Write-In Votes Would Tip San Diego Race
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A review Tuesday of ballots cast in the San Diego mayor's race showed that a city councilwoman would beat the incumbent mayor if disputed write-in votes were added to the official tally, a newspaper reported.
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(11-22-2004) - The San Diego area is expected to be the fifth most-popular destination when an estimated 2.85 million Southern Californians travel this Thanksgiving holiday, the Auto Club reported Monday.
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In a change that could give new meaning to direct democracy, San Franciscans will soon cast ballots listing their first, second and third-place choices for municipal offices under a new "ranked-choice voting" system that would eliminate separate run-off elections.
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By The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 9--T   he people have spoken, though only part of what they said is clear.   Unless the final count flips things around, which is unlikely, the one certain result of Tuesday's election is that Measure A is dead.
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In Democratic strongholds like St. Louis, voters spoke of their passion for picking a nominee who stands the best chance in November.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. -- With voters jamming phone lines saying they haven&#39;t received absentee ballots in the mail, elections officials planned to mail out thousands of replacement ballots.
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By Craig Tenbroeck, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. &#151; A swearing-in ceremony for San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy was put on hold Friday until an appeals court can decide the fate of a challenge to an election that was thrown into disarray by a write-in candidate.
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During the nineties, our state saw an increase in population, due to "The Californians" (who we like to bitch about) migrating to our low tax/low smog state.  Though most of us natives like to bitch about their supposedly shallow, urban sprawl, rude soccer mom, cell phone, and shopping mall ways, they have done something useful and actually turned us backwards hillbilly, gun toting, Republican loving rednecks into a swing state. Now we have to deal with traffic on I-25 being snarled for hours whenever Dick Cheney decides to send his motorcade through rush hour.  The most important issue on the ballot in our state is Amendment 36, which would change our electoral voting from "winner takes all" to a proportional voting system.
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In the city, some 250,000 to 300,000 immigrants-turned-US citizens will vote Tuesday.
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Ballots were still being tallied late Friday in a vote expected to authorize a strike by Hollywoodâs writers as early as Nov. 1.
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The League of Women Voters of San Diego said Tuesday that it will not appeal a judge's ruling in the city's mayoral election, dealing another setback to Councilwoman Donna Frye's write-in bid.
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Disputed ballots, if counted, would be enough to elect long-shot Donna Frye to be San Diego mayor.
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Maverick councilwoman Donna Frye roils mayor's race by becoming write-in candidate, adding drama to key election.
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A Republican-backed ballot initiative in California to swap the traditional winner-take-all presidential election for one where electoral votes are allocated by congressional district has made steady progress in recent weeks and has Democrats moving into overdrive to try to block it.
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Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are expected to draw long lines and record turnout Tuesday as voters take advantage of a rare opportunity to influence the tight contest for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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If President Bush wins re-election, he&#39;ll owe it to voters who regularly go to the polls. If Sen. John Kerry prevails, he&#39;ll have new voters to thank.