Voters reject slew of ballot measures
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Cost-conscious voters rejected school vouchers for Utah students, state-sponsored stem cell research in New Jersey and higher cigarette taxes in Oregon to fund health care for uninsured children.
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Computer says no to tens of thousands of votes More than seventy thousand votes in the recent Scottish elections were rejected by the electronic counting machines, with no human oversight.â¦
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Tens of thousands of recently found ballots in a Florida county are reversing one outcome in Tuesday&#39;s election.
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A Democratic county clerk sent absentee ballot applications to all registered voters over 60 in her jurisdiction Thursday, after a judge rejected Republicans' arguments that the unrequested mailings were illegal.
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Lithuanians casting ballots in parliamentary elections Sunday rejected the current ruling coalition for the opposition Labor Party, a sign that many voters liked its promises of lower taxes and higher pay.
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The American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday that several states are using unreliable procedures to remove felons from voter registration rolls, possibly disenfranchising legitimate voters.
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A judge Friday granted a state Republican Party request to block the counting of hundreds of recently discovered King County ballots in the governor's race, which the GOP's candidate is winning by just a few dozen votes.
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The four measures on the Feb. 5 ballot are being hotly debated. Officials say the state needs the revenue.
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In what may be their last hope of reclaiming an evaporated lead in the Washington governor&#39;s race before turning to the courts, Republicans have asked county auditors statewide to reconsider ballots that were rejected on Election Day.
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Two weeks before a tight presidential election, tension among bitterly divided voters is translating into a barrage of attacks on political targets that can't talk back -- yard signs.
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Local officials are using election law to block independent candidates.
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By Tiffany Erickson and Lisa Riley Roche Deseret Morning News  Voucher proponents filed suit Thursday to clarify what the public will be voting on regarding vouchers this fall and to correct an "inaccurate" ballot title.
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The traditionally Republican stronghold of New Hampshire went against the national trend last week, favoring Democrats in many races.
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The Senate narrowly rejected two proposals today that would have upset the delicate compromise embodied in a bipartisan bill to overhaul the nationâs immigration laws.
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The heated Bush-Kerry race might seem reason enough for voters to turn out on Nov. 2, but in many states extra incentive is provided by divisive ballot measures on topics ranging from marijuana legalization and minimum wages to malpractice and same-sex marriage.
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Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader suffered setbacks this week as election officials in Virginia, Maryland, Illinois and Missouri all denied him access to state ballots this fall.
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Officials are worried that the efforts of the political parties to promote absentee balloting could taint the general election.