said at a debate in said, is a sufficient energy bill. education, health care and other more secure future.” The major issues in the race Bozeman on Oct. 9 that Iraqi Rehberg said the four major com- issues that, he said, are important With Democrats winning con- were the war in Iraq and U.S. politicians have decided that the ponents of the bill include “tradi- to Montanans. trol of the House, Rehberg said energy policy. U.S. is “helping to stabilize the tional fossil fuels” as well as alter- that he’d have to “work a lot hard- Rehberg voted for a bill that country,” and pointed to an Iraqi native sources of energy. er.” supports the Iraq war and rejected constitution that allows people to Lindeen, who campaigned from Lindeen, who attended her a timetable for U.S. withdrawal. vote as proof of progress in the a bus powered by bio-diesel, criti- South Dakota defeats anti-abortion measure Missoula County Results DAVID CRARY work. Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, ASSOCIATED PRESS Nationwide, a total of 205 meas- Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin Montana House def. Pascal Redfern (R) ures were on the ballots in 37 states, approved them, while results were • District 98: Holly Raser (D) South Dakotans on Tuesday but none had riveted political pending in South Dakota and • District 91: Kevin Furey (D) def. Will DesChamps (R) rejected a toughest-in-the-nation law activists across the country like the Arizona. Similar amendments have def.Tom Opre (R) • District 99: Betsy Hands (D) that would have banned virtually all South Dakota abortion measure. passed previously in all 20 states to • District 92: Robin Hamilton def. Matt Lee (R) abortions, while Missouri – in an Passed overwhelmingly by the legis- consider them, but Arizona appeared (D) def. Walt Hill (R) • District 100: Bill Nooney (R) extremely tight contest – approved lature earlier this year, it would have poised to break the trend by refusing • District 93: Ron Erickson (D) def. Marge Zaveta (D) an amendment to ensure that stem allowed abortion only to save a to change its constitution to define def. Denise Moore (R) cell research can be conducted in the pregnant woman’s life. marriage as a one-man, one-woman • District 94: Dave McAlpin Montana Senate state. Both were sharp setbacks for Lawmakers had hoped the ban institution. The Arizona measure (D) def. Phil Barney (R) conservative activists. would be challenged in court, pro- also would have forbid civil unions • District 95: Diane Sands (D) • District 48: Carolyn Squires Seven states approved amend- voking litigation that might eventu- and domestic partnerships. def. Kevin Blackler (R) (D) def. Monique Cratty (R) ments to ban gay marriage, but ally lead to a U.S. Supreme Court Conservatives had hoped the • District 96: Teresa Henry (D) • District 49: David Wanzenried Arizona was poised to defeat a sim- reversal of the 1973 Roe v. Wade same-sex marriage bans might def. Carol Minjares (R), Kandi (D) def. Rusty Vanoverbeck (R), ilar measure – and become the first decision legalizing abortion. increase turnout for Republicans, Matthew Jenkins (C) Will Stock (L) to do so out of 28 that have consid- The Missouri stem cell measure though the GOP had a rough night. • District 97: Michele Reinhart (D) ered the bans in recent years. became a key factor in the state’s Democrats had looked for a boost Five states approved increases in crucial Senate race, won by from low-income voters turning out their minimum wage. In Michigan, Democratic challenger Claire on behalf of measures to raise the voters took a swipe at affirmative McCaskill, who supported it, over state minimum wage in six states. action, deciding that race and gender incumbent Republican Jim Talent, The wage increase passed in should not be factors in deciding who opposed it. Arizona, Missouri, Montana, Ohio who gets into public universities or Eight states had ban-gay-marriage and Nevada; results were pending in who gets hired for government amendments on their ballots: Colorado.

M o n t a n a K a i m i n 6 Sports Wednesday, November 8, 2006

The ultimate of

Courtesy of Ken Billington Marki Aagenes throws a forehand flick on Oct. 8 at the Northwest Regionals Ultimate Frisbee Tournament.

Ken Billington/For the Montana Kaimin Mental Toss Flycoons await a pull from Bozeman in Jackson, Wyo., at an exhibition game on Aug. 12 and 13.

Ken Billington/For the Kaimin The cleats come off and the feet are out after three days and nine games of the best Ultimate Frisbee in the nation in Sarasota, Fla.

