A notary public is an official who witnesses the signature of the citizens on some specific documents, administers oaths while being invested as a representative of the state. The certification and document signing are the most commonly uses of a notary public. He or she charges a fee in the name of the state and there can be some other fees in the case you want the notary to travel to you in    .. more …

Hays County Elections Administrator Joyce Cowan has announced that ongoing litigation regarding state redistricting plans has delayed the mailing of voter registration certificate renewals.”Voters are expecting new voter registration cards to replace their blue cards, which expired Dec. 31, 2011,” Cowan said in a Hays County news release. “However, until the federal courts finalize the Texas    .. more …

When we think of swing states in presidential elections, Florida, with its fast-growing population, quickly comes to mind, followed by fading industrial powerhouses Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan.Wisconsin usually does not make the list. But the Badger State – not particularly big, not particularly influential in national politics – has become a state that President Obama must carry if he is    .. more …

Finding people online has never been easier and for the most part it can be free, if you use one of the new free people search engines. People drop out of sight every day, usually they’re trying to drop out of sight on purpose. People facing legal action, or people trying to avoid paying alimony or child support, on the run from the law, evading taxes or other obligations. Maybe you’re just    .. more …

A moving theme in a largely unmoving film. The book on which it’s based must have been so much bigger. You can laud the beauty of emotional values in a movie endlessly, but most of us just want to be entertained. Emotions in themselves are inside of each of us; a good movie is supposed to take you over, to own you, and so to draw those emotions out. Once there, its emotions are your emotions. “The    .. more …

If you could sit down and chat with Louisa May Alcott, the best selling, nineteenth century author, what advice do you think she would give that you could apply to your business, organization, cause, or to you personally?After all, she was a highly successful author and businesswoman, outselling Herman Melville and Henry James by a factor of ten at the peak of her literary career. She made enough    .. more …

TAMPA – protesters outside today’s U.S. Judiciary Sub-Committee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights in Tampa, said House Bill 1355 is not about voter suppression, but about countering voter fraud. ACLU and NAACP leaders today said the house bill, which (among other things) limits the amount of early voting days and makes it more difficult for third-parties to sign up voters, is a    .. more …