Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Voting published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 172
» View all items
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-15
•
Next >
-
Board OKs petition form for abortion proposal
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An anti-abortion group seeking to ban Michigan health insurance plans from covering abortions without a supplemental policy cleared an early hurdle Wednesday in its effort to take the proposal to voters, even without Republican...Tags: Abortion, Rick Snyder, Women's Health, Politics, Elections
-
Wolf hunt referendum to go on 2014 Michigan ballot
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's election board on Wednesday certified the signatures of a group seeking to ban wolf hunting and a referendum will be placed on the November 2014 ballot, but the outcome of the vote could be meaningless. The Board...
Tags: Rick Snyder, Politics, Elections, Hunting, Lifestyle and Leisure
-
Ind. schools seeing more success with tax hikes
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana school districts that won voters' approval last week for the majority of the tax increases they had sought to boost school funding may be becoming more skilled at selling the public on the need for those tax hikes, say...Tags: Politics, Elections, Taxation, Referenda
-
Polls open for special elections in Michigan
Polls in Michigan are open for the 2013 special elections. Some voters in our area are deciding on several important issues, including how much tax money they are willing to spend on education. Several school issues are on the ballots for voters to...
Tags: Politics, Elections, Stevensville
-
With a population of 658, Snyder clears way for recently-endangered wolves to be hunted
Additional information from WSBT-TVTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Wednesday that takes the decision to hunt or not hunt wolves out of voters' hands. It clears the way to schedule Michigan's first gray wolf hunting season since the animal was driven to...Tags: Government, Elections, Science and Technology, Executive Branch, Wildlife
-
Parties propose vote center locations
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Members of the St. Joseph County vote center committee began to hash out possible locations Wednesday. Both major political parties provided lists of suggested locations. From a list of 45 possible locations from the Democrats and 30 from...Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Elections
-
Wolf hunt opponents: Legislation an attempt to suppress voice of the people
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Republican-led state Senate approved legislation Thursday that could block a group's effort to ban wolf hunting in Michigan and make hunting and fishing rights a part of the state constitution. Wolves were taken off the...
Tags: Government, Animal Attacks, Elections, Science and Technology, Executive Branch
-
Niles panel mulling even-year elections
South Bend TribuneNILES -- It appears odd-year elections, except for the special variety, may be on their way out in the city of Niles. The Niles City Council approved without comment on Monday night a 12-item consent agenda in which one of the measures called for...Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Elections, Primaries
-
Second guilty plea in St. Joseph County ballot petition fraud scandal
A second person accused of ballot petition fraud admitted Tuesday she certified ballot petitions that had fake signatures, but Bam Brunette said she never forged any signatures to get Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton on the 2008 presidential primary...
Tags: Politics, Trials, Elections, Barack Obama, Justice System
-
Indiana secretary of state talks vote centers with county elections officials
WSBT-TVStay with precincts or switch to vote centers? It's a question that Indiana counties will have to decide but they are getting some help from the state in the form of information. The Indiana Secretary of State held a regional meeting on vote...Tags: Local Elections, Regional Elections, Politics, Elections, Polls
-
Former St. Joseph Co. registration worker pleads guilty in ballot petition fraud
She pleaded guilty to forgery and ballot petition fraud but if Bev Shelton cooperates with prosecutors, she might not get any jail time. Shelton is one of three people accused of forging signatures to get Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Indiana's...
Tags: Primaries, Elections, Prosecution, Judges, Hillary Clinton
-
Vote center committee to have plan by midsummer
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- The vote center committee has set a goal for a recommendation on center locations and a plan by midsummer. The committee members met for the first time Wednesday evening to begin discussions for what a switch to vote center voting, as...Tags: Local Elections, Politics, Elections
May 22, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 22, 2013
|Story| AP Broadcast
May 13, 2013
|Story| AP Indiana
May 7, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
May 1, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Apr 26, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Apr 22, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Apr 9, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Apr 8, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Mar 28, 2013
|Story| WSBT-TV
Mar 20, 2013
|Story| South Bend Tribune
Original site for Voting topic gallery.