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McLean County clerk misses election deadline
The McLean County clerk says her office missed a deadline to publicize information about next month's election. State law requires the clerk to publish the election's time, date and location in a newspaper at least 30 days before the election. This...Tags: Trials, Litigation
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News from around Wisconsin at 6:58 p.m. CDT
Nevada authorities seized documents and records Tuesday in a raid on the Las Vegas headquarters of a community organization that works to get low-income people to vote. Secretary of State Ross Miller said the raid was part of a monthslong voter fraud...Tags: Justice System, Punishment, Personal Income, Corporate Crime, People
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Letter from California Secretary of State's office rejecting recall petition
October 7, 2008 Dear Mr. Jimenez: On September 29, 2008, we received the two blank copies of the petition you intend to circulate for the recall of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Declaration of Mike Jimenez, and the items you submitted in regard to...Tags: Regional Authority, Government, Executive Branch, Citizens Initiative and Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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28 Days to the Election: A look at the race for 2008 on Tuesday
IN THE HEADLINES Obama hopes to cement gains in debate; McCain tries to make up ground amid economic crisis ... Supreme Court turns down Barr's request for help in Louisiana ... Palin's promise of transparency in Alaska wanes on touchy topics like e-mail...Tags: Justice System, Barack Obama, Ohio, Tom Brokaw, New Mexico
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Gay, lesbian candidates anticipate breakthroughs in Colorado and elsewhere on Nov. 4
AP National WriterIn his liberal Colorado district, it's no big deal that Jared Polis is gay. Yet his expected victory Nov. 4 in a congressional race would be a historic milestone and, he hopes, send an encouraging message to gay and lesbian young people nationwide....Tags: Lower House, Colorado, Regional Authority, Government, Oklahoma
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg's try for 3rd term goes to City Council, as does competing bill
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ Mayor Michael Bloomberg's bid to change the term-limits law so that he can campaign for another four years rests in the hands of the City Council, where two competing bills were introduced Tuesday. The 51-member council won't vote until...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Regional Authority, Referenda, Gordon Brown
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Palm Beach County commissioners worry about legal nightmare on Election Day
South Florida Sun-SentinelFearing Election Day chaos and legal strife like the 2000 presidential recount, Palm Beach County commissioners Tuesday described new worries about unprepared voters, insufficiently trained poll workers and uncertainty over who is running the Supervisor...Tags: Trials, Labor Day, John McCain, Barack Obama, Employees
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Schwarzenegger laments presidential race's negative turn; says voters want substance
Associated Press WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that the presidential candidates should end the smear campaigns and get back to the issues. Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama are wasting time making accusations...Tags: Regional Authority, John McCain, Barack Obama, Government, Executive Branch
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Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan finds some peace in opposing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Associated Press WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan may finally have found some in her long-shot independent challenge to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. When the anti-war activist speaks in California's 8th District, no one boos or shouts "Traitor!" or "Commie!"...Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Texas, George Bush, Government, National Government
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Former congressional candidate arrested on fraud charges
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA twice-failed congressional candidate was arrested today on suspicion of defrauding south Orange County businesses of $55,000 in an alleged crime spree that authorities say began in 2005 when she drove away in a luxury car after giving the dealer a bad...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Trials, Hotels and Accommodations, Republican Party, Justice System
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Milwaukee man charged with election fraud
Associated Press WriterA second person has been charged with election fraud for illegally registering to vote and then trying to register others in Milwaukee. Adam Mucklin, 22, did all that about a month before he was sentenced to prison on a felony battery charge,...Tags: Prisons, Republican Party, Prosecution, Justice System, Lawyers
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Says Mary McCarty: `No good deed goes unpunished'
Palm Beach Politics | Sun-Sentinel BlogsPalm Beach County Commissioner Mary McCarty attended her first commission meeting today since the FBI searched her Delray Beach home nearly two weeks ago. Neither McCarty nor other commissioners made any direct references at the meeting to the search........Tags: Delray Beach, Federal Bureau of Investigation
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