Public Eye: Sept. 9, 2012
League of Women Voters schedules debate In one of the few contested local races in Howard County this election cycle, the Howard County League of Women Voters has scheduled a debate for the District 30...
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* First online voting in Academy Award's 85 year history * Paper ballots also allowed as new system phased in * Email votes could give edgier films an edge (Recasts, adding reaction) By Jill Serjeant...
View ArticleReuters Entertainment News Summary
Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. UK royal couple win French injunction on Kate topless photos PARIS (Reuters) - A French court on Tuesday banned a gossip magazine from...
View ArticleOscar, you've got mail: Electronic voting on tap for 2013 Oscars
LOS ANGELES, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Electronic voting is to be used for the first time to choose the winners of the Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Tuesday. The Academy...
View ArticleEarly voting makes elections more expensive
State and federal efforts to make elections more accessible over the past decade have also made them considerably more expensive, a Dayton Daily News analysis of state records has found. Since early...
View ArticleTuesday Morning Coffee: State makes it easier for native-born Pennsylvanians...
Election reform in Florida will rid the state of chads, provide grants to counties for new voting machines and will include an element of campaign finance reform Democrats deemed "transparently...
View ArticleSenate unites behind election bill
The Senate moved ahead on its election-reform package Thursday with bipartisan support. The bulk of the Senate election package (CS/SB 1118 and CS/SB 748) is now poised to be approved by the Senate as...
View ArticleVote reform taking shape
The Republican-controlled House passed its election-reform package Wednesday, over heated Democratic protests and a nearly two-hour legislative delaying tactic, setting the stage for the Senate to take...
View ArticleCivil rights group: Changes to states' voter laws may deter Hispanic voters.
Oklahoma voters with visual impairments will be able to cast ballots independently and privately this year for the first time in a presidential election. The state's new voting machines incorporate an...
View ArticleA big vote of confidence
Dallas Township resident Marisa Crispell-Barber isn't nervous taking over Luzerne County's election office a month before the Nov. 6 election. "I love a challenge," she told county election office...
View ArticleLebanon County residents rush to beat voter registration deadline
Alex Hillebrand and Tyler Keller both know that if you don't vote you can't complain. That's why the two 21-year-old college students from Palmyra were at the Lebanon County Voter Registration Office...
View ArticleRegistrar of voters is preparing for and testing for upcoming election
With elections less than a month away, the County Registrar of Voters is busy preparing supplies and testing machines ahead of the big day Nov. 6. While this takes place, the public was invited to...
View ArticleCounty's budget delayed
Finding expense cuts to offset a $6.3 million shortfall in projected revenue led Luzerne County Manager Robert Lawton to miss Monday's home rule charter deadline to release his proposed 2013 budget. A...
View ArticleBoard of elections discusses battery replacement for voting machines
Members of the Luzerne County Board of Elections discussed Monday whether the county should spend more than $70,000 replacing small batteries built inside electronic voting machines. Officials learned...
View ArticleState contractors paying for access
PIERRE -- Public records show a political action committee operated by Secretary of State Jason Gant accepted $17,500 last year from two companies that performed services for his office. Gant’s...
View ArticleYork Co. election officials address ballot confusion
York County elections officials are fielding some questions about the appearance of Joyce Knott -- candidate for South Carolina's 5th Congressional District -- twice on the Nov. 6 ballot. Ann Dahlin of...
View ArticleGuilford County's ballots are jumble of complexity
Guilford County has one of the most complex election days in North Carolina, with more ballot combinations than any other county in the state. There are 121 versions of the ballot -- with combinations...
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