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Election Day begins, goes all month long
Oct 6 2006 5:59PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Never mind the first Tuesday in November. Every day from now to Nov. 7 is Election Day somewhere in America. People in Nebraska and Arizona, with some of the fastest starting gates, began early voting on the midterm elections this week. Absentee ballots have been cast in states including Iowa and Montana since last month. And around the country, polling places in different states will gradually be opening for business over the next month.
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Letters on voter ID confuse Ga. voters
Oct 6 2006 1:37PM (CT)
ATLANTA (AP) - Tens of thousands of Georgia voters recently received letters telling them they must show a photo ID to cast a ballot Nov. 7 _ a message some fear will create confusion on Election Day, since a judge recently struck down the requirement.
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Pelosi says she would drain GOP 'swamp'
Oct 6 2006 12:23PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Franklin Roosevelt had his first hundred days. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is thinking 100 hours. Time enough, she says, to begin to "drain the swamp" after more than a decade of Republican rule.
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Study: Primary voter turnout hits a low
Oct 6 2006 11:23AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A record low primary turnout and voter disgust for politics could spell trouble for Republicans trying to keep control of the House and Senate.
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Foley scandal clouds remaining Bush term
Oct 6 2006 1:02AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The final two years of President Bush's term could be bleak for Republicans if the congressional-page scandal roiling Washington ends up costing them control of the House or Senate or even both.
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