Ohio Judge to Remain on Vote Challenge
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The chief justice of the state Supreme Court refused Wednesday to remove himself from a case challenging the results of the presidential election.
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Nearly a month after John Kerry conceded Ohio to President Bush, complaints and challenges about the balloting are mounting as activists including the Rev. Jesse Jackson demand closer scrutiny to ensure the votes are being counted on the up-and-up.
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The federal government asked a judge to give military families and overseas voters in Pennsylvania until after the Nov. 2 election to submit absentee ballots for president because of an ongoing court fight over Ralph Nader's ballot status.
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A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request to force the Federal Election Commission to act on complaints by President Bush's campaign against anti-Bush groups spending millions of dollars on ads in the presidential race.
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Ohio Democrats did not have the right to challenge a state requirement that voters show up at their assigned polling place to cast a ballot, lawyers for the Justice Department told a federal appeals court Friday.
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Voting rights are not denied to those who use punch-card ballots, a federal judge ruled in the nation's first trial to challenge the system blamed for woes in Florida in the 2000 presidential election.
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SAN FRANCISCO - A state commission rebuked a Placer County judge Wednesday for urging prospective jurors to lie rather than hide their animosity toward minority group defendants.    The Commission on Judicial Performance issued a public admonishment to Superior Court Judge Joseph O'Flaherty for telling potential jurors in two cases that they should think of a phony reason not to serve if they couldn't acknowledge they were racially biased...
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A judge has delayed his ruling allowing felons to vote until after the Nov. 7 general election and until the state Supreme Court can review the issue.
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In what could be a major defeat for Ralph Nader, a judge has issued a temporary order that keeps the independent presidential candidate off the Florida ballot.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio  - The man accused of a series of  shootings on Ohio highways in which one woman was killed  pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on Wednesday, though a  judge previously declared him fit to stand trial.
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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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A federal judge has refused to overturn an ordinance in a Pittsburgh suburb that requires anyone going door-to-door to register with authorities and carry a permit, including people working for get-out-the-vote campaigns.
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As it has done for 200 years, Ohio's delegation to the Electoral College is to meet Monday to cast ballots for president and vice president &#151; but this time, there are demands that the electors wait until after a recount. A demonstration was held Sunday as about 100 people gathered outside the Ohio Statehouse to protest the delegation's vote.
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With three weeks until Nov. 2, Ohio has become the epicenter of lawsuits over an election that has yet to be held. Officials there are trying to fend off court challenges about provisional
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A federal appeals court on Saturday reversed a lower court's ruling that Ohio voters could cast provisional ballots on Election Day anywhere in the county in which they are registered.
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The Texas Republican Party must keep Tom DeLay&#039;s name on the November ballot, even though the former congressman has dropped his re-election bid, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Judge tells jury to continue deliberations after it issues note saying it is unable to reach verdict.