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We felt all along that there was a serious voting rights violation in the way these districts were drawn, particularly involving the black voters in Fort Worth. I hope they'll throw the districts out.

We are certainly taking a close look at the district. If you believe you're in a safe seat and you're not voting along party lines, we're going to put a tough candidate up against you.

Everybody wants a clean, well-funded police department ... (and) good public schools. But will everybody go (into the voting booth) and do what's right on the assessor?

As I said on election night, the result of voting appeared to give the Labor Party the opportunity to begin negotiations to form a new government.

I've been voting Texas No. 1, and I'm not going to change my vote.

It would require a vote from the board to do that, and I'm not sure where the funds would come from at this point. We don't have money in this year's budget that's not already spoken for.

think -- and I stress my words -- about the consequences of voting for a party that does not at all correspond to the values of France.

Things are increasingly pointing toward a grand coalition of the CDU/CSU and SPD. This seems like a trend that may firm up before voting day.

While voting was generally calm, the election day process deteriorated progressively during the counting and, in particular, the tabulation votes, ... It pains me to report that progress noted in the pre-election period was undermined by significant deficiencies in the count.

The government had an obligation to tell and inform all EU citizens of our voting rights. They didn't do this,

We see people like Senator Sessions, Senator Colburn, Senator Brownback all on the judiciary committee strong pro-lifer's voting for and encouraging good pro-life legislation.

As these milestones approach, we can expect there to be increasing violence from the terrorists, ... They can't stand elections. The thought of people voting is anathema to them.

The successful election in Iraq was an important step toward establishing an independent democracy in that country. Tremendous credit should go to the U.S. Armed Forces, who made voting possible throughout much of the country, and to the millions of Iraqi citizens, who risked their lives to vote.

The story is totally irrelevant, the voting was conducted in a secret ballot under the rules of the IOC, absolutely properly, all votes were properly recorded.

The signs are good. All credit first to the people of Iraq to come out and refuse to show any voter fatigue in the third vote this year and then to the government and the IECI and to all the parties who have campaigned and participated by and large peacefully.

The speculation concerning my role during the third voting round in the 2012 (host) city elections are completely without foundation.

The system was tested, the memory card was tested, but the source code was never tested. We believe that the source code is an integral part of that voting system.

The statute is very clear that if a county's results are not to us by 5 p.m. Tuesday we shall ignore that county's vote, and the counties need to be very aware of that, ... Candidates asking for recounts need to be aware of that.

We need to be in a position to move ahead on a contract for new voting machines.

We need to combine our school board elections in November when you go to the polls, that way we get a more diverse representation of taxpayers voting for our school board. We need a school board in there who wants what the taxpayers want.

What led me to believe that hearings are necessary, ... is the broad array of complaints, which is almost mind-boggling, that have occurred in the Florida election -- such things as voting machines (and) disparate treatment as to who had what voting equipment.

When you have South American countries voting on what sports should be there, what can you expect, ... They are trying to get out of team sports because it costs a lot of money.

We will miss him greatly as we approach the first general election to utilize the new voting machines which he worked so hard to implement,

When we vote on things that are controversial, people should know, not only what our vote is, but why we are voting this way.

And you know who lets them get away with lying? ... Baseball writers. Hardly any Hall of Fame voters have the (guts) to stand up and say, 'These guys cheated. I'm not voting them into the Hall of Fame.'

It would take voting out of the all-conference picture. There would be a true conference champion.

The right to vote is a fundamental guarantee for all American citizens. This settlement agreement continues our unprecedented commitment to ensuring voting access to every citizen.

The right to vote is the foundation of our democracy, and an essential protection of that right is the Voting Rights Act. Every voice must be heard and every vote must be counted. State and local governments continue to adopt voting laws, practices and procedures that deny equal access to voting - without the Voting Rights Act, there would be little protection against these efforts to deny some of us our right to vote. The Voting Rights Act is necessary to help ensure that every American citizen is able to exercise the franchise.

What happens in New Orleans will affect voting rights all over the United States.

What was positioned as a safe protest vote has now become a kind of kamikaze vote,

We're worried about the voting rights of our people in New Orleans who are not, for the most part, in New Orleans. People should still have a say in what happens in the communities that were ravaged by Katrina.

We should have the hearings wrapped up in time to get a vote out of the full Senate in time for the (court's) October term.

