Elections

"Vote count drags on Election Day"

Election Law (Free subscription) | yesterday

Ohio.com offers this report....

Today's Election Day

Kentucky Club for Growth (Free subscription) | yesterday

In Georgia. Sen. Saxby Chambliss must find an extra 0.2% of the vote from the general election. Polling has him up about 5%. Polls are open until 7PM. The Journal-Constitution's election page is here....

• Chambliss up in Georgia Senate runoff - Truman's Take

Vote Tomorrow in Georgia's Runoff Election

Oconee Politics (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

This means if you vote for Saxby or Lauren "Bubba", you are polluting our environment. Woven brightly, Daniel J. Matthews, Jr. Subject: Vote Tomorrow in Georgia's Runoff Election Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 12:44:41 -0600 To: danmatt@hotmail.com From: gean@gavoters.com Vote Tomorrow in Georgia's Runoff Election Dear Daniel, If you have not yet cast your ballot, don't miss your chance to vote...

What wins a local election

Politics.ie (Free subscription) | yesterday

so what issues win a local election? does anybody have examples of local election manifestos or leaflets from 2004 handy.

Palin Campaigns for Sen. Chambliss in Georgia Runoff Election

Washington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

DULUTH, Ga., Dec. 1 -- Declaring "I'll tell ya, I've had Georgia on my mind," former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin implored Georgia conservatives on Monday to vote for Sen. Saxby Chambliss in Tuesday's runoff election.

New York, NY - 3,500 Voter-Registrations Vanished Before Election Day

Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | yesterday

New York, NY - More than 3,500 voter-registration forms delivered by the state to the city’s Board of Elections in September weren’t discovered until after the election in November. “They were sitting in a hallway,” said one source. “No one noticed.” As a result, the names of the new voters were missing from the official log books, [...]

Republican Sen. Martinez Won’t Seek Re-Election

ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

Republican Sen. Martinez Won’t Seek Re-Election Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., announces he will not seek a second term, after having struggled to boost his approval ratings. Go to Source Share and Enjoy:

Election turnouts set state records

Right Mind (Free subscription) | yesterday

The following article ran in today’s Lewiston Tribune . Idaho and Washington both set records for the number of voters going to the poll on Election Day 2008. … In Idaho, just more than 667,000 voters cast ballots, out of a total 862,000 registered voters (including 116,000 who registered the day of the election). The 77.5 percent turnout was the second-highest in at least 30 years , topped...

3,500 VOTERS 'VANISHED' IN ELECTION SNAFU

New York Post (Free subscription) | yesterday

More than 3,500 voter-registration forms delivered by the state to the city's Board of Elections in September weren't discovered until after the election in November, The Post has learned. "They were sitting in a hallway," said one source. "No...

Best Election Ad…Ever

Jay Currie (Free subscription) | yesterday

From Metblogger Jeffery Simpson

Georgia Run-Off Election Tomorrow

BobGeiger.com (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

The Georgia Senate race between Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss and Democratic challenger Jim Martin will be decided tomorrow in the special run-off election that state law mandated when neither candidate received at least 50 percent of the vote on November 4th. Given that Georgia is one of the reddest states in the country -- I'll withhold my own description of what that really means --...

Georgia votes in key Senate run-off election

TODAY ON VOT3R - Politics STORIES (Free subscription) | yesterday

DULUTH, Georgia (Reuters) - The state of Georgia votes in a run-off election for the Senate on Tuesday that will help decide whether Democrats gain a big enough majority in the chamber to ram through legislation virtually at will.

Election prompts run on firearms at retail stores, trade shows

billingsgazette.com top headlines (Free subscription) | yesterday

Like many places across the country, gun sales in Billings have been spurred by the election of Democratic President-elect Barack Obama, who many firearms enthusiasts believe has a gun-control agenda. "Right after the election - that weekend - we prob ...

Elections in 2009 and 2010: Technical and Contextual Challenges to Building Democracy in Afghanistan

Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | yesterday

This paper assesses preparations for and attitudes toward the forthcoming elections in Afghanistan. Presidential and Provincial Council elections are due to take place in August or September of 2009, followed by Wolesi Jirga (the lower house of Parliament) and District Council elections in mid-2010. The paper provides background information about how the first set of elections...

Exit Polls Show Social Democrats Ahead in Romania Elections

Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008

Exit polls suggest Romania's Social Democratic Party got the largest share of votes in Sunday's parliamentary elections in the country. An exit poll conducted by pollsters Insomar gave the PSD 36.2 per cent of the votes, followed by the Liberal Democrats with 30.3 per cent. The governing National L...