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Democrat Mark Herring gets a leg up in Va. attorney general's race ...Washington Post
The Fairfax County Electoral Board finished reviewing provisional ballots – mostly cast ... Herring already led on the State Board of Elections Web site by 106 votes. ... The margins in the race have fluctuated since the polls closed a week ago.
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Politico


AEC unsure who won 2 WA Senate spotsThe Australian
In the September 7 poll, WA voters had to select six senators, with Liberal David ... ballot papers, comprising 120 informal votes and 1250 above-the-linevotes, ...
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Sky News Australia
Western Australia set for new Senate vote after AEC actsThe Australian
Electoral law experts, election analysts and political sources said the AEC's move ... The AEC has admitted in its petition to the court that the loss of the ballot ...
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Kosovo Serbs in Mitrovica cast ballots again to elect town officialsGlobal Times
On November 3, masked extremists stormed voting poll in Sveti Sava ... most of Kosovo Serbs in Mitrovica did not take part in previous elections due to strong ...
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InSerbia News
Board of Elections awaiting quorum to resume examination of ...Press of Atlantic City
The final, unofficial tally of provisional ballots after two days of counting resulted... A provisional ballot is one given to those whose vote is challenged at thepolls for ... Board of Election members went through Atlantic County's more than 1,200 ...
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Yameen defeats ex-president Nasheed to win Maldives electionsYahoo!7 News
With 98 percent of the ballots counted, Yameen's 7,000-vote lead could not be... After an annulled election result and two cancelled polls, foreign diplomats ...
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Yahoo!7 News
Spinello elected Glen Cove mayor by 74 votesNewsday
Suozzi trailed Spinello by 115 votes when the polls closed on Election Day. ...The Board of Elections began counting absentee ballots at 11 a.m., a task that ...
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Newsday
Election results stand in Madison, Boonton after ballot countsDailyrecord.com
People vote by provisional ballot if they have moved within Morris County to ... if “mail-in ballot voter” is stamped in the voter signature box in the poll book and ...
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Judge: Disputed ballots must be counted in N.J. racePhilly.com
The disputed ballots - 108 which a poll worker signed as giving assistance, ...as the tiebreaker on ballot challenges where the Board of Elections had voted2-2.
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Philly.com
Ballot box riposte to chief after poll blowHong Kong Standard
Voters may express their disapproval of lawmakers through the ballot box if they ... if he would resign after seeing his popularity plunge in a poll to a record low.
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2nd District Assembly race razor-thin after Atlantic County ballots ...Press of Atlantic City
MAYS LANDING — The race for a 2nd District Assembly seat was still ... A provisional ballot is one given to those whose vote is challenged at the polls for any ...
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Attorney general race thrusts provisional ballot into spotlightThe Free Lance-Star
Before 2012, voters that poll workers could not find on poll books could vote if ... The provisional ballot, created by state law in 2012, is how people vote if they ...
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Voters head to polls SaturdayKnoe.com
WHAT'S ON THE BALLOT: The highest-profile race is the special election for ... is predicting low turnout, expecting about 18 percent of voters to cast ballots, ...
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Absentee ballot results to reveal winners of close races next weekBuffalo News
Unscanned ballots are those that for whatever reason couldn't be scanned at the polls on Election Day.Voters cast an affidavit ballot if they show up to the polls ...
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Elections chief allays PPM fears over ballot slipshaveeruonline
GAAFU DHAAL ATOLL THINADHOO:- Voting underway at polling stations in... Elections commissioner Fuad Thaufeeg allayed fears over the ballot slips of... European Union has warned of "appropriate measures" if Saturday's electionfails.
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Miami County Election Day had bumps to be addressedDayton Daily News
The elections board met before the counting of ballots began Election Night to talk ... asking to vote were advised they would need to vote at the polls Tuesday.
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Elections office launches free Martin Votes AppTCPalm
With the app, users can update addresses, locate polling precincts, access 2014 election dates and earlyvoting information, view a sample ballot, complete poll ...
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Virginia attorney general race looks destined for recountBallot News
Since last Tuesday's election, a major battle has taken place over provisionalvotes – ballots cast by people who did not have legally permissible ID at thepolls.
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MSNBC
Eligible voters can cast ballots in advance polls across ridingBrandon Sun
Each poll has two people, while larger polls need extra staff to maintain co-ordination, Knight said. According to Diane Benson, spokesperson for Elections ...
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6 challengers win election to Tribal CouncilThe Robesonian
According to unofficial results, the only incumbent out of three on the ballot to be ... lost her re-election bid to Areatha Patterson, of Scotland County, by 18 votes, ...
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Election Board tosses 61 absentee ballots in MarpleDelaware County Daily Times
Capuzzi is a countywide poll watcher, according to his attorney, J. Michael Sheridan. ... The three-memberElection Board voted 2-1 on Monday to sustain the ... “If a person requires assistance, both in applying for the absentee ballot and ...
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UPDATES:INEC Declares Anambra Gubernatorial Poll “Inconclusive ...Osun Defender
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria could not ...INEC, the number of canceled ballots far exceeded the margin of victory in theelection. ... Manufacturing of results in many polling units where no votingtook place
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Nigerian Tribune
APC alleges plans by parties to rig Anambra pollThe Guardian Nigeria
Others include “sloppy accreditation process, late or non-delivery of voting ... for massive ballot paper thumbprinting, and it is an open secret that some of these ...
