In churches, salons, get out the vote
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In South Carolina, a state where religion counts for Democrats, it's not unusual for community leaders to have two titles Â Rev. and Rep.
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American Muslims are setting up voter   registration booths in mosques across the United States,   echoing a tactic employed by evangelical Christians to support   conservative Republican candidates.
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Voting booths have opened across the United States, as tens of millions of Americans cast their ballots in a fiercely-contested presidential election.
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Democrats hope to draw swing voters from ranks of religious 'moderates,' eyeing fault lines within churches.
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Customers are getting Botox shots in settings that are   more salon than  doctorâs office.
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By Jennifer Davies, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Jun. 22--From hanging chads to computer glitches that mysteriously lose  thousands of votes, Lori Steele figures there has to be a better way to run  elections.
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For years, Joycelyn Henry voted at the same neighborhood church, so she was surprised last year when she was told she was in the wrong precinct.
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By Lori Van Ingen  Some say gay issues fueled decisions  Theological differences with United Church of Christ have spurred three local congregations to sever ties with the denomination over the past two months.
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A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the use of churches as polling places.  Jerry Rabinowitz, a Delray Beach photographer, says a church strewn with religious messages was an unconstitutional site in which to vote.
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Chicago Tribune - When it comes to politics, evangelical Christians don't all sing from the same choir book.
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By Mary Hopkin, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Sep.
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WINNER-TAKE-ALL: The popular vote for president is interesting, but the real electing ballots are cast by the members of the Electoral College.
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A new group called Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good said yesterday that it will distribute at least 1 million voter guides before the Nov. 7 elections, emphasizing church teachings on war, poverty and social justice as well as on abortion, contraception and homosexuality.
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Inside the battle for a critical chunk of votes
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AUSTIN, Texas - Just a few miles from George W. Bush's former office at the state Capitol, a panel of religious experts weighed a question with relevance to many people of faith: How would Jesus vote?    It's a complex topic that can't be boiled down to simple political terms, said religious leaders who attended a Texas Faith Network conference in Austin on Tuesday...
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Some are Catholics who see their church as stuck in the past. Others are believers who happen to be divorced, pregnant before marriage or gay. A few just can't find a priest when they need one.
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Modernisers and traditionalists are competing for the soul of the party.