The opinion of the court of appeals invalidating Ohio's discriminatory voting technology is exceptionally well-written and scholarly. It is a monument to the concept -- fundamental to American democracy -- of the equal right to vote.

The opposition are bad losers...Voting is supposed to be secret. Why do they think all the missing names are their supporters?

This season of American Idol is already the most watched and should be interesting to say the least. In keeping with previous years, there's sure to be controversy, heartbreak and triumph, all of the ingredients that give Idol the massive following it continues to enjoy. Everyone bets, but viewer voting can make the outcome so difficult to predict and is what makes betting so much fun.

The other issue it raises is the kind of speech we'll hear. The strongest speech people see when they're voting is the speech when they're going to the ballot.

This new voting initiative hits the issue of a narrow nominations' process head-on and significantly increases the potential for the widest and most diverse selection of nominees possible.

To be honest, we've had no complaints from people with disabilities about being unable to vote with our current voting system.

We want all handicaps to have accessibility to the voting machines. The county is stuck between a rock and a hard spot.

Both Air Transat and Air Canada went to a variable voting structure and we were the oddball,

We are very happy that the agreement among the armed factions not to bear arms in the course of voting has held. We are waiting with bated breath to see if it survives throughout the counting period.

We are voting 'no' to create our own property tax relief.

We are voting today not so much on the head of the government but on the course to get us out of this crisis.

A cruise on the big new ships is primarily what people want to buy. People are clearly voting with their wallets. We would be very happy to operate smaller ships if they could generate greater profitability than the big ships, but they don't.

People as well as 14-party combine will not participate in any election under these two conspirators who in the past played a leading role in snatching away people?s voting right.

The thing I can't believe is they must have rigged the voting, how can you keep up with him, Mr Cricket.

Rather than voting to protect consumers, the Committee made things worse. All consumers should have the right to sleep at night without worrying about identity theft -- this bill takes us in the exact wrong direction.

Experience has shown that the commission works best when the U.S. is a full, voting member,

With one member of the MPC voting for an interest rate cut in December and Bank of England chief economist, Charlie Bean, recently making some dovish comments, the odds of an interest rate cut early in 2006 are rising.

The government will be put in the dock in Parliament if it insists on voting for a referral to the Security Council. Left parties have formulated some opinion on this. We will convey it to the government. If government still goes ahead with it, we are free to take steps to bring the government to its knees.

Nowadays, with the electronic voting systems, you don't know what even looks suspicious if you're an elections official. You need people who understand software and software security to understand what the risks are.

During the first four years of justices' tenure, their voting behavior correlates at a rather high level with their appointing president's ideology, but for justices with ten or more years of service, that relationship drops precipitously,

As I reviewed the number of documents about John Roberts record, it is imperative that there is intensive oversight during the hearings, ... The Supreme Court is a lifetime appointment. We cannot afford to lose ground on the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the affirmative action executive order in the Nixon White House, and the rights to fairness in the criminal justice system.

As long as there is money to be made, voting corruption will be alive and well.

That's good for us. It implies people are voting with their feet, out of their cars.

As a result, Town Meeting and the Finance Committee have been voting in the blind. My goal is to make sure that doesn't happen again.

As congressman, my voting record on these matters is clear. I know how to get things done.

Although our voting rights have now been restored we need technical assistance and financial assistance.

They still have punch cards in the poorer sections of Florida, while there was electronic voting in the more wealthy areas,

They're voting with their wallets and they're spending. There's always a concern that people just don't like what they're seeing, but they are still buying.

Protecting voting rights is going to depend on the absentee ballot process. The state has the burden of showing that they have accurate information for locating them. We don't want to have those ballots go out and have them never connect with individuals.

Public officials have a responsibility to count and recognize the votes of all Floridians who voted in this presidential election, ... Factors such as administrative inconvenience, expediency or the limitations of vote-reading machines pale in comparison to protecting the voting rights of our citizens.

Rules that block persons with disabilities from obtaining personal documentation or from voting in elections can be modified, often at little expense.

People's Choice voting is Saturday only. The ribbons will be placed on the exhibits on Sunday. Voting will be for best of show and second and third place.

People don't go into a voting booth and vote for a Republican or Democratic Congress. They vote for a person and a person they have a relationship with.

PeopleSoft is doing everything it can to prevent its shareholders from voting, ... If PeopleSoft's Board is so convinced that the J.D. Edwards acquisition is a great deal, why won't it let their shareholders vote on it?

