Texas seeks approval of election date
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Texas is asking the Justice Department to approve Dec. 12 for a congressional runoff election &#151; a date opposed by a Latino civil rights group because it is a religious day for many Hispanics.
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Early voting for next month's  presidential election began in Florida on Monday, with  Democrats in particular urging supporters to use their early  ballot as a means of avoiding a repeat of the recount fiasco in  the 2000 election.
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&quot;The Electoral Commission set the date of January 30 as the date of the election,&quot; spokesman Farid Ayar told Reuters on Sunday.
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More Iraqi interim government officials are calling for postponing Jan. 30 elections to ensure a higher Sunni voter turnout, a sign that a campaign of violence might be taking its toll on Iraqi resolve. The country's electoral commission, however, insists that voting take place as scheduled.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- As it has done for 200 years, Ohio&#39;s delegation to the Electoral College is to meet today to cast ballots for president and vice president -- but this time, there are demands that the electors wait until after a scheduled recount.
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By Sandra Baker, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Sep.
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Early voting for the US presidential election began in Florida on Monday as activists urged people to opt for early ballots to avoid a repeat of the 2000 election fiasco
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Gov. Rick Perry should delay tonight&#39;s scheduled execution of a Harris County woman who was condemned for the murders of her husband and two children, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended Tuesday.
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Never mind the first Tuesday in November. Every day from now to Nov. 7 is Election Day somewhere in America.
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Aiming to give California greater  say in U.S. presidential elections, the state's Senate voted  31-5 on Tuesday in favor of a bill that would move the state's  primary election to early February from June.
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Procedures for voting in the assembly election are outlined, with less than 24 hours to polling day.
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Seventeen political parties on Friday demanded postponement of the Jan. 30 elections for at least six months until the government is capable of securing polling places.
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The Supreme Court is expected to rule Friday on rerunning the country&#39;s disputed presidential election. By Fred Weir and Helen Womack | Correspondents of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Election Day is still two weeks away, but voters across the state have the option Monday of beginning to cast their ballots early in this pivotal battleground state.
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In what may be their last hope of reclaiming an evaporated lead in the Washington governor&#39;s race before turning to the courts, Republicans have asked county auditors statewide to reconsider ballots that were rejected on Election Day.
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Former House Majority Leader Tom  Delay&#039;s name must stay on a Texas ballot in upcoming  congressional elections, despite his decision to withdraw from  the race, a U.S. court judge in Austin, Texas, ruled on  Thursday.
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SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 10 -- Almost everywhere nationwide, the midterm elections are but a distant memory, supplanted by Christmas shopping and holiday parties. But here, candidates are still battling to determine the makeup of the House and the fate of Texas's first Hispanic Republican elected to...