Armies of Lawyers Gear Up for Election Battles
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Four years after scrambling to get lawyers to Florida to fight a recount battle, the Republican and Democratic parties are deploying thousands of attorneys across the country ahead of the Nov. 2 presidential election.
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Florida is already teeming with lawsuits charging the state and its county elections supervisors with voter disenfranchisement.
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Lawyers summed up arguments on Wednesday as Pakistan's Supreme Court prepared to issue a landmark ruling on challenges to General Pervez Musharraf's bid for another term in an October 6 presidential election.
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Tensions have been mounting in the runup to the presidential election as Florida politicians trade accusations over claims of fraud, missing absentee ballots and concerns that thousands of voter registrations will be challenged in "hand-to-hand combat at the precincts" on Nov. 2.
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At least eight people are vying to hold a job crucial to the Democrats' future direction.
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A small but growing band of Chinese lawyers is pushing for reform in the country's courts. The political hurdles are huge, but their case is being heard
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Tens of thousands of poll monitors, challengers, lawyers and other activist observers are expected to clog voting precincts in battleground states Tuesday in what will probably be the most scrutinized U.S. election in at least 40 years.
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Doctors and trial lawyers spent millions of dollars in an unprecedented, four-state election battle over limiting damage awards and attorney fees in malpractice cases. The voters' verdict: a virtual stalemate reflecting deeply divided public opinion.
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Eager to field stumping presidential candidates, nine states are jockeying for front-of-the-pack dates.
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Rivaling Bush vs. Kerry for bitterness, doctors and trial lawyers are squaring off this fall in an unprecedented four-state struggle over limiting malpractice awards. The volatile issue is in voters' hands and each side is desperate to win, spending millions of dollars to make their cases and portray the other side as greedy.
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With hundreds of lawyers mobilizing next  month to monitor the presidential election, what are the  chances of a remake of the Florida 2000 fiasco? Probably quite  high, election watchers say.
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The militant group is poised to sponsor candidates in legislative and municipal elections expected later next year.
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French Socialist heavyweights braved a key test in the battle to represent their party in presidential elections next year as they lined up to defend their ideas before thousands of activists.
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White House foes renew battle Saturday on multiple fronts, through snow piled prairies and a blizzard of political ads, a tantalizing five days before their fates are first put to voters.
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Howard Dean's bid for chairmanship of the Democratic Party has tapped into members' hunger for a fighter who can recruit new supporters, raise plenty of money and inspire enthusiasm in a party out of power.
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Concerns about voter enfranchisement and the system's integrity have lawyers busy already.
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Lawyers for George W Bush and John Kerry have taken weeks to hammer out a 32-page document laying out the ground rules for the upcoming US presidential election debates.