<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - votes</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/votes</link><description>Newsvine - votes</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:36:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 12:38:26 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Senate Democrats Offer a Budget, Then the Amendments Fly - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[And on the 1,448th day without one, the Senate  Democrats finally brought forth a budget, and Republicans saw that was  good &mdash; but first, they made them pay.
After four years of hectoring Democrats to put their political and  fiscal priorities to paper, Republicans got the&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17429202-senate-democrats-offer-a-budget-then-the-amendments-fly-nytimescom</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17429202-senate-democrats-offer-a-budget-then-the-amendments-fly-nytimescom</guid><category>senate</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>amendments</category><category>republican-hypocrisy</category><category>deomcrats</category><category>ted-cruz</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:36:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite636DD2B6-FB1E-B31F-DE66-3B2D9F4FD6E1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="289" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite636DD2B6-FB1E-B31F-DE66-3B2D9F4FD6E1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Poll: Asian voters lean Democratic</title>
<description><![CDATA[A new poll found that Asian-Americans lean Democratic, but that they are not strongly committed to either the GOP or the Democratic Party.
Fifty-seven percent of Asian-Americans lean Democratic, compared with 28 percent who lean Republican and 13 percent who are independent, acc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[lifeisgood43]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[lifeisgood43]]></source><link>http://lifeisgood43.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17187088-poll-asian-voters-lean-democratic</link><guid>http://lifeisgood43.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/05/17187088-poll-asian-voters-lean-democratic</guid><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>voting</category><category>republican-party</category><category>democratic-party</category><category>asians</category><category>minorities</category><category>stupid-party-reps</category><category>galluprsquo-s-andrew-dugan</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Mar 2013 05:08:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=lifeisgood437B6C7C3E-5492-9964-8F82-00C0C36716C0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=lifeisgood437B6C7C3E-5492-9964-8F82-00C0C36716C0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Democratic Ohio Poll Watcher: Yeah, I Voted For Obama Twice </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Think voter fraud doesn't exist? Think it doesn't matter in states like, oh I don't know...Ohio? Think again.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16911263-democratic-ohio-poll-watcher-yeah-i-voted-for-obama-twice</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/09/16911263-democratic-ohio-poll-watcher-yeah-i-voted-for-obama-twice</guid><category>ohio</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>voter-fraud</category><category>poll-workers</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Feb 2013 16:57:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888BC5D240E-A7AE-1240-0177-F68875A61C01.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="65" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-8888BC5D240E-A7AE-1240-0177-F68875A61C01.jpg&amp;width=120" width="65" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>ALEC's Fingerprints Are All Over the Electoral College Rigging Efforts in Blue States</title>
<description><![CDATA[One of the benefits of living in a democracy is knowing, with relative  certainty, that the people choose a representative to lead the country  through the electoral process, and although not every voter is pleased  with the results of an election, they can rest easy the leader w&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/27/16723962-alecs-fingerprints-are-all-over-the-electoral-college-rigging-efforts-in-blue-states</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/27/16723962-alecs-fingerprints-are-all-over-the-electoral-college-rigging-efforts-in-blue-states</guid><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>karl-rove</category><category>obama</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>gerrymandering</category><category>electoral-college</category><category>red-state</category><category>blue-state</category><category>vote-rigging</category><category>coup-detat</category><category>alec</category><category>voter-supression</category><category>voter-tampering</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:12:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteAA7E50E6-8C4E-024F-12CE-FEBD9BFD23DF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteAA7E50E6-8C4E-024F-12CE-FEBD9BFD23DF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FDA