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11.03.2008 2:41 pm

Get your sample ballot! Find your polling place, here!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

What can voters do to help keep the lines moving on Election Day?

They can study a sample ballot before heading to the polls, mapping out their voting strategy ahead of time.

The St. Louis city election board took an extraordinary step,…

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10.21.2008 10:00 pm

MINK COLUMN — McCain’s long, twisted campaign trail: Voter registration? Anti-Muslim rumor mongering? Socialism? Plumbing?

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

THE FOLLOWING paragraphs are from an actual published newspaper story about problems with voter registrations. I’ve edited out certain identifying information, so as not to spoil the punchline:

“Investigators for [deleted] attorney general and secretary of state have launched an inquiry into…

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10.19.2008 9:48 pm

Arrest in GOP voter registration fraud case

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Headline from the Oct. 19 LA Times:

GOP voter registration fraud case leads to arrest
Mark Jacoby, who was arrested in Ontario and owns a firm hired by the California Republican Party, violated state registration laws, authorities say.

Read the story here,…

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10.15.2008 10:00 pm

Thursday editorial: ACORN and old lions

Former U.S. Sens. John Danforth of Missouri and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire, two old lions of the Republican Party, recently have re-emerged on the national scene saying they want to promote “public confidence in the outcome” of the Nov.…

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10.14.2008 9:03 pm

Wednesday editorial: An election experiment (updated)

2004 Photo By Dawn Majors/Post-Dispatch

2004 Photo By Dawn Majors/Post-Dispatch

Updated below (as of Oct. 15 at 10:45 a.m.)

Thanks to unprecedented interest in this year’s presidential election — and a massive registration effort by labor and community activists on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama…

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07.13.2008 9:00 pm

Monday editorial: Flood preparations

voteElection day is Nov. 4, which seems like a long way off. But election officials must scramble if they hope to stage an election that is fair and efficient and that can accommodate what may turn out to be a…

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07.08.2008 12:11 pm

Wanna vote?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

election boardJuly 9 is your last day to register if you want to vote in Missouri’s August primary.

You have until Oct. 8 to register for the Nov. 4. general election.

Here are details for St. Louis City, St. Louis County, Jefferson County (very weak Web…

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