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Battleground 2012
Mugshot of Colin Small (Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office)

Man with GOP ties accused of trashing voter forms

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - A man employed by a company working for the Virginia Republican Party was arrested Thursday and charged with destroying voter registration forms...
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Najiyyah Aleem, 65 of Wilson, gets off the Democratic National Committee and Obama for America ÒGotta VoteÓ Bus as it arrives at a polling precinct for the first day of early voting on October 18, 2012 in Wilson, North Carolina. The DNC/OFA Bus is on a month long tour spending through the end of the week in North Carolina. Today is the first day to vote for the election in North Carolina. Early voting is offered at select location from now through November 3. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)

Polls: Obama holds his lead in Iowa, Wisconsin

NBC's Mark Murray, Senior Political Editor, NBC News
NBC NEWS - With fewer than three weeks until Election Day, new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls show President Barack Obama maintaining his lead over Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the battleground states of Iowa and Wisconsin...
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This Oct. 2, 2012 file shows a man placing a sign letting people know where to line up for early voting at the Hamilton County Board of Elections, in Cincinnati. Tough new election laws aimed at forcing voters in many states to show photo identification at polling places have been blocked or delayed, delighting opponents who claim they were among a variety of partisan attempts to prevent minority voters from casting ballots. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)

Many strict election laws blocked or delayed

Curt Anderson, Associated Press
MIAMI (AP) - Tough new election laws aimed at forcing voters in many states to show photo identification at polling places have been blocked or delayed, delighting opponents who claim they were among a variety of partisan attempts to keep minorities from voting...
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Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (L) during the Presidential Debate at the University of Denver on October 3, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. The first of four debates for the 2012 Election, three Presidential and one Vice Presidential, is moderated by PBS's Jim Lehrer and focuses on domestic issues: the economy, health care, and the role of government. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

How to watch the debates without panicking

Joy-Ann Reid
OPINION - How can the average voter watch the debates without losing their mind? Here are five suggestions...
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Supporters hold up an Ohio sign as President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at The Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center at Kent State University Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012, in Kent, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

Supreme Court won't block early voting in Ohio

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is siding with Democrats in refusing to block early voting in the battleground state of Ohio....
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Obama in Ohio

Will Ohio propel Obama to victory?

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - In Ohio, three surveys over the last week (CNN, NBC/WSJ/Marist and PPP) have shown Obama maintaining a small, but stable lead in a state that no Republican has ever been elected president without carrying...
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In 2008, Bruce Springsteen performs at an outdoor campaign rally for presidential candidate Barack Obama at the Cleveland Mall, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)(AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Springsteen to stump for Obama

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bruce Springsteen will be back campaigning for President Barack Obama...
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Floridians use touch screen machines to cast their ballots November 2, 2004 in St. Petersburg, Florida. Polls indicate the race between U.S. President George W. Bush and Democratic presidential nominee U.S. Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) is too close to call. (Photo by Tim Boyles/Getty Images)

At polls, fears of voter suppression, intimidation

Curt Anderson, Associated Press

 

MIAMI (AP) — Kimberly Kelley of Tampa has provided Florida elections officials with thousands of names of people she thinks may be ineligible to vot

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In this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo, Vice President Joe Biden visits with patrons over lunch at Cruisers Diner in Seaman, Ohio. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Obama on VP debate: 'Joe just needs to be Joe'

Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has offered his take on the debate between Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, saying 'Joe just needs to be Joe'...
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Is the media responsible for Romney’s rise?

David A. Love
OPINION - Is this Romney surge the real deal, or is merely a media creation turned self-fulfilling prophecy?...
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