A co-ed Ultimate Frisbee team Root, a UM freshman majoring in away from doing real well,” said early September and featured from Western Montana recently biology. “Going down to Florida Nevin, who is also involved with more than 600 teams from across returned from a national tourna- for a week to play ultimate was the UM Ultimate Frisbee team. the country. There were also open, ment with a near top-10 finish. just great.” The Flycoons dispatched a team women’s and master’s champi- The team, dubbed the Mental The Flycoons were seeded 13th from Chicago named Mr. onship tournaments played in Toss Flycoons, placed 11th at the in the 16-team field and went 4-4 Briefcase 15-6 in the consolation Sarasota. Story by 2006 UPA Club Championships in over the course of the four-day bracket to clinch the 11th place The Flycoons were one of four Sarasota, Fla., on Oct. 26-29. The tournament. However, the finish. In a battle for coastal pride, mixed teams from the Northwest, Danny Davis Flycoons were made up of mostly Flycoons went 1-2 in pool play Mischief, a team from Sunnyvale, which had the most representa- Missoula residents and includes and failed to advance to the cham- Calif., beat Boston’s very own tives of the six regions represented some University of Montana stu- pionship bracket, losing 15-13 in a Slow White 15-11 to win the in the 16-team mixed field with dents. play-in game. mixed title. four. “It was amazing,” said Nevin “We were just a couple of points The 2006 UPA season started in M o n t a n a K a i m i n Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Sports 7

Ultimate Frisbee

Ken Billington/For the Kaimin Markie Aagenes, Daphne Even and Emily Smith, from left, hold hands walking off the field on Oct. 9 after taking fourth at Regionals, which gave them a bid to the National Championships in Sarasota, Fla.

Courtesy of Ken Billington Rasi Robison dives out to stop a disc thrown at Regionals in Burlington, Wash.

Ken Billington/For the Montana Kaimin Mental Toss Flycoons pose for a group shot after the first hard day of Frisbee in the National Championships in Sarasota, Fla., on Oct. 26.

M o n t a n a K a i m i n 8 News Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Initiative passes to make marijuana offenses lowest priority

KIM COSGROVE measure aims to focus more attention on being counted, saying she did not want to now and continue to meet quarterly. FOR THE KAIMIN other crimes such as robbery, murder, rape jinx the outcome. It will be the job of the Sheriff’s and drunken driving . “We are starting to celebrate a little bit,” Department and the county attorney to sup- However, marijuana offenses involving she said a little after 11 p.m. Tuesday. ply the committee with a detailed account Missoula County residents passed minors, distribution near schools and driv- “We are pleased that the Missoula County of all adult marijuana arrests made during a Initiative 2, which recommends that county ing under the influence will remain the voters agreed with this initiative to help six-month period. The committee will also law enforcement officers make marijuana same. make the community safer,” she said. listen to complaints from individuals who offenses the lowest priority. Citizens for Responsible Crime Policy The measure also sets up a community believe they were unfairly ticketed under According to the measure, all marijuana gathered more than 20,000 signatures in oversight committee made up of nine the new law. investigations, citations, arrests, seizures May to place the initiative on the ballot. appointed members responsible for over- and prosecutions should be put at the bot- Angela Goodhope of CRCP was cautious seeing the implementation of the initiative. tom of the law enforcement agendas. The in her comments as she watched the votes The committee will meet 100 days from www.montanakaimin.com UM student Furey wins re-election

SUHAN CHEN on one,” Furey said. “I knocked “I will go on working on alter- FOR THE KAIMIN on lots of doors two years ago, native energy development, edu- and I knocked on a lot of doors cation and the local food econo- Rep. Kevin Furey, a 23-year-old now.” my,” Furey said. veteran of the Iraq War and gradu- In 2004, he defeated the Opre, the 39-year-old ate student in public administra- Republican candidate, Jane Van Republican candidate, owns a film tion at the University of Montana, Fossen, with about 52 percent of and video production company won re-election to the District 91 the vote. and has worked in real estate for seat in the state House of “It is certainly different running many years. He said he was con- Representatives on Tuesday night. as the incumbent,” said Furey. cerned about two main issues in Furey, a Democrat, defeated During the 2007 legislative ses- the 2007 session: property-tax Republican contender Tom Opre, sion, Furey plans to work toward reform and protection of children garnering 57.5 percent of the vote. making education more affordable from sex offenders. Furey attributed his success to and accessible to Montanans by Opre could not be reached for “knocking on doors.” increasing the state financial share comment Tuesday night. “Knocking on doors, talking to and by working with the Board of District 91 includes Milltown, people in their environment, one Regents. Bonner and East Missoula. M MontanaK Kaimin

M o n t a n a K a i m i n News 9 Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Open space gets voter approval initiative passes

