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...With Maryland's Democratic leanings and Bush's low approval ratings, Steele faces a tough race; polls already show he trails the likely Democratic nominee, longtime Baltimore Congressman Ben Cardin. Still, Steele will have company: the GOP hopes to have several African-Americans on the ballot in Maryland, and at least two gubernatorial candidates, Kenneth Blackwell in Ohio and Lynn Swann, the ex-Pittsburgh Steelers receiver, in Pennsylvania. Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman says those candidates will help as the party seeks to win black voters by showing blacks they are a part of the Republican Party: "Inclusion means...
...class-related issues. “I originally ran for Senior Class Marshal, but am really excited to [still] serve in the Senior Class Committee,” Cardenas said. Any Marshal candidates who did not win the election earlier this month were automatically entered into the House Representative ballot unless they specified otherwise. Additional candidates who did not drop down from the Class Marshal elections submitted a petition with 10 signatures in order to enter the candidate pool. Some representatives attributed their House enthusiasm to past involvement in their respective House Committees (HoCos). “I was interested...
...religious figure in the country-will not endorse the Shi'ite slate, as he did last time, even if it holds together. There is also the assumption that the Sunnis, having participated in the Oct. 15 constitutional referendum, will become a significant political force in December (despite well-documented ballot stuffing in the recent vote). All of which would create some running room for the formation of a new and creative coalition...
...last night’s meeting, SLAM members discussed the adoption of a card check neutrality system. This system would guarantee that the University will recognize any union in which over 50 percent of the University workers submit union endorsement cards. As an alternative to secret balloting, card check neutrality may allow greater anonymity because workers do not vote for unions in public forums but rather submit union endorsement cards as a coalition, explained Jack Mahoney, a Georgetown student labor activist, at the meeting. “Secret ballot box elections are commonly corrupt,” said Mahoney...
...moved polling sites that day, confusing voters. In one case, they claimed, an official had moved a polling site to his office at another school two miles from the old site without informing anyone. There were also reports of election officials separating the vote tally sheets from the ballot boxes, allowing them to be marked separately - and possibly fraudulently...