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One-Fourth Of Overseas Votes Go Uncounted: Report

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — One out of every four military personnel and other Americans living abroad may have been thwarted in their efforts to vote in the 2...

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Sam Stein

Franken Up By 50 In Recount, For Now

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Canvassing Board Decision, Franken Coleman, Coleman 50 Votes, Franken 50 Votes, Canvassing Board, Al Franken, Franken Election, Absentee Ballots, Politics News

Al Franken has ended the unofficial Minnesota Senate election recount up 50 votes over Sen. Norm Coleman. The margin is subject to change as the stat...

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Sam Stein

Coleman Threatens To Derail Recount, Secretary Of State Expects Resolution

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics

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Entering the final stages of the Minnesota recount process, Sen. Norm Coleman has made some dramatic moves meant to improve his long-shot chances. In ...

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Sam Stein

Franken Senate Victory Projected

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Democratic challenger Al Franken finds himself on the cusp of winning a seat in the United States Senate after Minnesota's canvassing board awarded hi...

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Sam Stein

Franken Camp: Coleman Trying To Shut Down The Recount

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

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Al Franken's Senate campaign, beaming a bit from last week's announcement that counties should count wrongfully rejected absentee ballots, accused Sen...

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Sam Stein

Franken Wins Major Victory In Absentee Count

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

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Al Franken received a potentially major boost towards his hopes of becoming Senator on Friday, when Minnesota state officials ruled that absentee ball...

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Sam Stein

Franken Releases Video Urging State To Count Discarded Ballots

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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The Al Franken campaign has put out a web video designed to put public pressure on state officials to ensure that every vote is counted during the Min...

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Sam Stein

Franken Camp Withdraws 425 Challenged Ballots

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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Al Franken's Senatorial campaign announced on Monday that it would be withdrawing 425 ballots that it had previously challenged during its recount ele...

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Sam Stein

Franken Lawyer: "We Are Going To Win"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

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The Franken campaign struck a tone of confidence on Tuesday, insisting that once the votes were counted the numbers will reveal that they had bested N...

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Sam Stein

Franken Camp: We're Down 73 Votes, May Pursue Legal Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics

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The Minnesota Senate recount is getting incredibly tight. According to officials from the Al Franken campaign, the margin separating the Democratic ch...

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Franken Loses Ruling, But Some Rejected Ballots May Count Anyhow

The Uptake | Posted 12.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Recount, Absentee Ballots, Minnesota, Norm Coleman, Al Franken, Minnesota's State Canvassing Board, Minnesota Attorney General, Rejected Absentee Ballots, Al Franken Runoff, Politics News
The Uptake

The Minnesota's State Canvassing Board ruling left open the door for local election officials to sort through rejected absentee ballots and determine if any were improperly rejected.

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Rejected Absentee Ballots Could Decide Minnesota Senate Race

Minneapolis Star-Tribune | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics

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With the U.S. Senate recount still incomplete, attorneys on both sides have already armored up for the next pitched battle: over whether to reexamine ...

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FL Already a Hotbed of Voting Problems

Shawna Vercher | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Florida Voting, Voting Problems, Election Day Voting, Voter Suppression, Florida Voting Problems, 2008 Presidential Election, Boca Raton, Voters, 2008 Presidential Race, Ex Felon Voting Ban, Felon Vote, Tampa, Tampa Supervisor of Elections, Absentee Ballots, Voter Fraud, Augusta, On the Ground 2008, Home News
Shawna Vercher

A quick glance at what is currently being reported from across the state: Tampa, FL - Special "Emergency" Ballot Box Created On the Spot All ballots ...

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American Voters Abroad: No Double Taxation Without Real Representation

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 12.04.2008 | Home

Read More: U.S. Dollar, Dnc, Double Taxation, Expats, Taxation Without Representation, Campaign 2008, Democrats Abroad, Switzerland, Irs, Barack Obama, American Abroad, Obama Expats, American Dollar, Absentee Ballots, Election 2008, Obama Americans Abroad, John McCain, Denver, Voting, Home News
Gail McGowan Mellor

Expats have a high chance of not getting to fully participate in this election. One million absentee ballots were requested in the 2006 midterm election but only a third of those votes were counted.

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Know Your Rights on Election Night

Leslie Griffith | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

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Leslie Griffith

How to make sure your vote is counted. It is up to American citizens to do their own reporting and their own investigations. Here's how to insist on a democratic election by your own means.

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Mike the Writer is for Obama: So are Most Europeans, but Why Do Media Pundits See That as a Downside?

Michael Russnow | Posted 12.02.2008 | Media

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Michael Russnow

Rather than think our foreign friends' hopeful anticipation is a bad sign, it should give us more incentive to restore the love and respect the world has long held for the United States.

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126 Faulty Absentee Ballots Sent Out In DC

The Washington Post | Nikita Stewart and Hamil R. Harris | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

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As many as 126 District voters were mailed incorrect absentee ballots in the latest slip-up for the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, already under ...

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Expat Voters Tangled Up in Ballot Red Tape

Diane Tucker | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

"Will Mississippi election officials accept a Czech-language notarization?" Brian Reagan, an American citizen living in Prague, asked OffTheBus. Reaga...

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Osama Printed Instead of Obama on Absentee Ballots, an Accident? VIDEO >>

George Spyros | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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George Spyros

AP reports that hundreds of absentee ballots sent to voters in Rensselaer County, NY, identified the Democratic presidential candidate as 'Barack Os...

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We Can't Afford to Lose a Single Vote

Cheryl Howard Crew | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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Cheryl Howard Crew

Don't fool yourselves, we may be the good ole' US of A, but we need international election monitors as much as any third-world government today.

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Voting Rights of Ohio Veterans and Deployed Troops Under Attack

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Paul Rieckhoff

Regardless of which candidates they cast their ballots for, servicemen and women and hospitalized veterans, who rely on absentee voting, could find their ballots thrown out.

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National Absentee Voting Guide!

Amy Ephron | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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Amy Ephron

As I dropped my son at GW last week, I realized he was going to be three thousand miles away from his polling place and had no idea how to register to vote absentee and neither did any of his roommates.

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Poor Ballot Design Could Play Big Role In Election

USA Today | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ballot Problems 2008 Election, 2008 Election Ballots, Ballot Confusion, Lost Votes 2008 Election, Absentee Ballots, Ballot Problems, Politics News

Poorly designed ballots continue to plague U.S. elections, even after Congress set aside $3 billion to overhaul voting systems to prevent a recurrence...

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Senator Proposes Sweeping Election Reforms

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 04.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Election Reform, Paper Ballot, Voter Registration, Why Tuesday, Vote-by-Mail, Washington, Primary Schedule, Senator Nelson, Florida, Absentee Ballots, Electoral College, Primary Election, Bill Nelson, Internet Voting, Home News
Jacob Soboroff

Last week I visited with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FLA) in his Washington, D.C. office to discuss his plan to change the way and day we vote, and why he chose now to introduce his plan.

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Video Chat With Diebold Expert Threatened By Voting Machine Company

Jacob Soboroff | Posted 04.09.2008 | Home

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Jacob Soboroff

I video chatted yesterday with Princeton professor Edward Felten. After he was alerted to strange vote tallies by Sequoia voting machines on Super Tuesday, Sequoia wrote to tell Felton that if he investigated the malfunction, even at the request of county clerks, it may be grounds for a lawsuit against him.

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