Bryan, Sylvia, Ruth, Sean, Marlee, Ed, I'll be looking for you all and everyone else next Tuesday as we get the Live Blog up and running. Join us at 7:00 p.m. Central next Tuesday as we analyze the election returns.

I wanted to share a couple of things that I came across at Electronic Village.  First, the 3rd Annual BlackWebAwards are now accepting nominations in over 100 categories.   You can click here to nominate your favorite blog (including this one) for a Black Web Award. Finalists will be announced July 14th. Villager also hipped me to Clutch Magazine's Summer Blog Academy.  This is from the Clutch site: The ladies behind Clutch are partnering with Black Web 2.0 and other social media experts to bring you the most current information on how to succeed online. Get ready for two months full of how-to’s and advice from the best. So vote to let us know what you want to learn more about. And…it’s free! It's going to be a hot summer for bloggers.

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Color of Change Press Release  Lawyers File Motion to Recuse Judge and DA—Putting State on Trial—Claiming Clear Pattern of Race Bias  JENA, LA— Lawyers for the youngest of the Jena 6, Jesse Ray Beard, filed a motion today to remove Judge J.P. Mauffray Jr. and District Attorney Reed Walters from any future involvement in juvenile court matters involving Beard. Mauffray and Walters served as the trial judge and prosecutor, respectively, in the Jena 6 cases and Beard's attorneys argue that their prejudice during and after the proceedings has betrayed an unfair bias against Beard. Millions of Americans remember District Attorney Reed Walters as the man who refused to prosecute white students who hung nooses at Jena High School and then threatened black students at a school assembly saying that he "could end their lives with a stroke of his pen." Walters charged Jesse Ray Beard, and five other African-American students with attempted second-degree murder for allegedly beating Justin Barker, a white student, in a schoolyard fight following the incident. Attorneys for Beard argue that this and other facts paint a clear picture of the District Attorney's bias. "Millions ...