Election Coverage 2012

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  Runoff elections in 46 Louisiana parishes Saturday

  

  Posted 11:12 AM 12/7/2012 by AP

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Amid the holiday frenzy, hunting schedules and football watching, political contenders are hoping they can persuade their core supporters to vote Saturday in runoff elections around Louisiana.

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  Campaign finance complaint lodged against Boustany

  

  Posted 2:16 PM 12/5/2012 by AP

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A complaint filed with federal elections officials accuses Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany of paying a Democratic political organization for its endorsement, but hiding the arrangement when filing campaign finance reports. Christian Gil, leader of the (More)

  
  

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  Early Voting for Dec. 8 Runoff Ends Saturday

  

  Posted 1:15 PM 11/30/2012 by Ian Auzenne

  The Secretary of State's Office reminds voters that tomorrow is the last day of early voting in the December 8 runoff election. Voters may cast their early ballots from 8:30 A. M. Until 6:00 P. M. at their local Registrar of Voters' Office or at other designated locations. For a list of designated early voting locations, click here.

  
  

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  THE RESET: Election prompts strategy shifts

  

  Posted 10:54 AM 11/13/2012 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Last week's elections are prompting multiple resets and course corrections.

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  Boat needed in one Minneapolis voting precinct

  

  Posted 10:11 AM 11/13/2012 by AP

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Not one voter cast a ballot in one Minneapolis precinct on Election Day. That's because the only living species in Ward 10, Precinct 3B, is of the aquatic variety.

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  Darwin gets 4,000 write-in votes against Ga. rep.

  

  Posted 5:42 PM 11/8/2012 by AP

  ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Charles Darwin earned almost 4,000 write-in votes against a Georgia congressman who denounced evolution and other scientific theories as "lies straight from the pit of hell."

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  Small Va. college reports post-election unrest

  Posted 12:07 PM 11/8/2012 by AP

  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Officials say about 40 students at a small all-men's college in Virginia shouted racial slurs, threw bottles and set off fireworks outside the Minority Student Union within hours after President Barack Obama's re-election.

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  Fraud? No, spider delays Mass. town's vote count

  

  Posted 9:53 AM 11/8/2012 by AP

  REHOBOTH, Mass. (AP) - It wasn't hanging chads or voter fraud that delayed the vote count in one Massachusetts town - it was a spider.

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  Long lines, confusion reveal flaws in US elections

  

  Posted 4:53 PM 11/7/2012 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Even as President Barack Obama was about to give his victory speech early Wednesday, dozens of Florida voters waited in line waiting to cast ballots more than five hours after the polls officially closed. Thousands of people in Virginia, Tennessee and elsewhere also had to vote (More)

  
  

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  GOP asks "why" and "where do we go from here?"

  

  Posted 4:12 PM 11/7/2012 by AP

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans are plunging into an intense period of self-examination, blame-setting and testy debate over whether their party needs serious change or just some minor tweaks.

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  President Obama wins Ohio behind biggest cities

  

  Posted 3:56 PM 11/7/2012 by AP

  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Mitt Romney won most of Ohio geographically, while President Barack Obama won where the most votes were to win the pivotal battleground state again. The Democrat racked up votes in Ohio's major urban/industrial areas, and Republican Mitt Romney carried nearly (More)

  
  

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  Ole Miss protest gets out of hand, 2 arrested

  

  Posted 12:16 PM 11/7/2012

  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A protest against the re-election of President Barack Obama got out of hand at the University of Mississippi, and officials say racial slurs were tossed in a crowd that grew to about 400 students after rumors spread that a riot had broken out. Two arrests were reported but (More)

  
  

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  Ryan loses VP but wins re-election in Wisconsin

  

  Posted 11:57 PM 11/6/2012

  MILWAUKEE (AP) - Paul Ryan came up short in his vice presidential bid, but he's sure to remain a key leader of the Republican Party when he returns to Washington and the congressional seat he easily retained Tuesday night. Ryan won re-election to the U.S. House seat representing southeastern (More)

  
  

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  Mitt Romney concedes the race

  

  Posted 11:51 PM 11/6/2012

  ABC News: Mitt Romney calls President Obama to concede the race.

  
  

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  Obama adds more states to widen gap

  

  Posted 11:40 PM 11/6/2012

  WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama continues to expand his victory margin, after earlier amassing the 270 electoral votes needed to win re-election. He's won the six electoral votes in Nevada, after dashing Mitt Romney's hopes in other battleground states, including Ohio, Wisconsin and (More)