Articles tagged with voting
Fri, May 18, 2012
Appeals court affirms minority voting rights law
By Terry Baynes
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a key provision of the landmark U.S. voting rights law aimed at ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Ohio Governor signs law to repeal voting law changes
By Kim Palmer
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio's Republican Governor John Kasich signed a bill on Tuesday reversing a contentious voting law that Democrats have ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Iran holds run-off parliamentary election
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians voted on Friday in a run-off parliamentary election that could establish a new balance between Iran's top leader and its ...
Tue, April 24, 2012
Early voting now underway in recalls
UNDATED (WSAU) Early voting has started in the Wisconsin recall primaries.
Absentee voting began Monday at municipal clerks’ offices for governor, lieutenant governor, and ...
Fri, April 20, 2012
Socialists celebrate as French vote nears close
By Sybille de La Hamaide and Daniel Flynn
PARIS (Reuters) - France looked set to crown Francois Hollande as its first Socialist president in nearly ...
Wed, April 18, 2012
News Corp suspends voting rights for some non-U.S. shareholders
(Reuters) - News Corp suspended half the voting rights of its non-American shareholders to comply with a U.S. law that limits foreign ownership, after ...
Tue, April 17, 2012
UPDATED: Wausau moves west side polling site
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAU) – Wausau will move its polling site at the Rose Garden to Marathon Park's East Gate Hall for the May recall ...
Tue, March 13, 2012
Recall voting dates proposed: May 8th and June 5th
MADISON (WRN) The state Government Accountability Board wants a delay in certifying recall elections against the governor, lieutenant governor, and four Republican state senators ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
More recall delays, or will voting dates be set today?
MADISON (WRN) Democrats plan to oppose an effort to delay recall elections against Governor Walker and other Republicans.
The Government Accountability Board could approve ...
Sun, March 04, 2012
Voting fraud allegations mar Putin's presidential win
By Thomas Grove
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A few days before Russia's presidential election, Sergei Smirnov received a phone call from a man who called ...
Sun, March 04, 2012
Pressure mounts on Romney for Illinois victory
By Steve Holland
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pressure is mounting on Republican Mitt Romney to win next Tuesday's presidential primary in Illinois, a state considered ...
Thu, March 01, 2012
Romney Crys Foul on Santorum Calling Democrats
UNDATED (WKZO) -- There is another piece of unfinished business from the Michigan Primary. The Romney camp is crying foul over the robo-calls solicited by ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Romney, in comeback, has narrow Maine caucus win
By Ros Krasny
PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney grabbed back some momentum after midweek losses in three states, scoring a narrow ...
Tue, January 17, 2012
Senate begins voting on open enrollment, Natural Resources Board
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Senate voted 23-to-9 in favor of new qualifications to serve on the state Natural Resources Board. The bill is ...
Mon, January 16, 2012
In South Carolina, attorney general says voting rights at risk
By John Whitesides
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, appearing at a Martin Luther King holiday rally in South Carolina ...
Fri, January 13, 2012
Attorney General to speak on voting rights in South Carolina
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder plans to deliver a speech on voting rights on Monday at a Martin Luther King ...
Thu, January 05, 2012
Factbox: Three early voting states in presidential election
(Reuters) - Voters kick off the 2012 nominating process to pick the Republican Party's challenger to Democratic President Barack Obama with the Iowa caucuses ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Romney has big leads in next voting states
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Mitt Romney has surged to the front of the Republican pack in South Carolina, a poll said on Friday, a ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Judge orders redistricting consultant to answer questions over new state voting boundaries
UNDATED (WSAU) A panel of three federal judges has ordered for a third time that a Republican consultant must answer questions from Democratic plaintiffs ...
Wed, December 14, 2011
Islamists set to dominate in Egypt vote
By Dina Zayed and Marwa Awad
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptians voting on Thursday said they felt empowered by the first free election after Hosni Mubarak ...
Tue, December 13, 2011
New state laws threaten U.S. voting rights: Holder
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder is venturing deeper into a political thicket over how individual states run elections, saying discrimination based on race ...
