News tagged with vote
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.
6 of 9 presidential election forecasts predict Obama will win 2008 popular vote
Oct 16, 2008 |
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Most of nine forecast models developed by political scientists predict a victory for Senator Barack Obama over Senator John McCain in the two-party contest for the popular vote in the 2008 presidential election. Obama is ...
NIST Issues Open and Transparent Methods for Testing Electronic Voting Systems
Apr 01, 2009 |
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology today opened for public comment detailed new methods for testing future electronic voting systems' compliance with voluntary federal standards. ...
German officials to probe Twitter election leaks
Sep 27, 2009 |
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German election officials Sunday said they would investigate the appearance of broadly accurate exit poll results on the Twitter microblogging site before voting had ended.
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 ...
Economic crisis could stop citizens from voting: research
Oct 09, 2008 |
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During election season, Americans are reminded of their freedoms and rights that allow them to vote for their leaders. As countless political polls try to predict how voters are being swayed, those polled may not be allowed ...
