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CT Post
April 12, 2018
Hundreds of liberal candidates, most running in state and municipal elections this fall, are streaming into Washington this week as the Democratic Party's left flank intensifies in its push to seize control of Congress, statehouses and local governments across the country. They are excited. They are angry.
WFSB
April 11, 2018
... of Ryan's close friends previously told CNN that he might leave office after the 2018 midterms. Ryan said in a January interview with CBS News that re-election was a decision he and his wife were planning to make together in late spring, and in March he denied a rumor that he wouldn't seek re-election.
CT Post
April 11, 2018
An Azeri man casts his ballot at a polling station during a presidential elections in Baku, Azerbaijan, Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Voters in the oil-rich ... BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Polls have opened in an early presidential election in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. Voting began Wednesday in theÃâà...
WNPR News
April 11, 2018
(The company says the Facebook data was legally acquired, and not used in any of its 2016 election work.) The Federal Trade ... "As long as there are people sitting in Russia whose job it is to try to interfere with elections around the world, this is going to be an ongoing conflict," he said. Working withÃâà...
NBC Connecticut
April 11, 2018
And it threw the House into a leadership battle that could end up pushing Ryan aside sooner that he intended and crush any hopes for significant legislation before the election. Ryan, though, said he had no regrets after having accomplished "a heckuva lot" during his time in a job he never really wanted.
CT Post
April 11, 2018
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has cast his vote in an election that's expected to see him secure a fourth consecutive term of office. Aliyev and his wife Mehriban voted in the capital Baku. Opposition parties are boycotting the poll of 5 million eligible voters - claiming fair elections are not possible because authoritiesÃâà...
Danbury News Times
April 11, 2018
National elections are decided in 12 battleground states and Connecticut isn't one of them. Maybe it seems OK not to be bothered with all the hoopla and security problems that come with presidential candidate visits, but there is a lot more at stake for those states where votes in presidential elections don'tÃâà...
The CT Mirror
April 10, 2018
Overall, outside spending on Connecticut's race for governor reached a record $18.2 million in 2014, a five-fold increase from 2010 that dwarfed the $6.5 million in public financing allotted to each of the major-party candidates for the general election. Thompson declined to say whether the RGA will beÃâà...
WNPR News
April 10, 2018
We know now Russia has interfered with our 2016 presidential election, but did you know that the U.S. has meddled in over 80 elections since World War II according to one Carnegie Mellon study? This hour, we look at how our country has interfered with democratic processes around the world. How do weÃâà...
CT Post
April 9, 2018
(THE CONVERSATION) In late March, Congress passed a significant spending bill that included US$380 million in state grants to improve election infrastructure. As the U.S. ramps up for the 2018 midterm elections, that may seem like a huge amount of money, but it's really only a start at securing theÃâà...
CT Post
April 9, 2018
Cambodia's National Election Committee has warned that anyone urging voters to boycott the upcoming general election or otherwise interfere in the ... Minister Hun Sen to ensure that it prevails at the polls, after signs of softening support in the last general election in 2013 and local elections last year.
CT Post
April 9, 2018
Greenwich High School Student Body President, Greg Goldstein, left, shakes hands with U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut just before the start ... A detailed report, to be filed with the Federal Elections Commission, will show an in-depth breakdown of Murphy's campaign finances and who gave himÃâà...
CT Post
March 27, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Democratic governor wants legislation to let people register to vote on the day of elections and loosen the state's strict rules for absentee ballots. Gov. Tom Wolf said Monday everyone who gets a license from the state Department of Transportation or signs up for aÃâà...
CT Post
March 27, 2018
Compared to the 2012 elections, Egypt's first free democratic contest, "there was real competition compared to this one," he said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. As he spoke, loudspeakers played pro-army songs, while banners on nearby buildings displayed pro-Sissi slogans.
WNPR News
March 27, 2018
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill announced last week she wanted to bolster the state's election cybersecurity. She told Connecticut Public Radio's Where We Live, the state was one of 21 that were targeted before last year's presidential elections. “What actually happened, we were scanned, apparentlyÃâà...
The CT Mirror
March 26, 2018
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., had pressed the Democratic and Republican negotiators of the omnibus bill, which Trump signed Friday, to include money to help state and local officials harden their election systems against a cyber threat. “Free and fair elections are the foundation of our democracy,Ãâà...
CT Post
March 25, 2018
FILE- In this March 16, 2018, file photo, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon discusses election security issues in his office in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota's chief elections officer says he's been working closely with the Department of Homeland Security to protect the integrity of the state's ballotingÃâà...
Governing
February 28, 2018
J.R. Romano, the chairman of the Connecticut Republican party, said he does not read the results of the low-turnout special election as a harbinger of a blue wave in November. "Special elections are about turnout and who shows up at the polls,'' Romano said, citing figures that showed just 19 percent ofÃâà...
Vox
February 27, 2018
Scott Walker has decided to leave a number of formerly GOP-held seats vacant rather than schedule special elections his party might lose, national Republicans are pushing the panic button on an upcoming special House election in Pennsylvania, and GOP leadership is letting scandal-plagued Rep.
TeenVogue.com
February 26, 2018
On Tuesday, February 27, citizens in certain districts of Kentucky, Connecticut, and New Hampshire have a chance to make their voices heard. “Special elections provide a supercharged chance to make a difference,” says Daniel Squadron, cofounder and executive director of Future Now, a group thatÃâà...
CT Post
December 31, 1999
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Last summer, with an important Illinois election season months away, Shelby County officials in central Illinois feared that their outdated voting equipment wouldn't be approved for use by the State Board of Elections. Most of it dates to 2004, and it's becoming harder to findÃâà...
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