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Three States to Let Overseas Soldiers Vote by E-Mail Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 24, 2004 For the first time, members of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Iraq or other international hot spots can use e-mail to vote in the Nov. 2 election if their legal residence is Missouri, North Dakota or Utah. | ||||||
Are we ready for a close race? Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 24, 2004 Top state Republicans and Democrats fear that judges, not voters, could ultimately decide the Pennsylvania presidential election. Dreading a potential recount that might have national repercussions, as Florida's did in 2000, both sides are recruiting battalions of poll watchers and lawyers to gird themselves for a court battle over the results. | ||||||
Supervisor calls for changes in local elections department Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 24, 2004 Still smarting from an election loss he believes was the result of ballot tampering, Supervisor Mike Rippey wants to see changes made to help future races from being tainted by nefarious deeds. | ||||||
County corrects precinct mix-ups Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 24, 2004 Errors in Evanston voter rolls involving dozens of residents and students filed under incorrect wards and precincts have been fixed as of Thursday morning, Evanston and Cook County officials said. | ||||||
Minnesota SOS under spotlight as election approaches Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Friday, September 24, 2004 ST. PAUL - One of the most important people in this fall's general election isn't even on the ballot. Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer isn't up for reelection. But she's been putting in 16-hour days trying to make sure the election runs smoothly, a task getting far more attention than it would have in a pre-2000 recount, pre-9/11 world. | ||||||
Nonpartisan coalition moves to protect black voters Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 23, 2004 Fearing that efforts are under way to suppress the black vote in a way that could aid Republicans, a coalition of civil-liberties groups is undertaking a massive effort to educate election officials and prospective voters. | ||||||
Judge rejects challenge to provisional-ballot law Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 23, 2004 TALLAHASSEE — A Leon County judge rejected a challenge to the state's provisional ballots Wednesday, ignoring lawyers' arguments that some voters will be so confused by precinct changes caused by hurricanes and redistricting that they won't know where to vote in November. | ||||||
Africans to Help Monitor U.S. Elections Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 23, 2004 PRETORIA, South Africa – Following the chaotic finish to the last U.S. presidential election, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe suggested that African governments send observers to monitor future U.S. presidential elections. | ||||||
Clerk challenger loses in court Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 23, 2004 A Muskegon County Circuit judge today upheld Muskegon Township Clerk Jim Nielsen's primary victory and denied challenger Kris Tabler's attempt to get her name on the Nov. 2 ballot. | ||||||
Act now to handle crush of new voters Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 23, 2004 Colorado counties need to make sure they process thousands of new applications from citizens registering to vote this fall. It's critical to ensuring all votes will count. | ||||||
Campaign workers suspected of fraud Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 23, 2004 Overzealous or unscrupulous campaign workers in several Michigan counties are under investigation for voter-registration fraud, suspected of attempting to register nonexistent people or forging applications for already-registered voters, election and law enforcement officials said Wednesday. | ||||||
E-voting attracts global monitors Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Thursday, September 23, 2004 The United States regularly sends experts to monitor elections in fledgling democracies and nations troubled by civil war and corruption. But after the controversial election of 2000, experts from other nations are eyeing the American system — including Georgia's. | ||||||
State will delay enforcing new voter registry Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Wednesday, September 22, 2004 PROVIDENCE It was hoped that new, more accurate voting lists could be used in every city and town in the November general election, but the secretary of state and the Board of Elections agreed yesterday that only eight communities will have to use them. | ||||||
Activists revive fears about Oregon voting Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Wednesday, September 22, 2004 Oregon's ever-controversial system of mail balloting is again under fire, this time from Republican activists who don't like how ballots are handled once they are returned to local elections offices. | ||||||
Congresswoman Tubbs Jones Demands That Blackwell Reverse Directive on Provisional Balloting in Ohio Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Wednesday, September 22, 2004 CLEVELAND, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ Today Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones sent a letter to Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell demanding that his most recent directive concerning provisional ballots be reversed. This ruling has the potential to disenfranchise tens of thousands of Ohio voters during the November election. | ||||||
Millions Blocked from Voting in Election Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Wednesday, September 22, 2004 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millions of U.S. citizens, including a disproportionate number of black voters, will be blocked from voting in the Nov. 2 presidential election because of legal barriers, faulty procedures or dirty tricks, according to civil rights and legal experts. | ||||||
To Catch a Thief Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 21, 2004 We were six toasts into the wedding dinner when the conversation turned, as conversations usually do, to the possibility of a Republican theft of the election in November. "That's when we hit the streets!" declared the Cuban American community organizer from Pennsylvania. "Yeah!" bellowed the retired union president from Long Island, and we all pounded the table and raised our glasses yet again: "Everybody hit the streets!" | ||||||
State must ensure military votes don?t go uncounted Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 21, 2004 THE VOTE IS A fundamental right for all Americans, as it should be. But if there is one group that stands above the rest of us in deserving to have their vote counted, it is those who serve in the military, particularly those who serve in war zones. | ||||||
Nov. 2 election under new scrutiny Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 21, 2004 For the first time, international poll observers plan to monitor the Nov. 2 presidential election in five states, including Ohio. | ||||||
3,000 denied right to vote Story Here Archive | ||||||
| Published:Tuesday, September 21, 2004 About 2,000 residents of King County and 1,000 in Snohomish County were denied the right to vote in last week's primary election because they neglected to mark a box on their voter-registration form to attest that they were U.S. citizens. | ||||||
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