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Although South Dakota's Measure 11 included more exceptions to the outright abortion ban - for example, allowing abortion in rare cases of incest, rape or when the mother's life or health are endangered - than a similar initiative that was defeated in 2006, the new measure was rejected by 56% of voters yesterday. According to Kristine Wilfore, executive director of the Washington-based nonprofit Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, which advocates socially progressive issues, the initiative would have set in motion a future challenge to Roe v. Wade if passed. "It was an effort to get as close as possible...
...Bush Administration, horrible wrong-track numbers, and an opponent with $700 million. We had $85 [million]. And we got 56 million votes. That's not too bad in this environment. All the really, really red states that everybody thought we might lose-except for Indiana, I guess-Montana, North Dakota, they all held. I think the [Republican] brand held up given the assault on it. This sort of Maureen Dowd nonsense, comic-book book theorizing about the Bushies who hijacked McCain--she can never write a serious column. It's just nonsense. It's just nonsense. Everybody, everybody felt...
...North Dakota: Most polling sites are open 10am to 8pm EST, but times vary throughout the state. Early voting took place from October 20 to November...
...South Dakota: 8am to 8pm EST. Early voting takes place from September 23 to November...
...should consider all of the tools available to it - some recently enacted - to support industries that are in distress and that are essential to the U.S. economy," he said. On Thursday, those efforts got another boost as Governors from six states - Delaware, Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Ohio and South Dakota - submitted their own letter in support of the industry's aid request...