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  • August 2008

    • Blacks Support Gay Marriage as Much as Whites

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 14, 08 4:52 PM CDT

      Blacks Support Gay Marriage as Much as Whites

      (Newser) - Conventional wisdom hold that African-Americans are overwhelmingly against gay marriage, but recent trends in voting show blacks have more problems with homophobia than any other group, writes gay-issues scholar Timothy Stewart-Winter for the LA Times. In fact, "views on same-sex marriage are a rapidly moving target that's tough to pin down, even for experts." More »

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      election  • gay marriage  • African Americans  • voting  • blacks

    • Early Voting Law May Help Obama in Ohio

      Associated Press  |  Aug 13, 08 4:35 PM CDT

      Early Voting Law May Help Obama in Ohio

      (Newser) - An Ohio voting law that allows residents to register and vote simultaneously one month before the election may benefit Barack Obama, the AP reports. With one-stop voting available on college campuses Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, thousands could be added to the voter rolls—and Obama leads McCain 2-to-1 among 18- to 34-year-olds. Ninety percent of the nearly half a million college students in Ohio are said to be state residents. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Democrats  • Ohio  • Barack Obama supporters  • voting  • young voters  • youth  • voter registration  • voting process

    • Advocates Work to Get Ex-Cons in Voting Booths

      Washington Post  |  Aug 11, 08 1:05 PM CDT

      Advocates Work to Get Ex-Cons in Voting Booths

      (Newser) - Grass-roots activists in states across the country are working to register an unusual bloc of potential voters: former felons. While nearly all states limit the right of convicted criminals to vote, most offer avenues back to the voting booth in varying degrees, the Washington Post reports. In the potential swing state of Florida, for instance, a law change last year has made 115,000 former convicts eligible. More »

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      prison  • civil rights  • voting  • voter registration  • voting rights  • felon

  • July 2008

    • States Brace for Election's Tech Snarls

      New York Times  |  Jul 21, 08 6:46 AM CDT

      States Brace for Election's Tech Snarls

      (Newser) - As states prepare for millions of voters using new ballot systems in November, many officials are expecting serious logistical headaches across the country. About half of all voters will use different machines than the last presidential election. Most voters—up from 49% in 2006—will be using paper ballots that will be scanned as states drop problematic and controversial touch-screen equipment. More »

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      election  • voting  • paper ballots  • touch-screen voting  • Election Day

    • All-Star Idols: Wacky Voting Fills Final Slots

      New York Times  |  Jul 11, 08 8:34 AM CDT

      All-Star Idols: Wacky Voting Fills Final Slots

      (Newser) - With one spot left in each league after the All-Star rosters were populated last week, it was time for America to do what it does best: inspire local fans to vote dozens, even hundreds of times. Milwaukee plastered hearts everywhere, Yankees fans slapped on fake mustaches, and Philadelphia staged a voting marathon. The New York Times reveals what worked. More »

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      baseball  • voting  • David Wright  • Jason Giambi  • Pat Burrell  • Evan Longoria  • Jermaine Dye  • MLB All-Star Game  • mustache  • Corey Hart

  • May 2008

    • Grandma, Grandpa, Please Back Gay Marriage

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 30, 08 9:03 PM CDT

      Grandma, Grandpa, Please Back Gay Marriage

      (Newser) - If old folks in California would come out to support gay marriage in November, a proposed amendment banning it would keel over and die, Joel Stein writes in the Los Angeles Times . The majority of Californians under 50 support it, but only 36% of senior citizens. Which leads Stein to urge oldsters to "take a leap of faith and trust the younger generations on this one." Sometimes social change requires "uncomfortable lurches toward improvement." More »

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      California  • gay marriage  • voting  • senior citizens  • California Supreme Court  • gays

    • Pro-West Bloc Claims Win in Serbia

      BBC  |  May 11, 08 7:00 PM CDT

      Pro-West Bloc Claims Win in Serbia

      (Newser) - Serbia's president declared victory today as voters favored his pro-West bloc by 10 points in early returns, BBC reports. President Boris Tadic called the election a vote for EU integration but maintained his stand against an independent Kosovo. If Tadic's party wins, it still must forge a wider coalition—which rivals say they can beat with a larger nationalist alliance. More »

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      European Union  • election  • Serbia  • voting  • Boris Tadic

    • Ind. Nuns Don't Have a Prayer at Polls

      Associated Press  |  May 7, 08 5:59 AM CDT

      Ind. Nuns Don't Have a Prayer at Polls

      (Newser) - A dozen nuns who lacked proper photo ID were turned away from an Indiana voting booth yesterday—by a fellow nun. None of the nuns, all over 80, had a driver's license because they don't drive, and some presented outdated passports, the AP reports. Their convent has launched a major push to arrange for proper ID in time for November's election. More »