Mon, December 12, 2011
Colleges make ID cards comply with new voting law
UNDATED (WRN) University of Wisconsin System officials say efforts to make it easier for students to obtain a photo ID for voting are showing ...
Wed, December 07, 2011
Student ID's approved at nine campuses for voting
UNDATED (WSAU) Wisconsin elections’ officials have approved special I-D’s that will let students at nine U-W campuses vote in the places where they ...
Tue, November 29, 2011
Lehman says wins broad support for bankruptcy plan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc
Tue, November 22, 2011
Referendum effort to challenge Ohio absentee voting limits
By Mary Wisniewski and Jo Ingles
COLUMBUS (Reuters) - Ohio Democrats said on Tuesday they had gathered more than enough signatures for a referendum issue ...
Mon, November 21, 2011
UW Madison officals providing updated student ID cards for voting
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - UW Madison officials say they’ll provide free supplemental ID’s – and their only purpose will be for voting. Vice chancellor ...
Tue, November 15, 2011
Gov. Walker to final say on college sticker ID for voting
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - State lawmakers are letting Governor Scott Walker have the final say on whether technical college students can use their school ID ...
Tue, November 01, 2011
Panel delays votes on election bills
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) – The state Senate’s elections committee delayed action today on two bills which Democrats say would make it harder to recall ...
Tue, November 01, 2011
Confusion over voting district changes for possible recalls
MADISON (WRN) New legislative district boundaries approved earlier this year will not be in effect until elections until next November, although lawmakers do represent ...
Thu, October 27, 2011
Unions Voting on Re-certification
MADISON, Wis. (WHBL) - Members of six state employee unions are starting to vote today on whether they want to stay in existence with the ...
Sat, October 22, 2011
Voting starts next week for some unions to decide on staying alive
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Members of a half-dozen state employee unions will vote next week on whether to officially stay in existence.
The Wisconsin Employment ...
Tue, October 11, 2011
U.S. auto workers split in early voting on Ford pact
DETROIT (Reuters) - Workers at a large Ford Motor Co
Sat, October 08, 2011
Voting ends in controversial Cherokee election of chief
By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Voting ended on Saturday to pick a principal chief of the Cherokee Indians, the nation's second largest ...
Thu, October 06, 2011
Senate panel seen voting on trade pacts next week
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Finance Committee will vote on Tuesday on three long-delayed trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia, a congressional source ...
Tue, September 27, 2011
Judge says Cherokees violate voting rights, extends election
By Steve Olafson
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A federal judge ruled that the Cherokees violated the voting rights of African-American members of the nation's ...
Wed, September 21, 2011
Judge upholds key part of voting rights law
By James Vicini
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday upheld a key provision of the landmark U.S. voting rights law aimed at ...
Mon, September 12, 2011
GAB approves certain college IDs, with stickers, for photo ID voting requirement
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin elections panel has clarified the types of college identification cards that students can use to vote under the state ...
Fri, July 15, 2011
More than 300,000 people would wait extra 2-years before voting
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Under the GOP’s redistricting plans, about 300-thousand Wisconsinites would have to wait for two extra years to vote for a ...
Wed, June 29, 2011
Merrill changes polling place
MERRILL, Wis. (WSAU) – Merrill is changing one of its polling places because of damage caused by a tornado in April.
Voters in the city ...
Tue, June 28, 2011
Braun, Weeks Lead in All-Star Voting
New York, NY (WSAU) If the All-Star fan voting ended today, the Milwaukee Brewers would have two position players starting for the National League ...
Mon, June 13, 2011
Supreme Court upholds ethics law on voting recusal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - States can require that lawmakers disqualify themselves from voting on matters because they may have a conflict of interest, the Supreme Court ...
Tue, May 31, 2011
Ryan Braun leads outfielder voting in All-Star ballots
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WSAU) - Milwaukee Brewers’ outfielder Ryan Braun is on track for his fourth consecutive start in baseball’s All-Star Game.
The first round ...
Tue, May 24, 2011
Testimony begins in case of couple accused of voting twice
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Testimony began today in the trial of a Milwaukee couple accused of voting twice in the 2008 presidential election.
Attorneys for ...
