Democrats Lose Ruling on Michigan Ballots
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A judge's order requiring some provisional ballots in Michigan to be counted even if they are cast in the wrong precinct was put on hold Sunday, the second time in as many days that a federal appeals court dealt a setback to Democrats who wanted to ease voting restrictions.
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Washington State's Supreme Court on  Tuesday rejected a lawsuit brought by Democrats to review all  disqualified ballots in last month's gubernatorial election for  a hand recount that is already under way.
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Voters fill out their ballots at the 20th Precinct in West Bloomfield, Mich., on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2004. Barbara Lang, third from the left, was the first person to vote.
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Ralph Nader should be allowed on the Michigan ballot as an independent candidate for president, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
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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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People who cast provisional ballots at the wrong precinct are not entitled to have their votes counted, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Monday, rejecting an argument by labor unions that the rule wrongly disenfranchises voters.
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After a marathon all-night debate, the Senate today turned back a Democratic attempt to force a vote on a proposal mandating troop withdrawals from Iraq. The 52-47 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed for the measure to proceed.
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A proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage in Michigan failed Monday to win certification that would put the issue before voters in November.
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People who cast a provisional ballot at the wrong precinct aren't entitled to have their votes counted, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday, rejecting an argument by labor unions that the rule wrongly disenfranchises voters.
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Michigan will no longer let illegal immigrants get driver's licenses, a practice just seven other states continue to allow.
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New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton headed off a potentially embarrassing situation Tuesday when she won Michigan's Democratic presidential primary -- a contest, tarnished by a scheduling dispute between the national and state party organizations, in which she was the only top-tier Democratic candidate on the ballot.
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A federal judge Monday barred political party challengers from questioning Ohio voters&#39; registrations at the polls on Election Day.
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Democrats in Washington state, fearing  their candidate may lose a governor's race as ballot counting  continued 10 days after the vote, got a court order on Friday  to stop the state's largest county from discarding hundreds of  ballots.
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Some Democrats say they fear their party's method of picking a nominee might turn undemocratic, with it unlikely Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama will get the delegates needed for the nomination. Party rules call for superdelegates to tip the balance.
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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Michigan's top universities can continue using race and gender in their admissions decisions for next year's incoming students, despite a voter-approved ban on affirmative action that was supposed to take effect this weekend.
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The Democratic National Committee is pressuring Michigan and Florida to hold presidential caucuses so the delegates they lost for holding January primaries could be seated at the national convention, a top Michigan Democrat said Wednesday.