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Early voting option can decrease turnout, research shows
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although states are moving quickly to put in place election procedures that allow for early voting, allowing people to cast ballots ahead of Election Day often results in lower turnout, according to research ...
Protect your vote -- avoid election machine errors
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Of all the conceivable problems that could lead to a miscount Election Day, there's one possibility that voters can do something about – avoid making election machine-related errors, says a University of Maryland ...
College students vote smarter than expected
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 01, 2009 |
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College students make strategic choices about where to vote, most prefer absentee ballots, and they are especially likely to vote absentee if their homes are in swing states, according to a new Northwestern University study ...
Astronauts To Vote From Space
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In this day and age, people engage in their right to vote from all over the world. But this Nov. 4, few ballots will have traveled as far as those cast by two NASA astronauts.
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Cryptographic voting debuts
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election. MIT’s Ron Rivest, the Viterbi Professor ...
Expanding drug treatment: Is US ready to step up?
Nov 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Based on the rhetoric, America's war on drugs seems poised to shift into a more enlightened phase where treatment of addicts gains favor over imprisonment of low-level offenders. Questions abound, ...
House Dems unveil health bill
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Cheered by President Barack Obama, House Democrats rolled out landmark legislation Thursday to extend health care to tens of millions who lack coverage, impose sweeping new restrictions on the insurance ...
Reclaimed Riddle
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It was the "yuck factor" of reclaimed water that got Karyna Rosario thinking. As communities increasingly turn to reclaimed water as a source for irrigation - and some communities consider ...
IE 8 is Microsoft's champion in browser wars
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Microsoft is touting freshly-launched Internet Explorer 8 as its champion in the competitive Web browser arena, urging holdouts to upgrade from earlier versions of the software.
More Is Needed than Quota Laws to Increase the Number of Women Legislators
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Although women's representation in national legislatures around the globe has nearly doubled in the last 30 years, the average percentage of women legislators is only 18 percent worldwide. While many countries ...
California lawmakers take aim at Alaska's aerial wolf hunts
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Alaska's predator-control program to kill wolves, which drew renewed national scrutiny last year during former Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for vice president, is under attack again in Congress.
Lefty or Righty? A new hold on how we think
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you’re a lefty or righty, chances are you never thought your dominant hand played a role in the decisions you make. But what may seem as an unimportant trait might actually influence ...
Rural hospital hinging future on federal incentive
Aug 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Electronic medical records are a life-or-death issue at Sac-Osage Hospital - not necessarily just for the patients, but for the hospital itself.
Microsoft to ship IE with Windows 7 in Europe
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Microsoft said it would not separate its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser from versions of Windows 7 shipped to the European Union when the new operating system launches worldwide in October.
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