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Senate GOP again blocks campaign finance billThe Associated PressY., a main sponsor of the legislation, pointing to special interest ads already running in states such as Ohio and California with hotly contested political ...and more »
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Plain DealerOhio GOP chastises state democratic leader for foul language to describe tea ...WKSU NewsCuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora has been cleared to vote in commission meetings but only on a limited number of issues. When Dimora was indicted ...Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora can continue in his job, with ...Plain Dealer (blog)Magistrate puts limits on indicted county officialDayton Daily NewsDimora due in court, contractor proclaims innocenceNewsNet5.comall 20 news articles »
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Ryan: Dems Lost Debate on Health Care LawYoungstown Business Journal2 election approaches -- just over five weeks away, with early voting in Ohio beginning next week -- Ryan remains confident that while Democrats will lose ...and more »
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Youngstown Business JournalCHS Gets SEIU Pact, Awaits AFSCME NodYoungstown Business Journal... District 1199 concluded voting on pacts with Franklin, Tenn.-based CHS. Earlier this week, bargaining units affiliated with the Ohio Nurses Association ...and more »
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CNN InternationalDems, GOP need a better bumper stickerCNN InternationalActually, the voters I spoke with recently in Ohio and Pennsylvania don't think of it that way at all. They're voting up or down, yes or no -- on how they ...Are those Visigoths at the gate?Asbury Park Press39 Steps Update, Six Weeks OutSwing State ProjectAn Open Letter to Michael SteeleFamily Security Mattersmsnbc.comall 1,227 news articles »
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Brunner backs disputed Summit County election siteAkron Beacon Journal (blog)... Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner giving a motherly lecture, the Summit County elections board settled the issue Wednesday of where early voting ...Early-voting hours expanded to two SundaysColumbus DispatchRunning clean elections takes a lot of workExaminer.comall 23 news articles »
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Democrats Dig Up Ganley Dirt in OhioCQPolitics.comMazzola called Sutton's recent salvos “a desperate attempt to change the subject away from her voting record.” For its part, the DCCC is continuing attempts ...and more »
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Washington PostEarly Voting Impacts Political StrategyWKRC TV CincinnatiBut a few years ago, Ohio made early voting okay for everyone and it's catching on. Two thousand more Hamilton County voters have already asked for mail-in ...Strickland bus rolls into town to pump up early votingCincinnati.com (blog)What Ohio Tells Us About ObamaNational Journal (blog)Students show support for campaigning trusteeOHIOU The PostSlate Magazine -PolitiFact -CBS Newsall 180 news articles »
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Cincinnati.com (blog)Ohio Dem blasts Tea Party with F-bombmsnbc.comI didnt say because im voting republican that i agree with all of their issues - do you agree with every single issue the Democrats champion? ...Campaign rhetoric heats up between Ohio Democrats and RepublicansPlain Dealerall 54 news articles »
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Ottawa Hills deer culling on November ballot13abc.comBefore any deer cull could take place, the state of Ohio must issue the village a permit. Voting no maintains the village's current legislation which bans ...and more »
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Ohio Treasurer Kevin Boyce on Voting
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COLUMBUS (AP) — Election changes proposed by Ohio House Democrats include the end of a weeklong early voting window that has allowed people to register and cast a ballot the same day.
A bill introduced Tuesday, when school levies and other issues were
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..We heard the plane go down, called 911, and arrived on the seen within 1-2 minutes to capture this video. Here is a news report that explains the event in detail; "Mike Connell- A top level Republican IT consultant who was set to testify in a case alleging GOP election tampering in Ohio died in a plane crash late Friday night. Michael Connell -- founder of Ohio-based New Media Communications, which created campaign Web sites for George W. Bush and John McCain -- died instantly after his single-prop, private aircraft smashed into a vacant home in suburban Lake Township, Ohio. "The plane was attempting to land around 6 pm Friday at Akron-Canton Airport when it crashed about three miles short of the runway," reports the Akron Beacon Journal. Connell's exploits as a top GOP IT 'guru' have been well documented by RAW STORY's investigative team. The interest in Mike Connell stems from his association with a firm called GovTech, which he had spun off from his own New Media Communications under his wife Heather Connells name. GovTech was hired by Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell to set up an official election website at election.sos.state.oh.us to presented the 2004 presidential returns as they came in. Connell is a long-time GOP operative, whose New Media Communications provided web services for the Bush-Cheney 04 campaign, the US Chamber of Commerce, the Republican National Committee and many Republican candidates. This in itself might have raised questions about his ...