ELIZABETH RAUF EMILY DARRELL Legislature, but it did not pass. Wendy Ninteman, executive Some of the most sought after FOR THE KAIMIN The measure means that offi- FOR THE KAIMIN director of the Five Valleys Land areas for open space are parts of cials such as legislators, depart- Trust, had announced earlier that the North and South hills, the ment directors and personal Missoula County voters with 11,000 votes counted the Grass Valley, unprotected parts of With 50 of Montana’s 56 coun- staffers to elected officials cannot approved a 10-year, $10 million measure was passing by a 3-1 Mount Jumbo and Mount Sentinel ties reporting, about 75 percent of become lobbyists for two years bond measure that will preserve ratio. and riparian areas along the voters decided in favor of after leaving their government open space. Engen’s announcement had the Bitterroot and Clark Fork rivers. Initiative 153 Tuesday night, posts. Missoula Mayor John Engen ring of finality. The main objectives of the effectively banning certain state I-153 was endorsed by the reported the news to supporters, “We haven’t heard from AP yet, measure are to preserve working officials from becoming regis- Montana Democratic Party, who had gathered in the lobby of but I’m ready to call it,” Engen farms, ranches and forests; to pro- tered lobbyists for 24 months after Common Cause – a nationwide the Florence Hotel in downtown said to the crowd, which greeted tect wildlife habitat and water leaving their state posts. advocacy organization – and the Missoula awaiting the results the announcement with cheers and quality; to provide scenic land- The high percentage came as no Montana Public Interest Research Tuesday at 10 p.m. laughter. scapes; to control growth; and to shock to Democrats, who Group. There was no organized Supporters appeared restless The Missoula Open Space provide new recreational and endorsed the initiative. opposition. because there had been no poll Committee will be using the $10 commuter trails and improve “Everyone knew it would pass,” The initiative was created partly numbers for the bond measure million bond to preserve undevel- existing ones. said Molly Galusha, national in response to several nationwide released by any of the local TV oped land during the next 10 Ninteman called the passing of committeewoman for the lobbying scandals, the most stations on the lobby’s big-screen years. The money will be divided the bond a “wonderful affirmation Missoula County Democratic prominent being the one involving television. evenly between the city and coun- of the importance of open space.” Party. “We trust Montanans.” , to whom Sen. After a phone call from a ty. The mayor called it “a legacy.” The initiative was put on the Conrad Burns had ties. reporter at the Missoula County The bond is similar to a $5 mil- “When we are all dust,” Engen ballot after supporters gathered Galusha said she wished the law Courthouse, Engen announced lion measure approved in 1995. said, “this night will still matter.” about 37,000 signatures in support would affect national officials as that around 30,000 votes had been However, that money was only of it. Gov. was well as state officials. counted, and 22,000 were in favor used to purchase lands within first to sign the petition. He had “Maybe Burns can be the first of the open space bond. Missoula city limits. originally proposed the idea to the volunteer,” she said. Democrats take gubernatorial majority for first time in 12 years

