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”

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “elections”

 

• Obama Is Apparently Now A Tired Old Nag, Stumbles Out Of Gate

  
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  So says The Politico . Of course, in reality, said gate was opened sometime back on January 20th, 2009, the day Obama took office and started campaigning for re-election and worked extra hard to destroy America’s economy, stuck her with massive amounts of debt, attempted to ruin our health care/insurance industry, ...
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• Democrats predict fallout from Senate redistricting vote

  
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  MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Republicans sped a redistricting vote past Senate Democrats in the wee hours of Thursday morning, but Democrats said that the move will become part of their legal challenge to the plan and could impair the Senates ability to function for years to come.
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• Muslim Brotherhood claim lead in Egyptian elections

  
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  Although they werent leading the protests that pushed out the last corrupt government, theyve been around for a long time and have a solid ground game. Mubaraks government gave its best effort to shut down the Muslim Brotherhood but it was a losing battle for Mubarak.Whoever wins in Egypt is likely to be less ...
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• Morning Jay: Appalachia and the Democratic Partys Identity Crisis

  
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  In 1964, when President Lyndon Johnson inaugurated his “War on Poverty,” he travelled to the heart of coal country in eastern Kentucky, one of the poorest regions in the country. It was, until recently, most reliably Democratic: In the 20 th century when Democrats won the presidency, they almost always won ...
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• 9 Progressive Vets to Watch in the Battle for Congress

  
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  Six years ago, Democrats rode a wave of public disaffection with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to take back Congress. Part of their winning strategy was to tout military veterans as progressive candidates. Few of these " fighting Dems " made it into office; of 50 candidates listed by Democrats , 5 were elected to ...
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• Mitt Romney and the Women Who Dont Love Him

  
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  Mitt Romney has a particular effect on voters of the opposite sex—and its not a good one. During the heated final days of the GOP primary, female Republicans in many states favored Rick Santorum. Romneys dismal luck with the ladies was more apparent in April, when, according to a Washington Post poll, he was ...
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• This Week in Dark Money

  
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  A quick look at the week that was in the world of political dark money ... Citizens United fever: The debate over the controversial Supreme Court ruling continues. Curious how it could be undone? Check out our DIY guide to ditching the ruling . For more details, iWatch News reports on the argument over ...
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• Romney campaign begins quiet push for African American voters

  
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  Mitt Romney’s campaign team has been quietly laying plans for an outreach effort to President Obama’s most loyal supporters — black voters — not just to chip away at the huge Democratic margins but also as a way to reassure independent swing voters that Romney can be inclusive and tolerant in his thinking and ...
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• Mohamed Morsi to Face Ahmed Shafik in Egypt’s Presidential Election Runoff

  
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  http://www.nytimes.com/ Mohamed Morsi to Face Ahmed Shafik in Egypt’s Presidential Election Runoff The Islamist candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi, will face Ahmed Shafik, former President Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, in a runoff to become Egypt’s first freely elected ...
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• Pic of the Day – Egyptian Elections

  
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  Women wait in line to vote in Cairo this week, during the first Egyptian presidential election since the Arab Spring protests that led to the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. Photo: UN Women Arab States / flickr
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• We must defy Strasbourg on prisoner votes – Daily Telegraph

  
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  “The judges in Europe have exceeded their authority by trying to overrule British law – by David Davis and Jack Straw.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 24th May 2012 Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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• Mohamed Morsi to Face Ahmed Shafik in Egypt’s Presidential Election Runoff

  
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  The Islamist candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Morsi, will face Ahmed Shafik, former President Hosni Mubarak’s last prime minister, in a runoff to become Egypt’s first freely elected president.
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• Key Advantages

  
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  WaPo-ABC News poll: Romney favored over Obama among hard-hit, middle-class voters. Conducted May 17-20, error margin 3.5 points.
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• Egypt: Partial results show Brotherhoods candidate leading with narrow edge

  
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  Partial results from Egypts first genuinely competitive presidential elections announced Friday showed the candidate of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood leading with a narrow edge in a five-way race. This is likely to bring Mohammed Morsi to run-off elections scheduled for June 16-17 but leaves the ...
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• Working Divide

  
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  Latest Gallup poll shows professionals pick Obama; execs and biz owners opt for Romney. Among all workers, Romney leads 47% -- 45%; a statistical tie factoring the margin of error.
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• TDP suspends ex-MP for meeting Jagan (Lead)

  
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  Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Friday suspended its former MP M.V. Mysoora Reddy for indiscipline after he met YSR Congress Party leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu announced the suspension.Mysoora Reddy, a former home minister, drove to Jagan’s residence and met him ...
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• Najib and Hishammuddin must condemn and dissociate themselves if they do not want to be regarded as encouraging a political culture of aggression, thuggery and violence by their prolonged silence on recent series of disruptions and attacks on PR functio

  
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  The question Malaysians are asking is whether the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Najib Razak and the Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussin are encouraging a political culture of aggression, thuggery and violence by their failure to condemn the recent series of disruptions and attacks on Pakatan Rakyat functions! ...
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• GOP becoming increasingly accepting of gay Republicans

  
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  Reader MV passed along a McClatchy article on a “ quiet transformation is taking place in the Republican Party, which has begun to embrace openly gay candidates – and among gay Republicans, who now feel more comfortable speaking out in a party that may have accepted them but didn’t always show it. ” The ...
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• 2014 polls on BJP’s mind, Yeddyurappa props Modi (Lead)

  
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  Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) patches up and reconciles with its leaders — with an eye to the general elections — former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Friday made a strong pitch for making Narendra Modi the party’s prime ministerial candidate for 2014.On a day when the ...
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• On May 25

  
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  On this day in ... ... 1997 (15 years ago) , in a national referendum, Polish voters approved a new Constitution of the Republic of Poland , which had been adopted by the Sejm and Senate, the lower and upper houses of the National Assembly, in a joint session on April 2. Entering into force on October 17, 1997, ...
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