Alaska Judge Orders Ballots Reprinted
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A Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered the state to rewrite, reprint and redistribute all its ballots for the Nov. 2 election, saying the wording of a ballot initiative was inaccurate and biased.
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An Oregon judge on Thursday ordered the state to put independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the November ballot, reversing a decision by officials in the swing state that had disqualified him on technicalities.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is a statement from Mike Daulton, the director of conservation policy, National Audubon Society:   "The court's preliminary decision gives a reprieve to some of the most sensitive habitat in Alaska.
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PHOENIX, Sept. 11 -- A federal judge declined Monday to block a law that requires Arizona voters to present identification before casting a ballot.
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WASHINGTON -- The US Supreme Court Monday has ordered last year&#39;s bitterly fought Texas congressional redistricting back to a lower court.
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A federal judge who once struck down Georgia's voter identification law has approved a revised version, dismissing a lawsuit aimed at stopping the state from enforcing the statute.
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An Arkansas judge ruled on Monday that presidential candidate Ralph Nader's name be removed from ballots in the state because his campaign did not meet qualifications for being listed.
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A judge said it would be too costly to allow voters skeptical of electronic voting systems to opt for paper ballots.
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By Ron Sylvester, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 11--A Sedgwick County district judge who has pushed for campaign reform in judicial elections for 10 years has asked a federal judge in Topeka to let him join a lawsuit against the commission that wants to keep candidates silent.
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A Florida judge ordered county elections officials on Wednesday to issue absentee ballots without the name of independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader
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SAN FRANCISCO - A state commission rebuked a Placer County judge Wednesday for urging prospective jurors to lie rather than hide their animosity toward minority group defendants.    The Commission on Judicial Performance issued a public admonishment to Superior Court Judge Joseph O'Flaherty for telling potential jurors in two cases that they should think of a phony reason not to serve if they couldn't acknowledge they were racially biased...
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Backers of an initiative to change the way U.S. Senate vacancies are filled in Alaska on Monday asked a judge to block printing and distribution of the Nov. 2 ballots, contending the state's summary of the measure is misleading.
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The governor's race is still undecided in Washington state, and Democratic Party volunteers are frantically calling voters with disputed provisional ballots after a judge orders officials to release the names. Republicans are miffed.
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A Maryland judge has dismissed a  challenge to the state's electronic voting system and ruled  that elections officials have made a reasonable effort to  ensure that votes will be counted properly in November.
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By Bill White / Bwhite@adn.Com And Don Hunter / Dhunter@adn.Com, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Jun.
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Los Angeles Times - SEATTLE &#8212; Washington's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that 735 newly discovered ballots in liberal-leaning King County must be counted, tipping the state's closest-ever gubernatorial election to Democrat Christine Gregoire.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ordered on  Monday further consideration of a challenge by Democrats and  minority groups to a controversial Republican-backed  congressional redistricting plan in Texas.