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Voter registration spiking for young adults in area
- Young adults who traditionally have low voter registration and turnout rates are registering in droves for the November elections in Maryland and Virginia.
Vote tallying could present another fiasco
- With the November election four months away, San Francisco’s new voting machines have not yet received state approval — a problem that left The City hand-counting ballots last year.
- With the November election four months away, San Francisco’s new voting machines have not yet received state approval — a problem that left The City hand-counting ballots last year.
Group wants to smash voter apathy on public TV
- The League of Women Voters wants to smash voter apathy through a series of public television shows.
Senate panel approves D.C. Voting Rights Act
- The D.C. Voting Rights Act passed another congressional hurdle Wednesday as the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee approved the legislation by a 9-1 vote.
Pr. George’s Co. Council backs giving D.C. a vote
- Prince George’s County Council members passed a resolution Tuesday in support of getting the residents of the District of Columbia a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Johnson urges Congress to ban false election fliers
- Prince George’s County Chairman Jack Johnson urged a U.S. Senate panel Thursday to outlaw deceptive campaign fliers like those distributed during the November 2006 election.
- Prince George’s County Chairman Jack Johnson urged a U.S. Senate panel Thursday to outlaw deceptive campaign fliers like those distributed during the November 2006 election.
Reid pledges floor time for voting rights bill, if it is passed by committee
- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday pledged his support for the D.C. voting rights bill and promised to schedule floor time for the legislation, assuming it emerges from committee.
Virginia primaries open to all voters, regardless of party
- When Virginians go to the polls in next week’s primary elections, the process will be open to all eligible voters regardless of their party affiliation.
Senators introduce voting-rights bill for D.C.
- A pair of U.S. Senators are joining forces to introduce a D.C. voting rights bill in the face of strong Republican opposition and the threat of a filibuster.
- A pair of U.S. Senators are joining forces to introduce a D.C. voting rights bill in the face of strong Republican opposition and the threat of a filibuster.
House passes District voting rights bill
- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to give the District of Columbia its first full vote in Congress in more than two centuries, a critical but early step in a difficult journey to make the bill a law.
- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to give the District of Columbia its first full vote in Congress in more than two centuries, a critical but early step in a difficult journey to make the bill a law.
Voting rights measure on the House floor today
- The U.S. House is expected to vote today on a bill that would grant the District its first vote in Congress in more than 200 years.
Some say one representative is not enough
- One vote in the U.S. House is not nearly enough for a coalition of activist groups that led their own marches Monday to demand D.C. statehood.
Thousands march for D.C. voting rights
- D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty on Monday led several thousand people on a fast-paced Emancipation Day march to the U.S. Capitol to demand a vote in Congress.
- D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty on Monday led several thousand people on a fast-paced Emancipation Day march to the U.S. Capitol to demand a vote in Congress.
