This is Jersey (Free subscription) | yesterday
ALL of the Senatorial candidates would be willing to stand down in four years’ time, if elected next week, to enable the Island to have a general election. Asked … [visit site to read more]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Vilnius - Lithuanians go to the polls Sunday to vote in a general election. But this year's campaign is proving to be very different from the ones that preceded it. Where previous general elections have usually been boisterous, affairs featuring flam...
ILLINOIZE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cross posted from ICPR 's blog, The Race is On : The 2008 General Election is just 25 days away. As voters turn more and more attention to the contested seats on this fall's ballot, ICPR is stepping up and posting more and more information to our website, ilcampaign.org. The site now includes: * Updated campaign receipt and expenditure data through June 30, 2008 for all legislative and...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Political Science Association (APSA), the world's leading professional association for the study of politics, has published a new online media resource page with analysis by prominent scholars, a roster of other experts, and listings of recent research for use by journalists covering the upcoming Canadian general election. ...
Bob McCarty Writes (Free subscription) | yesterday
With less than 30 days before the 2008 general election, I’m convinced today, more than ever before, that Americans must wake up and do everything they can do to educate their fellow citizens about the dangers presented by the prospect of a Barack Obama presidency. That in mind, I’ve launched a new merchandise line intended [...]
Reno Gazette Journal (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Nevada election officials say a voter registration fraud investigation of a community group that registered thousands of voters in Las Vegas won't undermine the general election less than four weeks away.
JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | yesterday
... voter records indicate she –- or someone using her identity –- cast a ballot in the November election that year. Linda Hill of Woodwick Street voted in person on Election Day, records show.She is among the more than 4,000 people whose names are listed both on Harris County’s voter rolls and also in a federal database of death records, a Texas Watchdog analysis has found.And dozens...
BuffaloPundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
The candidates for President in the United States have been running since early 2007. They have spent hundreds of millions of dollars, debated countless times, traveled thousands of miles, and it all comes down to October. The candidates for the Canadian Parliament have been running in a general election since September 7, 2008. [...]
Democracy for New Mexico (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
The bad news: If you aren't registered to vote, I'm afraid it's now too late. Yesterday, October 7, 2008, was the deadline in New Mexico to register to vote in the 2008 general election (if you weren't already registered). The...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... to stand for us as candidates, and you can trust us to stand for you when it comes to demanding an election with integrity," says Standing For Voters Project Coordinator Emily Levy. "While some challenges to elections can be mounted by voters, others must be initiated by candidates themselves. We're asking candidates to prepare now to Stand For Voters. We'd like to see all the presidential...
The Economist (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
... prime minister, of endowing his minority government with a parliamentary majority at a general election on October 14th may end up being dashed. At first his decision to call the election looked shrewd, as the Conservatives raced to a lead of 15 percentage points in the opinion polls. Then the Wall Street panic got going. Canadians began to worry that Mr Harper was not doing...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... are so jittery is that they know what is coming next. It's unlikely to be over by 2010, the general election year, despite Gordon Brown's misplaced optimism in August that things would look better next year. We won't be hearing much more of that.Mr Brown has crossed a Rubicon. The man who dithered for months over nationalising Northern Rock because he was haunted by the ghosts of...
Liberal Burblings (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is what I call thinking big: Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour of primetime television on CBS and NBC, sources confirm. The Obama campaign is producing a nationwide pitch to voters that will air on at least two broadcast networks. The ad will run Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. -- less than a week before the general election. The direct purchase of such a large block of national...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. - The surge in new voters that helped propel Barack Obama to his party's presidential nomination is carrying over to the general election — 9 million newly registered voters who are overwhelmingly Democratic and could add up to a big victory on Election Day.If they show up.In states where registration is recorded by party, including eight key states that could...
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Political parties have taken to using senior leaders during campaigning for student elections at tertiary institutions.
