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Election--May 2006


05/23/06 Balance shifts in man vs. machine

A week after the polls closed, the Democratic primary for the 179th state House district still is not over, but the lead changed hands yesterday during a count of write-in votes.

By: Thomas Fitzgerald
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

05/20/06 Both sides allege irregularities in 179th District race

Campaign workers on both sides of a closely contested North Philadelphia legislative race complained yesterday of widespread irregularities at the polls on Election Day.

By: Bob Warner
Source: Philadelphia Daily News

05/18/06 What Went Wrong at the Polls?

Angry and embarrassed over hundreds of malfunctioning voting machines in Tuesday's primary, the Philadelphia City Commissioners' Office yesterday vowed to launch a "thorough and complete" investigation of what went wrong in perhaps the city's biggest election-day mishap in years.

By: Marcia Gelbart
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

05/16/06 Committee of Seventy Applauds Philadelphia Voter Support of an Independent Board of Ethics

The Committee of Seventy, a non-partisan organization fighting for honest and efficient government in Philadelphia and throughout the region, today applauded the overwhelming voter approval of the ballot question authorizing an amendment to Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to establish an independent Board of Ethics.


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