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ELECTION 2012: Key national races
Get the latest developments on the presidential race and control of Congress.
Exit poll: Wash. state voters focus on economy
Washington voters were focused on the economy with a majority calling it the top problem facing the country — though more voters say it’s on the mend than think it’s getting worse. Just over 1 in 5 say the economy is now excellent or good.
IDAHO RACES: Latest developments
A roundup of breaking developments in Idaho’s general election.
Spokane County turnout nearing 2008 level
Spokane County turnout nearing 2008 level
Shawn Vestal: what have we lost in drive for election efficiency?
For decades, Colleen Schauble showed up every Election Day at Longfellow Elementary School very early in the morning, and left late at night. She’d welcome and direct voters, check registrations, help them cast their ballots. Longfellow was the polling place for four precincts – including Schauble’s, which was for years identified not by number but by name: Edith. “It was wonderful,” said Schauble, 73. “You practically knew every voter by name.” Then she, and the other workers there, would count the ballots, secure them, and carry them – in pairs, always – to the county courthouse for the overall tally, which could easily stretch late into the night. Remember those days?
Follow the action: when the polls close in various states
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stock up on munchies and make sure the batteries in your TV remote are fresh. With this year’s presidential election razor-close to the finish, Tuesday could be a long night. Even if the presidency isn’t decided until after midnight EST, there will be plenty of clues early in the evening about how things are going for President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. Obama has more options for piecing together the 270 electoral votes needed for victory, so any early setbacks for Romney could be important portents of how the night will end.
Today’s best link: So many options for Obama & Romney
Today’s best link: So many options for Obama & Romney
I marked my ballot. Now what?
I marked my ballot. Now what?
Uh-oh! I lost my ballot? Now what?
Uh-oh! I lost my ballot? Now what?
For today’s voters: Last-minute help on candidates and issues
For today’s voters: Last-minute help on candidates and issues
Today’s fun video: Recap of the election
Today’s fun video: Recap of the election
Idaho, Washington not election harbingers
There was a time in the mid-20th century when, as Washington and Idaho went in presidential elections, so went the country. But voters in the two states have been imperfect bellwethers before and since.
Join me for a night of watching democracy unfold
My politically exhausted Americans, I stand before you with a smile that is wider even than the cheesy grin Daryl Romeyn wears on his garish campaign signs. What makes me so full of mirth, you ask?
Today’s fun video: Rappin candidates
Today’s fun video: Rappin candidates
We’re not the best presidential bellwethers
We’re not the best presidential bellwethers
WSU warns no pot on campus even if I-502 passes
Even if an initiative to legalize marijuana passes next week, the drug likely won’t be allowed on public college campuses in Washington any time soon, according to university spokespeople.
Biviano vs Shea, Taxes
Amy Biviano, a Democrat, talks about her stance on the requirement for two-thirds votes to approve tax increases. She is running for state House in the 4th Legislative District against incumbent Republican state Rep. Matt Shea, who declined to be interviewed.
Dellwo vs. Holy, Taxes
Former state Rep. Dennis Dellwo, a Democrat, and attorney Jeff Holy, a Republican, give their positions on the requirement for two-thirds votes to approve tax increases. The two are running for state House in Spokane County’s 6th Legislative District, which includes parts of the city of Spokane and most of the West Plains.
Social issues to be decided, and new slate of top officials
Washington state is in for big changes next year. In two days, residents should have an idea of how big. Tuesday will bring an end to back-to-back-to-back candidate commercials that debate and snipe at each other on points of economics or character. An end to phone calls from earnest volunteers or recorded messages from celebrities seeking a vote for or against someone or something. An end to bus or RV odysseys around the state by gaggles of Democratic or Republican candidates trying to exhort supporters who have already voted to find a couple friends who haven’t, then get them to mark and mail their ballots. An end to revelations that some high-tech billionaire, out-of-state millionaire or Hollywood celebrity has sent a five-, six- or seven-figure contribution to a campaign for or against a ballot measure.
Ballot puts plenty at stake for health care, taxes, Medicare
WASHINGTON – The White House, the Senate, the tea party revolution in the House and 11 governorships are on the line Tuesday in a fantastically costly, relentlessly negative election played out in unsettled economic times. There is more at stake, though – the future of the Affordable Care Act, the fate of Medicare – in a land where the campaign tab is counted in the billions of dollars, where voters have been polled to the point of rebelliousness, and where a 4-year-old approached national hero status when she tearily protested the onslaught of campaign advertising.