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Bucks elections Chief Alleges Harassment
smoldering political tensions flared in federal court yesterday as bucks county's longtime elections director tearfully accused her republican superiors of harassing and intimidating her.
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Japan's Opposition Leader Blasts Ruling Party - Philadelphia Inquirer
tokyo - the head of japan's main opposition party blasted the ruling liberal democratic party on wednesday, saying it lacks principles and vision, and demanded quick parliamentary elections. ichiro ozawa, leader of the opposition democratic party of ...
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Situation In J&k Not Conducive For Polls: Omar - Times Of India
new delhi: the national conference (nc) on wednesday said situation in jammu and kashmir is not conducive for holding assembly elections and a low voter turnout will not serve any purpose. "the situation is not conducive for polls. there is a deep ...
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elections Watchdogs Skeptical Of Choice For Riverside County Vote System Audit
the riverside county board of supervisors and an elections watchdog group disagreed tuesday on whether former district attorney grover trask should be given a no-bid contract to audit the county's elections system.
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Japan's Opposition Party Leader Blasts Ruling Party, Demands elections
c party, saying it lacks principles and vision, and demanded quick parliamentary elections. ichiro ozawa, leader of the opposition democratic party of japan, said in a speech before parliament that the resignations of two prime ministers in a row showed the ruling ldp was unfit to lead the country.
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Staffer Resigns After Canadian Pm Gives Plagiarized Speech - Houston Chronicle
toronto — a senior campaign staffer for the governing conservative party resigned tuesday after admitting he wrote a speech for prime minister stephen harper that plagiarized another leader's address urging support for the u.s.-led war in iraq. the ...
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elections 2008: Senate District 25 - Morning Sentinel
political experience: current senator representing district 25, served one term; state representative, house district 77, waterville, 6 years; former waterville city councilor representing ward 7; former ward clerk, ward 7. 1. what can you, as a ...
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Veiled Voters Must Swear Oath: elections Canada
canadians who wear coverings over their faces will not be required to remove them to vote if they swear a special oath to affirm their identity and eligibility, a spokesman for elections canada said on tuesday.
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Czechs Join Criticism Of Belarussian elections
prague/minsk/brussels/new york - sunday's parliamentary elections in belarus did not fully correspond with european standards despite minor improvements, the czech foreign ministry said in a statement it gave ctk last night.
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Bucks Gop Leaders Deny Election Official's Claims - Philadelphia Inquirer
bucks county government's three highest-ranking republicans denied in federal court yesterday that they had harassed, intimidated, or politically leaned on the county elections director. chief operating officer david sanko and county commissioners ...
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Outcry Raised Over Voter Id Law - St. Petersburg Times
tampa — with monday's deadline for voter registration looming, a new law has brought cries from advocacy groups about potential disenfranchisement. the law, known as "no match, no vote," requires that people registering to vote show a driver's ...
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Politics: Why These elections Matter
in the run-up to elections both north and south of the border, liberals enjoyed enormous advantages. they have now lost those. that’s all thanks to astute manoeuvring by stephen harper and john mccain.
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Absentee Voting Begins At Cuyahoga County Board Of elections
cleveland -- men and women, some with children in tow, headed to the cuyahoga county board of elections this morning on the first day of absentee voting in ohio. by late morning, 158 people had cast a ballot. those voters...
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Belarusian Leader Defends Landslide Vote - Boston Globe
minsk, belarus— belarus' authoritarian president on tuesday defended the ex-soviet nation's parliamentary elections despite the opposition's failure to win a single seat. alexander lukashenko, dubbed "europe's last dictator" in the west, cast ...
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Too Early To Talk About Prime Ministerial Candidate: Manmohan - Hindustan Times
prime minister manmohan singh on wednesday said it is "too early" to say who would be congress' potential prime ministerial candidate for the next general elections, saying there are several party leaders who are equally qualified or better qualified ...
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elections Board Rules Aey Can Run For Sheriff
it appears there will be two candidates for mahoning county sheriff in the november election, but only one name will appear on the ballot. meeting in special session, the board of elections voted that david aey does qualify to be a write-in candidate.
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Galveston County Officials Make Plans For November elections
galveston county officials met tuesday to discuss where to hold november’s elections in the wake of hurricane ike.
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Study Finds New Hazard In U.s. Presidential Election - Reuters India
chicago (reuters) - the days on which u.s. presidential elections are held every four years are hazardous -- and not just for politicians. it turns out that more people die in traffic accidents on those days than comparable days one week before and ...
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Violence Declines Further In Iraq - Washington Post
violence in iraq dropped further during the summer although security gains remain "reversible and uneven," with the main threats coming from iranian-backed militias and the shiite-led iraqi government's slow integration of volunteer sunni fighters ...
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Supervisors Table elections Review Until Next Week
the riverside county board of supervisors put off a vote on hiring a local law firm to conduct a review of the registrar's office after a contentious debate with an elections integrity group that opposed the move.
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