Tied Presidential Election Could Be Mother of All Messes
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A freak tie result in the presidential election could mean the House of Representatives would choose the next president, a scenario that would favor Republican incumbent George W. Bush.
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The US presidential election campaign has proved so contentious that reuniting politically-divided Americans could prove beyond whoever wins the White House.
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For some, voting day will be violent and disappointing. For others, just plain confusing. And the Sunnis may have to be drawn in after the fact
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The presidential race has become a teeth-gnashing affair for many Americans, no matter if they have a strong preference and pray that it will be realized, or if they resemble the Colorado voter who blanched the other day when we expressed surprise that
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A compressed, chaotic and changeable election calendar is forcing campaign managers in the frenetic 2008 White House chase to tear up decades of battle-tested political war plans.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are virtually tied in the Electoral College count, fighting over eight to 10 states so close and unpredictable that anything is possible Tuesday night.
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Despite a torrent of polling and millions of dollars spent on get-out-the-vote drives, the deadlocked battle for the White House will likely turn on the race's last great unknown -- who shows up to vote.
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The presidential election has deeply divided many Americans, but in six states with close races for governor, local concerns prevail.
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The exhausting, exasperating, excruciatingly close Washington governor's race might be the worst thing to happen to democracy since Florida's pregnant chads. Or, it might be no big deal.
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WASHINGTON (CP) - The US election went down to the wire Tuesday in a tight race that lacked the controversy of the 2000 nail-biter but suggested a deeply polarized electorate wary about abandoning their commander in chief in a time of war.
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Corrupt campaigning practices. Charges of sexual harassment. Racial and gender issues. A presidential election thrown out, the winner disqualified, the loser withdrawn.
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The Republican presidential race has gone from merely unpredictable to chaotic.
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A presidential election can be a strange prism on the real world. Small incidents can look monumental simply because theyâre unexpected or embarrassing (remember the flap over
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The 21 primaries and caucuses on February 5 are supposed to bring some clarity and order to the chaotic Republican race, but they could have the opposite effect
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BOSTON - Tens of millions of people will cast their votes Nov. 2 in one of the most hotly contested presidential elections in recent U.S. history. But voters across the U.S. will encounter different voting technologies and procedures, with many counties nationwide clinging to punchcard, lever machine and even paper ballots, and the transition to electronic voting moving slowly in many states.
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WASHINGTON - Not in a generation has a presidential election been so close for so long. Now, as President Bush seems to be pulling a bit ahead of Sen. John Kerry, every step, and misstep, could affect their frantic race to the finish.
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When Americans go to the polls in November, they will confront a voting system beset by many of the same problems that produced the bitterly disputed outcome four years ago.