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DailyPost Nigeria
Column: Her vote counted in AG's race — just barelyRoanoke Times (blog)
In such close elections, each individual vote is more important than usual. ... In the 2011 election, I went to the polls and found the workers unable to use the ... ballots instead – as there would be no way to separate ineligible votes cast.
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Herring Declares Victory In AG Race As State Moves To Certify Vote ...Leesburg Today
When she went to the office to present her ID Friday, she was told her ballot would be thrown out and that the poll workers should have advised her to vote at her ...
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Glen Cove to begin mayoral race absentee ballot countNewsday
The board is also expected to review 51 affidavit ballots cast at a polling place when ... With more than 600 votes still to be counted, Suozzi could make up the ...
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Newsday
Voters go to the polls in Chile's presidential election with centre left ...euronews
Voters go to the polls in Chile's presidential election with centre left politician... former president has topped the opinion polls in the lead up to the ballot and is ...
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AFP
Mark Herring leads attorney general race by a few votesRoanoke Times
Mark Herring leads attorney general race by a few votes ... an acceptable form of ID to the polls onElection Day were allowed to cast provisional ballots. ... In the State Board of Elections total as of 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, 302,820 ballots had been ...
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Disarray in elections a sad realityColumbia Daily Tribune
Election law expert Rick Hasen said yesterday that "elections are always this messy. ... usually care about missing ballot boxes and uncounted machines unless the ... most issues: Voting could be easier and tallies more accurate if poll workers ... Barack Obama highlighted voting problems the night of his re-election, but ...
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Our View: How about mail-only elections in the off years for ...Modesto Bee
Marking a ballot at home and putting it in an envelope isn't the same experience as entering a voting booth. But operating dozens of polling places is costly.Poll ...
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Modesto Bee
Bloomberg rips new NYC voting machinesDaily Journal
Bloomberg fumed that the city's new $95 million voting system allows pollworkers to sneak a peek at a voter's ballot. He said a Board of Electionsworker ...
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NBC New York
Lost ballots swung election result: KeeltyThe West Australian
Senate vote investigator Mick Keelty says he can't yet rule out corruption as the ... and make the position of the (Australian Electoral Commission's) future elections ... counted again the Sunday after the poll and allballots were accounted for.
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Brock councillors question operating hours for polling stationsKawartha Media Group
(BROCK TOWNSHIP) While the next municipal election will feature ballot return ... In addition to traditionalpolls and vote-by-mail, a staff report earlier this year ...
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Your vote does matter - Owasco supervisor race comes down to one ...CNYcentral.com
The Cayuga County Board of Elections tells CNY Central that Democratic ... That means the paper ballotsthat were entered at the polls on November 5th will be ...
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Voting ends peacefully in MaldivesZee News
"Everyone is highly anticipating the time when a new president is elected. ... yet another effort to elect a president to bring an end to the two-year-long political chaos. Balloting started at 7.30 am but some votersarrived even before the polling ...
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Early Voting For Runoff Starts MondayPatch.com
Voters in Georgia Senate District 14 will have to once again head to the polls ... Voting will take place at the Cherokee County Elections Office at 400 East Main Street in downtown Canton. Voters can castballots between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday Nov. ... and Bruce Thompson, who were the top two finishers in the election.
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Elections staff: No major trouble with voter ID law during Nov. 5 ...LubbockOnline.com
Commissioners formally canvassed the election results with their approval of... ballots represented just 9.86 percent of Lubbock County's registered voters.... participated in early voting, while 35.6 percent visited the polls on ElectionDay.
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The Olympian
Threats, boycott as disillusioned Nepal heads to pollsPakistan Daily Times
Voters in the impoverished Himalayan nation flocked to the ballot box in ... draft constitution and the Maoist party, who swept the 2008 polls, has splintered. ...not be completed until the end of November, according to the ElectionCommission.
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Yahoo!7 News
General election results in new mayors, council members in ...San Juan Record
In Monticello, 59 percent of the active voters participated in the election, totaling 564 voters. ... traditionalelection with absentee ballots by request and voting at the polling ... In Monticello, Tim Young waselected to a four-year terms as Mayor.
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Easton Election Dispute Bubbles Over Into CourtPatch.com
Now the results are being challenged in court and with an Elections Enforcement Complaint. ... I know that more than 1,000 voters cast write-in ballots in the election. ... The ballots in the "write-in bin" were hand-counted at the polls on election ...
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The Executive Summary: Dust settles following the general electionBallot News
Meanwhile, new ballot access rules for third parties bring lawsuits in Ohio, ...poll released this week showed 59 percent New Jersey voters expect him to run, ...
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IrishCentral
Using Hurricane Sandy as a Lesson for Future ElectionsNew York Times
The proposal is the latest effort by elected officials and voting experts to respond to their ... In New York, there were long lines and shortages of ballots at polling places. ... Jerry H. Goldfeder, an election lawyer who has written about disaster ...
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Tuesday is deadline to show election IDHouston Chronicle
Voters who did not present photo identification at the polls during last week's ... to show a driver's license or one of six other forms of photo ID at the ballot box.
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Assembly to vote on recall election requirementWinona Daily News
Assembly Republicans have been leading the charge on the elections issues. The Assembly is voting on requiring photo ID at the polls, even though the ...cast their ballots in the clerk's office before the November 2012 election in Wisconsin, ...
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