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Influential Black Bishop: ‘Time To End The Slavish Devotion To The Democrat...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) -- A conservative Bishop is strongly urging African-Americans to break ties from Democrats. Bishop Earl Walker Jackson, Sr., a Republican primary candidate for Senate in Virginia...
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Poll: Youth Voter Registration, Engagement On The Decline
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — A new poll suggests that younger voters, a key demographic focused on by President Barack Obama’s first election campaign, are significantly less engaged in politics this time...
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Obama Supporters Work In Overdrive To Get Early Votes
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Barack Obama volunteer Marilynn Wadden rang more than a dozen doorbells in her first hour canvassing a tidy neighborhood here before stopping to take stock of her progress....
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Deadline for Voter Registration by Mail in D.C.
WASHINGTON — Residents of the District of Columbia who haven’t yet signed up to vote in the presidential election have one last day to register by mail. Residents who want to mail in their voter...
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Gay-Marriage Forces Seek Win At Polls
BOWIE, Md. (AP) — Irene Huskens has the wedding venue picked out: a charming bed-and-breakfast in southern Maryland. But the wedding is no sure thing. The plans made by Huskens, a 43-year-old police...
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Obama, First Lady Have Voted Early For Nov. 6
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama won’t be posing for any photos in the voting booth on Election Day — he’s casting his ballot early. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama said Monday they are...
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Opinion: Early Voting Is Getting Ridiculous
Imagine a rule in your family which says you can open your Christmas gift any time from November 20 to December 25. Or, how about being told you can open your birthday present any time from 35 days...
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MoveOn Mailing Millions Of Voters ‘Report Cards’ That Detail Their Voting...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — “Every vote counts” is a simplified, yet important, political adage tossed around every election season, and as such, voter mobilization efforts are implemented in order to foster...
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Opinion: Go vote.
With less than a week to go, the presidential race of 2012 is basically all over except for the voting – and, of course, the counting of ballots. The big influencers at this point are the polls which...
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NJ Gov. Praises Obama But Will Vote For Romney
JERUSALEM (AP) — New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie says President Barack Obama deserves praise for helping his state recover from Superstorm Sandy but he is still going to vote for Mitt...
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Jail Helps Inmates Vote, A Rarity Nationwide
WASHINGTON (AP)— The voters at this southeast Washington polling place were all dressed alike: orange jumpsuit, white shoes. And when they finished voting, they went back to their cell block, not back...
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Biden Ends Campaign Blitz In Va.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Appearing at the final rally of the 2012 campaign, Vice President Joe Biden said Monday that the nation was hungry for bipartisan solutions, such as those demonstrated by governors...
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Unions Flexed Muscles In State Campaigns
WASHINGTON (AP) — From California to Maine, unions used their political muscle in the recent elections to help install Democratic governors, build labor-friendly majorities in state legislatures and...
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Md. Lawmakers Consider Early Voting Access Bill
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The Maryland House and Ways Committee is considering a bill that would increase the number of early voting centers in general elections. The Early Voting Access Act of 2013, which will...
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McDonnell Signs Bill Mandating Photo ID to Vote
RICHMOND, Va. — Gov. Bob McDonnell has signed legislation into law that will require voters to carry photo identification with them to the polls, starting next year in Virginia. Virginia joins four...
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Md. City Lowers Voting Age for its Elections to 16
TAKOMA PARK, Md. — Takoma Park has voted to lower the voting age for city elections to 16. The City Council voted 6-1 on Monday to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in city elections starting in...
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Supreme Court Rules Arizona Cannot Require Voters To Prove US Citizenship
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing...
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Futuristic Voting Pondered at Presidential Panel
DENVER — Voters could one day print ballots at home like airline boarding passes, or skip traditional precincts for weekend voting at vote centers. But first, elections administrators nationwide must...
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Kan., Ariz. Sue Federal Gov’t To Require Documents Proving Citizenship To Vote
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas and Arizona officials filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday in an attempt to force a federal elections agency to change its voter registration forms to compel proof of...
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Gov’t to Sue Texas Over Voter ID Law
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department said Thursday it will sue Texas over the state’s voter ID law and will seek to intervene in a lawsuit over the state’s redistricting laws. Attorney General Eric...
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