panel votes for more restrictions on Vicodin - CBS News</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Federal health advisors want new restrictions on hydrocodone, the highly addictive ingredient found in Vicodin and other widely abused prescription painkillers. The Food and Drug Administration's panel of drug safety specialists voted to subject hydrocodone drugs to the same re&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tzia62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tzia62]]></source><link>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16712276-fda-panel-votes-for-more-restrictions-on-vicodin-cbs-news</link><guid>http://tzia62.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16712276-fda-panel-votes-for-more-restrictions-on-vicodin-cbs-news</guid><category>fda</category><category>for</category><category>votes</category><category>more</category><category>restrictions</category><category>vicodin</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:37:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia629C769480-2988-84DB-3766-5103DAF4E7F3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="183" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tzia629C769480-2988-84DB-3766-5103DAF4E7F3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP Brags About Tactics That Lose Them The Vote, But Win Them The House | Addicting Info</title>
<description><![CDATA[If you had any doubts about the Republicans rigging elections, a recent report released by the Republican State Leadership Committee should lay all  doubts to rest. Unfortunately, we can&rsquo;t complain to any of the election  monitoring organizations that observe elections in t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16585529-gop-brags-about-tactics-that-lose-them-the-vote-but-win-them-the-house-addicting-info</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/18/16585529-gop-brags-about-tactics-that-lose-them-the-vote-but-win-them-the-house-addicting-info</guid><category>congress</category><category>ohio</category><category>pennsylvania</category><category>america</category><category>politics</category><category>2010</category><category>american</category><category>california</category><category>votes</category><category>gop</category><category>ballot</category><category>citizens</category><category>gerrymandering</category><category>propositions</category><category>popular-vote</category><category>proposition-11</category><category>win-house</category><category>2010-mid-terms</category><category>republican-state-leadership-committee</category><category>lose-popular-vote</category><category>proposition-20</category><category>rslc</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:53:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteCDC63A87-0A4D-CBE9-BEEB-C75149F02D0B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteCDC63A87-0A4D-CBE9-BEEB-C75149F02D0B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>House won't vote before midnight on 'cliff' deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[The House will miss the midnight Monday deadline lawmakers set for voting to avoid the "fiscal cliff."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16271300-house-wont-vote-before-midnight-on-cliff-deal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/31/16271300-house-wont-vote-before-midnight-on-cliff-deal</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>fiscal-cliff</category><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 21:19:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Empty Embrace… Hurricane Sandy Victim Upset After Being Played By Obama (Video)</title>
<description><![CDATA[Wait - no, seriously, wait - nah, just another promise he won't keep - we can quit waiting for him to do as he says.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[fstwarrior]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[fstwarrior]]></source><link>http://fstwarrior.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15489348-empty-embrace-hurricane-sandy-victim-upset-after-being-played-by-obama-video</link><guid>http://fstwarrior.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15489348-empty-embrace-hurricane-sandy-victim-upset-after-being-played-by-obama-video</guid><category>campaign</category><category>election</category><category>president</category><category>votes</category><category>voting</category><category>lies</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>sandy</category><category>pandering</category><category>hurricane-sandy</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:54:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Number of votes for Romney lags McCain's '08 total</title>
<description><![CDATA[
U.S. Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will forever share the distinction of being the two Republican nominees who lost to President Barack Obama.
