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Mangalorean.comK'taka goes to polling amidst tight securityMangalorean.com, IndiaVoters who are in possession of elector photo identity card (EPIC) can SMS their EPIC number to 9481555555 to know name of the parliamentary constituency, part number, serial number and polling both address. This information would be sent through SMS. ...Excited, informed, youngsters all set to vote Mangalorean.comall 48 news articles
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Hill Country TimesCitizens ask questions of Candidates at forumHill Country Times, TXMembers of the audience would be allowed to write a single question at a time, to all candidates, on a note card which would be collected and turned into Cross throughout the session. A question to an individual candidate would not be allowed, ...
http://www.hillcountrytimes.com/link.asp?smenu=97&twindow=&sdetail=2115&mad=&wpage=1&skeyword=&sidate=
National PostJohn Ivison: Jack Layton aims at pension guarantees and misses the ...National Post, Canada... election anytime soon, in the face of a resurgent Liberal Party - but an accommodation is much more likely to be on the three priorities Mr. Layton unveiled in a speech on Monday, namely, Employment Insurance reforms, limits on credit card interest ...
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/04/22/john-ivison-jack-layton-aims-at-pension-guarantees-and-misses-the-target.aspx
HinduRice, sugar showered on Bangalore South votersHindu, IndiaThey asked for my voter's identity card. But I did not give it,” she said. Kabbalamma, another resident who said that she shoulders the responsibility of her “alcoholic” son's two children as well, said the workers came and gave the commodities to her ...
http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/23/stories/2009042353840100.htm
Daily MirrorPOLL BLUNDERSDaily Mirror, Sri LankaThe alleged blunders made by the main state elections authority, the Elections Secretariat aggravated the situation when more than 100000 voters received more than one polling card while thousands of others had been given incorrect NIC numbers on their ...
http://www.dailymirror.lk/DM_BLOG/Sections/frmNewsDetailView.aspx?ARTID=46747
Melbourne Herald SunParramatta directors send out meal vouchers with how-to-vote cardsMelbourne Herald Sun, AustraliaPicture: Mark Evans / The Daily Telegraph IT'S the election stunt that will leave a bad taste in the mouths of every Eels fan who can use chopsticks but can't read Chinese. Parramatta Leagues Club directors last night were accused of bribing selected ...
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/nrl/story/0,27074,25367376-5016547,00.html
PoliticoDo Texas Dems hold winning hand?Politico, DCIn poker, a player will try to draw one card that will complete a straight (five cards in a row). If the player holds a six, a seven, a nine and a 10, he will try to draw an eight, which would give him a straight (which beats three of a kind). ...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21458.html
Los Angeles TimesMeasuring Obama by FDR's yardstickLos Angeles Times, CASince then, journalists and political analysts have embraced the 100-day report card for new presidents. But for most leaders since FDR, the first three months have been an unreliable guide to the years that followed. In 1993, Bill Clinton's 100 days ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-presidency21-2009apr21,0,1344141.story
Calcutta TelegraphPawar plays Shivaji card to guard besieged fortCalcutta Telegraph, IndiaShinde's pre-election move to provide electrical pump sets to farmers hasn't cut much ice with voters either, says grape farmer Rajubhai Bansode 25km outside Solapur town. “The electricity is gone for most of the day. Is Shinde sahib now going to give ...
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090421/jsp/nation/story_10852750.jsp
The AustralianNelson Mandela's magic touch ensures victory for Jacob ZumaThe Australian, AustraliaPicture: Reuters The presidential candidate of South Africa's ruling ANC looks set to win Wednesday's election despite corruption allegations now dropped and a party split. The Mandela trump card and assurances from the new ANC leader that he will not ...Party's Rally Gets Boost by Mandela Before Vote New York Timesall 2,687 news articles
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25361053-2703,00.html
WA todayThe Barnett Government report cardWA today, AustraliaLight on policy before the election, the strategy of not saying much worked as the Liberals, written off by most just a month before polling day, assumed power. has played the major role in the implementation, or ditching, of Liberal election promises ...
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/the-barnett-government-report-card-20090419-ab8d.html
Thaindian.comMoneyed candidates have no PAN card,7 don't have a pennyThaindian.com, ThailandBhopal, April 19 (IANS) Politicians who claim to have jumped into the fray to 'serve the people' have become wealthier manifold, some even upto 300 percent, in the past five years, but many still do not possess a PAN card, said the National Election ...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/moneyed-candidates-have-no-pan-card7-dont-have-a-penny_100181854.html
Today's ZamanKKTC kingmaker anticipates coalition with nationalistsToday's Zaman, Turkeyctp's current coalition partner, the Freedom and Reform Party (ÖRP), is struggling to pass the 5 percent election threshold, according to the polls, and is unlikely to give the CTP the pass card to government. Citizens of the Turkish Republic of ...
