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California's Proposition 10, which was backed by former oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, would have established rebates for people purchasing automobiles fueled by natural gas or other alternative fuels; it was also defeated by some 60% of the vote. Critics pointed to Pickens' own vested interest in the natural...
Massachusetts voters rejected an initiative to eliminate the state income tax, echoing the defeat of a similar proposition introduced in 2002. Question 1 asked voters to support a measure that would halve the state's current 5.3% income tax in early 2009 and remove the tax entirely by the following...
Volunteers with sample ballots were demonstrating how to vote and giving advice on whom to vote for to those waiting at the First Christian Reformed Church on Bates Street. Asked if he was allowed to campaign while voters were standing in line, a Democratic volunteer pointed to a spot in...
Iowa Democratic Party Press Secretary Brooke Borkenhagen declined to directly address whether high turnout benefits her candidate. She pointed to the strong support and organization built for Barack Obama during the Iowa caucuses, saying "that has carried over." But she quickly added that the campaign's focus right now is...
Those Unending Wacky Obama Conspiracies, 10:30 a.m. E.T. Near rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where Flight 93 was brought down on 9/11, the Rev. Ron McRae continues to fuel conspiracy theories, right up to Election Day. The self-styled Anabaptist bishop, who gained the support at least one Congressman when he...