In US, everyone has a &#39;right&#39; to say something during election
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Oh, I don&#39;t mean the factual debate about John Kerry&#39;s war record. I&#39;m referring to the argument over what sort of speech should be permitted during an election campaign.
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The coming presidential election is sure to be about as close as they come, and technology is at the heart of much of the surrounding discussion.
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YARDLEY, Pa.  - Under the unwritten rules of U.S.  election politics, candidates and campaigns never publicly  doubt they will win.
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Monitors - foreign and domestic, liberal and conservative, - flock to the US to ensure a fair election.
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Candidates' race, gender, age, and religion are among the factors that could shape the election.
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This presidential election has been described by many as one in which morality mattered most to voters. But that perception may be driven at least partially by how pollsters asked voters about their priority issues.
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&quot;It will be positive to hold Iraqi elections on time ... and protect the interests of all political, ethnic and sectarian. their own significant Shi&#39;ite populations could demand more influence.
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That&#39;s the key issue on the minds of Americans planning to vote in the Nov. 2 presidential election. They must decide whether Republican President George W. Bush or Sen. John F. Kerry, a Democrat, can provide
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&quot;Lynn and I have a gay daughter so it&#39;s an issue our family is very familiar with. With respect to the question of relationships my general view is freedom means freedom for everyone.
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Millions in the US have already cast their ballots under early vote programmes that could attract one in five.
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There are all sorts of statistics that track how the nation has changed since it last elected a president, perhaps none as telling as this: 98 percent of us remember exactly what we were doing when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Americans are united on this but little else as Election Day nears.
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In a presidential race not lacking for pundits, at least one person is trying to keep his mouth shut: the president himself.
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For months, public opinion polls in the United States have suggested that the major issues in this year&#39;s presidential campaign are Iraq, the war on terror, jobs, and health care.
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Whether or not the machines are ready for the election - or the electorate ready for the machines - there is no turning back.
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The war in Iraq; jobs and the economy; terrorism. For voters nationwide, those issues seem sure to determine the outcome on Election Day. But in several critical swing states, the conservative push to amend state constitutions and ban gay marriage is giving delegates and party officials a way to lure a group of voters &#151; especially traditional churchgoers &#151; who could tip these states to President Bush.
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The election for president in Afghanistan may have brought us one small step closer to worldwide democracy. At least the people there left no doubt that they wanted to vote.
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Say what you will, this election year has got more Americans thinking about politics and taking action than in many a moon. Voter registration across the country hit record highs and while