Category | State Elections

Primary colors: Expert says GOP stood up in WI recall test run

May 09, 2012

By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter MADISON — While Wisconsin’s unprecedented gubernatorial recall primary election Tuesday offered few surprises, one GOP strategist said it tapped into the pent-up energy from Republicans, who have been forced to stand on the sidelines too long while their embattled governor was under assault.

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WI recalls complicate absentee voter laws, military vote

May 09, 2012

UPDATED: 9:58 a.m. By Kirsten Adshead | Wisconsin Reporter MADISON — In upholding the Wisconsin Constitution, election officials are being forced to break the law.

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Voter fraud among noncitizens in FL? Lawmakers feel vindicated

May 09, 2012

By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog

MIAMI — After a litany of civil lawsuits and scrutiny from the federal government, it seems Florida’s Legislature may be vindicated in its efforts to combat voter fraud.

At least three Florida counties are investigating cases of registered voters who do not have legal citizenship status, adding support to the sentiment that precipitated changes to state election laws in March of last year.

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Establishment picks faces off in FL’s 22nd District

May 09, 2012

By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog

MIAMI — More than four months remain until the primaries for the Republican and Democratic parties in Florida, but the parties have decided on their candidates for the 22nd Congressional District.

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MT’s Rehberg campaign blasts Tester’s web secrecy

May 09, 2012

By Dustin Hurst | Watchdog.org

HELENA — Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester is preventing his campaign website from being digitally archived online.

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