Fri, May 13, 2011
FIFA voting system open to abuse: AOC chief
SYDNEY (Reuters) - FIFA's World Cup bidding process will remain open to abuse unless changes are made, Australia's Olympic chief has said in ...
Mon, May 02, 2011
State updates voting records
MADISON (WRN) If you haven’t voted in the past four years, you’ll likely be receiving a postcard in the mail from the ...
Tue, April 19, 2011
Canada student mobs aim to make voting go viral
By Louise Egan
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Wearing neon colors, dancing and flashing "I vote" signs for video cameras, students in Canada's capital on Monday ...
Fri, April 15, 2011
Election Officials to Investigate Waukesha Co. Voting Totals from '06
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (WTAQ) - State election officials have agreed to investigate alleged voting irregularities that date back to 2006 in Waukesha County.
The State Democratic ...
Sun, April 10, 2011
Investigation sought into Waukesha County voting errors
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - Wisconsin Congressman Tammy Baldwin is calling for an investigation into the vote count in Waukesha County.
Baldwin has sent a letter ...
Sun, April 03, 2011
Jesse Jackson Encourages Voting
Milwaukee, Wis. (Learfield) - Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson is scheduled to visit several Milwaukee churches today to urge members to vote early. He led ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
Early voting starts in Chicago as Emanuel wins Sun-Times nod
By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Early voting started on Monday in Chicago's mayoral race with former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel ...
Sun, January 09, 2011
Millions start voting in South Sudan independence poll
By Jason Benham
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Millions of jubilant south Sudanese started voting on Sunday in a long-awaited independence referendum that is expected to ...
Tue, December 21, 2010
DOJ Asks Appeals Court to Toss Challenge to State's Ban on Felons Voting
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The state Justice Department has asked an appeals court to throw out a legal challenge to Wisconsin’s ban on voting ...
Sun, December 19, 2010
Voting Now Underway For Members of Local 833
Sheboygan, Wis. (WHBL) - It's the "day of reckoning" for members of Local 833 of the United Auto Workers Union. The closed door meeting ...
Sat, November 20, 2010
Judge Allows Racial Bias Voting Suit to Move Forward
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A Milwaukee judge lets the case of two African-American men charged with casting illegal votes move forward.
Michael Henderson and Olando ...
Sun, October 31, 2010
Voting access for the disabled improving
MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - Voters with disabilities have all too often been disenfranchised from the polls but that has been improving, according to Alicia Boehme ...
Sat, October 30, 2010
Ferrell gets political for voting videos
The funnyman's site is known for producing celebrity skits, but Ferrell will now try mixing humour with politics in a bid to push ...
Thu, October 28, 2010
FIFA tries to untangle World Cup voting
By Brian Homewood
ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA's executive committee begins a two-day meeting on Thursday with the task of reducing the confusion surrounding a ...
Mon, October 25, 2010
Democrats off to good start in early voting
By John Whitesides
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats are off to a stronger than expected start in early voting despite months of dire predictions about their ...
Fri, October 01, 2010
Early Voting Starts Monday in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsinites can start voting Monday in the upcoming general election.
That’s when municipal clerks will start letting people vote absentee ...
Thu, September 02, 2010
State Officials Talking with DOJ About Overseas Voting
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - State officials are negotiating with the U.S. Justice Department to make sure those overseas can vote in November.
Last week ...
Sun, August 29, 2010
Study Aims to Look at Voting Habits of Counties
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - The U.S. Supreme Court has long held the concept of “a county” reflecting a community of interest, made up ...
Sat, August 28, 2010
Wisconsin Denied Request to Ignore Troop Voting Law
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - Wisconsin is among 4 states denied requests to ignore a new federal law aimed at protecting the voting rights of deployed ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
State Absentee Voting Starts Tuesday
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WTAQ) - Green Bay residents will be able to start voting by absentee ballot Tuesday for the upcoming September 14th Partisan Primary ...
Thu, August 05, 2010
Senate rejects Fed nominee Diamond before voting
By Pedro da Costa and Rick Cowan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday scrapped the nomination of Peter Diamond to the Federal ...