ROBERT TANNER Rep. Bob Beauprez for the seat left open by term-limited Republicans remained strong in some of the nation’s ASSOCIATED PRESS GOP Gov. Bill Owens. Arkansas chose a Democrat – attor- biggest states. They got good news in Florida, where ney general Mike Beebe over Republican Asa Hutchinson – Republican Charlie Crist, the state attorney general of for the first time since 1992. Florida, defeated Democratic Rep. Jim Davis in the contest Democrats reclaimed governors’ offices Tuesday from And Democrats turned out for GOP Gov. Robert Ehrlich to replace term-limited GOP Gov. Jeb Bush. the Northeast to the Rockies and even in the South, giving of Maryland, the lone party switch who wasn’t in an open In California, the nation’s best-known governor, them a majority for the first time in 12 years and an edge in seat. Martin O’Malley, the Baltimore mayor, was the win- Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, easily won re-elec- places critical to the 2008 White House race. ner there. tion. The former action star defeated Democrat Phil A string of victories in Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, Two vulnerable Democratic governors in the Great Lakes Angelides, the state treasurer. Arkansas, Colorado and Maryland means Democrats will beat back well-funded Republican challenges. Michigan In Nevada, GOP Rep. Jim Gibbons won an open seat control the governorship in 28 states, reversing the GOP’s Gov. Jennifer Granholm, long targeted by the GOP, defeat- despite accusations he assaulted and propositioned a cock- six-seat advantage. They also held onto vulnerable seats ed millionaire Dick DeVos, even though he put more than tail waitress, defeating Democrat Dina Titus, a state sena- that had been targeted by Republicans in , Michigan, $35 million of his own money toward his campaign. tor. Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty overcame a nailbiter in and Wisconsin. Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle defeated GOP Rep. Mark Minnesota, narrowly pulling ahead of Democrat Mike Massachusetts Democrat Deval Patrick will be the first Green. Democrat Ted Kulongoski also beat back a tough Hatch, attorney general. black governor of his state – and just the second elected challenge in Oregon. In Massachusetts, Patrick trounced GOP Lt. Gov. Kerry black governor of any state. In Ohio, Democratic Rep. Ted The geographical reach of the victories will be critical for Healey despite her support from outgoing GOP Gov. Mitt Strickland easily defeated Republican Ken Blackwell. New the next White House race and for redistricting of congres- Romney, a potential 2008 presidential candidate. The last York, as expected, chose Democrat Eliot Spitzer, the attor- sional seats, which is typically controlled by the governor elected black governor was L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia ney general who crusaded for Wall Street and corporate and the legislature, said New Gov. Bill Richardson, who left office in 1994. reform. who won re-election – and is also exploring a presidential Two other black candidates – both Republicans – lost. In Massachusetts and Ohio hadn’t elected a Democrat since run. Ohio, Strickland swept past Blackwell, the secretary of 1986. New York last elected one in 1990. “It makes us more a national party. In the past, the state who was criticized by Democrats for his role in over- In Colorado – which voted Republican for president in Democratic party was strong in the Northeast and seeing the 2004 election in Ohio that was critical in secur- the last three elections – Democrat Bill Ritter defeated GOP California, and that was about it,” he said. “Now we’re a ing President Bush’s victory. And in Pennsylvania, former more centrist, national party who can show vic- NFL star Lynn Swann was swamped by Democratic Gov. tories across the country.” Ed Rendell. Governors don’t enact national policy, but Republicans kept Alaska – where Sarah Palin, who they can strengthen a party’s grass roots, turn out unseated unpopular Gov. Murkowski in the GOP primary, votes for presidential contests, and cultivate defeated Democratic former Gov. Tony Knowles – and future national leaders. Idaho, where GOP Rep. C.L. “Butch” Otter won against Democrat Jerry Brady, a former newspaper publisher. After Palin’s victory, the number of women governors will tie an earlier record of nine. www.montanakaimin.com

M o n t a n a K a i m i n 10 News Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Hugh Carey/Montana Kaimin Shane McMillan / Montana Kaimin Hugh Carey/Montana Kaimin Decision 2 06 Decision 2 06 Shane McMillan / Montana Kaimin Counter-clockwise from top: Tester campaign workers Blake Dickson, left, and Michelle Williamson, walk door to door Tuesday to remind Tester supporters to vote; voters line up at the polls inside the UC on Tuesday; Adrian Ciucci fills out his ballot in the Missoula County Courthouse Tuesday; Katherine Jean Caffery campaigns on South Higgins Avenue. “I thought this just screamed Democrat,” she said; at 2 a.m., roommates Tyler Hare, left, and Rob Moeller were still watching for election results in Shane McMillan / Montana Kaimin Knowles Hall. ¤

M o n t a n a K a i m i n News 11 Wednesday, November 8, 2006 FBI probes reports Montana Kaimin of dirty tricks at polls DEBORAH HASTINGS ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rockin’ the boat. Election Day was tainted by com- volunteer in the college town of plaints of dirty tricks, with some vot- Bloomington was found to have ers reporting intimidating phone absentee ballots after counting had ; calls, misleading sample ballots and begun. an armed man questioning Hispanic In Arizona, three men, one of voters outside a precinct. them armed, stopped and questioned Nonetheless, poll watchers said Hispanic voters outside a Tucson voting across America went relative- precinct, according to voting moni- ly well despite long lines in Denver, tors for the Mexican American a Democratic lawsuit in Ohio and a Legal Defense and Educational longshot Texas candidate who Fund, which photographed the inci- briefly, and incorrectly, was shown dents and reported them to the FBI. with a wide margin. More than 80 percent of the “For 7,800 jurisdictions in this nation’s voters were expected to cast country, it looked like things came some type of electronic ballot out pretty cotton-pickin’ well,” said Tuesday, which was the deadline for Doug Lewis, executive director of major reforms mandated by the fed- Election Center, a nonpartisan eral Help America Vote Act, passed organization of state election offi- by Congress to prevent a rerun of the cials. “There were some problems, 2000 election debacle. in some states, but overall it looks In Texas, election officials had to like all the predictions of disaster recount ballots after a computer turned out wrong.” glitch incorrectly showed longshot As polls closed nationwide, one Constitution Party candidate Ron of the worst waits was in Denver, Avery ahead by a large margin in the where hundreds waited past sunset race for a House of Representatives at polling centers. They continued to seat. The winner was really wait, 90 minutes after the 7 p.m. Democratic incumbent Henry close of voting. It was a miserable Cuellar. end to a day fraught with new voting Not just regular folk reported machine problems and the longest being unable to vote. statewide ballot in decades. New York Sen. Hillary Rodham “This is positively ridiculous,” Clinton told reporters at a campaign said Jack McCroskey, who leaned stop near her home in Chappaqua on a cane while waiting to vote. “At that her daughter, Chelsea, had been 82, I don’t deserve to have to stand turned away at a Manhattan polling out here.” site because her name did not appear Voter intimidation accusations in a book of registered voters. She prompted others to claim that some was offered an affidavit vote, similar voters were bullied from getting a to provisional ballots used in other chance to vote. states. In Virginia, where Republican According to an exit poll of George Allen battled Democrat Jim 11,798 voters conducted for The Webb in a race too close to call, the Associated Press and television net- FBI was looking at intimidation works by Edison Media Research complaints from voters who report- and Mitofsky International, about 46 ed they received calls telling them to percent of voters said they felt “very stay home on Election Day, or face confident” that their votes will be criminal charges. counted accurately. In 2004, that fig- In Indiana, the FBI was investi- ure was 50 percent. gating allegations that a Democratic