But McCain, R-Ariz., may be able to brag that he received more total votes when he topped the GOP ticket &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15086791-number-of-votes-for-romney-lags-mccains-08-total</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/11/15086791-number-of-votes-for-romney-lags-mccains-08-total</guid><category>politics</category><category>mccain</category><category>votes</category><category>gop</category><category>romney</category><category>republican</category><category>conservative</category><category>election-2012</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:43:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How America's richest counties voted</title>
<description><![CDATA[
There are six counties in the US with a median income of more than $100,000. Here&rsquo;s the list. And here&rsquo;s how they voted:
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Sautter]]></source><link>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14997855-how-americas-richest-counties-voted</link><guid>http://michaelsautter.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14997855-how-americas-richest-counties-voted</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>presidential</category><category>votes</category><category>voting</category><category>2012</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 17:50:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Puerto Rico Votes For Statehood</title>
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Puerto Ricans voted Tuesday to adjust the relationship between the territory and the United States and pursue statehood, advancing the quest of many on the island to become the nation's 51st state.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodney-889389]]></source><link>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14989679-puerto-rico-votes-for-statehood</link><guid>http://magic3400.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14989679-puerto-rico-votes-for-statehood</guid><category>for</category><category>votes</category><category>us-news</category><category>rico</category><category>puerto</category><category>statehood</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 10:24:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=magic34003DEC06D3-C6D3-FF91-BBA7-F1103A18AA21.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="83" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=magic34003DEC06D3-C6D3-FF91-BBA7-F1103A18AA21.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FOX (FAUX) CONCEEDS ELECTION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!!!</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's O V E R !!!!!! President Obama has won the election. I cannot express how happy I am right now. Congratulations President Obama. The best man WON!!!!!!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[tweetheart44]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[tweetheart44]]></source><link>http://tweetheart44.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14980654-fox-faux-conceeds-election-to-president-obama</link><guid>http://tweetheart44.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/07/14980654-fox-faux-conceeds-election-to-president-obama</guid><category>election</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>independents</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Nov 2012 04:44:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Romney up 92K in OH early voting? Update: Gannett pulls link; Update: EV up 14% in 2008 McCain counties, down in Obama counties; Update: Gannett &amp;#8220;regrets the error&amp;#8221; &amp;laquo;  Hot Air</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gannet gave a sneak preview of results in Ohio this AM.  Then pulled it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14974207-romney-up-92k-in-oh-early-voting-update-gannett-pulls-link-update-ev-up-14-in-2008-mccain-counties-down-in-obama-counties-update-gannett-regrets-the-error-laquo-hot-air</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14974207-romney-up-92k-in-oh-early-voting-update-gannett-pulls-link-update-ev-up-14-in-2008-mccain-counties-down-in-obama-counties-update-gannett-regrets-the-error-laquo-hot-air</guid><category>ohio</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>results</category><category>obama</category><category>voters</category><category>romney</category><category>early-results</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 20:17:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-888896FF4D83-DF43-BE80-EEA7-1A11CE7C0EC7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="193" width="240" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=patriot-888896FF4D83-DF43-BE80-EEA7-1A11CE7C0EC7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>America casts its ballots on democracy's day</title>
<description><![CDATA[On Election Day, Americans took time to vote, and to explain why this ritual means so much to them. At polling places and in luncheonettes, on the storm-battered East Coast and in a California city hobbled by foreclosure, in precincts large and small, they celebrated democracy &#8212; and the end of a long and bitter campaign.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14967593-america-casts-its-ballots-on-democracys-day</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/06/14967593-america-casts-its-ballots-on-democracys-day</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>america</category><category>votes</category><category>east-coast</category><category>us-news</category><category>nj-voting</category><category>nc-once</category><category>ohio-in</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2012 13:26:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0e4213c-ba57-4f0e-a9f8-07ef739c4e39.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e0e4213c-ba57-4f0e-a9f8-07ef739c4e39.