ACLU Sues Over Late Absentee Ballots
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Absentee ballots mailed by Florida elections supervisors too late for possibly thousands of voters to return them on time should still count, the American Civil Liberties Union argued in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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A lawsuit demanding touch-screen voting machines be made to produce paper records will not be heard until Oct. 18, a judge ruled Friday, raising doubts that any significant changes to the system used by about half of Florida's voters will happen before the election.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Just five weeks before Election Day, a federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit demanding that all Florida voters who use touchscreen machines receive a paper receipt, in case a recount becomes necessary...
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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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With less than six weeks to go before the Nov. 2 presidential election, voting activists said officials still have time to set up a paper trail as a counterweight to an e-voting system they portrayed as wide open to manipulation.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla.  - Voters displaced by  hurricanes or given flawed instructions should be allowed to  cast ballots outside their designated precincts, critics of  Florida's provisional ballot law told the state Supreme Court  on Wednesday.
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ACLU says government is inconsistent in defining harmful content; Justice Department tries to make the ACLU's case irrelevant.
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Republicans and the father of a serviceman sued Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell on Friday, hoping to extend to 30 days the deadline for counting overseas military and civilian ballots for president.
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California Attorney General Bill Lockyer will move forward with a false-claims lawsuit against the electronic voting-machine maker. The Golden State accuses Diebold of installing electronic voting systems that were not tested or approved.
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Activists and computer programmers Wednesday demonstrated what they said were flaws with electronic voting machines that could allow hackers to change vote outcomes Nov. 2...
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NEW ORLEANS - Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots for hours Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said.    At least 59 precincts did not have voting machines when polls opened at 6 a.m...
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The legal question that has dominated court fights over the coming election &#151; the fate of voters who mistakenly try to vote outside their home precinct &#151; appears nearly settled.
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Eight immigrants who have waited years for their citizenship applications to clear tougher post-9/11 background checks claim in a lawsuit filed Thursday that the delays violate their constitutional rights of due process.
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A Florida law that bars exit polling near voting places violates the press' rights under the First Amendment, a lawsuit filed by The Associated Press and five television networks alleges.
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Many states are facing legal challenges over possible voting problems Nov. 2. A look at some of the developments Tuesday:
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Just five weeks before Election Day, a federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit demanding that all Florida voters who use touchscreen machines receive a paper receipt, in case a recount becomes necessary.
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A judge declined to rule Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by Republican voters challenging a decision that allows Iowans to cast provisional ballots outside of their home precincts. He said the challenge was premature.