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• Turnout light in Ohio early voting window
As of Monday evening with polling sites still open, projections were that about 4,000 to 5,000 voters in the state's four largest counties would have taken advantage of the policy, which survived multiple court challenges. Elections officials were ...
• Iraqi women fear going public as candidates
BAGHDAD - The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years — until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party. Even as violence has declined, lingering ...
• SAG leaders confident on strike vote
... national governing board to call for a strike authorization from union rank and file. The board is set to decide the matter at its next meeting on October 18, the first since a dissident faction of moderates made pivotal gains in union elections last ...
• Putin: Ukraine helped Georgia with weapons
... allies during the Orange Revolution that propelled the pro-Western Yushchenko to victory in 2004, have feuded bitterly since, and the governing coalition of their political parties collapsed last month, raising the prospect of new elections. ...
• Obama may benefit from registration gains
The Obama campaign says it expects the numbers of new voters in swing states to swell even more later this month as elections offices process the tens of thousands of registrations still pouring in. And it exudes confidence about its ability to turn ...