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Michigan: No Talking to Voters Please, 8:00 a.m. E.T. Here in Michigan, medical marijuana is on the ballot. So is stem cell research. Election Day weather forecasts call for 72 degrees and lots of sun. Huh? Apparently, Michigan is masquerading as California. But in a year featuring record housing foreclosures, massive job losses and the prospect of the Big Three Automakers downsizing to the Nearly Bankrupt Two, maybe it shouldn't be a surprise that Michigan residents want to try something different. Some cities are predicting as many as 80 percent to 90 percent of those registered will vote...
...eight years ago, when a federal judge extended voting hours in St. Louis. "Since 2000, election litigation has become as predictable as snow in January," says Thor Hearne, legal counsel to the Missouri GOP and head of President Bush's legal election team in 2004. At least the weather is supposed to be nice - mid-70s and mostly sunny for much of the state. - By Karen Ball / Kansas City...
...jitters, and this year's expected high turnout could overwhelm the polling stations and complicate the process even more. "I'm always nervous," says Sheldon Gawiser, director of elections for NBC News, who has worked at the network for 40 years. "So many things can happen. The weather can be a mess. The computers and graphics can have a glitch. But quite frankly, I think we're really prepared. People will get mad at me for calling the primaries 'practice', but they just went on and on. We've gotten a lot of preparation from those races...
...visiting. “I thought it was just going to be a big library. I liked the buildings and the history.” “I would come here,” she added, “but I don’t like the weather. You always get sick. Also, I don’t know if you have talent scouts here—I want to be an actress and I’m very good at it. We don’t have school plays, but if there were to be one I would...
...unfortunate reduction of Harvard’s offensive attack, coupled with the inhospitable weather, provided a hurdle too great for the Crimson to overcome. Yet according to Fucito, on a different night the results of the game could have been very different...