M o n t a n a K a i m i n 12 News Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Invalidated initiatives stay on ballot, but don’t count SCOTT BADHAM FOR THE KAIMIN places in the hope they would mitigate voters’ confusion about the controversial initiatives, which have commanded But what happens to the ballots? significant media attention since earlier this year, when As voters from Precinct 88 crowded into the narrow cor- organizations opposing the initiatives, including the ridors of the Missoula County Courthouse, they passed National Education Association and AARP-Montana, Brow sweaty, hands shaky, you slide your ballot into signs instructing them to not vote for three recently invali- sought legal action against them in Montana courts. the copy machine-like box at your polling place. It slips dated ballot measures. Expecting that many people would still cast votes on the out of your hands and into a mechanical void. Did the The three measures – constitutional initiatives 97 and 98, initiatives, Johnson said that electronic voting machines digital world just suck up your ballot? Did you ballot just and Initiative 154 – were ruled invalid Sept. 13 by Dirk would be reprogrammed to disregard those votes and that get shredded? Well, kind of. The machines Missoula Sandefur, a Great Falls District Court judge, who cited “a election officials performing hand counts of ballots were County uses for its elections are designed to tally legal pervasive and general pattern of fraud” in the signature- also instructed to disregard votes for the three measures. votes and help voters correct their ballots by catching gathering campaign that successfully placed the initiatives The initiatives came under intense scrutiny by opposition blank ballots and sloppily-filled circles, county voting on Tuesday’s ballot. The measures were sponsored by the groups earlier this year when reports that some signature official Rolf Tandberg said. He also said election offi- conservative political-action group Montanans in Action. gatherers employed by Montanans in Action were engaging cials have found the machines to be very accurate. After The measures would have placed a constitutional limit on in fraudulent practices to persuade Montana residents to the polls close, the ballots in the machine are counted and state spending, allowed for the recall of state judges and sign petitions. sealed in boxes by officials and moved to a central loca- enabled property owners to seek compensation if they In his ruling, Sandefur pointed out that the practice of tion. There, examiners count them and separate write-in thought a government action devalued their property. paying petitioners for signatures contributed significantly votes for tallying and examination. After they are tallied, Sandefur’s ruling, though subsequently challenged by to the problems plaguing the efforts by Montanans in and special hand-counts completed, the ballots are then Montanans in Action, was upheld by the Montana Supreme Action to see the initiatives legally placed on the ballot. sealed in boxes and sent to a county warehouse where Court on Nov. 2 in a unanimous decision. According to Trevis Butcher, a Winifred rancher and the they are stacked and stored. They are given a “destroy But because the rulings were delivered after ballots had treasurer for Montanans in Action, the issues advocated by after” date that generally falls upon the completion of the been printed and distributed to election officials throughout the initiatives will continue to be pushed in subsequent next election. After the results of that next election are the state, the three tossed initiatives were listed. election seasons despite the setbacks delivered to them by deemed valid by the state, the ballots from the previous According to Secretary of State Brad Johnson, the warn- the recent court decisions. election are shredded. ing signs were distributed and displayed in local polling – Shane McMillan Montana Kaimin ;Rockin’ the vote.

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