Voting Rights
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Takoma Park lowers voting age to 16
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Takoma Park officials have voted to lower the voting age to 16. The law passed 6 to 1 and will take effect in 50 days.
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Thousands march in D.C. to re-enact Women's Suffrage March of 1913
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Thousands of women marched down Pennsylvania Avenue Sunday to recreate the Women's Suffrage March of 1913, which was held the day before President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration. Women won the right to vote seven years after the march.
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SCOTUS: Voting rights law before Supreme Court
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Hundreds rallied outside the Supreme Court Wednesday to support the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as the court wrestled with the fate of a section of the landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of Americans exercise their right to vote.
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D.C. Jail helps inmates vote, a rarity nationwide
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While it seemed ordinary, the voting that went on at the D.C. Jail and a facility where women are housed next door is unique.
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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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Superstorm Sandy threatens to influence elections, voting
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Power generators are being marshaled, polling locations moved and voting machines hurriedly put into place as officials prepare to hold an national election in storm-ravaged sections of New York and New Jersey barely a week after Superstorm Sandy.
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Activists to push for D.C. budget autonomy
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Supporters of budget autonomy for the District of Columbia will be making their case to members of Congress and their staffs. Activists from the D.C.
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DC Vote protests federal funding bill
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Police have arrested a handful of protesters on Capitol Hill who are demonstrating for the recent federal spending bill on Capitol Hill
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Mayor Vincent Gray leads voting rights demonstration
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Mayor Vincent Gray bemoaned the high unemployment rates in poor pockets of the city and D.C.'s lack of autonomy.
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Saudi women get right to vote, but can't drive yet
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Saudi Arabia's king is giving women the right to vote and run in local elections for the first time, but they're still not allowed to drive.
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Twelve arrested at D.C. voting rights rally
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A crowd of several hundred rallied in front of the White House Saturday in a demonstration organized by DC Vote, to urge President Obama to support D.C. voting rights.
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DOJ: Manassas Park should get relief from voting law
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Manassas Park has the support of the Justice Department as it seeks exemption from the Voting Rights Act.
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More Capitol Hill protests planned
D.C. Vote, the advocacy group seeking congressional representation for the District, is planning a protest on Capitol Hill Wednesday.
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Another D.C. voting rights protest planned
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Advocates for District of Columbia voting rights in Congress are planning another protest outside the Capitol.
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