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If you are a member and have ever thought of volunteering at Vote Smart and haven't done it yet, or if you want to return for another tour of duty, 2014 would be a great year to come volunteer at the ranch!&nbsp;

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<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">Are you a student or recent graduate interested in contributing to&nbsp;</span><a href="http://votesmart.org/" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;" target="_self">Project Vote Smart's</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">&nbsp;mission of providing&nbsp;</span><b style="font-size: 12.8012809753418px; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">factual, free and unbiased</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">&nbsp;information on your elected officials? Then our&nbsp;</span><a href="http://votesmart.org/internships/#.VbrW_bNVhHx" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;" target="_self">National Internship Program</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">&nbsp;is for you!</span>&nbsp;

Read our November Common Ground E-Newsletter here... <br>

Learn more about interning at the Project Vote Smart ranch... <br>

Find out more about what a Project Vote Smart internship involves...

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We are still looking for bright, politically-minded individuals for our 2012 National Internship Program available this Summer and Fall 2012. Spend 10-weeks at our beautiful ranch-style research facilities and help us provide citizens with the factual, unbiased information. Trust us, this isn't your typical internship.

<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">The opening ceremony for the</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">&nbsp;</span><b style="font-size: 12.8012809753418px; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">2012 summer Olympics</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">officially begins on Friday July 27th, but here at&nbsp;</span><a href="votesmart.org" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;" target="_self">Project Vote Smart</a><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">&nbsp;we’re interested in a different race – the</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">&nbsp;</span><b style="font-size: 12.8012809753418px; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">Presidential Election</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">. &nbsp;And while the 10,500 athletes are proudly representing their respective countries, Project Vote Smart staff and interns are hard at work researching the over 40,000 candidates and officials fighting to represent us.</span> <div style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;"> &nbsp; </div>

<b style="font-size: 12.8012809753418px; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">The first Friday&nbsp;</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">of every month is more than just an excuse for the monthly office pizza party - it's when the Bureau of Labor Statistics puts out their&nbsp;</span><b style="font-size: 12.8012809753418px; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">unemployment report</b><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8012809753418px; font-style: normal; line-height: 19.2019214630127px;">, an event that is sure to grow in intensity with every passing month as November approaches.</span>&nbsp;

<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> We threw the spotlight on one of our interns, Megan, and asked her a few questions about her time, so far, here at the Great Divide Ranch... </p>

<font face="Arial, sans-serif">We threw the spotlight on one of our returning interns, John, and asked him a few questions about his time, so far, here at the Great Divide Ranch... <br> </font>

Are you a member of Project Vote Smart? Are you interested in contributing your time to volunteering? Member Janet Paduhovich tells us about her experience volunteering for 2-weeks at the Great Divide Ranch. <br> For more information on our Member Volunteer Program,&nbsp;<a href="http://votesmart.org/member-internships" target="_blank">click here</a>.&nbsp; <br>

We threw the spotlight on one of our new interns, Sean, and asked him a few questions about his time, so far, here at the Great Divide Ranch...&nbsp; <br> For more information on our National Internship Program,&nbsp;<a href="http://votesmart.org/internships/" target="_self">click here</a>.&nbsp;

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We are still looking for bright, politically-minded individuals for our 2012 National Internship Program available this Summer and Fall 2012. Spend 10-weeks at our beautiful ranch-style research facilities and help us provide citizens with the factual, unbiased information. Trust us, this isn't your typical internship.

No matter your experience-level or political preference, our researchers are here to answer even your most basic questions on U.S. candidates, officials, issues, and voting. <br>

University of Southern California student, and current intern, David Hernandez discusses his experience working as a part of our research team.&nbsp;