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What does low voter turnout mean for candidates?
WSBT TV ReporterLow voter turnout could have a big impact on some races in Tuesday’s primary election. Early voting ended at noon Monday and the polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday. According to St. Joseph County Clerk Terri Rethlake, 4,013 voters cast absentee ballots...Tags: Judges, U.S. Senate, Elections, Republican Party, Hillary Clinton
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In 1982 primary, he went from victory to defeat
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Thirty years ago tonight, Larry Ambler reveled in a hard-fought primary election victory. The then-36-year-old had clinched the Democratic nomination for St. Joseph County Probate Judge, beating out incumbent Frank X. Kopinski and Peter F....Tags: Judges, Elections, Local Elections, Justice System, Politics
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Polls open across Indiana for May Primary election
Polls across Indiana are officially open for the May Primary. National, state and local names are all on the ballots today. Absentee voting is a good indicator of what voter turnout will look like -- and it isn't looking good. We have learned just...
Tags: Elections, Richard Lugar, Polls, Politics, Primaries
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Will Indiana voter turnout stay low?
The St. Joseph County clerk says at one polling location, the doors were open at least an hour before the first voter showed up. Absentee ballots weren't better. Turnout is down significantly from the Presidential Primary, four years ago. But, keep in...
Tags: Elections, Politics, Polls
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Ballot switchers an unlikely factor in Lugar race
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As Indiana conservatives line up behind tea party-backed state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, Sen. Richard Lugar needs all the moderate voters he can get if he's to win a seventh term in what's been the toughest election battle of...
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Primary voting: The thrill is gone
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND - When then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, locked in a tight race for the Democratic nomination for president, visited the area in March 2008, more than 4,000 supporters packed the Mishawaka High School gym to hear her speak. Twelve days later, her...Tags: Indiana University South Bend, Elections, Richard Lugar, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
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South Bend judge candidate rips youth voting plan
South Bend TribuneA candidate for St. Joseph Probate Court Judge is raising concerns about a local organization bussing hundreds of recently registered high school voters to the polls Saturday morning. Ken Sheetz, who is seeking the Democratic nomination in the May 8...Tags: Judges, Elections, Indiana University South Bend, Teaching and Learning, Politics
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'Voter Flash Vote' ... youth voter getter? Organizers hope so
In an effort to encourage young voters to cast ballots, the League of Women Voters will host the first Voter Flash Vote at noon Saturday (April 28, 2012) at County-City Building. "Like anything new, walking into that polling place for the first time...
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Early voting down without Indiana presidential race
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Early voting for Indiana's primary next week is down by nearly 40 percent from four years ago when Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were crisscrossing the state in their presidential campaigns four years ago. State figures...Tags: Elections, Richard Lugar, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Primaries
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Obama defends typically GOP states in race to 270
President Barack Obama begins his re-election campaign defending traditionally Republican territory that he carried when he won the White House four years ago. Republican Mitt Romney is looking to reclaim any combination of these GOP strongholds now in...Tags: Labor Legislation, Elections, Chess Playing, John McCain, White House
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Michigan emergency manager law fails to make public ballot
Associated Press ReportLANSING, Mich. (AP) — A push to ask Michigan voters to decide the fate of the state's sweeping emergency managers law failed Thursday, as an elections board split along party lines when deciding whether to put the measure on November's ballot....Tags: Judges, Lawyers, Elections, Justice System, Career and Workplace
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Anti-abortion group endorses Lugar challenger
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana anti-abortion group became the latest conservative outfit to oppose U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar's re-election bid, saying Thursday it saw a good chance at unseating the veteran Republican lawmaker this May. Indiana...Tags: Judges, Elections, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics, Human Rights
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