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Bush touts big finish; Dems assail GOP
Nov 6 2006 11:41PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - On the eve of midterm elections, Democrats criticized Republicans as stewards of a stale status quo while President Bush declared, "we're closing strong" in a final drive to preserve GOP control of Congress.
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Mo. elections chief in election dispute
Nov 6 2006 11:22PM (CT)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's chief elections official said Monday she was asked for photo identification at the voting booth despite a court ruling striking down the requirement.
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Federal observers at polls in 22 states
Nov 6 2006 10:11PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal poll watchers will be in 22 states Tuesday, safeguarding against fraud or discrimination in election districts marked by tight races, large numbers of minority voters and faulty ballot machines.
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Parties spend $225M on target races
Nov 6 2006 10:05PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - National committees for the Republicans and Democrats have spent about $225 million for or against candidates, concentrating their resources in 10 Senate races and 66 House contests that could determine who controls Congress.
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Bush wraps up campaign, Dems assail GOP
Nov 6 2006 10:04PM (CT)
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The closer the election came to the finish line, the more President Bush's aides battled the perception he was doing his party as much harm as good and was unwanted in many races.
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Eastern states seen as election key
Nov 6 2006 10:02PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Early returns in Tuesday's midterm elections should offer hints of what's to come, the first whiff of whether Democrats can seize the House and possibly the Senate.
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Motion nixed to extend Md. absentee vote
Nov 6 2006 8:36PM (CT)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - A judge on Monday denied a request by the American Civil Liberties Union to extend by 24 hours the deadline for Maryland voters to mail their absentee ballots to election boards.
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Early voting replaces ballot-box photos
Nov 6 2006 3:04PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Forget the obligatory Election Day photo-op. The trendy candidate in 2006 voted early. "You wait 'til Election Day, you don't know what will happen," said former NFL quarterback Heath Shuler, running for the House as a Democrat in North Carolina. "It might rain."
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Democratic payback brewing in Ohio
Nov 6 2006 2:48PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - There's a whiff of payback in the air as Democrats swarm Ohio. The state that put President Bush over the top in the 2004 election is poised to elect a Democratic governor, replace a two-term Senate Republican and give Democrats at least one and possibly more House seats.
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N.H. makes GOP stop some automated calls
Nov 6 2006 12:50PM (CT)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The National Republican Congressional Committee agreed to stop placing automated telephone calls to New Hampshire residents on the federal do-not-call list, a state official said.
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Ohio absentee ballots scanned early
Nov 6 2006 12:50PM (CT)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Cuyahoga County elections officials began scanning absentee ballots Monday with a judge's permission, despite a request by state officials that counties hold off until Election Day.
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New poll: Half in N.J. back gay unions
Nov 6 2006 11:25AM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - While half of New Jersey voters agree with the state Supreme Court that homosexual couples should receive the same rights as heterosexuals, just one in four think gay unions should be called marriages, according to a new poll.
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