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Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 1 day ago

Nevada statute prohibits spending of campaign funds for a candidates' "personal use," but the law is vague about what "personal use" means. Candidates have gotten away with spending their campaign cash on suits, baby-sitting and car tires, all under the...

Tags: obama, candidates, president-elect, democrat, law, barack, john mccain, politics, Reid

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 6 days ago

To keep influence off the election it will also ask the cabinet division to direct advisers and government high officials not to visit parliamentary constituencies where their relatives are contesting the poll, EC sources said. At a meeting yesterday...

Tags: candidates, election, president, mccain, obama

Manila :: Philippines | 24 days ago

A constitutionalist on Friday said that if recent decisions of the Supreme Court on controversial cases are used as indicators, then majority of the justices are not independent...During the forum, Bernas expressed concern over the looming prospects of...

Tags: candidates, president, Supreme Court, war, president gloria

Maidstone :: United Kingdom | 26 days ago

Being a woman is more of a barrier to becoming an MP than being black or Asian, according to a survey of the candidates being chosen to stand at the next election. The study suggests a crucial "tipping point" has been reached in the number of non-white...

Tags: candidates, obama, election, barack obama, race, British Obama, john mccain, barr, Barack Obama

Ho Chi Minh City :: Vietnam | 26 days ago

The leading candidates competing to govern the Clark County School District were all backed by the Clark County Education Association, a teachers' union. Falling behind in the votes were three long-time educators: Edward Goldman, associate superintendent...

Tags: education, for, school, candidates, barack obama, john mccain

New Delhi :: India | 26 days ago

The Congress party may not have declared its chief ministerial candidate in Delhi but party sources say Sheila Dikshit is most likely to retain the post if the Congress wins the Nov 29 assembly elections. Although the 71-year-old leader has plenty of...

Tags: elections, election, assembly, president, candidates, national, Congress, Sheila Dikshit, pakistan, obama, Delhi Assembly, assembly elections

Newark :: NJ :: USA | 26 days ago

A look at counts from the Electoral College’s past The 43 presidents to date, and the margin of their first electoral victory. Before 1804, electors voted for two candidates, for either president or vice president. Of note: Thomas Jefferson’s 1800 victory,...

Tags: president, candidates, vote, for, republican, votes, obama, pakistan, politics, election, Electoral College

Petaling Jaya :: Malaysia | 27 days ago

Umno supreme council member Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said is not confident of secu­ring enough nominations to contest the Wanita Umno deputy chief post. She admitted it was difficult for her to contest the post because there were several attempts to...

Tags: candidates, contest, chief, politics, obama, Wanita Umno, barack obama, pakistan, election

Beirut :: Lebanon | 28 days ago

In the past, both Democrats and Republicans have been wary of third-party candidates, fearing that they can tip the balance of electoral votes in favor of candidates from the rival party. In the 2008 White House race, however, third-party tickets have...

Tags: candidates, president, nader, presidential election, mccain, obama, republicans, democrats, election, Ralph Nader, two party system, democrat, vote, 2008

Toronto :: OH :: USA | 29 days ago

It's an oft overlooked fact that when Americans enter the privacy of the polling booth on Nov. 4, they will not actually be directly voting for the next president of the U.S.. Instead, in a peculiar quirk of the U.S. political system, they will choose...

Tags: president, presidential, presidential election, election, democrat, popular vote, obama, elections, candidates, votes, barack obama, Electoral College, mccain

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