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War puts patriotism above politics
Chicago Tribune national correspondentFor months, Cathy Dubin and a group of loyal Democrats had gathered here to plan how they would commemorate the darkest political day of their lives. They decided on a stadium-size rally with a rock band, big-name politicians and movie stars. They...Tags: Duval County, Al Gore, Referenda, Voting, Elections
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Vote reform taking shape
of the Sentinel StaffThe Republican-controlled House passed its election-reform package Wednesday, over heated Democratic protests and a nearly two-hour legislative delaying tactic, setting the stage for the Senate to take up its reform measures today. Both chambers’...Tags: Florida Elections, Voting, Elections, Lois Frankel, Science and Technology
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Early voting in Florida gives cause for concern
Tribune national correspondentThe last time Florida voters arrived to cast ballots in a presidential race, they had little reason to suspect the election would be riddled with errors. This year, suspicion is presumed. It is honesty that bears the burden of proof. With 1.6 million new...Tags: Al Gore, John Kerry, Referenda, Voting, Elections
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'The Manchurian Candidate'
Times Staff WriterPulp is powerful. The strength of sensational material joined to excellent acting, superior filmmaking and uncanny political relevance has made "The Manchurian Candidate" into exceptionally intelligent entertainment and a high point of director...Tags: Death, Elections, Jon Voight, Angela Lansbury, Jeffrey Wright
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Election 2004 Q & A
Sun-SentinelWhat happened to dangling chads? After the presidential election of 2000, Florida abandoned those punch-card voting machines that created dangling chads. Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties now rely on touch screen voting machines that store...Tags: Referenda, Voting, Election Day, Elections, Florida
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Scattered Problems Greet California Voters
Times Staff WriterVoters filled polling places throughout California today, some waiting in line more than an hour to vote and others confronting scattered balloting problems. At one Hollywood poll, voters said they had to wait more than two hours to vote because poll...Tags: Voting, Career and Workplace, Referenda, Elections, Science and Technology
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Senate unites behind election bill
of the Sentinel StaffThe Senate moved ahead on its election-reform package Thursday with bipartisan support. The bulk of the Senate election package (CS/SB 1118 and CS/SB 748) is now poised to be approved by the Senate as soon as today. Like the House, the Senate gets rid of...Tags: Bill Posey, Electronics, Voting, Elections, Science and Technology
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Florida officials hope machines will cut errors
The Orlando SentinelIt wasn't dangling, dimpled or pregnant chads that cost Al Gore the presidency. It was thousands of discarded overvotes in which voters marked more than one candidate. Gore's ballot position was marked on 73,147 invalid overvoted ballots -- nearly...Tags: Chicago, Duval County, Al Gore, Referenda, Voting
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In city, primary factor is oddness
Sun StaffBaltimore voters will cast ballots today in one of the quirkiest primaries in city history, one that precedes the general election by more than a year, carves the city into new districts, pits City Council incumbents against one another and allows 16-...Tags: Crimes, Regional Authority, Referenda, Voting, Elections
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Bush witness turns to Gore ally
Sun ReporterTaking a page from a Perry Mason script, lawyers for Vice President Al Gore turned an expert witness for Texas Gov. George W. Bush into an ally in their fight for a hand count of contested Florida ballots that could overturn the presidential election....Tags: Al Gore, Voting, Referenda, Elections, Texas
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Election reforms zipped up for vote
Sentinel Staff WriterElection reform in Florida will rid the state of chads, provide grants to counties for new voting machines and will include an element of campaign finance reform Democrats deemed "transparently partisan." The final reform measure cleared conference...Tags: Regional Authority, Voting, Elections, Republican Party, Democratic Party
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Security measures urged for voting machines
Sun StaffResults tallied by Maryland's 16,000 new electronic voting machines can be trusted in their first statewide test during the March 2 presidential primary, but only with some added security measures, a state official and a consultant told legislators...Tags: Death, Referenda, Regional Elections, Voting, Elections
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