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 Foes Campaign 'Til the End 

McCain makes swing to Colo.; Obama touts chances in Ind.

Nov 4, 08 4:28 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain and Barack Obama both made final pushes today, trying to invigorate voters in battleground states, the Chicago Tribune reports. McCain hit Colorado, hotly contested, and told supporters. “I feel momentum, I feel it. We're going to win it.” Obama also went next door. “I think... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential campaign • voting • Election Day • Election 2008 • public appearance

COMMENTARY

 One Man's Vote: 
 Right Makes Rite 

Scribe ruminates on participating in the democratic process, New York style

Nov 4, 08 3:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Roger Angell has an almost religious view of the act of voting, and he shares it in the New Yorker. His experience might seem odd to voters outside New York, where touch screens are more prevalent, but the curtain, of “material and stiffness unknown elsewhere,” gives Angell a... More »

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democracy • New York • voting • Election 2008 • voting booth • Roger Angell

Analysis

 Ignore Those Exit Polls! 

Sample sizes and enthusiasm gaps can skew results

Nov 4, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Exit polls can be addictive for those who can't take Election Day suspense, but poll analyst Nate Silver recommends you resist the temptation. Here's why:
  1. Exit polls have high margins of error because they are taken at only a few precincts in a state.
  2. Exit polls overstated Democratic
... More »

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list • Democrat • voting • survey • exit polls • Election 2008 • early voting • sample size

 Obamas Hit the Polls 

Voters line up around the country on long-awaited day

Nov 4, 08 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack and Michelle Obama cast their votes for president in Chicago today with their daughters in tow, the AP reports. They were ushered in ahead of lines that snaked around the block as neighbors who’d gathered to see his arrival cheered, the Chicago Tribune reports. Obama kissed the cheek... More »

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Barack Obama • basketball • Chicago • Michelle Obama • Indiana • voting • Election Day • Election 2008

Do Your Civic Duty and Get a Free Sex Toy

Or coffee, doughnuts, ice cream as shops reward US voters

Nov 3, 08 11:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Joining a host of firms rewarding US voters, a sex-toy chain is giving out self-pleasuring devices to customers who have stopped at the polls, MSNBC reports. Men get “Maverick” sleeves: “He’s always there to lend a hand, he works for every man, and he bucks the status... More »

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Starbucks • coffee • voting • Ben and Jerry's • Krispy Kreme • Election Day • sex toys • Election 2008

OPINION

 If You Don't Know 
 Who This Is, 
 Don't Vote 

Uninformed citizens should stay home, unpopular as the sentiment might be

Oct 31, 08 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Countless actors, musicians and other celebrities have volunteered their time encouraging young people to vote. But should they? ABC News anchor John Stossel quizzed voters on basic political knowledge at a registration-drive concert and in the nation’s capital. A shockingly high number of uninformed answers led Stossel to the... More »

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democracy • voting • candidate • electorate • Election 2008 • young voters • stupidity • new voters

Voting Could
Get Ugly, Warn Watchdogs

Ballot denial, long
lines likely in battleground states

Oct 30, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - With record-shattering turnout anticipated, voter-rights groups predict contentious voting in battleground states, where Republicans are accused of disenfranchising new voters—who are overwhelmingly Democrat. In Florida, a “no match, no vote” standard denies ballots to people whose registration info clashes with government records, an obstacle not unique to that... More »

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voter fraud • voting • voters • voting rights • Election 2008 • Florida voting • voting process • new voters

 Florida Extends 
 Early Voting Hours 

Governor makes move to cut down on hours-long lines

Oct 29, 08 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist decreed yesterday that early-voting locations stay open 12 hours a day instead of the usual eight, in an attempt to address hours-long lines at many polling places, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Crist's failure to consult with his party's leadership has ruffled some Republican feathers, but the... More »

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Florida • voting • Charlie Crist • Election 2008 • Florida voting • early voting • polling places

'Perfect Storm' of Problems Forecast for Missouri Polls

Close races plus potential voting chaos could make for a challenge

Oct 27, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Missouri is one of several states anticipated to have voting problems next week, but nobody is sure just how big they might be, the Boston Globe reports. The potential is huge, though, in a sharply divided state where John McCain and Barack Obama are polling dead even and a legion... More »

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voting • Missouri • polling • Election 2008 • polling places

ANALYSIS

Men Tend
to Bail on
Election Day

Jail, work, apathy behind 40-year
voting dip

Oct 19, 08 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The percentage of men who vote has been falling for 40 years, and will likely continue to drop this year, Newsweek reports. Total voter turnout has been dropping since a record high in 1964, but men appear particularly hamstrung by gender-specific factors. More go to prison, fewer attend college, and... More »

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United States • voting • female voters • Election 2008 • male voters • demographic trends

Ohio Must Check Voter Registrations: Court

GOP wins fight to have new registrations cross-checked with government info

Oct 15, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal appeals court has sided with the GOP and ordered Ohio to set up a computer system by Friday to verify new voter registrations, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Registrations must now be cross-checked with other government information. Ohio's secretary of state, accused of partisan bias by Republicans, had argued... More »

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Ohio • voting • voting irregularities • voter registration • swing states • Acorn

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

ANALYSIS

GOP Mailing Confuses Voters in Swing States

Wrong addresses, missing information muddle absentee ballot forms

Sep 18, 08 7:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican mass mailings have some swing-state residents confused about their voting status, Miller-McCune reports. Mailers with absentee-ballot applications or requests for updated voter-registration records in at least eight states were either missing information or organized confusingly, which could lead to discounted votes or registration errors. More »

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voting • Republican Party • voting irregularities • swing states

OPINION

Blacks Support Gay Marriage as Much as Whites

Age, gender, party affiliation are more significant factors

Aug 14, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(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... More »

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gay marriage • African Americans • voting • election • African-Americans

Early Voting Law May
Help Obama in Ohio

One-step voting window could boost youth turnout

Aug 13, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

Advocates Work to Get Ex-Cons in Voting Booths

New laws make
tens of thousands eligible to vote again

Aug 11, 08 1:05 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 States Brace for
 Election's Tech Snarls 

New systems, high turnout will likely bring trouble

Jul 21, 08 6:46 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 All-Star Idols:
 Wacky Voting
 Fills Final Slots 

Hart, Longoria are in after crazy campaigns by fans

Jul 11, 08 8:34 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

OPINION

Grandma, Grandpa, Please Back Gay Marriage

LAT scribe urges elderly to dis a gay marriage ban in Calif.

May 30, 08 9:03 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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