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DAYTON, Ohio, Nov 1 (AFP) - Voters in the battleground state of Ohio were poised to approve a measure banning gay marriage so sweeping it is opposed by prominent businessmen as well as the state's Republican governor and Republican senators. State voters on Tuesday will choose between Republican George W. Bush and Democrat John Kerry for president, and also vote on a state constitutional amendment forbidding gay marriage and same-sex civil unions. According to opinion polls the amendment has overwhelming support. The measure defines marriage as between a man and a woman -- but also bans any "legal status for...

UNCONTESTED RACES These Cuyahoga County candidates have no opposition in the election. Commissioner: Tim Hagan (D) and Peter Lawson Jones" (D) Coroner: Elizabeth Balraj" (D) Engineer: Robert Klaiber Jr." (D) Sheriff: Gerald McFaul" (D) Treasurer: Jim Rokakis" (D) Clerk of Courts: Gerald Fuerst" (D) Common Pleas Court: Jose Villanueva" (D), Timothy McGinty" (D), Lillian Greene" (D), David T. Matia" (D) and Brian J. Corrigan" (D) Domestic Relations Court: Kathleen O'Malley" (D), Anthony J. Russo" (D) and Cheryl S. Karner" (D) Ohio Supreme Court: Paul E. Pfeifer" (R) Ohio Senate: Ron Amstutz" (R) Ohio House: Lance Mason" (D), Claudette J. Woodard"...

British Newspaper Calls for Bush Assassination Written by Doc Farmer Sunday, October 24, 2004 We're just over a week away from the General Election, folks. As expected, it's been a hot and heavy campaign, and things are only getting more intense. Television ads, talk show pundits, newspaper editors, and online columnists have been laying it on thick. There have been calls for apologies when one wife says the other has never had a ''real job'' (though none for telling a reporter to ''shove it''), calls for apologies when the vice president gets a flu shot (though none for Clinton getting...

My fellow non-Americans ... The result of the US election will affect the lives of millions around the world but those of us outside the 50 states have had no say in it - until now. In a unique experiment, G2 has assembled a democratic toolkit to enable people from Basildon to Botswana to campaign in the presidential race. And with a little help from the folks in Clark County, Ohio, you might help decide who takes up residence in the White House next month. Oliver Burkeman explains how Get the name of a US voterOliver BurkemanWednesday October 13, 2004The...

My fellow non-Americans ... The result of the US election will affect the lives of millions around the world but those of us outside the 50 states have had no say in it - until now. In a unique experiment, G2 has assembled a democratic toolkit to enable people from Basildon to Botswana to campaign in the presidential race. And with a little help from the folks in Clark County, Ohio, you might help decide who takes up residence in the White House next month. Oliver Burkeman explains how Get the name of a US voter Wednesday October 13, 2004...

Men videotaped vandalizing sign Summit elections official catches culprits tearing down Bush-Cheney poster By Marilyn Miller and Andale Gross Beacon Journal staff writers Two men who tore down a Bush-Cheney sign and urinated on it were caught on videotape by Summit County Republican officials early Friday morning. The videotape shows the men sneaking into the yard of a West Market Street home and bending the sign to the ground. The men struggled to rip the sign out of the ground by shaking it and pulling it but couldn't get it off the posts, so they knocked it down. Sounds heard...

Posted on Sat, Oct. 09, 2004 Two men who tore down a Bush-Cheney sign and urinated on it were caught on videotape by Summit County Republican officials early Friday morning. Watch the video

I couldn't find this posted anywhere nor does it appear on Drudge's site, but on his radio show tonight, he was citing a report that in some Ohio counties, there were more people registered to vote than there were citizens in those counties per the latest census. When asked how this could be, the democrats (I believe) replied that more people moved into those counties after the census.