2012 Election
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Presidential election 2012: Report voting problems across the D.C. area
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Polls will soon open across the nation and the Washington, D.C. area, and we want to make sure that everyone has the opportunity to cast their ballot without a problem. If you had one, though, find out how to report it here.
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Bill Euille, Andrew Macdonald run for mayor of Alexandria
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Two men who met on the playground as boys are battling it out on the campaign trail. They’re each running for mayor of Alexandria.
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Bi-partisan couple agrees to disagree
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In this hotly contested presidential election stress levels are high, especially in divided households, but one local bipartisan couple shared their basic ground rules for surviving election season.
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Election 2012: The final push
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With just hours before polls nationwide open, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney spent the final day of their campaigns appealing to voters in several states.
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Patrick Moran resigns from Jim Moran's campaign
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Patrick Moran, a field director for his father's campaign, resigned Wednesday after an organization led by activist James O'Keefe released a video showing an undercover operative pitching a voter-fraud plan.
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Jim Moran's son claims stupidity on video flap
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Patrick Moran, the son of Virginia Democratic congressman Jim Moran, says it was pure "stupidity" that he discussed a plan to cast fraudulent ballots in the upcoming election.
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2012 Election: Romney campaigns in Virginia day before election
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Telling Virginia voters they can make the difference, GOP challenger Mitt Romney gave one of the final pitches of his presidential campaign.
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Seven candidates run for open seats on DC Council
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With former councilmembers Harry Thomas and Kwame Brown convicted of crimes and resigning in the past year, the debates and media coverage of this year's DC Council race have been focused on ethics and character.
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Election 2012: Some Md. residents receive duplicate absentee ballots
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There’s an old Election Day joke about voting early and often. Some people in our area who applied for absentee ballots could actually do that thanks to the multiple ballots they’ve received in the mail.
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Dream Act supporters hold rally before Election Day
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The rally at Montgomery College was a chance for supporters of the Dream Act or Question 4 to send a message to others about the measure. If passed, graduating high school students whose parents pay taxes to pay in-state college tuition.
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Prince George's County School Board: Raaheela Ahmed hopes to win seat
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It’s a tumultuous time for the Prince George’s County school board. For several years, the school system has lost hundreds of students. The board is also facing budget woes and must start the school year without a permanent superintendent.
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2012 Election: Obama, Romney neck and neck one day before election
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The Obama field office in Chicago is where the calls are being made and decisions debated as they pull out all the stops in their massive get out the vote effort. It's a machine that's been running for years, but has only hours left to pay-off.
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2012 election: Decisions could come long after election night
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Stock up on munchies and make sure the batteries in your TV remote are fresh. With this year's presidential election razor-close to the finish, Tuesday could be a long night.
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Provisional ballots an increased concern ahead of election
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There is widespread concern that we won’t know who the next U.S. president is by Tuesday.
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President Obama, Mitt Romney virtually tied, poll shows
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We are less than 24 hours away from the presidential election, and the race is tighter than ever between President Obama and Mitt Romney,the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll revealed.
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2012 Election: Obama focuses on turnout, Romney on Pennsylvania
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President Barack Obama was closing out the campaign with an apparent edge in some key battleground states, including Ohio. But Mitt Romney's campaign was projecting momentum and banking on late-breaking voters.
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Last day for in-person absentee voting in Va., early voting in D.C.
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About 25 million people already have voted in 34 states and the District of Columbia. No votes will be counted until Election Day but several battleground states are releasing the party affiliation of people who have voted early.
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Maryland Question 6: Both sides make final push before Nov. 6
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Marylanders for Marriage Equality has rolled out several TV ads featuring former NAACP chairman Julian Bond as well as black pastors who emphasize that state law does not force any church to perform a same sex marriage.
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