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...Ultimately, negotiators said, everyone left the table unhappy. "This is a classic 'orphan bill,' " said Larry J. Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics. "A week after the vote, no one will claim parentage, and fingers will be pointed every which way. 'I held my nose and voted for it, lacking a good alternative,' will be the best anybody offers...
...Anyone is welcome to come in,” said Lois Josimovich, MAPS’ director of development. “We’re happy to help anyone who wants to register and vote. It’s a very important election and we want as many people as possible to be part of that decision...
...Sept. 29 story, "Portuguese Speakers Hold Mass. Vote Drive," incorrectly reported that the organization in question was holding its voter drive for the first time. In fact, the organization has held voter drives in the past...
...particular interest is a 2005 psychology paper published in Science by Alexander Todorov of Princeton and his colleagues, which concludes that “rapid, unreflective trait inferences can contribute to voting choices,” rather than deliberative reasoning. In trials the researchers vindicated their hypothesis: Almost 72 percent of Senate race outcomes were successfully predicted simply by showing a sample of the electorate pictures of the candidates for whom they could vote for milliseconds at a time, and asking them to make snap judgments on those candidates’ competence...
...stand. Upwards of 100 students gathered at the Student Organization Center at Hilles as part of an event put on by the Black Students Association. And, of course, dorm and House televisions across campus were tuned in. While this contest will be the first time that most undergraduates can vote in a presidential election, some students said that they have never witnessed a fair election period. Before the candidates took the podiums, a student from Ethiopia, Ammanuel G. Gebeyehu ’12, explained, “I actually want to know how these people handle pressure...