A month after Election Day, filmmaker Sanford Lewis released a video report profiling the problems that numerous Cleveland area voters had casting their ballot. According to the filmmaker, voting did not go as smoothly as was commonly portrayed. Many voters faced serious problems with mail-in voting. Thirty thousand voters in just this one county cast provisional ballots that were not included in the results announced on Election Day; by the time provisional ballots were counted 10 days after Election Day, 7000 of these ballots were invalidated. Had this election been closer, we would have heard a lot more about these disenfranchised voters, and theres no question in my mind that many of the provisional and absentee votes would have been contested in court, said filmmaker Sanford Lewis, who is also an attorney, based in Amherst, MA.
After all these years, he has finally found someone he can believe in and wanted to vote for.
Although they are at the wrong polling place they are determined to find the correct one and to vote for the very 1st time.
Two very proud 1st time voters helping to change the world one vote at a time.
Two district polling places, two votes.
There was absolutely no wait at the Salem Baptist Church in Columbus, Ohio. I understand that there was a line for about 2 hours after the polls opened.
dailybragger.com I never had a problem voting until November 4th 2008. I took my recorder into the polling location and was told that I had to go to another location because my ID didn't match my voting records. THEY WERE WRONG. The Best Blog In Cleveland Dailybragger.com
As polls open in the Midwest, voters face long lines, like their counterparts in the east. Election officials predict record-setting numbers across the US as Americans cast their ballots. (Nov. 4)
Alana had been waiting in line for 5 hours when she decided to call her friend doing video the vote, and see if he would come down and video tape. He wasn't available so I went down and we see this video of how long the lines were at Franklin County's only early voting location here in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday night.
Sheri Neale shares her experience and thoughts on voting early in Franklin County. She had to wait 7 hours to cast her vote early.
Early voting experience in Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ohio, 11/01/08
John McCutcheon, master storyteller and master singer, sings at the Kent Stage, Kent, Ohio on Oct. 21, 2008 as part of Sing Out the Vote Ohio. folkmusic.com
PowerPAC project "Vote Today!" in Cleveland, Ohio. October 25th, 2008
Yes, We Can! Kiya Heartwood www.kiyaheartwood.com & the SOTV crew, improvising without rehearsal, on her song written shortly before for this tour, at Pilgrim Congregational Church in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland OH. John McCutcheon on hammered dulcimer awes the crowd. Yes we can!
Sandy O sings with Pat Humphries - emma's revolution, along with the rest of the Sing Out the Vote Ohio crew, including Rick Burkhardt on the piano, at the Kent Stage, Kent, Ohio, on Oct. 21. See emmasrevolution.com
Paid Expert says the voting problems seen in 2004 could be worse this year.
From the October 16, 2008 Vote Early Rock Late rally held on Fountain Square, downtown Cincinnati, Ohio.
Early vote from now to November 3. Visit OH.voteforchange.com
Early voting in ohio，2008 campaign，producing by US Election Team, Shantou University. Producer, Feng Miaolan
Oct. 16, Chris Redfern, a state representative and chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, lashes out at Republicans during a Statehouse press conference on voting issues.
Oct. 16, Chris Redfern, a state representative and chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party, lashes out at Republicans during a Statehouse press conference on voting issues.