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      Indiana  • Indiana primary  • voting  • voting rights  • nuns  • photo ID

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Democracy Comes to Bhutan

      AFP  |  Mar 24, 08 12:41 PM CDT

      Democracy Comes to Bhutan

      (Newser) - The people of Bhutan went to the polls for the first time today, ending a century of absolute monarchy. Some voters were uneasy about the transition, AFP reports. “We are very happy,” said one. But “sometimes we worry because it’s a new system.” In an unexpectedly strong showing, the Bhutan United Party captured 44 of the 47 seats in the lower house of parliament. More »

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      democracy  • voting  • Bhutan

    • Michigan Close to Re-Vote Deal; Florida Plan Fades

      Associated Press  |  Mar 13, 08 9:08 PM CDT

      Michigan Close to Re-Vote Deal; Florida Plan Fades

      (Newser) - Michigan officials are close to a deal on how to stage a primary do-over for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, the AP reports. No date has been set, but details may be released tomorrow. It likely will be a regular primary, and it must be staged sometime before June 10. In Florida, meanwhile, plans for a re-vote hit a brick wall today as opposition surfaced to the idea of conducting it by mail. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Florida  • Michigan  • delegates  • primary  • voting

  • February 2008

    • Pakistani Opposition Claims Win

      New York Times  |  Feb 18, 08 7:55 PM CST

      Pakistani Opposition Claims Win

      (Newser) - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf was trounced in a national election today as opposition leaders declared victory against militant rule and the Bush administration, the New York Times reports. An unofficial tally projected victory and 110 seats for the Pakistan People's Party, and 100 seats for Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-N party. Musharraf's party is projected to win 20 or 30 seats in the 272-seat national assembly. More »

    • Maine Caucus Hardly Vision of Democracy

      New York Times  |  Feb 14, 08 4:47 PM CST

      Maine Caucus Hardly Vision of Democracy

      (Newser) - In order to vote in the South Portland, Maine, caucus Sunday, Democrats had to squat for three hours on high-school gym bleachers, braving speeches by local candidates and on behalf of presidential contenders before they could dash to their candidate’s corner. The New York Times ’ Gail Collins hung in there, but she’s none too happy with the state of democratic process. More »

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      Texas  • voting  • caucus  • Maine

    • Democracy: 'Hot or Not'?

      Salon  |  Feb 12, 08 1:55 PM CST

      Democracy: 'Hot or Not'?

      (Newser) - The US voting system has serious problems, as any Gore-loving Floridian can attest. A new book, Gaming the Vote , recounts the failings of plurality voting, which allows spoilers such as Ralph Nader undue influence. Author William Poundstone explores systems from instant runoff voting to "the method used on the bod-rating website Hot or Not," writes Salon 's book critic. More »

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      election  • voting  • Ralph Nader

  • January 2008

    • Count 'Em Again, Says Kucinich

      The Hill  |  Jan 11, 08 8:01 AM CST

      Count 'Em Again, Says Kucinich

      (Newser) - Longshot Democratic hopeful Dennis Kucinich wants the ballots recounted in the New Hampshire primary, The Hill reports. While he's not under any illusions that a recount would boost his own number—less than 2%—significantly, he says in a letter to the NH secretary of state there are “serious and credible reports, allegations, and rumors" about the vote's integrity. More »

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      election 2008  • poll  • New Hampshire  • New Hampshire primary  • voting  • Dennis Kucinich

  • December 2007

    • Kenyan Prez Kibaki Declared Victor, Sworn In

      BBC  |  Dec 30, 07 11:38 AM CST

      Kenyan Prez Kibaki Declared Victor, Sworn In

      (Newser) - Kenya today declared President Mwai Kibaki the winner of Thursday's election, igniting riots in Nairobi as protesters accused the Kibaki government of election fraud and demanded a recount, reports the BBC. At least 10 people have been killed. Kibaki was sworn into a second 5-year term immediately after the announcement that he beat opposition leader Raila Odinga by just 230,000 votes. More »

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      Africa  • election  • Kenya  • Mwai Kibaki  • Raila Odinga  • riots  • voting

  • October 2007

    • No More Chads, but Florida Voting Hassles Remain

      New York Times  |  Oct 13, 07 11:12 AM CDT

      No More Chads, but Florida Voting Hassles Remain

      (Newser) - Poor Florida. Seven years after the 2000 election fiasco, the state is overhauling its election system yet again, this time chucking touch-screen voting booths for a system that combines old-fashioned pen-and-paper ballots with optical scanning. And with many other states also ditching touch screens, no one wants to buy Florida’s now useless—and expensive—machines, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Florida  • voting

  • August 2007
  • July 2007

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