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=172793&bolum=100
Joydeep Dey wants to work towards bringing transparency in the system.
Business StandardNitin Desai: The poll and the economyBusiness Standard, IndiaWhat are the chances that the present election will give us a government that has the unity, stability and political standing that allows it to cope with these challenges? Most commentators seem to predict a repetition of the present political pattern ...Political Prattle: BJP releases 'charge sheet' against UPA Government Mangalorean.comall 753 news articles
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/nitin-desaipollthe-economy/355264/
The Associated PressConservative launches challenge to Pa.'s SpecterThe Associated PressA likely wild card in the primary is the candidacy of Peg Luksik, an anti-abortion activist from Johnstown who ran for governor three times in the 1990s and who also is vying for conservatives' support. Running as an independent in 1994, ...A Specter in Thy Republican Brother`s Eye American Daily Reviewall 333 news articles
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gyRn62eAz8Nr8RDJ4Kj2-nimkOHgD97J1FG81
The Leader NewspapersFour candidates, three seats in CBOE race (Score: )The Leader Newspapers, NJ“Carlstadt could use a number grade on report cards, instead of a letter grade. On the report card, it should then list what number grades correspond to each letter grade. When the number grades are looked at by other schools, they are going to compare ...
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World Sikh NewsBJP aims to reap communal divide in KandhamalWorld Sikh News, CA... the Hindu votes would surely be consolidated in at least two of the seven Assembly constituencies of the Lok Sabha election, thus deciding who the winner would be. With no issue in hand, the BJP is unashamedly playing the Hindutva card. ...
http://worldsikhnews.com/15%20April%202009/BJP%20aims%20to%20reap%20communal%20divide%20in%20Kandhamal.htm
CNET NewsNew Net taxes amid taxing times?CNET News, CAHowever, you are right about the piracy piece: at least until they tax stolen items. by Random_Walk April 15, 2009 10:03 AM PDT Your credit card ties to a billing address somewhere... Of course, people who live in border towns (that is, a town in a tax ...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10219578-38.html
Reznet NewsOsages Wrestle With Per-Cap PaymentsReznet News, MontanaOsage students can receive up to $10000 a year for college costs, and Congress just passed the Health Benefit Act, which will give a $500 medical benefit card to all Osages who apply. "That's an argument made by the proponents [of per-capita payments], ...
http://www.reznetnews.org/article/osages-wrestle-cap-payments-32430
Thaindian.comThe ‘third sex’ - ready to vote, but want better livesThaindian.com, Thailand“I do not have a voter card. How can I when I don’t even know my identity? There is nothing that can be done for me or my kind,” he said. His friend and fellow eunuch Mangala (Mangal), a peer-outreach officer with NGO Sahara’s transgender project, ...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/the-third-sex-ready-to-vote-but-want-better-lives_100179768.html
Thaindian.comThe ‘third sex' - ready to vote, but want better livesThaindian.com, Thailand“I do not have a voter card. How can I when I don't even know my identity? There is nothing that can be done for me or my kind,” he said. His friend and fellow eunuch Mangala (Mangal), a peer-outreach officer with NGO Sahara's transgender project, ...
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/the-third-sex-ready-to-vote-but-want-better-lives_100179768.html
CNET NewsFiling taxes via cell phone: Not just a dreamCNET News, CASigning is via digital certificate that might be stored on the taxpayer's hard drive or in a chip on his or her debit card. These certificates are also valid for other governmental and public services, such as accessing the national vehicle registry or ...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10219457-94.html
Monday MorningParties gearing up to form electoral listsMonday Morning, LebanonWhen inaugurating the Election Management and Supervision Center, President Michel Sleiman asked the contending parties to ensure the contest retained a democratic character, affirming that “the acceptance by the people of the results of the polls is ...
http://www.mmorning.com/ArticleC.asp?Article=6733&CategoryID=2
Sofia EchoExperimental e-voting for the elections for Bulgarian Parliament ...Sofia Echo, BulgariaThe Central Election Committee will have to stipulate the way the e-voting will proceed, MPs decided when adopting the e-voting amendment to the Elections Act. The automated systems will have a screen and a magnetic card reader device. ...Bulgaria to Experiment with Electronic Voting Novinite.comall 30 news articles
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2009/04/14/705053_experimental-e-voting-for-the-elections-for-bulgarian-parliament-introduced
Novinite.comBulgaria to Experiment with Electronic VotingNovinite.com, BulgariaVoters will be able to cast their ballot electronically via special cards in fifty election booths, equipped with monitors and card readers, under amendments to the Election of National Representatives Act, which parliament adopted at second reading on ...
