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Manchester Directors Shelve Increase In Voting Districts
The Hartford CourantDirectors have shelved a proposal to increase the number of voting districts as a solution to the long lines and confusion that plagued the 2012 presidential election. Instead, the board wants to see whether increased staffing and other changes at...Tags: Voting, Politics, Elections
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Garcetti's lead over Greuel at 7 percentage points in mayoral race
Eric Garcetti's lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race has narrowed to seven percentage points, but his strength among conservatives has blocked rival Wendy Greuel from securing a San Fernando Valley base that is vital to her chances, according to a new USC...
Tags: Voting, Parties and Movements, Politics, Minority Groups, Advertising
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Tribune poll: Support remains tepid for Chicago casino
Chicago voters remain lukewarm to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for a city casino and aren't sold on his plan to put slot machines at the airports, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll found. The results come as the mayor presses for the third straight year to get the...
Tags: International Travel, Illinois Governor, O'Hare International Airport, Midway, Politics
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Poll: Voters root for neither Ricketts nor rooftops
Chicago voters in a Tribune/WGN poll have a message for Cubs executives and Wrigleyville rooftop owners locked in a feud over the team's proposed ballpark overhaul: A plague on both your houses. Nearly half said they side with neither the Cubs nor the...
Tags: Wrigleyville, Thomas Ricketts, Wrigley Field, Politics, Advertising
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Garcetti leading Greuel in new USC Price/L.A. Times poll
A new USC Price/Los Angeles Times poll shows Eric Garcetti's lead in the Los Angeles mayor's race has narrowed to 7 percentage points, but his strength among conservatives has blocked rival Wendy Greuel from securing a San Fernando Valley base that is...
Tags: Eric Garcetti, Politics, Arrested Development (tv program) , Elections, Wendy Greuel
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Glendale's voting process did not leave anyone out
Kenneth Landon's letter from May 3 is devoid of logic. Landon claims that the city clerk's inability to publish ballots in the Korean-language “disenfranchised” Korean-speaking voters. There is not a single documented incident of a Korean-...Tags: Voting, Politics, Local Elections, Elections
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Mayor candidates on transportation: innovation vs. tried and true
During eight years in office, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa staked much of his legacy on transportation. He lobbied Washington for millions of dollars in federal funding. He oversaw the addition of 150 miles of bike lanes. And, five years ago, he...
Tags: Subway Transportation, Road Transportation, Subway Transportation Industry, Transportation, Politics
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Dim view on Emanuel education policy, Tribune poll finds
Chicago voters hold a dim view of Rahm Emanuel's stewardship of public education after a tumultuous year that featured a teachers strike and the mayor's push to close many neighborhood elementary schools, a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Politics, Chicago Teachers Strike, Barack Obama, Jean-Claude Brizard
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Wendy Greuel's campaign coffers low
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, after spending heavily on a TV advertising blitz that coincided with the start of early voting, entered the final stretch of the runoff campaign with roughly one-tenth the war chest of rival Eric Garcetti,...
Tags: Voting, Mike Feuer, Eric Garcetti, Politics, Mother's Day
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Michigan improves access for disabled voters
Capital News ServiceLANSING -- Election officials are striving to make polling places more accessible to voters with disabilities. Meanwhile, the U.S. Government Accountability Office estimated that nationally, 45 percent of polling places have impediments, such as a lack...Tags: Justice System, Voting, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice
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Emanuel not getting the jobs done?
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has rolled out a stream of what he's billed as pro-business initiatives and stood with dozens of corporations making jobs announcements during his first two years in office, but a clear majority of voters in a new Tribune/WGN-TV poll...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Politics, Unemployment Rate, Barack Obama, PNC Financial Services Group Incorporated
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Polls close in historic Pakistan elections; some bombings occur
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — After a bloody campaign season marred by waves of bombings and candidate assassinations, Pakistanis turned out in large numbers Saturday to elect a new parliament in what is slated to be the first democratic transition of...
Tags: Voting, Emergency Incidents, Asif Ali Zardari, Explosions, Armed Conflicts
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