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McCain Voters' Testosterone Dropped After Loss

For men, elections are dominance competitions

Oct 22, 09 6:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Male McCain voters were feeling a little less macho when the results of the 2008 election rolled in. Duke researchers tested testosterone levels in 183 voters across election night. Testosterone normally drops over the late evening—but male Obama voters’ levels remained stable, while McCain voters saw a bigger drop... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • testosterone • voting • Election 2008

(AP) - On the second try, Ireland has delivered "a convincing win" for the European Union's reform treaty, Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin said today, with the "yes" vote running about 60%  nationwide in early returns. "I'm absolutely delighted for the country. It looks like a convincing win... More »

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European Union • Europe • voting • Ireland • Lisbon Treaty • Micheal Martin

OPINION

Don't Apologize, Meg, Voting
Is Dumb

Whitman's ballot wouldn't have made a difference anyway

Sep 30, 09 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Meg Whitman has taken heat for her, ahem, spotty voting record—the ex-CEO wasn’t even registered to vote until 2002—and, of course, she has apologized. But she shouldn’t have, writes Christopher Beam for Slate. Economists have long argued that, from an individual’s perspective, voting is irrational.... More »

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California • voting • statistics • Meg Whitman • governor • gubernatorial races • economists

Whitman Skipped Voting Due to 'Family Demands'

But that's no excuse, admits former GOP favorite for Calif. gov race

Sep 30, 09 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wanna-be California governor and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman says she skipped voting for 28 years because of her family and her hubby's work. "I was focused on raising a family, on my husband's career, and we moved many, many times," she told reporters. "It is no... More »

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California • Republican • eBay • voting • Meg Whitman • governor • gubernatorial races • Steve Poizner

(Newser) - Increased turnout by minorities in last year's election helped Barack Obama take several swing states and advance in GOP strongholds, new data from the Census Bureau shows. Turnout was 64%, the same as the last presidential election—but a growing population means that 5 million more people voted in 2008... More »

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Barack Obama • race • voting • demographics • minorities • Election 2008 • presidential election • Obama campaign

(Newser) - The Baseball Writers’ Association of America—which decides the annual Hall of Fame class—has voted down an attempt to make new guidelines for players implicated in steroid use, the AP reports. Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander had suggested a committee be formed to create new rules that acknowledged the... More »

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steroids • voting • Baseball Writers' Association of America • Baseball Hall of Fame • Mark McGwire • sports doping • baseball • steroid use • juicing • Rick Telander

iran election results

With Ahmadinejad in Lead, Both Sides Declare Victory


Jun 12, 09 10:54 PM CDT
(AP) - Hard-line incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was heading for a surprise landslide with nearly 80% of votes counted in Iran's stormy presidential elections, the Interior Ministry has said. But his pro-reform rival countered that he was the clear victor and accused authorities of fraud. Ahmadinejad's main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi, is backed... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • voting • Interior Ministry • election • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • tally

 Ahmadinejad, Chief Rival 
 Both Claim Victory 

Voting runs extra 3 hours to accommodate volume

Jun 12, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Both leading candidates for Iran’s presidency are trumpeting victory after Iranians swarmed the polls, forcing them to remain open an extra 3 hours, Reuters reports. Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad each claimed some 60% of the vote. Meanwhile, President Obama applauded the election, which he said heralded “... More »

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Iran • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • president • voting • election • President Obama • Iranian election • victory • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 'Palin Paradox': 
 Male-Heavy 
 Districts Elect 
 Women 

Congresswomen flourish in areas with skewed gender ratios

Jun 8, 09 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska is reliant on male-dominated industries like mining and fishing, and the state has 106 men for every 100 women—the most gender-skewed state in the country, where the overall ratio is 86:100. Yet Alaska is one of just five states with an elected female governor, and one of... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • women • voting • electorate • sex ratio • Sarah Palin • gender equality

Sotomayor Lax in the Voting Department

Erratic record in state elections may arise in confirmation hearings

May 29, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor isn't much of a voter. She skipped multiple New York elections in the past decade, including three for state supreme court, reports NY1. The 2nd Circuit appeals judge failed to vote for governor in 2002 and 2006, and for court positions in 1995, 1999, and 2007. Sotomayor is... More »

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voting • nominee • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • election • New York state • Obama administration • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • New York Supreme Court

