elections

Whether it’s the historic presidential contest between Barack Obama and John McCain in 2008 or a local school board, elections are and will always be a hot topic on the Internet, in the blogosphere, and social media realms. Elections can take many forms, from a simple majority rules format in which anyone can participate, to more complex primary run-off systems, for example, where registered members of a party participate in a process that first selects a few top candidates before a final vote is held.

While the "who" of elections is always of interest for important races in which important issues and political power are at stake, elections themselves are themselves meaningful in many ways, such as in terms of access to free and open elections, and election reform movements.

Election reform in the state of Florida, for example, became an area of intense debate stemming from the presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. And more recently, Al Franken and Norm Coleman engaged in a protracted legal battle in the aftermath of an unclear election outcome for a Senate seat in the state of Minnesota that led to a recount trial.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “elections”

• in Politics
  Randy Cohen Wonders If Americans Must Vote
  I agree that uninformed voters can disrupt an election, but I am amazed that anyone would push for people to not vote.
  by fcgorman / on Nov 3, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “elections”

• Sarah Palin Goes Rogue On The Facts

  
  Below The Beltway — Authority: 690
  It hasn’t even been officially released yet, and it’s already clear that Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue is playing fast and loose with the truth: WASHINGTON (AP) — Sarah Palin’s new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven’t become any truer over time. Ignoring ...
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• Ministers warn of gay takeover over Houston city hall

  
  Instant Tea — Authority: 576
  Annise Parker The Houston Chronicle reports that ministers and other right wing conservatives are making Annise Parker’s sexual orientation an issue in the runoff for Houston mayor. They say they are concerned about a gay takeover of city hall. Candidates in two of the five runoff races for city council are ...
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• Politicians Have a Lot of Leeway in How They Vote

  
  FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — Authority: 776
  Matthew Yglesias remarks that, when staking out positions, congressmembers are not very strongly constrained by the ideologies of their constituents. Wow, that was a lot of big words. What I meant to say was: Congressmembers and Senators can pretty much vote how they want on most issues, whatever their ...
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• Today is Approved Referendum 71 Day in Seattle!

  
  The Mad Professah Lectures — Authority: 437
  This is pretty cool . The City of Seattle is declaring today, November 14, 2009, Approved Referendum 71 day. [Note the change in tense from Approve to Approve d ] Whereas , civil rights and liberties have long been values of the City of Seattle; and Whereas , the ...
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• The Fix is In: State GOP Leader Backs Andy McKenna for Guv

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 481
  -By Warner Todd Huston Until this Summer Andy McKenna was the Chairman of the Illinois GOP. He presided over a party that saw every single state wide office lost to it. He presided over a party that tried as hard as it could to make sure that Illinois’ Republican voters would be barred from voting their own ...
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• Koda dares investigators, kicks off poll campaign (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Ranchi, Nov 14 (IANS) Former chief minister Madhu Koda Saturday kicked off his campaign for the Jharkhand assembly polls, telling hundreds of supporters who turned up to welcome him that he would quit politics if charges against him in a Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam were proved.“I fear I could be killed by ...
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• I am being falsely implicated: Koda

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Ranchi, Nov 14 (IANS) Former chief minister Madhu Koda said Saturday that people jealous of him were conspiring to keep him away from the Jharkhand assembly polls by implicating him in the Rs.2,500 crore money laundering scam.“I fear I could be killed by conspirators. I will quit politics if investigation agencies ...
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• Thackeray’s MNS now warns SBI not to recruit ‘outsiders’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Mumbai, Nov. 14 (ANI): Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has warned the State Bank of India (SBI) not to recruit any “outsiders” during Sunday’s exams in which the bank will recruit for 1100 vacancies. In a warning letter written by MNS leader Bala Nandgangkar, the party has demanded that only ...
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• SHCBA Elections Today

  
  All World News - PakMahfil.com — Authority: 459
  KARACHI, Pakistan: SHCBA Elections Today, The annual elections of Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) will be held today. The senior lawyer leaders said lawyers’ movement still going on will continue until achievement of rights of common man. In a dinner hosted by SHBA for senior lawyers, Hamid Khan Advocate ...
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• George Smitherman: A big bully the city needs?

  
  TheStar.com - Travel — Authority: 854
  Two personal attributes leap to mind upon meeting George Smitherman in his sky-high downtown condo: overwhelming confidence and the kind of energy that blasts you back on your heels.
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• Mayawati preparing BSP for state upper house elections

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Lucknow, Nov 14 (IANS) Buoyed by her party’s sweep in the by-elections to 11 assembly seats, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has got down to preparing for the next electoral battle - to the Vidhan Parishad or upper house of the state legislature.Elections to 36 seats of ...
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• SHCBA Elections Today

  
  A Pakistan News — Authority: 587
  KARACHI, Pakistan: SHCBA Elections Today, The annual elections of Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) will be held today. The senior lawyer leaders said lawyers’ movement still going on will continue until achievement of rights of common man. In a dinner hosted by SHBA for senior lawyers, Hamid Khan ...
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• NDA to field Advani, Rajnath Singh in Jharkhand poll campaign

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Ranchi, Nov 14 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will counter the Congress’ poll campaign led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi for the Jharkhand assembly elections by fielding its national leaders like L.K. Advani, Rajnath Singh and Nitish Kumar, said an official ...
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• AGP likely to dump BJP ahead of 2011 Assam polls

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  By Syed Zarir HussainGuwahati, Nov 14 (IANS) Assam politics is expected to witness some major realignment of forces ahead of the 2011 assembly polls with the honeymoon between the main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) almost over. “The time has come to take a strong call on ...
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• News of the Day.

  
  The Yonkers Insider — Authority: 138
  Update on The Yonkers City Council President’s Race. With two wards left to be counted of the remaining paper ballots. Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick leads his Opponent Jim Castro Blanco by 109 Votes. We at The Yonkers Insider will continue to keep you posted on the latest developments in this most ...
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• What White Women Want, Surprisingly the GOP

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  This week, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat, told reporters the GOP offers a "back-of-the-hand treatment to women." Later she said two conservative female representatives only serve to further "repulse women." You see, Schultz said on MSNBC, Republicans "dont really get very many women when it comes ...
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• Op-Ed Columnist: The Passion of the Right

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
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• Now This Is REAL Election Fraud

  
  AN ANGRY DAKOTA DEMOCRAT — Authority: 124
  The ACORN scandal is nothing compared to this story coming out of Pennsylvania .  A former House speaker, an ex-lawmaker and eight aides Thursday became the latest — and the first Republicans — to be charged in a three-year-old investigation into the diversion of public resources and employees to legislative ...
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• President Obama Refuses To Properly Prosecute The War On Terror

  
  Politics 24/7 — Authority: 475
       We must all live with the consequences of our decisions but not all of us make decisions that hundreds of millions of other people will heave to live with as well. Perhaps that is why whom we choose to elect and represent us  in government is much more important than we sometimes fully comprehend. Case ...
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• Sikh becomes first mayor of Yuba City in US (With Image)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  Yuba City (California), Nov 14 (IANS) Yuba City, which became the first Indian settlement in the US and is now known as the first Punjabi village in this country, got its first Sikh mayor this week.Forty-four-year-old Kash (Kashmir) Gill was Tuesday night sworn as the new mayor of the city as hundreds of Indians ...
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