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NEWS ABOUT: ballots

ballots stories: 18 news summaries

 Karzai Set Up 800 
 Fake Poll Sites, 
 Say Diplomats 

Ten times as many ballots as voters, say Western officials

Sep 7, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamid Karzai's supporters set up hundreds of fake polling stations that delivered hundreds of thousands of votes to the Afghan president, even though nobody voted there, diplomats tell the New York Times. The incumbent's team created as many as 800 fake sites, existing only on paper. Karzai allies also occupied... More »

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Afghanistan • voter fraud • Hamid Karzai • Pashtun • Kandahar • ballots • Ahmed Wali Karzai • Afghanistan election

 Karzai Team Forged All 24K 
 Ballots in 1 District: Charge 

Afghan president's campaign allegedly detained tribal leader, closed polls

Sep 2, 09 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tribal leaders in southern Afghanistan make the strongest allegations yet of ballot fraud, telling Dexter Filkins of the New York Times that in their district, "Hamid Karzai's people stuffed all the ballot boxes." Members of the Bariz tribe, who endorsed challenger Abdullah Abdullah, say aides to Karzai's brother—... More »

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Afghanistan • voter fraud • Hamid Karzai • election fraud • ballots • Ahmed Wali Karzai • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

 Franken Picks Up 
 87 Votes in 
 Minn. Race 

Dem gains some 90 votes in rejected-ballot count

Apr 7, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - As election officials in Minnesota tallied up some 350 previously-rejected Senate ballots today, Al Franken stretched out his lead over Norm Coleman by almost 90 votes, making it more than 312, the Star Tribune reports. That’s good news for Franken in Coleman’s lawsuit over the election, which a... More »

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Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots

 Franken 
 Moves to 
 Dismiss 
 Coleman 
 Lawsuit 

Coleman hasn't met his burden of proof, he says

Mar 5, 09 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Al Franken asked judges today to dismiss a lawsuit that has bogged down Minnesota’s US Senate vote recount, saying Republican opponent Norm Coleman didn’t prove his claim that 2000 absentee ballots were improperly rejected. Since resting their case, Coleman’s lawyers have focused on using Franken’s witnesses... More »

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court • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008

 Coleman Team: 
 'Set Aside' This 
 Election 

GOP defense rests most of case; now it's Franken's turn

Mar 3, 09 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - A lawyer for Norm Coleman suggested the election should be "set aside" in a letter to the court reviewing Minnesota’s US Senate election results, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. “Some courts have held that when the number of illegal votes exceeds the margin between the candidates—and it... More »

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court • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008

 Steele Will Head RNC 


Jan 30, 09 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Michael Steele emerged from a grueling contest today to become the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee, Politico reports. The six-ballot process, the most drawn-out in years, ended in the rare election of a non-member. “This is awesome,” the former Maryland lieutenant governor said, drawing a... More »

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politics • RNC • GOP • ballots • Michael Steele • Katon Dawson • Republican Party Chairman

Franken, Coleman Agree to Count 900 Rejected Ballots

But court case could keep race on for months

Jan 3, 09 7:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The battling campaigns in the Minnesota Senate race have agreed to count some 900 incorrectly rejected ballots, an unexpectedly high proportion of the 1,350 reviewed by county officials. The system required both campaigns to agree on every ballot, which made such a figure seem unlikely, Talking Points Memo reports.... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • ballots • Election 2008 • counting

Coleman Claims 150 Ballots Were Double-Counted

Minn. board faces new hurdles as it resolves disputes in Senate race

Dec 18, 08 9:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The Minnesota Senate recount is moving at a one-step-forward, two-steps-back pace, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports, with Republican Norm Coleman’s campaign saying 150 ballots were double-counted, and that the total tally needs to be adjusted by the Canvassing Board. The board, which is in the process of evaluating disputed ballots,... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • ballots • disputed election • recount • ballot challenges • Canvassing Board

Minn. Board Can't Keep Up With New Ballot Challenges

Candidates add to pile as panel starts sifting

Dec 17, 08 10:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The Minnesota state Canvassing Board began evaluating challenged ballots in the Senate recount yesterday, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. These votes, where one of the campaigns disputed voter intent, are the last major obstacle in the count. But the campaigns say that having seen the standards, they may revive some withdrawn... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • ballots • ballot challenges • Canvassing Board