http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=102761
The Associated PressProfiles of citizens detained or deportedThe Associated PressHe said he gave sheriff's officials his Social Security card and driver's license, but both were dismissed as possible fakes. He said officers also refused to investigate his citizenship claim. In the meantime, his wife, a teacher, waited three hours ...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jpWxbY7NCPzdu4M5zrixnjoxceUwD97HSE380
HinduCentenarian awaits D-dayHindu, IndiaHe says he has never missed an election in the past, making him one of the few who have cast their ballot in every election since 1951. “If one doesn’t avail of his right to vote he/she is considered dead in government records,” says the centenarian, ...
http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/14/stories/2009041450821700.htm
ArkansasSports360.comAnalysis: Lincoln Running Like She's in TroubleArkansasSports360.com, ARAfter months of wavering on legislation that would make it easier for workers to unionize, Lincoln came out against the so-called "card check" bill that Republicans have been trying to point to as a weakness in her re-election bid. ...
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article.aspx?aid=114015.54928.126144
Sunday Leader (registration)Ethnic minorities in Gampaha being threatened by goons – Lawrence ...Sunday Leader (registration), Sri LankaWhile the Western Provincial Council election campaign took a deadly turn with the recording of the first pre election killing of Nandana Balage, a JVP supporter, the Marxist JVP is now cashing in on the murder of its comrade. The JVP member arrived in ...
http://www.thesundayleader.lk/20090412/election.htm
UAW received a majority of signatures after weeks of pressure on Dana Corporation employees in Albion, IN. However, several motivated employees who felt that many people were tricked or intimidated into signing the UAW cards would vote down the UAW if a private and secret NLRB election were held. After gathering enough signatures, the employees forced an election that blocked the NLRBs recognition of the UAW. Workers will not have this private free choice option if the current so-called ...
Brisbane TimesHow a union boss won the Dobell prizeBrisbane Times, AustraliaCredit card statements show Mr Thomson's two national office cards were used to pay at least 60 bills at restaurant, cafes and bars in the electorate in the two years before the election. Said one local ALP member: "He kept the branches well ...Craig Thomson at an opening in his electorate last year. Photo ... Sydney Morning HeraldCraig Thomson denies escort rort allegations LIVENEWS.com.auMP denies using credit card for escorts WA todayBrisbane Times - Brisbane Timesall 498 news articles
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/how-a-union-boss-won-the-dobell-prize-20090409-a27o.html
Sydney Morning HeraldCraig Thomson at an opening in his electorate last year. Photo ...Sydney Morning Herald, AustraliaHEALTH Services Union officials believe union credit cards were used to spend at least $104000 on federal Labor MP Craig Thomson's political campaign for the Central Coast seat of Dobell before the 2007 election. The campaign spending was identified in ...How a union boss won the Dobell prize Brisbane TimesLabor MP accused of credit card rort WA todayRudd needs to clean up 'corrupt' Labor: Abbott LIVENEWS.com.auThe Age - Brisbane Timesall 498 news articles
http://www.smh.com.au/national/doubts-over-disclosure-of-poll-fund-20090408-a0vs.html
Pittsburgh Post GazetteJanitors, science center battle over unionizationPittsburgh Post Gazette, PAMr. Pringle said he didn't need to have an election, "I signed the card." "Everyone needs better pay. I've been there three years, and I'm still part-time," he said. Mr. Pringle said that since he started working for the museum, his pay has been ...
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09098/961213-28.stm
MyFox AustinHouse Debates Voter IDMyFox AustinDunnam has drafted an election-reform package. It includes- voter registration rolls to be regularly updated- creates tougher criminal penalties for voter fraud. Redesigns registration cards, with paper versions replaced with plastic. ...Voter ID Hearing MyFox Austinall 104 news articles
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/dpp/news/040709_House_Debates_Voter_ID_Bill
HinduIt’s an EPIC struggle out thereHindu, IndiaBangalore: The plight of thousands of eligible voters, who are yet to receive their Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) appears to have gone unnoticed both by the Election Commission, which is busy with preparation for the conduct of elections, ...
http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/08/stories/2009040850250100.htm
Jakarta GlobeCasting Your Vote is Not So HardJakarta Globe, IndonesiaOn Election Day, go to the polling station named in the invitation letter, or C4 letter. • Bring identification such as an identity card, driver’s license, student card, passport, birth certificate, marriage certificate or family registration card. ...
http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/article/15711.html
EsquireLegalizing Marijuana: Where the Bush Team Tops Obama'sEsquireThis argument would have more merit, except that card check is already the law of the land and has been since the National Labor Relations Act in 1935. It's just that the cards don't automatically trigger a secret election — the company decides whether ...
