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State Senate election might be headed to runoff

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:27:10 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - The contest for a southern San Joaquin Valley state Senate seat might be headed to a runoff after the vote margin narrowed Friday.

Ward voting clears Assembly; but veto possible

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:54:18 -0400

CARSON CITY, Nevada - A bill changing the charters of four Nevada cities to require ward-only voting in municipal elections, a move supporters say would make voting more fair for minorities, won final legislative approval Friday but faces an uncertain fate with the governor.

Legislature eyes help for Ore. timber counties

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:57:13 -0400

SALEM, Oregon - The Oregon Legislature is taking a hard look at intervening in the state's timber counties that are running out of money.

Deadline looms to request Mo. absentee ballots

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:08:06 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Voters in southeast Missouri voters are running out of time to request absentee ballots by mail or fax for next month's congressional election.

Berlusconi looms large in Rome mayor election

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:10:26 -0400

ROME - Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend, even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running.

Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race

Thu, 23 May 2013 22:06:18 -0400

NEW YORK - Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive reception in his first day of campaigning than he did from the state's top Democrat, who bluntly criticized his candidacy a day earlier.

New Fulton elections chief: Add early voting sites

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:14:12 -0400

ATLANTA - Rick Barron will take over next month as Fulton County's new elections chief, as the department continues to deal with a state investigation into problems at the polls.

Detroit voting board rejects residency challenge

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:09:50 -0400

DETROIT - A Detroit election board has rejected a challenge to mayoral candidate Mike Duggan over whether he's been a city resident long enough.

Calif. prof's assignment raises ethics questions

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:25 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - A San Francisco State University professor considering a run for Oakland mayor is drawing scrutiny for a class assignment that asked students to create a political campaign ad and gave them the option of developing it for him.

Former county attorney disbarred over vote buying

Thu, 23 May 2013 12:47:27 -0400

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - A former county attorney from northeast Kentucky was disbarred Thursday for paying voters to cast ballots for him in a 2006 election and then lying about it to a grand jury.

SW Idaho election might have to be repeated

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:10:20 -0400

MIDDLETON, Idaho - Election officials in southwest Idaho's Canyon County say it appears a do-over vote will be needed to determine the winner in a school board election.

Vote on pot shops could end lingering LA issue

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:40:15 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry.

LA mayor-elect says he'll focus on economy

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:52:45 -0400

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Mayor-elect Eric Garcetti says he's going to focus like a "laser beam" on the economy when he takes office July 1.

Gage County officials seek $5.6 M road bond issue

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:25:50 -0400

BEATRICE, Nebraska - Ballots for a proposed $5.6 million Gage County road bond issue will be in the mail this week.

Dems pick Lumumba in Jackson mayor runoff

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:05:09 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - Jackson City Councilman Chokwe Lumumba has defeated businessman Jonathan Lee in the Democratic primary runoff for Jackson mayor.

Dems nominate new mayors in Pa. primary

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:59:38 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - Democrats nominated new mayoral candidates in Pittsburgh, Scranton and Harrisburg in the Pennsylvania primary election.

Portland, Ore., rejecting water fluoridation

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:03:17 -0400

PORTLAND, Oregon - The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has conceded defeat in an effort to add fluoride to the city's drinking water.

Court strikes down at-large voting in Ga. county

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:50:42 -0400

FAYETTEVILLE, Georgia - A federal court struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying in an opinion released Tuesday that the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.

Scramble is on to succeed Boston Mayor Menino

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:19 -0400

BOSTON - The race to succeed retiring Mayor Thomas Menino could feature the largest field of candidates in a generation.

Peduto bests Wagner, Wheatley for mayor nomination

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:47:17 -0400

PITTSBURGH - Longtime City Councilman William Peduto has won the Democratic nomination for mayor, defeating former state auditor general Jack Wagner and state Rep. Jake Wheatley.

Wis. panel considers bill limiting local recalls

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:29:48 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - A group of municipal officials pressed Wisconsin lawmakers Tuesday to make it harder to initiate recall elections at the local level, saying it's currently too easy and that such campaigns often divide communities.

Springfield won't lower marijuana penalties

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:10:40 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri - Springfield's city council has voted again not to lower the penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.

West Feliciana police jury tables charter vote

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:02:19 -0400

ST. FRANCISVILLE, Louisiana - The West Feliciana Parish Police Jury has table an attempt to call an Oct. 19 election to possibly repeal the home-rule charter voters approved by a 337-vote margin on Nov. 6.

Pa. mayoral hopeful charged with defacing signs

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:17:19 -0400

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - A mayoral candidate in Harrisburg is facing charges stemming from allegations that he spray painted the campaign signs of one of his competitors for the Democratic nomination.

Democrats strike back at GOP voting measures

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:08:04 -0400

DENVER - In a bitter fight, Colorado Democrats recently muscled through the Statehouse a massive elections reform bill that allows voters to register up until Election Day and still cast their ballots.