Wed, July 14, 2010
SEC eyes changes to shareholder voting system
By Rachelle Younglai
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Securities regulators on Wednesday weighed whether to change voting in corporate elections, amid calls from companies and some investors ...
Mon, July 12, 2010
Barrett Wants Non-Partisan Board to Draw Up Voting Districts
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Tom Barrett, the Democrats’ main candidate for governor, said Monday that a non-partisan board should draft the boundaries for state legislative ...
Sun, June 27, 2010
G20 push for IMF voting power deal by November
By Lesley Wroughton and John McCrank
TORONTO (Reuters) - Group of 20 leaders pledged on Sunday to push for agreement on greater voting power for ...
Fri, May 14, 2010
New Indian Mascot Law Leads to School Board Voting for Change
TREMPEALEAU, Wis. (WTAQ) - The new state law against Indian mascots has already made one Wisconsin school drop theirs. The Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School Board voted 7 ...
Fri, May 14, 2010
Final Day of Voting for UW-Superior Faculty for Union
SUPERIOR, Wis. (WTAQ) - This is the second and final day of voting by UW-Superior faculty members, to decide if they want to unionize. UW ...
Tue, May 11, 2010
Probe Into Double Voting in WI, MN Underway
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - If you voted in both Wisconsin and Minnesota in the 2008 presidential election, don’t be surprised if you get nabbed ...
Thu, May 06, 2010
Lawmaker Under Fire for Voting No on Church Sex Abuse Bill
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - Victims of sex abuse by Catholic priests want state Senate Democrat Jim Sullivan to explain why he voted against a bill ...
Thu, April 22, 2010
Scott Walker: If Elected, I'll Ban Dark of Night Voting in Madison
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - If Republican Scott Walker had his way, Wisconsin legislators would no longer meet in the dead of night. Walker said Thursday ...
Thu, April 22, 2010
You Could Be Voting For Casino Expansion
UNDATED (WKZO) -- It’s history repeating itself. Two petition initiatives that would expand casino operations in Michigan could put the questions on the fall ...
Thu, April 15, 2010
Sponsor of Voting Bill Denies Charges of Fraud Risk
MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - The main sponsor of the bill to make voting easier in Wisconsin denies that it would increase fraud, as the attorney ...
Thu, April 01, 2010
Changes to Wisconsin's voting law debated
MADISON (WRN) State lawmakers are considering several reforms to help make voting easier in Wisconsin.
Lawmakers held a public hearing at the Capitol Wednesday ...
Wed, March 10, 2010
Card check preview? Wisconsin research assistants may unionize without voting
UNDATED (WSAU) Starting in July, U-W research assistants might become the first public employees in Wisconsin to unionize without having an election.
The governor ...
Thu, January 21, 2010
Lebron James tops voting for All-Star game
MIAMI (Reuters) - Cleveland's LeBron James topped voting for the NBA All-Star Game and Allen Iverson was a surprise starter when the selections were ...
Sat, December 19, 2009
Nelson Gets Favors, Now Voting For U.S. Senate Health Bill
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Looks like you can make it 60 in the U.S. Senate to pass major health care reform. Nebraska Senator ...
Fri, December 18, 2009
GAB Wants Less Time For Absentee Voting
MADISON (WRN) - The state Government Accountability Board wants to reduce the time period for absentee voting. Thursday, the board urged the Legislature to let ...
Wed, December 16, 2009
State Elections Agency Calls For No Early Voting Outside Absentee
MADISON (WRN) - Wisconsin’s elections agency says the state should not allow early voting outside of the absentee system. After a crush of absentee ...
Tue, November 17, 2009
Study: early voting decreases overall election turnout
UNDATED (WSAU) A study at U-W Madison shows that early voting often decreases the total turnout of an election. But the effect is not ...
Tue, November 17, 2009
Study: Early Voting Decreases Total Voter Turnout
MADISON (WRN) - A study at UW-Madison shows that early voting often decreases the total turnout of an election. But the effect is not as ...
Wed, October 14, 2009
Early voting an option in Point school referendum
STEVENS POINT, Wis. (WSAU) – Voters who want can cast their ballots early in the upcoming Stevens Point school district referendum.
Two options exist for ...
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