Minnesota Senate Race Hangs on Pair of Rulings

Court, Canvassing Board could shrink Coleman lead

Dec 16, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Minnesota’s hotly contested Senate race now hinges on two fast-approaching decisions: a state Supreme Court ruling on standards for counting mistakenly rejected ballots (arguments to be heard tomorrow), and the Canvassing Board’s decision on the number of challenged ballots to be officially counted (review begins today). Republican incumbent... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008 • ballot challenges

Supreme Court Fields Obama Citizenship Challenges

Both claim Obama is not 'natural born'

Nov 27, 08 9:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Two lawsuits challenging Barack Obama’s right to be president on the grounds that he is not a US citizen are on the Supreme Court;s "to do" list, but the litigants' hopes of overturning the election results are slim, MSNBC reports. One alleges Obama was born in Kenya,... More »

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Barack Obama • presidency • citizenship • lawsuit • Constitution • US Supreme Court • ballots • President Obama • birther

Franken Is 'Likely to Win' Recount: Expert

Badly filled-out ballots could spell victory in Minnesota Senate race

Nov 18, 08 6:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Bumbling Democratic voters in Minnesota are likely to hand Al Franken a win, a political scientist tells the Huffington Post. The professor estimates that as many as 10,000 voters voided their ballots by circling a name or marking an X instead of filling in a circle. But Minnesota considers... More »

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Democratic voters • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008 • recount

Foreclosed Homeowners May Lose
Voting Rights

Dems: GOP plans to challenge addresses

Sep 25, 08 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many of the million Americans who lost their homes through foreclosure in the last couple of years may discover at the polls that they've lost their right to vote in the upcoming election as well, the New York Times reports. Election officials and voter rights groups fear that failure to... More »

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voter fraud • foreclosure • voting • voters • election monitors • ballots • voter registration • swing states

Swing States Will Face
Voting Glitches: Report

Feds failed to notify officials of ballot machine failures

Sep 19, 08 8:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Little has been done to fix voting problems in some key states over the last few years, and voters in those states could have problems at the polls in November, CNN reports. Ten swing states—including Florida and Ohio—are likely to face voting day snarls, including shortages of voting... More »

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voting • ballots • touch-screen voting • voting irregularities • election • electronic voting • voting machines • swing states

 Calif. Against
 Gay Marriage
 Ban: Poll 

Slim majority say they would reject Prop 8
in November

Jul 19, 08 4:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - A small majority of Californians polled would vote against a state constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in November, the Los Angeles Times reports. A Field Poll of 672 voters found that 51% oppose Proposition 8, while 42% support it. The ballot measure would define marriage as being exclusively between a... More »

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California • gay marriage • poll • referendum • ballots • Proposition 8

Calif. Court Leaves Gay Marriage Ban
on the Ballot 

Sides prepare for November showdown

Jul 17, 08 9:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - A voter initiative to ban gay marriage is staying on California’s ballot this November, the state’s supreme court ruled unanimously yesterday, setting the stage for a bitter November battle. Gay rights groups had argued that the proposition was an illegal constitutional revision, and that petitions for the initiative... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • referendum • ballots • California Supreme Court

Kevorkian's Congressional Bid Advances

'Dr Death' gets enough signatures to be on Michigan ballot

Jul 8, 08 8:38 AM CDT
(AP) - Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian has collected enough signatures to be on the November ballot as a congressional candidate in Michigan. The Oakland County elections director says Kevorkian had about 3,200 valid signatures—about 200 more than needed. More »

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Congress • physician • assisted suicide • Michigan • Dr. Death • ballots • Jack Kevorkian • Bill Maher Grid

NH Reports Record Turnout

Polling places scramble to find enough ballots

Jan 8, 08 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - New Hampshire polling places are reporting record turnout for today's primaries, and the secretary of state’s office is sending more ballots to precincts overrun with voters. There’s no telling yet if predictions of 500,000 primary voters in the state of 1.3 million will pan out, but... More »

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Hillary Clinton • New Hampshire primary • undecided voters • ballots

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