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...routine process at the polling place since she had voted regularly for nearly 50 years. The poll workers who greeted Hernandez, however, were unfamiliar with Indiana election law and failed not only to allow her to cast a vote without identification but also to provide her with a provisional ballot. Pressed by time and uncertain of her rights, Hernandez simply left...
...panelists said that colleges could improve those numbers by giving more attention to voter registration on campus and by helping students fill out absentee ballot applications...
...Kiss by a margin of 40% after Peter Medgyessy, the former PM, officially quit. Although lacking in experience, Gyurcsany is not lacking in confidence. "He believes in himself and he believes he can win, and maybe that will make others believe," a senior party organizer told TIME after the ballot. "He's a risk, but he is the only chance we've got." Support for the party, perceived by many Hungarians as moribund and rooted in its communist past, is at a low of 20%, compared to 45-50% for the opposition Fidesz party. Said one strategist...
...state in which Ralph Nader's candidacy could have a major impact this November is Pennsylvania, where Al Gore won by a narrow margin in 2000. Nader needs 25,697 signatures there to get on the ballot, and his campaign has turned in 45,000. But Democrats are challenging the petitions, claiming many of the names are repeated several times, as is the same handwriting, a practice known as round-robin signing. Part of the problem, opponents claim, lies with the people Nader hired to collect signatures: the homeless from Philadelphia's streets. Some of those homeless workers aren...
...being built and the other announces that the project is brought to you by the local ward alderman. Construction workers, contractors and others who benefit from public works have no question who is responsible for their livelihood. On election day, a Democratic Party poll worker hands voters a sample ballot indicating who the ward Democratic machine has endorsed. For voters who are constantly being reminded that they owe allegiance to their ward alderman, a ward endorsement holds a lot of weight. More importantly, ward endorsements shape media coverage. Pundits frequently use endorsements as a proxy for support in races that...