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As a citizen of a swing state, I must admit that Tuesday’s election was rather nerve-racking. I had already sent in my absentee ballot two weeks ago, but I was worried whether the rest of the state would follow my lead and select the intelligent choice...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: Si Se Puede? | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

Inserting an amendment concerning stormwater control in a state constitution does seem rather bizarre. Outside of federal jurisdiction, a state’s constitution is the highest law in the land. When future generations look back upon me and my fellow Missourians, they will see within the constitution our dearest...

Author: By Steven T. Cupps | Title: Si Se Puede? | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

The demographic nevertheless continues to bring the smallest percentage of eligible voters to the polls, and the question of whether the youth will have any significant affect on elections is as old as the 26th Amendment.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

A federal judge in October ruled in favor of media outlets after they sued the state over a law that barred them from conducting exit polling closer than 100 feet of polling stations. U.S. Chief Judge Michael Davis held that the rule infringed on media organizations' First Amendment rights. Judy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Day Dispatches: It's Morning for the Kenyan Obamas | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

Exit polling - surveying people leaving voting locations about the ballots they cast - debuted in the 1960s, as news organizations (and on a small scale, candidates) sought to gather demographic data about voters that could be used to predict election results. Legendary polling pioneer Warren Mitofsky conducted the first major exit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Brief History of Exit Polling | 11/4/2008 | See Source »

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