Early voting in ohio，2008 campaign，producing by US Election Team, Shantou University. Producer, Feng Miaolan
More at therealnews.com TRNN travels to Ohio and talks to people hit by economic crisis
Scientists explore the causes and possible solutions behind alleged voting irregularities during the 2004 presidential election in Ohio. www.pbs.org
Hundreds of volunteers are being sent into Ohio via bus under a program of the Ohio Secretary of State. They are supposed to be non-partisan since it's the state government's program, but many are actively and directly telling people to vote for Obama. This is all happening during a week jammed with special absentee voting and instant registration happening.
Go to Ohio.VoteForChange.com to find your One Stop Early Vote location, to register and vote the same day before October 6.
Live From Main Street and GRITtv continue our week of special programming. Today, technology, voting machines, and the future of democracy. In November, one quarter of the country will be voting on paperless electronic voting machines. Yet, questions have emerged about partisan contractors programming the machines that will count the vote. And come election day, it may not be possible to conduct a recount in a number of swing states if the vote is close. Why? There will be no paper ballets to verify the vote. Here to discuss what we can do and how we can ensure our vote is not stolen are Steven Rosenfeld, senior fellow at AlterNet and the author of Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting, Deanna Zandt, media technologist and consultant to the Hightower Lowdown, and Bo Lipari, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Verified Voting.
Dobbs On Ohio Voting Fraud
Blogger Soren Dayton On Early Voting In Ohio
Voting has begun in Ohio! Go to oh.barackobama.com to find your early vote location.
Live From Main Street and GRITtv continue our week of special programming. Today, technology, voting machines, and the future of democracy. In November, one quarter of the country will be voting on paperless electronic voting machines. Yet, questions have emerged about partisan contractors programming the machines that will count the vote. And come election day, it may not be possible to conduct a recount in a number of swing states if the vote is close. Why? There will be no paper ballets to verify the vote. Here to discuss what we can do and how we can ensure our vote is not stolen are Steven Rosenfeld, senior fellow at AlterNet and the author of Count My Vote: A Citizen's Guide to Voting, Deanna Zandt, media technologist and consultant to the Hightower Lowdown, and Bo Lipari, Executive Director of New Yorkers for Verified Voting.
Election day is now! Vote in Ohio from September 30 to November 3. Visit www.VoteForChange.com for all the info you need.
Ohio's early absentee voting laws are raising a controversial issue: homeless voters without id or social security numbers. Palestra.net's Shelby Holliday has the story.
10.1.08- A Republican poll observer is turned away in Ohio. Shady voting rules taking place for early voting in Ohio.
A federal appeals court has ruled against the GOP over early voting in Ohio. The decision upholds a weeklong window allowing voters in the state to register and cast a ballot on the same day. (Sept. 30)
Day two of Live From Main Street and GRITtvs special programming on voting in the United States. Registration deadlines loom and there are many obstacles. From reading tests to ID challenges, felon disenfranchisement laws and the endless purging of voter rolls the US is almost alone among industrial world democracies in having no uniform federal voting law. WHY IS THAT? As early voting begins in states across the country, we are joined by Wendy Weiser who directs the Brennan Center's work on voting rights and elections; Docia Buffington, the lead organizer for the Youth Voter Collective; renowned author and professor, Frances Fox Piven. She has written many books including Why Americans Still Don't Vote; and Dr. Divine Pryor the Executive Director of the Center for NuLeadership on Urban Solutions.
As Ohio kicks off its Golden Week, where voters can both register to vote and put in their early votes all at once, Live From Main Street is launching a nationally broadcast investigation week and "virtual town hall" that will expose voter suppression tactics, feature voter protection organizing and connect citizens to voting experts. In our first panel, Bob Fitrakis, author of How the GOP Stole Americas 2004 Election & Is Rigging 2008, Donita Judge, a member of Advancement Project's Power and Democracy team and their lead attorney covering Ohio, and Stephen Hightower of the League of Young Voters discuss voter suppression and protection in Ohio and other battleground states.
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