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Under the lights of a generator, voters wait in line outside of a tent serving as a polling site in the Midland Beach section of Staten Island, New York, on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The original polling site, a school, was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7721c41e-f2a0-4021-92fd-b57e8e54e4f3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7721c41e-f2a0-4021-92fd-b57e8e54e4f3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Behind a sign barring loaded firearms in the building, people stand in line to cast their votes on Election Day as the polls opened at a precinct at the Wake County Firearms Education and Training Center in Apex, N.C., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e26d0eb-c593-44bc-a9ea-dfb63c23b6b6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6e26d0eb-c593-44bc-a9ea-dfb63c23b6b6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Selma Friedman, 102, makes her way through the corridors of her St. Andrew Estates South retirement community on her way to cast her vote early Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Boca Raton, Fla. Selma, originally from East Orange, N.J., first voted for Franklin Delano Rooosevelt in 1932. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=012223bc-0561-40fc-afcb-396423cf464a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=012223bc-0561-40fc-afcb-396423cf464a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;On this election day, as they do every day, people gather for breakfast in the Nutcracker Restaurant, a 1950's-style diner, in Pataskala, Ohio on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. From left are Ken Armentrout, Lewie Hoskinson and Jack Cruikshank. Hoskinson, center, is a retired city worker who his friends claim is the only President Barack Obama supporter in the town of 14,000. &quot;I'm sure there are others, but I'm the only one who will admit it,&quot; he said, as his buddies laughed. His friends acknowledged that they weren't exactly thrilled with Mitt Romney as an alternative but said Obama hadn't done enough to get the economy moving. (AP Photo/Michael E. Keating)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ce9ae4a-f8cf-46e6-887e-cb04026f235d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3ce9ae4a-f8cf-46e6-887e-cb04026f235d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United Auto Workers member Keely Bell, right, helps Cecilia Mealy find her polling location, while knocking on doors to remind people to vote on Election Day Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Warren, Mich. For Bell, 42, this was her first up-close view of a UAW Election Day. She'd been out of work for two-and-a-half years, after losing a long-time office job, when a rebounding Chrysler hired her to a nearby assembly two years ago. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b80ffb05-c118-411c-9951-f3002086864c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="234" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b80ffb05-c118-411c-9951-f3002086864c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Barber Bert Downing gives Kiel Sprawls a hair cut as they talk about their support of President Barack Obama and the election at Carter's Barbershop in Chicago on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. At right is a wall decorated with pictures of historical black leaders. The barber shop sits on the edge of a West Side ward that supported the president by a 99 percent-plus majority in 2008. And the regulars are pleased with his policies. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35b3e46e-31be-4e31-b0a2-24345a061954.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=35b3e46e-31be-4e31-b0a2-24345a061954.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Amber Tuffield, 44, right, sits in her kitchen while her son Dallas, 13, watches a political advertisement on television showing Mitt Romney at their home in Lakewood, Colo. on Election Day Tuesday morning, Nov. 6, 2012. Sometime between her day job as a secretary and her second job bartending at an Italian restaurant, the registered independent voter and single mother of three plans to cast her vote. While 1.7 million Colorado voters have already cast their ballots either through the mail or through early voting, casting a vote in person on Election Day carries more substance for Tuffield. &quot;You get into the little booth and you get to push the buttons,&quot; she said. &quot;And my voice is heard.&quot; (AP Photo/Barry Gutierrez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cbb09695-02d3-499e-a3af-60e00e99944d.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cbb09695-02d3-499e-a3af-60e00e99944d.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Members of the mariachi band &quot;Gallos de Jalisco&quot; play to remind California citizens to get out and cast their vote on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in the Sun Valley district of Los Angeles. Latinos now number about 53 million in the U.S., about 17 percent of the population, with some 24 million eligible to vote. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e834bf2c-2155-4a64-9774-de4426dac85a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e834bf2c-2155-4a64-9774-de4426dac85a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Yesenia Perez marks her ballot as her 1-year-old Eduardo Sanchez clings to her in the Weston Ranch area of Stockton, Calif. on Tuesday, Nov.  6, 2012. The neighborhood was heavily affected by foreclosures in the past few years. Perez, 34, a mother of five who works at a local fruit-packing house, has had her share of hard times. After both she and her husband had their work hours cut amid the sputtering economy, they lost their home to foreclosure three years ago. Yet on Tuesday, she felt compelled to do something she had never done before: vote. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP Suppression Smacks Down Ohio Turnout</title>
<description><![CDATA[
it's going to be a tight night.
