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9 R.I. primary candidates seek recounts Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 16, 2004 PROVIDENCE The apparent runner-up in the Johnston mayoral primary and two candidates from Cranston, which had problems with some ballots, are among nine candidates asking for recounts following Tuesday's primary, according to the state Board of Elections. | ||||||
KMSB VS. STUDENT VOTERS? Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 16, 2004 Students conducting a voter registration drive on the UA mall Aug. 31 say they felt intimidated and attacked by a KMSB/Fox 11 reporter who suggested they may have unintentionally committed a felony. Reporter Natalie Tejeda got that information from Christopher J. Roads, the county registrar of voters. The law is highly ambiguous, but in Tejeda's report, Roads posited that according to residency requirements, out-of-state students would have to show an intent to remain in Arizona before they could register to vote here. "The form in Arizona is an affidavit," he said. "It is a felony offense if you are lying on that form." | ||||||
Absentee ballot blunder result of clerical mistake, judge says Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Wednesday, September 15, 2004 Tom Mullings wasn't among the politicos who stormed the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office as Hurricane Frances threatened, demanding to know why absentee ballots were being recounted in secret. | ||||||
Primary critics tout initiative to bring back crossover voting Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Wednesday, September 15, 2004 SEATTLE A day after Washington's first partisan primary in 70 years, Secretary of State Sam Reed said voters made it clear they were "mad as hell" about not being able to vote for their favorite candidates, regardless of party. At a news conference Wednesday, Reed joined sponsors of Initiative 872, who said they hoped to harness voter anger to boost their bid to change the primary back to a more open system. | ||||||
Democrats to reveal plan to prevent 'campaign of intimidation' Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 14, 2004 Vanderburgh County Democrats will introduce a team of attorneys today to monitor the administration of the upcoming election. According to a news release, the local Democrats' "Vanderburgh County Voters Task Force" will tell reporters today about a plan to prevent County Clerk Marsha Abell "from running a campaign of intimidation on voters, similar to what she did during last year's city election." | ||||||
Low turnout, mild confusion Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 14, 2004 After a slow morning, the pace at primary polls picked up in the city of Cranston by midday, where a heated mayoral primary was expected to turn out voters. Police officers were present at every polling place and at the Board of Canvassers office in City Hall, following a Police Department warning last week that public union members from other communities may be at the polls handing out fliers and other paraphernalia. | ||||||
Absentee Votes Worry Officials as Nov. 2 Nears Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Monday, September 13, 2004 As both major political parties intensify their efforts to promote absentee balloting as a way to lock up votes in the presidential race, election officials say they are struggling to cope with an array of coercive tactics and fraudulent vote-gathering involving absentee ballots that have undermined local races across the country. | ||||||
Democracy Imperiled Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Monday, September 13, 2004 Our nation may be on the brink of repeating the 2000 Florida election debacle, but this time in several states, with allegations of voter fraud, intimidation and manipulation of voting machines added to the generalized chaos that sent our last presidential contest into overtime. There is still time to reduce the chance of another electoral meltdown, both this year and in future years. But this will not happen unless we acknowledge that the United States has a haphazard, fraud-prone election system befitting an emerging Third World country rather than the world's leading democracy. | ||||||
Md. Board Fails to Remove Elections Chief Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Monday, September 13, 2004 ANNAPOLIS, Md. - A judge issued a temporary restraining order Monday that blocks state officials from suspending Maryland's top elections administrator until a decision is made on whether to fire her. Judge Ronald A. Silkworth said dismissing Linda Lamone so soon before the general election carried "the potential to create chaos and detract from the public confidence in the election process." | ||||||
Campaign spending, charges abound in contest for secretary of state Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Monday, September 13, 2004 Neither Sam Reed nor Laura Ruderman is expected to lose anything in tomorrow's primary election, each being the only nominee of their respective parties for the secretary of state's job in an election that now requires voters to pick candidates only from within party slates. | ||||||
Voter-registration changes face first full-scale test Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Sunday, September 12, 2004 As important as WHO prevails in a smattering of primary election contests Tuesday is HOW voting goes in the statewide debut of a new registration system. Minnesota's top election official, Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer, describes the changes as behind-the-scenes upgrades most voters won't notice as they cast ballots. But they've left some local election authorities on edge. | ||||||
American Indian group to put poll watchers at voting precincts in 12 states Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Saturday, September 11, 2004 OKLAHOMA CITY - A national American Indian group plans to put poll watchers at voting precincts with a high percentage of American Indian voters in Oklahoma and 12 other states on Nov. 2. | ||||||
County reports ballot confusion Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Saturday, September 11, 2004 Half of the voters in Thurston County who turned in early absentee ballots for Tuesday's new Montana-style primary election are getting it wrong. Many voters, despite being told to vote one ballot, are ing two punching out chads on both a partisan and a nonpartisan ballot. | ||||||
Md. Official Accused Of Mismanagement Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 10, 2004 Maryland State Elections Administrator Linda H. Lamone ignored directives from the State Board of Elections, failed to respond adequately to local officials and recently told a job candidate that Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) is "out to get [me]," according to charges drawn up to support her ouster. | ||||||
Students angry at report on registration practices Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 9, 2004 Group says story may keep students from registering to vote in Ariz. UA students yesterday demanded the county and state retract statements broadcasted on Fox 11 News, which claimed out-of-state students could become felons if they registered to vote in Arizona. | ||||||
Judge Saw Risk in Voter ID Plan Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 9, 2004 Forcing more New Mexico voters to present identification at the polls could disrupt the fall election and keep some voters from casting their ballots, according to a court decision released Wednesday. | ||||||
Congressional Black Caucus asks state legislators to get the vote out Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 9, 2004 WASHINGTON - Black leaders in Congress and state legislatures talked strategy Thursday in an attempt to rally one of the most solid demographics for Democrats to turn out in November against President Bush. Elijah E. Cummings, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, hosted the discussion with lawmakers from both levels of government during the caucus' annual legislative conference. Cummings, D-Md., has predicted a record turnout among blacks, so the meeting was intended to launch the next step - planning some of the specifics. | ||||||
Md.'s elections chief fights suspension Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 7, 2004 ANNAPOLIS, Md. A judge ordered Maryland's top elections official back to work Tuesday, temporarily overturning her suspension by the State Board of Elections until a hearing can take place. Linda Lamone, criticized in recent months for advocating an entirely electronic voting system, has a hearing Friday on her suspension with pay - the first step toward firing her. | ||||||
Unprecedented Efforts To Monitor Ohio Ballots This November Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 7, 2004 COLUMBUS - Unprecedented efforts are being made to monitor the casting and counting of ballots in Ohio on Nov. 2 because of concerns about terrorism and potential election malfunctions. | ||||||
Voter ID Problems in Florida Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 7, 2004 There is no excuse for turning away eligible voters at the polls, but that is what apparently happened in Florida's primary elections last week. Under Florida law, registered voters can vote without showing identification. But election officials at some polling places misstated the law and tried to keep eligible voters from voting. In one county, the official sample ballot got the law wrong. Officials in Florida, and nationwide, must improve their poll workers' training and written materials to ensure that this does not happen in the November election. | ||||||
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