Nov 06 2012
9:49PM EST November 6. 2012 – NBC and CBS are projecting Democrat Elizabeth Warren will win the Massachusetts Race and turn GOP incumbent Sen. Scott Brown out of office.
On a night when up to a dozen Senate races were in play, the Massachusetts race was the marquee attraction in the battle for majority control.
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Nov 06 2012
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A non-binding referendum on the nature of Puerto Rico’s relationship with the United States was too close to call early Tuesday.
Exit polls on the issue showed a 48 percent tie between those who favor modifying the current commonwealth model and those who prefer to maintain the present arrangement.Preliminary results on a second referendum question, which includes three options, show that 50 percent favor U.S. statehood, 32 percent support an enhanced …
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Nov 06 2012
Republican candidates lost their bids for U.S. Senate seats in Florida, Maine and Connecticut, three of 10 critical contests that will determine which party controls the chamber in the next Congress.
In Florida, Democratic Senator Bill Nelson of Florida won a third term, defeating Republican Representative Connie Mack IV. Nelson, the only Democrat holding a statewide office in Florida, was first elected to the seat in 2000 after Connie Mack III retired.
Democrats control the Senate 53-47. …
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Nov 06 2012
WASHINGTON —
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, has easily won re-election. Polls have also closed in Virginia and Indiana, where Democrats and Republicans are contesting seats currently held by a Democrat and a Republican. …
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Nov 06 2012
Voting rights advocates described the election in New Jersey on Tuesday as a “catastrophe,” and said significant problems were also cropping up in Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania, among other places, although it was not possible to immediately verify all of those reports.
In New Jersey, problems stemming from super storm Sandy caused election computers to crash and some polling places were not able to open by late morning, according to Barbara Arnwine, executive director of the …
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Nov 06 2012
Washington, DC—Virginia Democrats are worried that long lines at polling places in key Virginia counties may discourage voters and cause them to go home without voting. Since this morning, there have been reports of long lines and waits of up to two hours in large Democratic-leaning counties immediately outside DC, such as Arlington, and key swing counties to Arlington’s south such as Prince William. Virginia election officials say there are long lines throughout the state …
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Nov 06 2012
While the majority of Californians cast their ballot without any problems on Election Day, a few unlucky voters hit discouraging snags.
The problems ranged from poll worker mistakes to missing voting machines to ID confusion. Like some who had registered to vote through Rock The Vote, LA-based writer Aaron Waltke, 28, had problems casting a ballot on Tuesday.
Both Waltke and his girlfriend had registered to vote through the Rock The Vote site more than a month …
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Nov 06 2012
Voting problems big and small are being reported around the country — as usual.
It’s hard to remember an election where scrutiny of voting has been so close. From new voter-ID laws to groups like True the Vote to truncated early voting, election issues have been at the forefront of the 2012 campaign story. Both parties have armies of poll watchers on hand and armies of lawyers in reserve for expected lawsuits, challenges, and recounts that …
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Nov 06 2012
Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) — People outside a polling place near Pittsburgh were barred from asking voters for ID, a New Jersey judge was asked to extend deadlines for victims of Hurricane Sandy and an Ohio congressional candidate lost a bid to bar electronic vote machines he deemed at risk of tampering.
A Philadelphia judge even ordered that a mural of President Barack Obama at an elementary school be covered up.
These were just a few of a …
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Nov 06 2012
When 20-year Phoenix resident and businesswoman Maria Maqueada turned in her emergency ballot today at the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office, thanks to the assertive efforts of Citizens for a Better Arizona, one more vote was cast in what observers are already calling a record Latino vote in Arizona.
Whether such a grassroots surge in the Latino vote will be able to overcome out-of-state contributions and Republican hijinks, including the latest report today on misleading robocalls to …
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Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Is Coming To Los Angeles!
Come and hear Varoufakis speak in person on Saturday April 23rd in Pasadena, California, at his ONLY Los Angeles-area event!
WHEN: Saturday April 23rd, Reception at 12 noon, Event at 1 pm
WHERE: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Yanis Varoufakis of the Syriza Party took the European political establishment by storm a year ago when he was appointed Finance Minister of Greece by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. Varoufakis is an ……
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