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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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  • Punjab, Uttarakhand set to elect new assemblies


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 534
    New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) Punjab and Uttarakhand will vote Monday to elect new assemblies with the Congress hoping to oust the Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine in the country’s grain bowl and the BJP in the hill state.According to the Election Commission, 1.76 crore voters are eligible to vote in [...]
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  • The New American Elite


    PA Pundits - International — Authority Authority: 500
    By Alan Caruba ~ The only constant in the life of individuals and nations is change. Since the beginning of the last century, the process or rate of change has accelerated with the invention and availability of a myriad of machines, technologies that have altered the lifestyle of Americans as well as of millions ...
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  • Choppers bring EVMs from remote districts to Imphal


    Thaindian News — Authority Authority: 534
    Imphal, Jan 29 (IANS) Election officials in in Manipur on Sunday used helicopters to collect electronic voting machines (EVMs) from 63 polling booths in the remote Ukhrul and Chandel districts of the state.Elections to the 10th Manipur assembly were held Saturday amidst violence and saw an over 80 percent turnout, ...
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  • Give Us Our Seats


    The Opinion Blog — Authority Authority: 423
     A new congressional district means more seats to be filled on state boards and panels. We think it’s time to get that process moving along: What do the South Carolina DOT Commission, Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Human Affairs Commission and Winthrop University board of trustees have in common? Each ...
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  • Ahead in Florida, Romney turns focus back to Obama


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    THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press MIAMI Mitt Romney strode ...
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  • Senegal: In opposition calls by the opposition


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    {Title} The opposition of Senegal called for “resistance” against President Ampntoulagie Wadi, 85 years, despite the ratification of his candidacy in the presidential elections of February Real News – RSS World Rated Battle Grounds: Strategy that we used to dominate there with a clean ...
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  • Community cafe ask for help -- Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem)


    Blogminster - The Inside View from Westminster — Authority Authority: 146
    I recently visited FoodCycle’s Station House Community Café . They also had celeb Thom from Channel 4’s ‘Three Hungry Boys’ . We were invited there to show our support for FoodCycle and help to reach their £5,000 target on crowdsourcing website PeopleFund.it. The café is based at MIND in Haringey on ...
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  • Weekly Address From The Parties


    Politics Blog — Authority Authority: 130
    GOP Senator Marco Rubio (FL) delivered the Weekly Republican Address, peddling their “Promise of America.” Meanwhile in President Obama’s Weekly Address he built on the blueprint he put forward in the State of the Union Address that focuses on American manufacturing, American energy and worker skills.
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  • Egyptians vote for upper house of parliament


    Capital Land — Authority Authority: 143
    The Associated Press The Associated Press CAIRO Egyptians cast their ballots on Sunday for the upper house of parliament, a largely consultative ...
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  • Konsirvatibs Be sToopid


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    Over on Yahoo !, I have been following the popularity of a Live Science article concerning a Canadian College study c omparing the connection between racism and intelligence . Considering the tone of the article and its blatant attempt to associate Conservatism, low intelligence and racism combined with many of the ...
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  • The Caucus: Cain Endorses Gingrich for President


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    Herman Cain, who ended his presidential bid in early December, endorsed Newt Gingrich on Saturday night, three days before the crucial Florida primary.
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  • GOP Voter Fraud Claim Was Bogus


    Politics Plus — Authority Authority: 468
    In their ongoing attempt to steal the right to vote from students, workers, the disabled, and minorities, Republicans have been quick to make false allegations of voter fraud, despite conclusive evidence from a DOJ investigation that voter fraud accounts for less than one ten thousandth of one percent, a statistically ...
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  • Is Fitzwalkerstan Doomed?


    Politics Plus — Authority Authority: 468
    In the Totalitarian Corporate Plutocracy of Fitzwalkerstan, formerly Wisconsin, things are not going the way Fartfuhrer Walker would like them, either on the popularity front or the criminal investigation front.  It is so grim, that I understand the Fartfuhrer is in hiding.  On the popularity front, John Nichols has ...
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  • Uttar Pradesh Elections 2012: Shahi Imam Bukhari backs Samajwadi Party


    The India Daily — Authority Authority: 442
    Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid, Syed Ahmed Bukhari on Saturday rejected the Congress party’s Muslim sub-quota of 4.5 percent and supported Samajwadi Party for the upcoming polls in Uttar Pradesh. Bukhari, who shared the dais with Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav here today, said that Muslims should ...
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  • 82% turnout in Manipur elections, 5 killed by militants


    The India Daily — Authority Authority: 442
    An 82 per cent of the electorate today exercised their franchise in Manipur assembly elections. Chief electoral offficer P C Lawmkunga said as per preliminary official reports, 82 per cent of the 17.40 lakh electorate cast votes but details from the nine districts in the state were yet to be received. Suspected NSCN ...
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  • Jaitley slams Congress’s religion-based quota


    The India Daily — Authority Authority: 442
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  • Assembly Elections 2012: Campaign ends in Punjab, Uttarakhand


    The India Daily — Authority Authority: 442
    The campaigning for the assembly elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand, which are slated to vote on Monday, ended on Saturday evening. As many as 1,880 aspirants are in the fray for 117 assembly seats in Punjab while a total of 800 politicians are contesting the Uttarakhand polls for the 117-member assembly. The key ...
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  • Surprise! Democrats Take Secret Cash After Bashing GOP For Same


    Stop The ACLU — Authority Authority: 543
    The Politico’s Kenneth P. Vogel and Alexander Burns are surely going to earn an expletive laden call from the White House for publishing this story ( Politico ) Democrats have seized on Republicans as the party of unlimited secret money. The only problem: so are Democrats. In recent days, Obama released an ad ...
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  • Harsh, intolerable and Inexcusable language on immigration alienating Latino voters, GOP warned by two Republican leaders


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    The Florida senator, Marco Rubio, and the states former governor Jeb Bush made their appeal before Tuesdays primary, being contested by Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.The Republican frontrunners clashed over illegal immigration in a debate earlier this week.
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  • CTET 2012 exam postponed in three states, may held on May 5


    The India Daily — Authority Authority: 442
    Due to General Election for Legislative Assemblies in Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand, the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) scheduled to be held on January 29, 2012 may be postponed. As per the reports, the Election Commission of India has suggested CBSE to postpone the exams on account of the elections. ...
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