ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) ” Less than half of Algeria’s registered voters turned out for parliamentary elections Thursday, for a contest billed by authorities as the freest in decades. The government announced late Thursday around 42 percent of voters cast their ballots, which was still a substantial increase over an anemic turnout of just 36 percent in 2007 elections. Final results are expected .. more …
Voter registration deadline is Saturday, May 26 for the primary election that will be conducted Tuesday, June 5, the Iowa County Auditor’s office reminds.The auditor’s office will have special hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 26.Election Day registration, which took effect Jan. 1, 2008, allows residents who have moved or are not registered to register at their precinct on Election Day. Those planning .. more …
MIAMI (Reuters) – Florida election authorities are examining about 180,000 people who they say may not be U.S. citizens but are registered to vote in the state, an official said on Friday. State officials are updating Florida’s voter rolls ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November. Florida is home to a large Latino population and is expected to be a critical swing state in the contest .. more …
Over the past few weeks (Months? Years? Goodness how the time slips away), Justice and I have gone on at some length as to how, when and why Washington’s loose fiscal habits will inevitably induce inflation. And yet, recent headlines would seem to put the lie to this concept. Washington reports that despite all the billions in stimulus monies it has been pumping out, wholesale prices only rose .. more …
Early votes and absentee ballots requested through May 9. Shaded areas represent turnout percentage; area of circles represents relative number of votes.(Mike DeBonis – Data from D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics; map via geocommons.com) Of course, I can’t tell you who they are voting for, but I can tell you vaguely where the earliest Ward 5 special election voters live.The map above ( .. more …
President Obama has bolstered his standing with voters in a key swing state against Republican rival Mitt Romney , according to a recent poll. Obama leads Romney 46 percent to 45 percent, according to a Suffolk University-WSVN-Miami poll released Wednesday.That’s a change from a similar poll taken in January that had Romney with a five-point lead in the state. The latest poll, which surveyed 600 .. more …
ANDERSON “The final day to register to vote in the Democratic and Republican primary elections in South Carolina is Saturday. Residents do not register by party. Documentation that has a name and current residential address is required, such as S.C. driver’s license, current utility bill or bank statement.The voter Registration Office will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. .. more …
