Ohio Elections

Obama, Romney Remain Neck-And-Neck In Key State

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 05.10.2012

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President Barack Obama and presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney are virtually tied in the key swing state of Ohio, according to a poll rel...

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Election Day Scuffle Nearly Ends With Voter's Nose Being Bitten Off

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 01.08.2012

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CLEVELAND — An Election Day poll worker tried to bite off a voter's nose during an argument Tuesday over a campaign sign, police and election of...

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State Measures Against Abortion, Unions, Health Care Laws On The Line

AP | By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 01.08.2012

ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The questions on the ballot range from undocumented immigration and union rights ...

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Republicans Tighten Voting Laws Ahead Of 2012

Los Angeles Times | David G. Savage | Posted 12.31.2011

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Republicans in states like Florida are making it more challenging to vote or to register others. Democrats say it's an effort to disenfranchise studen...

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GOP-Led States Move To Change The Rules Ahead Of 2012

Posted 11.19.2011

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By ANN SANNER, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) COLUMBUS, Ohio — After years of expanding when and how people can vote, state legislatures now under new Rep...

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Defeated Governor Building Machine To Help Democrats Reclaim Ohio In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Ted Strickland may have lost his campaign for reelection as Ohio governor, but he's not planning on disappearing from public life anytim...

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SAD MEAL: Voter Intimidation At McDonald's Franchise

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- There may be something rotten at McDonald's -- and it's not a year-old Happy Meal. The owner of a franchise in Canton, Ohio enclosed a...

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Charging Rove With Racketeering

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

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The injection of huge sums of cash into partisan election operations has re-defined the process of American democracy in this and several previous election cycles. We're not testing the legalities of these coordinated efforts.

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No Punches Pulled With Three Weeks Left Until Elections (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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With just three weeks left until primary elections, no punches are being pulled in the push to pick up vital last-minute votes. West Virginia Governo...

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Ohio's John Kasich Continues GOP's Year-Long Chicken Problem

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't know if the GOP missed the whole decline and fall of would-be Nevada Senator Sue Lowden, but let me reinforce the message for them: y'all should avoid talking about chickens.

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Traficant Won't Say If He'll Run For Congress In Ohio

AP | MEGHAN BARR | Posted 05.25.2011

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CLEVELAND — A deadline to run in Ohio's congressional Democratic primary came and went with no word from U.S. Rep. James Traficant, a former con...

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Why Al Franken Should Not Be Riding Private Planes

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Connell now joins such critical players as Paul Wellstone, John Tower, JFK, Jr., and many more critical public figures who have died in small plane crashes at questionable moments.

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Beware the Twin Towers of Electronic Election Theft

Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Without neutralizing the twin towers of electronic disenfrancisement and vote theft, a McCain-Palin victory on Nov. 4 is all but inevitable, no matter what the polls now seem to say.

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