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Philly leaders object to voting monitors
Oct 26 2006 11:17PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - City officials and Hispanic community leaders objected Thursday to the federal government's plans to put monitors at city polling places on Election Day, saying those efforts could discourage people from voting.
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Judge blocks Ohio ID rule for absentees
Oct 26 2006 10:52PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal judge suspended Ohio's new voter identification law Thursday as it applies to absentee voting, saying the state's 88 counties are inconsistently applying the rule in the voting, which is already under way.
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Poll: Middle class favoring Democrats
Oct 26 2006 8:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Middle-class voters who deserted the Democratic Party a dozen years ago are now giving the party its best chance to reclaim the House since the GOP swept Democrats from power in 1994.
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Democrats top Republicans in fundraising
Oct 26 2006 6:19PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Democrats' congressional campaign committees raised $15.5 million during the first 18 days of October, setting up their final push to reclaim both chambers. Republicans, meanwhile, raised $10.1 million for their candidates, continuing a pace that has lagged this election.
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Ballot measures seek limited government
Oct 26 2006 2:27PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - He lives in New York City; his name is on no ballot. Yet real estate investor Howard Rich is a key reason why citizens in distant states will be voting Nov. 7 on bitterly contested initiatives that would limit state spending, impose term limits and curb land-use regulation.
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Bookmaker bets on GOP for 1 house
Oct 26 2006 10:59AM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Odds favor the Republican Party to retain control of at least one house of Congress in elections next month, British bookmaker Ladbrokes said Thursday.
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Omaha prints own ballots as others wait
Oct 26 2006 9:39AM (CT)
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - As election officials across the country struggle to get ballots in time for Nov. 7 elections, county employees in Omaha are printing their own.
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Dems face pressure if they regain Senate
Oct 26 2006 3:14AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - It's been only four years since Senate Democrats last savored the taste of majority rule, an 18-month fling with power that bears little resemblance to what Democrats will confront if they win control of the Senate on Nov. 7.
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Md. Senate candidates bicker in debate
Oct 26 2006 1:26AM (CT)
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Maryland's Senate candidates bickered over embryonic stem cell research and the war in Iraq during a televised debate Wednesday as each sought to portray himself as the most independent.
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Poll: Gov. Schwarzenegger leads Angelides
Oct 26 2006 12:48AM (CT)
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is leading state Treasurer Phil Angelides in the race for California governor, boosted by support from the heavily Democratic San Francisco Bay area, according to a poll released Wednesday.
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