http://www.esquire.com/the-side/richardson-report/obama-legalizing-marijuana-040709
HinduShow UPA performance card: BrindaHindu, IndiaCPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat releases an election poster in New Delhi on Monday. NEW DELHI: Charging the Congress with “concocting figures selectively” in its report card against the West Bengal government, the Communist Party of India ...
http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/07/stories/2009040761111000.htm
HV Ross Robertson: Can the Minister, therefore, tell the House whether the Minister for Social Development and Employment indicated to him that the SuperGold card is safe only in the immediate future and that she is giving no guarantee of the long-term future of the card? Hon PAULA BENNETT: The Minister is assured by the Minister for Social Development and Employment that there are immediate plans, no medium-term plans, and no long-term plans for cutting the SuperGold card. HV Ross Robertson ...
The Metropolitan Coporate CounselProtect The Private Vote - Oppose The So-Called Employee Free ...The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel, NJSupporters of the bill also claim that workers could still choose to have an election under Card Check if they wanted one. Technically, that's true, in that the law doesn't specifically abolish elections. But once union organizers have the 50 percent ...Petition no substitute for secret ballot PoliticoEmployee Free Choice Act Likely Dead for 111th Congress About - News & IssuesNo more 'coercion and intimidation' Politicoall 176 news articles
http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=April&artYear=2009&EntryNo=9557
Rian Wathen, former Organizing Director for the UFCW Local 700, Indianapolis, discusses different tactics union organizers use to get employees to sign union authorization cards. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would eliminate the secret-ballot democratic election process and replace it with card check, a method that would enable union organizers to deceive, harass and threaten workers until they signed a union authorization card. Once 51% of a companys employees signed cards, EFCA would ...
Los Angeles Times'Card check' bill loses key supportersLos Angeles Times, CAThe card-check bill would bypass the traditional union election process and allow workers to be certified as a bargaining unit if a majority signed cards indicating their support for a union. The proposal played a leading role in congressional ...
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-card-check28-2009mar28,0,4048410.story
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...who consistently use the language preferred by Big Labor. They parrot the labor line that if 30 percent of workers sign a card asking for an election, they can have one. But this ignores the unions' crimp tactics. For starters, the cards are written in ways...
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MyFox PhiladelphiaSpecter To Oppose Card Check BillMyFox Philadelphia, PAIt's a setback for organized labor, and a risky position to take before a re-election bid. Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter said he will oppose a bill that makes it easier for workers to form unions. Specter, who faces re-election next year, ...Specter gives Dems cover on labor bill PoliticoNew Poll Suggests Tough Road Ahead for Sen. Specter KYW1060.comUnion-organizing bill loses Specter support Seattle TimesSan Diego Union Tribune - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.comall 426 news articles
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NewsHourWith Budget Fight Brewing, Obama Defends Economic Recovery PlanNewsHour"What this means is that in the middle of a recession, when most Americans are rushing to pay down their credit cards, this budget does the exact opposite: it runs up the national credit card to an extent that we have never seen in our nation's history ...
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/white_house/jan-june09/obama_03-24.html
Washington TimesROMNEY: Viewing unions from the right: Cautionary tale of card checkWashington Times, DCThe veto was a gain for the rights of employees and employers to a fair election, but the victory was short-lived. After I left office, organized labor had another run at replacing the secret ballot with a card check. With the support of Democrats in ...
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/25/viewing-unions-from-the-right-cautionary-tale-of-c/
HinduZero tolerance of poll code violation: Navin ChawlaHindu, IndiaGuwahati: Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said on Tuesday that the Commission had told all Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of Assam and Meghalaya that there should be zero tolerance of violation of the model code of conduct. ...
http://www.hindu.com/2009/03/25/stories/2009032561131700.htm
New York TimesKey GOP Senator Reverses Course on Union Organizing BillNew York Times, United StatesThe reason for the card-check agreement is because the time between the card signing and the actual vote is rampant with management striking fear and intimidation into all workers. They also continue to violate the NLRA because the sanctions imposed on ...Labor Unions' "Card-Check Bill" Dead; Act Would Have Removed ... Phoenix New TimesGOP chairman lauds Specter's decision The Patriot-News - PennLive.comSpecter gives Dems cover on labor bill PoliticoSeattle Times - San Diego Union Tribuneall 212 news articles
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/24/key-gop-senator-reverses-course-on-union-organizing-bill/
American MachinistEmployee free choiceAmerican Machinist, OHThen the election is held within that specified time. Each worker votes, in secret, for or against. Under the new law, union organizers only have to get 51 percent of the workers at a company to sign a card to ask for a union. ...Specter announces opposition to 'card check' Washington TimesAFL-CIO on Specter's No Vote: 'A Rebuke to Working People' TPMDCall 193 news articles
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