Parties File Suits Over Election Issues
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A new political strategy has emerged in this photo-finish presidential race: File a flurry of lawsuits before the first votes are even tallied.
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A lawsuit filed Wednesday challenges a ballot measure that would scrap Colorado's winner-take-all system for Electoral College votes and award them based on how well the candidate did in the statewide popular vote.
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US judges this year may once again decide the outcome of a presidential election, as lawyers for the campaigns of both Republican George W. Bush and Democrat John Kerry have filed vote-related lawsuits days ahead of the November 2 balloting.
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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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Two sponsors of the nation's campaign finance law sued the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday for failing to block the spending of unlimited donations in the presidential race, the second lawsuit the FEC has faced over the issue this month.
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Republican Party officials accused Democrats of attempting to sow chaos by planning false fraud claims in the presidential campaign in a &quot;desperate&quot; effort to gain votes 13 days from the November 2 election.
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Democrat leaders search for a mediator as race for party nomination threatens to drag on until August convention
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An all-out Republican push to get out the vote in presidential battleground states could end up hurting the party's candidates &#151; like Paul Goetzke &#151; who are running for local offices in Democratic states.
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Democrats speak darkly about voter suppression. Republicans vow vigilance against election fraud. By whatever name, both parties are deep into a murky, late-campaign psychological and legal battle to influence the outcome of the race for the White House.
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Republicans on Monday laid the groundwork to contest the gubernatorial election, airing a litany of allegations and concerns over the way the election and its three counts were administered, particularly in King County.
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Many states are facing legal challenges over possible voting problems Nov. 2. A look at some of the developments Tuesday and Wednesday:
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OLYMPIA - A coalition of 11 school districts filed a lawsuit against the state yesterday, arguing the Legislature has not lived up to its constitutional obligation to fully fund special education.
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Presidential candidates began filing second quarter financial reports with the Federal Election Commission on Friday. Here's a look at the highlights from their filings:
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A group funded in part by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that plans to run ads criticizing Democratic ties to trial lawyers is the target of a complaint filed with election officials Wednesday.
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The Democratic Party announced plans to mobilize an army of attorneys, particularly in battleground states, to defend voters' rights and help deter any intimidation during the November 2 presidential vote.
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The Democratic and Republican parties have hired an army of attorneys in preparation for what is expected to be a close and possibly hotly-contested battle between President George W. Bush and Democratic Senator John Kerry.
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A row erupts between two leading contenders for the US Democratic Party's presidential nomination.