Plan would sidestep Electoral College
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If John R. Koza gets his way, American voters will never again have to wonder about the workings of the Electoral College and why it decides who sits in the White House.
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The war in Iraq; jobs and the economy; terrorism. For voters nationwide, those issues seem sure to determine the outcome on Election Day. But in several critical swing states, the conservative push to amend state constitutions and ban gay marriage is giving delegates and party officials a way to lure a group of voters &#151; especially traditional churchgoers &#151; who could tip these states to President Bush.
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Some of the measures in the plan could be unpopular with voters even as they inspire politiciansâ acclaim.
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Legislation faces major hurdle in the House of Delegates, which rejected the ban last year.
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The Michigan House on Thursday approved moving the state's presidential nomination contests to Jan. 15, just days after national Democrats vowed to punish states that vote too early.
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Lambasted as antiquated and anti-democratic, the Electoral College that decides the US presidency has survived for centuries as an unmovable albeit creaky pillar of the American political system.
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The Michigan legislature on Thursday approved moving the state's presidential nomination contests to Jan. 15, just days after national Democrats vowed to punish states that vote too early.
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Whether President George W. Bush serves another four years or is ousted by challenger John Kerry may depend on a last-minute amendment to the Colorado constitution that has deeply divided residents of the western state.
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WASHINGTON - An electoral battlefield map half its original size is prompting President Bush and challenger John Kerry to alter their campaign strategies and reallocate resources in the home stretch to the Nov. 2 election...
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The vote had been scheduled in an attempt to help end a weeklong political crisis set off by a hotly contested presidential runoff election.
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Provisional ballots, a presidential wild card in battleground Ohio, are part of the national election reforms prompted by the election meltdown in Florida four years ago.
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A federal judge on Tuesday let stand an initiative on Colorado's Nov. 2 ballot to end the state's winner-take-all electoral vote system that, if passed, could help determine who is elected president.
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Supporters of House majority leader Tom DeLay proposed a Republican rules change yesterday that would protect the Texan&#39;s leadership position
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The Republican National Committee plans to penalize at least five states holding early primaries, by refusing to seat at least half of their delegates at the national convention in 2008.
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A handful of House Democrats plan a long-shot effort to snarl President Bush's formal re-election by preventing Congress from counting Ohio's pivotal votes when lawmakers tally the electoral vote on Thursday.
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The four will cast their votes for one-time Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry at a Statehouse ceremony at noon. The Electoral College convenes in each of the 50 states today to cast their electoral votes.
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A new national backup system meant to ensure that millions of eligible voters are not mistakenly turned away from the polls this year, as happened in 2000, could wind up causing Election Day problems as infamous as Florida&#39;s hanging chads.