Indiana voter registration increases
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Today marks the end of an unusually heavy voter registration season, election officials across Indiana said. Indiana residents expecting to cast ballots in the Nov. 2 general election
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In a glimpse of what the nation might see a month from now, people lined up at election offices and caused parking lot traffic jams as voter registration deadlines fell Monday in more than a dozen states.    Many officials reported record numbers of new voters, some said they were overwhelmed, and allegations were already flying about fraud and the disqualification of some voters' applications...
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Proposition BB supporters have raised $1.25 million in their campaign for a major hospital expansion in inland North County. A political action committee, Citizens for Better
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MONROE CITY, Indiana  - In a dozen districts   across the U.S. heartland, voter unhappiness has imperiled   Republicans, setting the stage for what could be the biggest   anti-incumbent midterm election since 1994.
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The number of Iraqis making sure they are properly registered to vote has surged dramatically, officials said Saturday, calling the rise evidence of enthusiasm for the Jan. 30 elections.
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More than half the states holding presidential contests next month on Super Tuesday allow unaffiliated voters to participate, giving millions of independents a chance to shape what is usually an insider affair among Democratic and Republican loyalists.
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Prisons and jails added more than 42,000 inmates last year, the largest increase since 2000.
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Voters came out in record numbers in about half the states that have voted in presidential primaries so far, according to an analysis Wednesday.
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Sport/utility vehicle registrations in the United States increased 56 percent in just five years, according to a report released Thursday by the US Census Bureau.
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THE CHALLENGED: Some 35,000 voter registrations in Ohio have been challenged by the state's Republican Party. They include the homeless, soldiers serving in Iraq and people with post office boxes.
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The campaign of Senator Barack Obama of Illinois said it had attracted 154,000 new contributors from April through June.
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Proposed state constitutional amendments banning same-sex marriage increased the turnout of socially conservative voters in many of the 11 states where the measures appeared
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For the 14th straight year, Indiana&#39;s average score on the 2004 ACT college-entrance exam was above the national average, but it didn&#39;t improve over last year.
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The ranks of independent voters in New Mexico have grown by nearly 20,000 in the last 10 months, a prize pulling President Bush and rival John Kerry to the state again and again.
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CINCINNATI -- A group of international observers says voting appeared to be going smoothly Monday heading into Election Day. Nearly 2 million Floridians have cast their ballots through early or absentee voting
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Arizona began allowing voters to register online in 2004. Three years later, Washington became the second state to do so.
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Floridians approved at least seven of the eight changes to the state constitution on Tuesday&#39;s ballot, including one that would make it harder for citizens to get initiatives on the ballot.