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• House bills will allow residents to register to vote online

  
  The Conservative Media — Authority: 130
  LANSING – House Democrats continue to eliminate barriers to voting and make it easier for residents to register to vote and to discharge their duty as U.S. citizens and vote. On Wednesday the House Ethics and Elections Committee took testimony on two bills that will allow residents to register to vote online. As ...
  18 hours ago

• One last look at the early voting numbers

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  Here is a copy of that Johnston report I’ve been referring to, updated through the end of early voting. A few things to note. - The total number of people who voted in the City of Houston election through the end of early voting is 63,560, which is really not that much different that the 62,641 that showed up ...
  19 hours ago

• Runoff EV wrapup

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  The final tally is in , and after 13,534 in person votes were cast today, a total of 66,909 have been counted so far. This compares to 80,516 early votes for the November election. Except it doesn’t, since that total represents all of Harris County. In reality, 62,641 early in person and mail ballots were cast in ...
  2 days ago

• (Left-winger) Coakley takes early lead, (GOP) Brown wins (Mass Senate primary today)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  With the clock ticking down towards the close of the polls at 8 p.m., some communities reported low voter turnout in the special primary elections for US Senate. People breezed past community centers, gymnasiums, town halls, and other polling places without a second thought, the majority paying no mind to the race to ...
  2 days ago

• 56 percent turnout in Jharkhand third phase polls

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 8 (IANS) The third phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections Tuesday witnessed 56 percent voter turnout, while two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed in a Maoist attack, the Election Commission said here.“Voter turnout till 3 p.m. was approximately 56 percent,” said a statement issued ...
  2 days ago

• Runoff EV report, Day 8

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  Before I get into today’s numbers, there was an incident at one of the early voting locations this morning. Police say someone broke into the Hester House Community Center, an early-voting location in the Fifth Ward, overnight, but officials with the Harris County Clerk’s Office said the integrity of the vote ...
  3 days ago

• Chidambaram says security forces will ensure peaceful poll in Jharkhand

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 7 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said that the security forces are geared to ensure free, fair and peaceful polling in tomorrow’s third phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections.In a statement, he also appealed to the voters in Jharkhand to vote in large numbers.”I recall with ...
  3 days ago

• Runoff EV report, Day 7

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  We’ve had one full week of early voting, with two twelve-hour days to go. As you can see on the spreadsheet , today was the slowest day, with 2,600 voters showing up, giving a total of 43,989 votes. I’ve been remiss in noting the fact that some of these votes are not city of Houston. According to the Johnston ...
  4 days ago

• Add It Up: Atlanta 2009 runoff turnout bests General Election’s

  
  Fresh Loaf — Authority: 642
  Breaking from tradition, more voters turned out for the runoff than the general election
  4 days ago

• Runoff EV report, Day 6

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  Today was a beautiful day following yesterday’s snow and ice, there were twelve full hours of early voting, and there were a total of 6,072 in-person ballots cast (no mail ballots today), which is almost indistinguishable from the first four days. Here’s the spreadsheet , for your edification. I expect tomorrow ...
  5 days ago

• Tonight: Journos Gridiron Dinner with Palin and Rep. Frank

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  "Thanks to Sarah Palin and Barney Frank, it looks like well have the biggest turnout in many years," Gridiron secretary Carl Leubsdorf told FBDC. They expect about 190 guests. Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
  5 days ago

• More on the early voting turnout so far

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  The Chron writes about the early voting turnout so far. After four days, nearly 10,000 more Houstonians voted early than in the general election, a trend Harris County Clerk Beverly Kaufman said she predicted. “Voters just weren’t engaged back in November,” she said. “Now that the race has narrowed to ...
  5 days ago

• Runoff EV report, Day 5

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  Today’s inclement weather may not have closed the polls down , but they did reduce the number of voters by a considerable amount. Only 3287 hardy souls made it out to an EV location, some of which saw fewer than 20 people all day. After five days of early voting, a total of 35,317 in-person and mail ballots have ...
  6 days ago

• Runoff EV report, Day 4

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  Consistency, thy name is early voting runoff turnout . Here are the in-person totals for each of the days so far: Monday = 5,834 Tuesday = 5,726 Wednesday = 5,787 Thursday = 5,772 Flat as Houston itself. It’ll be interesting to see how things are tomorrow given the weather forecast . I’m glad I voted today, ...
  1 week ago

• Runoff EV report, Day 3

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  Here’s the spreadsheet . Basically, three near-identical days for in person voting. At this rate, about 75,000 ballots will be cast before Election Day. I think it will be higher than that, but I don’t think by much. For comparison, here’s Bradley Olson’s spreadsheet with the daily EV totals from the 2003 ...
  1 week ago

• Runoff EV report, Day Two

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  The early vote spreadsheet has now been updated to include Day Two. Short story, about the same number of in person votes, fewer mail ballots returned, two day total of 17,480. Again, not too shabby considering the crappy weather. Maybe folks just want to get it done. For comparison to 2003, here’s Bradley ...
  1 week ago

• Runoff EV report, Day One

  
  Off the Kuff — Authority: 147
  I’ve updated my early vote spreadsheet from the first round to include the early vote totals for the runoff. Note that this is almost entirely City of Houston – there are a few Bellaire voters in there, and maybe a stray HISD Trustee vote or two from outside the city limits, but for the most part, it’s all ...
  1 week ago

• Atlanta Mayoral Race Will Be Decided By Black Voter Turnout

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 629
  ATLANTA – Just a few weeks ago, some suggested Atlanta was about to name its first white mayor in a generation. Instead, the Nov. 3 election set up a hard-fought runoff battle that’s expected to break down largely along racial lines when voters return to the polls Tuesday. Mary Norwood, the white candidate, and ...
  1 week ago

• Article Marketing Untapped: Proven Strategies To Gain Massive Traffic With Article Marketing

  
  Review This Crazy World — Authority: 161
  Article marketing can turn out to be your greatest resource for traffic, or the biggest time waster you can ever experience, depending on how you use it. Most people spend their time writing dozens … Continued here: Article Marketing Untapped: Proven Strategies To Gain Massive Traffic With Article Marketing
  1 week ago

• Why Do People Vote? III

  
  Blogs — Authority: 161
  Even after I left the field of rational choice theory of politics and became an evolutionary psychologist, the paradox of voter turnout (and my own theoretical resolution of the paradox) continued to haunt me.  Why do people act like their vote made a difference in the past electoral outcome? From an evolutionary ...
  1 week ago

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