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House acts to improve absentee ballot tracking

The government would help states track absentee ballots and verify to voters that their votes are actually received and counted under legislation that passed the House on Thursday.

Voter angst: Where’s my ballot?

Where's my absentee ballot? Why did they take my name off the voter registration rolls? What happened to the signup card I filled out weeks ago? With just one full business day left before Election Day, last-minute questions like these are flooding in to election offices and voter advocacy groups.

Early voting trickle quickly becoming a torrent

Serenaded by their world famous marching band, almost a thousand students, faculty and administrators marched off the campus of Florida A&M University on Monday. It was not a protest march — at the head of the line was the university’s president, James Ammons.

Do absentee ballots facilitate fraud?

- If you want a guide to how absentee ballots can be used to subvert an election, the Indiana Supreme Court has one for you.

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Four essential things we all desire in life and why they could be the answer to reducing crime

In the UK we have a problem with juvenile delinquency. To deal with it, we also have a veritable explosion of orders relating to restraining anti-social behavior (called ASBOs), which does not appear to be having the desired effect. On the other hand we have the cult of celebrity.

Should I Drop Out of High School Because of Teasing?

Q. Should I drop out of High school? I am already 20 years of age. The reason I have been there so long is because I was constantly teased because of my looks. I want to be successful but I was always depressed because of all the teasing people made.

Former GOP Senator, Vitenam Veteran Backs Obama: "I just got the feeling that Obama will be able to handle this financial crisis better... the Republican Party I knew in the 1970s is just all gone"
Source: Politico

Former Sen. Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), who was the first Vietnam veteran to serve in the United States Senate, is the latest Republican to back Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign...

Military vote by mail: Mostly absent
Source: The Washington Times

The number of absentee military ballots applied for that ultimately get counted is consistently low.

Important Voting News for American Ex-Pats

Okay, I have not personally confirmed this. But I just had a conversation with an American 'living abroad' who had just registered online to vote.

Angry voters ask: How do I 'deregister?'
Source: qctimes.com

Scott County (Iowa) Auditor Karen Fitzsimmons said Thursday that she expected to see 20,000 ballots cast through absentee and satellite voting, which are closing in on their deadlines. Instead, her office has collected 15,000 ballots.

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