Kathleen Unger, Founder of VoteRiders.com, warns voters in every state not to leave their polling place without casting at least a provisional ballot. "If you're not allowed to vote with a regular ballot, then cast a provisional ballot. If you n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14949009-gop-suppression-smacks-down-ohio-turnout</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/05/14949009-gop-suppression-smacks-down-ohio-turnout</guid><category>us</category><category>ohio</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>vote</category><category>voting</category><category>voting-rights</category><category>united-states</category><category>republican</category><category>early-voting</category><category>voter-rights</category><category>voter-suppression</category><category>2012-election</category><category>2012-elections</category><category>jon-husted</category><pubDate>Mon, 5 Nov 2012 21:51:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz1B38627C-6B9B-1D9C-13AC-6CBE860F077E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz1B38627C-6B9B-1D9C-13AC-6CBE860F077E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ohio Turnout vs. Suppression: GOP Secretary of State Jon Husted Still Trying to Change the Rules of the Game to Favor His Party</title>
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Even with Rasmussen factored in, Obama has a 2.8 point lead. That&rsquo;s  going to be hard to beat with mere turnout, given that everyone has  known how important Ohio is going to be for months and both campaigns  have poured tremendous resources and energy into the get-out-th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/04/14918045-ohio-turnout-vs-suppression-gop-secretary-of-state-jon-husted-still-trying-to-change-the-rules-of-the-game-to-favor-his-party</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/04/14918045-ohio-turnout-vs-suppression-gop-secretary-of-state-jon-husted-still-trying-to-change-the-rules-of-the-game-to-favor-his-party</guid><category>us</category><category>ohio</category><category>usa</category><category>votes</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>vote</category><category>voting</category><category>voting-rights</category><category>united-states</category><category>republican</category><category>early-voting</category><category>voter-rights</category><category>voter-suppression</category><category>provisional-ballots</category><category>2012-election</category><category>2012-elections</category><category>jon-husted</category><category>suppressing-the-elderly-vote</category><category>suppressing-minority-vote</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Nov 2012 13:09:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozD04A37A4-287F-C14D-87F7-23DE3BA69B9D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozD04A37A4-287F-C14D-87F7-23DE3BA69B9D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Don't Give Your Ballot to That 'Nice' Republican</title>
<description><![CDATA[King County SOS Warns Voters that GOP Is Trying to Collect Ballots
In the state of Washington, where they vote entirely by mail (oh  sanity), the Secretary of State felt compelled to put a warning on their  home page about Republicans trying to collect ballots. Do not give your &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/03/14905831-dont-give-your-ballot-to-that-nice-republican</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/03/14905831-dont-give-your-ballot-to-that-nice-republican</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>vote</category><category>washington-state</category><category>ballots</category><category>voter-suppression</category><category>election-2012</category><category>mail-in-ballot</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Nov 2012 17:03:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite6F6C4117-2AD3-0B68-812C-51B980CB20A1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=brite6F6C4117-2AD3-0B68-812C-51B980CB20A1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Farewell lever and punch-card machines</title>
<description><![CDATA[Gone are the days of voting behind a curtain with an old-fashioned lever machine. Almost gone are the days of punch-card ballots and those unforgettable hanging, dimpled and pregnant chads.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer C. Kerr]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jennifer C. Kerr]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14874057-farewell-lever-and-punch-card-machines</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/02/14874057-farewell-lever-and-punch-card-machines</guid><category>us</category><category>america</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>how</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 08:25:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8bebaf74-69fe-4e3b-8d9e-c9ae158edc68.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8bebaf74-69fe-4e3b-8d9e-c9ae158edc68.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;People wait in line to vote at a polling place Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, Saratoga Springs, Utah, days ahead of the Nov. 6 election. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama Maintained Five Point Lead in Ohio | Our Travels With Feedback Along the Way</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[cards6]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cards6]]></source><link>http://cards6.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14838890-obama-maintained-five-point-lead-in-ohio-our-travels-with-feedback-along-the-way</link><guid>http://cards6.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14838890-obama-maintained-five-point-lead-in-ohio-our-travels-with-feedback-along-the-way</guid><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>obama</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 00:40:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cards615A6016A-0A94-7692-96D6-AC14C609CB9B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="425" width="220" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cards615A6016A-0A94-7692-96D6-AC14C609CB9B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="232" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>UK's Cameron to defy Europe over prisoner votes</title>
<description><![CDATA[British Prime Minister David Cameron insists he won't comply with an order from European judges to grant prisoners in the U.K. the right to vote, setting up a new clash with the continent's authorities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14666559-uks-cameron-to-defy-europe-over-prisoner-votes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14666559-uks-cameron-to-defy-europe-over-prisoner-votes</guid><category>eu</category><category>britain</category><category>prisoner</category><category>votes</category><category>david-cameron</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:58:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Supreme Court Hands Obama Victory on Early Voting in Ohio</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The U.S. Supreme Court gave President Barack Obama&rsquo;s campaign a legal victory in the pivotal state of Ohio today, backing early-voting rights for the weekend before the Nov. 6 election.
