The all-male town board tore up ballots cast in her favor in the Nov. 4 election, arguing that as a woman, she wasn’t a “citizen” of the town. “That is the custom here, that only the citizens vote, not the women,” said Valeriano Lopez, the town’s deputy mayor. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Diebold results deviate almost 5% in favor of Clinton from hand counting results. This is getting interesting. picked by deepcleanfun 2 years ago

All it took was one vote for a Hancock County woman to be elected into office. And that one vote was her own. picked by tragluk 1 year ago

Seems like they have a problem over in India with scheming relatives declaring family members dead in order to claim their possessions. This guy isn't going to take it anymore! picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago

Only 100 of the stamps have ever been found, making them one of the top prizes of all philately. picked by dollyllama 3 years ago

If John R. Koza gets his way, American voters will never again have to wonder about the workings of the Electoral College and why it decides who sits in the White House. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

I responded to previous post about political candidates: picked by singletrack 2 years ago

Undecided about who to vote for? This short quiz, which allows for varying weight on key issues, might help. picked by cb__ 2 years ago

Last seen heading for Pennsylvania voting booths. picked by arsphidius 2 years ago

After online "Plime-like" voting, the world's first online orchestra played last night, and after only 3 days of practicing together. Related to this story picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

Computers are smart but they can't understand apostrophes. It can stop you from voting, destroy your dental appointments, make it difficult to rent a car or book a flight, even interfere with your college exams. More than 50 years into the Information Age, computers are still getting confused by the apostrophe. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

University of North Texas students, voting in an online referendum, have rejected the possibility of same-sex couples running for homecoming court in 2010. picked by icepigs 3 days ago

Producers of the American Idol reality show made a strategic error when they added a 13th contestant to the program which picks a winner using call-in voting. They only owned the phone lines ending with 01 thru 12, owner of the lucky number 13 received a lot of extra business last Tuesday night. picked by equinox 9 months ago

The Senate gave final approval on Wednesday to a major expansion of the government’s surveillance powers, handing President Bush one more victory in a series of hard-fought clashes with Democrats over national security issues. As most of you may know, I am a huge Obama fan and am saddened to see him voting in support of this (even though he said he wouldn't). picked by theclansman 1 year ago

Last night the Toronto District School Board set back any hopes of racial equality at least 40 years by voting 11 – 9 in favour of opening a publicly funded alternative Africentric school in 2009.

Edit: News version of this story picked by super 2 years ago

Voting largely along party lines, the Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the 111th justice of the Supreme Court. She will be the first Hispanic and the third woman to serve on the court. picked by nateebiinature 4 months ago

"In the basement area, where we end up putting a lot of our materials… I probably hauled 50 dump truck loads of cats, rats, and snakes and all types of debris." picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Politicians in NSW could be breath-tested for alcohol before voting on laws after a series of late-night incidents that have embarrassed the centre-left government.

"Honestly, if you are going to have breathalysers for people driving cranes you should have breathalysers for people writing laws," picked by aclister 12 months ago

Yet more mess-ups with the viewing public! ITV have admitted there voting viewers were overcharged when voting on talent search show The X Factor picked by danswayuk 3 years ago

At least three early voters in Jackson County had a hard time voting for candidates they want to win.

Virginia Matheney and Calvin Thomas said touch-screen machines in the county clerk's office in Ripley kept switching their votes from Democratic to Republican candidates. picked by sidran32 1 year ago