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Election Recounts
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Two opposition factions unite in Zimbabwe
World |
April 29, 2008
The two factions of Zimbabwe’s divided opposition Movement for Democratic Change have reached a deal to cooperate in parliament and claimed Monday that some ruling party lawmakers had defected, steps that give them a solid parliamentary majority. Read more
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Mugabe forgoes regional summit
World |
April 13, 2008
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe skipped a regional summit Saturday addressing the deepening crisis over the country’s contentious presidential election, giving southern African leaders little chance to step up the pressure on him. Read more
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Legal defense funds restricted
California | Local |
November 22, 2007
In the year since state Sen. Read more
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Challenger holds slim lead in L.A. college board race
California | Local |
May 17, 2007
The cliffhanger wore on Wednesday in the runoff election for a seat
on the Los Angeles Community College District board, with challenger
Roy Burns 88 votes ahead of incumbent Georgia L. Mercer in unofficial
results – and a hand count underway of 10,600 ballots. Read more
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Appeals court to decide which Nguyen wins
California | Local |
April 12, 2007
A state appeals court will weigh in on which Nguyen won the Feb. Read more
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Janet Nguyen becomes youngest O.C. supervisor
California | Local |
March 28, 2007
After a marathon election battle that required a judge to determine
who won, a beaming Janet Nguyen, Orange County’s first Vietnamese
American supervisor, was sworn in Tuesday. Read more
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Ruling gives Janet Nguyen a seat as O.C. supervisor
California | Local |
March 27, 2007
A judge ruled Monday that Janet Nguyen won the February election for
an Orange County Board of Supervisors seat by a slim three-vote
margin, rejecting arguments by her opponent that a recount wasn’t
completed because the paper audit of electronically cast ballots was
not counted manually. Read more
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Recount tightens; ruling due Monday
California | Local |
March 24, 2007
A judge on Friday overturned the Orange County registrar of voters’
decision on four recounted ballots cast in a February Board of
Supervisors race, leaving Janet Nguyen just three votes ahead of
opponent Trung Nguyen. Read more
Thursday, March 22, 2007
O.C.’s 7-vote election gap becomes a 7-lawyer case
California | Local |
March 22, 2007
An attorney for Trung Nguyen said Wednesday that political rival
Janet Nguyen “threw a fastball” past the Orange County registrar of
voters during a recount that overturned February’s election for a
seat on the Board of Supervisors. Read more
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Suit forces a look at election code flaws
California | Local |
March 21, 2007
The battle over February’s contested Orange County Board of
Supervisors election heads to court today, with a judge expected to
name a winner by week’s end. Read more
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Election workers sentenced in Ohio recount
National |
March 14, 2007
Two county election workers were sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in
prison for rigging a recount of 2004 presidential election ballots so
they could avoid a longer, more detailed review. Read more
Friday, March 9, 2007
Signal Hill mayor forges ahead by one vote
California | Local |
March 9, 2007
Larry Forester, the mayor of Signal Hill, is ahead by a single vote
going into Monday’s recount. Read more
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Board will await O.C. election ruling
California | Local |
March 7, 2007
Orange County supervisors said Tuesday that whoever a judge decides
won last month’s election for an open board seat will be sworn in at
their March 27 meeting. Read more
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Nguyen might have to wait
California | Local |
March 6, 2007
At least two of the four Orange County supervisors will vote to again
delay swearing in a new board member today after a judge Monday
requested more time to hold a trial on a contested recount. Read more
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
O.C. supervisors to let the courts decide recount issue
California | Local |
February 28, 2007
Saying they preferred that a court sort out a contested ballot
recount, the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously
Tuesday to delay naming the winner of the Feb. Read more