People should be voting him out of office. He's bad for our air, bad for our children, bad for our country. He's ascending in the Republican Party as a power broker.

Our sense is that voter confidence in optical-scanning systems is higher than in direct-record systems. There is a significant portion of the electorate that has serious concerns about the integrity of the voting process.

Enough of us could simply say we're not voting for any more rules until you promise us a fair debate on campaign finance reform.

Even if many of the undecided end up not voting, this share of 'don't knows' suggests voters are still wavering right up to the election.

There's some frustration and anger on the voting lines.

There's some frustration and anger on the voting lines. People have ben waiting several hours now and in some cases they haven't even got inside.

Every year there are guys that get overlooked, ... It happens year after year. It will happen until they stop doing the voting process. It is what it is. I just want to play at that level.

Everything we bring to the board complies with the (incentive) policy, ... If it does not, we will not ask for it. Every time he (Privette) votes against an incentive, he's voting against jobs.

There's nothing more important than fixing our storm drains. That is not the issue -- and, in fact, saving me $100 a year is not the issue. The issue philosophically is that there's a better way of doing this and we feel the entire voting population should have a chance to look at this.

There's no longer a barrier for counties to purchase electronic voting systems even if they have not had a referendum.

This rejection was predicted. The directive was heated up again after we already said no to it once. The parliament did the right thing in voting 'no' a second time. It was not prepared to look ridiculous.

We had 90 votes (in favor) that I have seen melted down in the last two weeks. I am disappointed in my own speaker. I don't know who convinced the members to change their votes, but regardless of any arm twisting I am voting for the people of Massachusetts. I am ashamed to be a Democrat today, and all we are doing is pink-slipping 6,000 people.

We didn't get responses on forming a Palestinian-Israeli joint committee to follow up and observe the operation of distributing ballots, voting and the movement of voters as well as candidates.

There is probably no subject that I've gotten more communication about since my election nine months ago than the voting machine issue.

This campaign is going to offer voters a choice between real reform and moving the state forward or the status quo and more of the same old broken system. I am confident that come Election Day, Californians will be voting for reform.

This case could affect many people's voting rights. It's urgent, from that perspective, that a decision be made quickly.

This does, sometimes to some people, begin to take on the appearance of a coup. We're talking about a polite, paper-exchanging, voting process in which we rip out the 42nd president of the United States.

This is something that is affecting counties across the state. Until the programming is complete, we'll be back to the old ballot box. But we will be ready for early voting to start Tuesday morning.

Ads like this are the reason that less than half of the voting population in America bothers to go to the polls.

A fraud is being committed beyond the voting booths, obliging people to vote against their will. An election under these conditions is suspicious.

This is a way for the voters to speak directly to their representatives. Voting is not just a right; it's a privilege.

This is a truly historic vote. Los Angeles is making a massive statement that we want to educate our children right. It makes up for 35 years of neglect.

This is a new trend in Japanese politics. People are increasingly voting on the policies of individual parties. Now the manifestos of the different parties have become very clear.

This is probably the greatest amount of change since I've been in the organization. Not allowing a school to play up without a vote by the principals has caused a lot of this change. It's funny; at one time schools would fight to change districts.

This is now the most competitive area in the state of Illinois. More people are open to voting Democratic because they don't think it's a wasted vote.

This is not a new debate. Debates of voting methods have been going on for hundreds of years.

In a way, by voting for the pay raise, he may very well have signed his own death sentence.

In all the years I was in the legislature -- and I'll swear this on a stack of Bibles -- he never asked me to do anything or vote in a particular way, other than he always wants us to build more roads in the mountains.

In a nutshell, North Carolina has aged voting equipment, most of which is made by 1990s standards or older.

I know who I'm voting for, and I'm not disclosing that.

I lean toward it's not (defamation). Some of it is opinion. (In) some parts of the state, voting with liberal Democrats is not a bad thing at all.

I'm sure we'll continue to be in contact with the authorities as they deal with a very difficult situation. The meeting yesterday was in a sense a six-month review. I think the operative note is that the board decided not to restore Zimbabwe's voting and related rights and not return any signing eligibility to use the resources of the Fund.

In California, this polarized the electorate and created a huge Latino voting bloc.

In 1996, Bill Clinton got 54 percent of the women's vote,