The justices rejected a bid by Ohio Republicans to limit the early voting on those da&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14486942-supreme-court-hands-obama-victory-on-early-voting-in-ohio</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14486942-supreme-court-hands-obama-victory-on-early-voting-in-ohio</guid><category>scotus</category><category>us</category><category>ohio</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>vote</category><category>voting</category><category>voting-rights</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>united-states</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>early-voting</category><category>voter-rights</category><category>voter-suppression</category><category>obama-campaign</category><category>2012-election</category><category>2012-elections</category><category>jon-husted</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:32:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Early Voting Rising</title>
<description><![CDATA[
More than 800,000 people have already voted in the 2012 general election. A clearer picture of the potential 2012 electorate is emerging in some states where election officials are providing information on who has voted.
Early voting -- both mail and in-person -- is on pace to&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/13/14414178-early-voting-rising</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/13/14414178-early-voting-rising</guid><category>us</category><category>ohio</category><category>iowa</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>vote</category><category>voting</category><category>maine</category><category>united-states</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>republican</category><category>early-voting</category><category>absentee-voting</category><category>n-carolina</category><category>2012-election</category><category>2012-elections</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:40:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>      Obama Asks Cleveland Chicken Seller How Business Was Going:  &quot;Terrible Since You Got Here&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Shockingly, Obama wasn&rsquo;t amused:
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/06/14256789-obama-asks-cleveland-chicken-seller-how-business-was-going-terrible-since-you-got-here</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/06/14256789-obama-asks-cleveland-chicken-seller-how-business-was-going-terrible-since-you-got-here</guid><category>economy</category><category>campaign</category><category>jobs</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>chicken</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>profession</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Oct 2012 08:40:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Blog: Trouble in Obama's back yard? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Six weeks ago a poll that suggested Obama may be in trouble in suburban Cook County was widely dismissed as an outlier.&nbsp; Not only does a new poll of Illinois' 10th Congressional District, which includes parts of northern Cook County,&nbsp; show that Illinois suburbanites&n&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Patriot 8888]]></source><link>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/06/14253139-blog-trouble-in-obamas-back-yard</link><guid>http://patriot-8888.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/06/14253139-blog-trouble-in-obamas-back-yard</guid><category>chicago</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>republican</category><category>democrat</category><category>polls</category><category>voter-turnout</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Oct 2012 04:24:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>  Maddow: GOP forced to cease voter registration efforts in five of the swingiest swing states </title>
<description><![CDATA[
On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow explained why the Republican Party had halted its voter registration efforts in five major swing states.
Republicans had hired Strategic Allied Consulting to run voter registration drives in Florida, Virginia, Colorado, North &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Soph0571]]></source><link>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14179318-maddow-gop-forced-to-cease-voter-registration-efforts-in-five-of-the-swingiest-swing-states</link><guid>http://smd12364.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/02/14179318-maddow-gop-forced-to-cease-voter-registration-efforts-in-five-of-the-swingiest-swing-states</guid><category>politics</category><category>votes</category><category>supreme-court</category><category>republican-party</category><category>right-wing</category><category>voter-registration</category><category>voter-suppression</category><category>maddow</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Oct 2012 09:27:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123643EB58D84-BE51-ADDF-4E3F-31EE31CC01CD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smd123643EB58D84-BE51-ADDF-4E3F-31EE31CC01CD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>