(CNN) – Election officials in Florida‘s Miami-Dade county worked overnight to count the county’s outstanding ballots and they still have 500 left, said election officials on Thursday. After that is finished, Penelope Townsley, supervisor of election for Miami-Dade County, told reporters that the process of counting the provisional ballots will begin. Townsley expects all absentee…
(CNN) – In a historic turnaround, the ballot box is showing America’s shifting attitudes about same-sex marriage. After gay marriage rights died at the polls dozens of times in the past, on Tuesday they passed in at least two states. Rarely do popular votes reflect such dramatic social changes. The result: Maryland and Maine will…
In every election, someone will tell you that voting is a matter of life and death. This year, it’s literally true in California, as Proposition 34 would repeal the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Oddly, life and death may not even be the most important thing to…
BY WILL RODRIGUEZ-KENNEDY SAN DIEGO, Monday Oct. 31 – District 3 Councilmember Todd Gloria has questioned a claim made by Councilmember Carl DeMaio during today’s final mayoral debate with Congressman Bob Filner. When the subject turned to veterans support DeMaio stated, “I am proud to have led a coalition, in 2010, to change how we…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), today announced a $100,000 gift from Brad Pitt to support the organization’s marriage efforts. Pitt has agreed to match contributions from HRC members and supporters up to $100,000 in order to direct resources to the marriage campaigns entering their final week in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington state….
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. (CNN) – Jefferson County residents in Washington state will cast their ballots this year for the leaders of the “Untied” States. According to the Peninsula Daily News, a typo on ballots that were sent to 22,596 voters caused federal candidates for office to be listed under the heading “President/Vice President of the…
WASHINGTON – Following President Barack Obama’s call on Americans to support the freedom to marry when they vote on ballot measures in Maine, Maryland and Washington the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Freedom to Marry have issued statements praising the president. “President Obama continues to be a transformational leader for LGBT equality,” said Human Rights…
Bob Filner maintains an advantage over Carl DeMaio in the mayoral race according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for KGTV-TV released today. With 3 weeks to go before Election Day the poll shows Filner at 47 percent and DeMaio at 40 percent. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll 3 weeks ago, Filner is down 3…
You would be surprised at how many people on both sides of the aisle are disillusioned with one or more of their candidates. While your decision not to vote is as American as the right itself, it does mean that your voice will not be heard. The recent presidential election in Venezuela had a 90…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has furthered its commitment to marriage equality, by announcing an additional $1 million investment in the four states facing marriage-related ballot measures in November – Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. The announced investments bring the HRC’s contributions to the four ballot measures to $4.4 million and $7.3 million…