 18 Dead in Indian 
 Election Violence 

Maoist guerrillas kill, kidnap electoral officials

Apr 16, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eighteen people have died as a result of attacks by Maoist guerrillas during the first day of voting in India's national elections, the Guardian reports. The guerrillas, called Naxalites, staged violent attacks today on polling stations, killing security guards and kidnapping at least four electoral officials. More »

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India • violence • voting • Maoists • rebels • election • polling places • Naxalites

(AP) - The Supreme Court ruled today that a part of the Voting Rights Act aimed at helping minorities elect their preferred candidates only applies in electoral districts where minorities make up more than half the population, the AP reports. The decision could make it harder for some minority candidates to win... More »

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African Americans • North Carolina • voting • Voting Rights Act • black • US Supreme Court • Scotus

Sunni Iraqis: Shiites Barred Us From Voting

Thousands turned
away in former insurgent enclave

Jan 31, 09 4:21 PM CST
(Newser) - At least 1,000 Sunni Iraqis were turned away from the polls in Baghdad today for being unregistered to vote, and many accused the Shiite government of deleting their names from the polls, the Los Angeles Times reports. “This is a disappointment,” complained one man. Agitation was high... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Sunnis • voting

Oops! Caroline Forgot to Vote

Senate hopeful
has skipped half of
New York's elections
in last 20 years

Dec 19, 08 3:48 AM CST
(Newser) - For someone who hopes to be a US senator, Caroline Kennedy has turned out to be a surprisingly unenthusiastic fan of voting, the New York Daily News has discovered. Kennedy has voted in only about half of 38 elections since moving to the city in 1988, according to records. She... More »

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New York • voting • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • Senate race • election • US Senate

Recount Bares Flaws in Minn. Absentee System 

13% of absentee ballots typically tossed each election

Dec 15, 08 5:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A close examination of this year's Minnesota senate race has revealed significant flaws in the voting system that typically rejects 13% of absentee ballots—about 1,600 votes. State officials say the votes are "normally" rejected due to voter or official error, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. The problem... More »

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voting • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • absentee balloting • voting irregularities

 Voter Board: 
 Hey Tim, 
 Wanna Do 
 a PSA?

Actor hasn't minced words in aftermath of Election Day polling snafu

Nov 19, 08 9:14 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York City Board of Elections, headed up by a man Tim Robbins has termed a "corrupt scumbag," is reaching out to the prickly actor with an offer he might well resist—turn his Election Day voting tantrum into a civics lesson. TMZ reports that the board... More »

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voting • activist • voter turnout • Election 2008 • PSA • voter registration • Tim Robbins • Board of Elections

Robbins, Officials Still Sparring Over Voting Snafu

Actor may have been in the wrong location

Nov 11, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Actor and political activist Tim Robbins, who filed a court order to vote after his name wasn’t in the poll books on Election Day, may simply have been in the wrong place at the wrong time. The election commissioner now claims Robbins filed a change-of-address form when he moved... More »

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voting • activist • Election 2008 • voter registration • Tim Robbins

 Space: The Final Voting Frontier 

Two astronauts vote from space station

Nov 4, 08 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Two US astronauts on the International Space Station did their civic duty from afar yesterday, casting absentee ballots from space using laptops with secure connections. Commander E. Michael Fincke and flight engineer Greg Chamitoff  are the only voters who could actually see all those red and blue states, reports Bloomberg.... More »

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NASA • Texas • astronauts • voting • International Space Station • Election 2008 • Commander E. Michael Fincke • Greg Chamitoff

 'I Have Never Seen 
 Anything Like This' 

Huge turnout gums up voting system, but most Americans take it in stride

Nov 4, 08 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Huge turnout caused long waits for some voters today, but most politely waited their turn, the AP reports. New Yorkers lined up at polling places well before dawn, and long lines persisted throughout the day. California’s voting system bent but did not break under the weight of estimated 80%... More »

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California • New York • Virginia • voting • Missouri • voter turnout • Election 2008

Voter Activist Tim Robbins Rejected at Polling Place

Glitch forces celeb to fight for his right to vote

Nov 4, 08 4:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Tim Robbins’ Election Day was complicated by a glitch in the voter rolls, leaving the actor in exactly the situation he has described when urging Americans to fight for their right to vote. Workers at the Chelsea polling station where he's voted for more than 10 years couldn’t find... More »

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New York • voting • vote • disenfranchisement • Election 2008 • Tim Robbins • provisional ballots

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