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...Could a Gay Marriage Amendment Help Harold Ford? The deciding factor in the heated Tennessee Senate race could be a confusing ballot measure law that might ultimately depress G.O.P. turnout...
...shorten lines at the polls on Election Day but lengthen the count on election night. All around the U.S., the percentage of absentee balloting is exploding: most jurisdictions are seeing a jump in the ballots going out and coming back in by mail. More than 50% of the total turnout in the states of Washington and Nevada will be by absentee ballot; in California, the estimate is 44% of turnout. In San Diego last week, officials ran out of absentee ballots and had to send out photocopies. In Cleveland, more than 100,000 people are expected to vote absentee. Cuyahoga...
...legislative referendum that prohibited the state from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, or even recognizing same-sex licenses issued in other states. In 2004, a total of 13 states passed same-sex marriage bans, and the ballot measures themselves were credited with helping to boost Republican turnout in a presidential election year...
...anticipation of next Tuesday’s midterm elections, the Harvard College Democrats have been pooling efforts with Fuerza Latina and Harvard RAZA, targeting Spanish-speaking populations to help address the nationwide problem of low turnout among Hispanic voters...
...Census Bureau reported that people of Hispanic origin represented 8.2 percent of all U.S. citizens but only 6 percent of actual voters. Voter turnout was 47.2 percent among registered Hispanic voters, lower than every demographic except for Asians...