Vote 2012
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Republicans ramp up minority outreach
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Republicans are ramping up their recruitment of minority candidates in an effort to combat the demographic trends that helped hand them stinging losses in November.
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Election 2012: Md. sees massive voter turnout
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This election season Maryland hasn’t seen a big push from the candidates for president, but it’s still seeing a massive voter turnout.
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Election 2012: Voters met with long lines at polls
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So far we've seen an incredible turnout at the polls in Va., Md., and D.C. But for many, that voter enthusiasm has also meant long waits and frustration.
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Election 2012: Voters head to polls in Battleground Va.
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Voting sites from Florida to Maine were packed Tuesday morning, but few were as packed as those in Virginia.
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Election Day 2012: How voter turnout will impact race (video)
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POLITICO's Chief White House Correspondent Mike Allen explains how voter turnout will impact the outcome of this year's presidential election.
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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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Election polling stations prep for Tuesday
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There was a certain frenzy all throughout the area Monday. Workers at the thousands of polling stations in D.C., Maryland and Virginia began prepping for the first votes to get cast.
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D.C. voter registration by mail deadline arrives
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Residents of the District of Columbia who haven't yet signed up to vote in the presidential election have one last day to register by mail.
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AFL-CIO registers 450,000 voters from union homes
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In 2008, exit polls showed 59 percent of voters who lived in union households backed Obama, while 39 percent supported McCain. Union household voters split similarly in the previous two presidential elections.
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Virginia delivers 4.6 million voter registration cards
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Oct. 15 is the deadline to update registration information or register to vote in the November election.
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Va. GOP cuts ties with firm after voter fraud allegations
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More than 100 suspect forms submitted by the company in several Florida counties have been turned over to local prosecutors.
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Virginia finds 10,000 deceased people on list of registered voters
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The Virginia State Board of Elections said there are about 10,000 dead people on the state's list of registered voters.
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President Obama wraps campaign swing with Leesburg rally
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President Barack Obama is wrapping up a two-day campaign swing with a stop in northern Virginia as he and Mitt Romney engage in a back-and-forth on the economy in battleground states for the first time in weeks.
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President Barack Obama's campaign stops in Virginia
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President Obama is traveling through the southeast and southwest corners of the state Friday, courting young and African-American voters in the Virginia Beach-Hampton area before turning to more conservative Roanoke.
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D.C., Maryland primaries: Voting underway in local races
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Besides choosing among the GOP presidential candidates, Maryland and D.C. voters will also choose candidates for congressional and city council races. Watch live coverage here.
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Election 2012: Primary day arrives in D.C., Maryland and Wisconsin
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Tuesday is primary day in the District, Maryland and Wisconsin. As voters head to the polls to choose a Republican to challenge President Obama, Maryland and D.C. voters will also choose candidates for congressional and city council races.
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Election 2012: Alabama, Mississippi and Hawaii primaries set as Romney seeks Southern support
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Voters in Alabama, Mississippi and Hawaii will cast their votes in the Republican presidential race Tuesday. For frontrunner Mitt Romney, it could be another crucial day as his tries to prove his appeal to conservatives.
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GOP hopefuls scramble towards Super Tuesday
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Santorum, who narrowly lost Michigan to Romney last week, said that no matter how much his rival spends, "conservatives will not trust him, will not rally around him this primary season. ... We will be the nominee."
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