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November 2006


11/28/06 Watchdog group drops campaign funding suit

With the withdrawal of a lawsuit yesterday, it is becoming increasingly unlikely that the courts will weigh in any time soon on whether Philadelphia has the legal right to regulate campaign spending in city elections.

By: Marcia Gelbart
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

11/27/06 Corruption's Scent Sniffing Feds Make Campaigns Nervous

AS THE 2007 mayoral election season begins and Philadelphia pols engage in the predictable frenzy of raising money, spreading rumors, begging and bluffing for support, talking trash and trading gossip, something is different from past campaign chatter: they're not sure who else may be listening.

By: Dave Davies
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

11/15/06 Bit by Bit: High Tech voting

There wasn't a hanging chad in sight Tuesday, as millions of Americans voted on high-tech voting equipment - many for the first time.

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

11/08/06 Watchdog: Few Glitches

Gov. Rendell's coattails were so attractive yesterday that even Republicans were trying to ride them.

By: Chris Reber
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

11/08/06 Race Relations

I decided to participate in the Dash for Democracy—a 5K run benefiting the voting-rights organization Committee of Seventy.

By: Liz Spikol
Source: Philadelphia Weekly

11/06/06 Officals Address Potential Poll Problems

By Tuesday night, we might know which party will control the House and or Senate for the next two years. But for election officials, the concern Monday night is about things like new voting machines and problems at the polls.

Source: ABC6.com

11/06/06 No more bellying up to voting booth in Philly bars

As if voting wasn't confusing enough in this season of computerized databases and electronic machines, here in the City of Brotherly Love, you can't vote in your corner bar anymore.

By: Richard Wolf
Source: USA Today


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