Nev. Move to Block Some Dem Voters Fails
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Elections officials have rebuffed an attempt by a former GOP operative to purge about 17,000 Democrats from the voter rolls in the battleground state of Nevada, where the two presidential candidates are in a dead heat.
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By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald  Feb. 25--Two proposals to build homes on less than a full acre on properties touching the county's urban development boundary were unanimously rejected by the Redland Community Council on Wednesday.
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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 Washington's extremely close governor's race.
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Voters in Washington state rejected both a sales tax increase for education and expanded gambling off Indian reservations that would have cut property taxes, according to election results on Wednesday.
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Rasmussen Reports - On Friday, the U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to build a 700-mile barrier along the Mexican border, bowing to public opinion as an election draws near. With most Democrats voting against the measure and all but one Republican in favor of it, a partisan distinction is starting to emerge. That may contribute to a somewhat less discouraging political environment for the GOP this fall, but Republicans are still facing a difficult set of issues.
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Measures banning same-sex marriage passed by wide margins in all 11 states that had them on Tuesday&#39;s ballot, in what conservative groups described yesterday as a sweeping popular rejection
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By Jennifer Amy Myers, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Jun. 19--BILLERICA -- Amid protests from angry condo owners, selectmen agreed last night to postpone voting on a proposal that would limit municipal trash pickup to only single and two-family homes.
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A federal appeals court on Thursday blocked an Arizona state law requiring voters to present identification at polling stations and proof of citizenship when registering to vote.
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California Rep. Duncan Hunter is leaving the House after 14 terms to seek the 2008 GOP presidential nomination Ã¢ÂÂ and guess what? A certain Duncan D. Hunter is running succeed him. But in a San Diego district that&#39;s virtually assured of electing the Republican nominee, a bevy of party hopefuls are lining up to block the family&#39;s succession plans in the 52nd District.
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A gift of free air time to GOP candidates from a Fresno-area broadcaster drew challenges on several fronts Thursday, as Democrats tried to stop the ads from running in key areas before Tuesday's election.
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The Nevada caucuses are becoming a proxy for the racially tinged fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, with Barack Obama's campaign criticizing Hillary Rodham Clinton's allies for a lawsuit that could prevent some minorities from participating.
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By Howard Decker, Desert Dispatch, Barstow, Calif.  Sep. 14--BARSTOW -- A vote in the House of Representatives on a bill to  ban "reservation shopping" that would have kept two American Indian tribes  from building a casino resort here failed to pass Wednesday.
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Under pressure from state and local officials, Democratic leaders in Congress are slowing their drive to revamp the nationâs voting systems.
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State Democrats seeking compensation in an Election Day 2002 phone-jamming scheme can argue that the GOP plot hindered their get-out-the-vote efforts, a judge has decided.
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Supporters of the bill were unable to convert a single House Republican who voted against the bill last month.
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A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch from enforcing a voter-approved law prohibiting apartment rentals to illegal immigrants until a legal challenge is resolved.
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The 227-186 roll call Thursday by which the House defeated a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. Supporters of the amendment fell 49 votes short of the 276 votes they need to advance the bill.