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While Florida Extends Voting Hours, Georgia Refuses to Follow Suit
As kos noted yesterday , Florida Governor Charlie Crist extended voting hours in that state, citing huge early voting lines and waits of up to five or six hours in some areas.   But in neighboring Georgia, Secretary of State Karen Handel is refusing to do the same. On Monday, some voters ...
Bill Shipp's Georgia from InsiderAdvantage
insideradvantagegeorgia.com — InsiderAdvantage / Poll Position Survey Latest Numbers In Presidential Race, Senate Race In Georgia (10/28/08) New numbers... today from InsiderAdvantage / Poll Position in the presidential and U.S. Senate races in Georgia. The polls were conducted last ... (more) Bill Shipp's Georgia from InsiderAdvantage
New Registrations Give Georgia Blacks More Power at the Polls
New Registrations Give Georgia Blacks More Power at the Polls
nytimes.com — Many voters motivated by Barack Obama are also casting ballots for Senator Saxby Chambliss’s Democratic challenger, creating... a tight race. > (more) New Registrations Give Georgia Blacks More Power at the ...
Early Voting Roundup
dailykos.com — NATIONAL From WaPo : More than twelve million voters have already cast ballots in the presidential contest,... according to one estimate, and new data from the Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll shows these voters breaking Democratic by a wide ... (more) Early Voting Roundup
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News — ... chairmanship has Daily Kos's kos celebrating Lieberman's potential removal. Democrats should show no mercy to Lieberman after he stumped for McCain in the presidential race, Scott Lemieux writes at TAPPED, while TalkLeft's Big Tent Democrat contends that stripping Lieberman of his post isn't necessary, encouraging Democrats to just ignore Lieberman after the election. FROM THE BLOGS: [image] LA Times Tape - Amanda Carpenter, Townhall.com [image] Fla. Extends Voting Hours, Ga. Refuses - georgia10, Daily Kos [image] ...

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