On Day One of his presidency, Republican Mitt Romney liked to say in his TV ads, he’d start taking care of all sorts of business. He promised an ambitious agenda, starting with the repeal of “Obama-care.” On Day One after...
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President Barack Obama arrives in the East Room of the White House on Nov. 14, 2012, for his first post election day news conference. Photograph by Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo
Obama: Election Soon `Forgotten’
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Voters in Albany, Ohio, on Nov. 6, 2012.
Ohio Counting Ballots, Absentee First
Polls in Ohio closed at 7:30 p.m. New York time, and vote-counting in the battleground state has begun, Secretary of State Jon Husted said. “Soon we’ll learn the message that Ohioans sent today,” Husted said during a press conference at...
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Voting Machine Switches Obama Vote to Romney in Pennsylvania
A voting machine in Pennsylvania allegedly wants Mitt Romney for president. The electronic voting machine was pulled from service after a voter recorded the machine changing a vote for President Barack Obama to a vote for Romney. The voter posted...
Read more »Chrysler Employees Get Day Off to Vote — Salaried as Well as Union
Chrysler Group LLC, which recently found itself thrust into the presidential contest, gave its 64,200 U.S. employees the day off to vote, a company vice president said on Twitter. The automaker found itself in cameos in recent ads, with Republican nominee...
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Party central in D.C. tonight.
Washington Daybook: Party Central
Win, lose or take it to the Supreme Court, it’s Election Day in Washington. After casting their ballots, citizens around the nation’s capital face another tough decision with far-reaching implications: Which poll watching party to attend? While President Barack Obama...
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Mi Familia Vota is a national organization working to unite the Latino community and its allies to ensure social and economic justice through increased civic participation, with offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada and Texas.
Arizona: Remember to Vote — Nov. 8 — Guide for Spanish-Speakers
Spanish-speakers in Arizona’s most populous county have twice been given information from the elections department listing the wrong date to vote. The mistakes come as polls show Latinos helping to tighten the race between Democrat Richard Carmona and six-term Republican...
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U.S. Capitol
Bloomberg by the Numbers: 52
That’s how many members of the U.S. House of Representatives aren’t defending their seats in the Nov. 6 election. The total includes 28 Democrats and 24 Republicans. Twenty-five of the 52 are retiring from political life, and 13 lost their...
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President Barack Obama with First Lady Michelle Obama at the end of the second presidential debate on Oct. 16, 2012.
Michelle Obama: `Party Hard’ Nov. 7
The Obamas’ 20th wedding anniversary didn’t go so well — to hear both them and public opinion polls tell it. The evening of their emerald celebration was consumed by a presidential debate with Republican Mitt Romney. “A year from now,...
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JayDanny Cooper urges Alabama residents to vote in the primary on March 13, 2012 in Birmingham.
Would Weekend Voting Boost Voter Turnout?
In an effort to boost voter participation in U.S. elections, some members of Congress want weekend voting, amending the 167-year-old law that mandates Tuesday elections. Voters would cast ballots on the first Saturday and Sunday after the first Friday in November in even-numbered...
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