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People celebrate early election returns favoring Washington state Referendum 74, which would legalize gay marriage, during a large impromptu street gathering in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. The re-election of President Barack Obama and Referendum 74 drew the most supporters to the streets. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes

David Crary, Associated Press
(AP) -Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote...
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Sean Hannity during the FOX News 'Hannity with Sean Hannity' 15th anniversary show at Olympic Centennial Park on October 6, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Chris McKay/Getty Images)

Sean Hannity may have broken law with ballot tweet

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - Fox News' Sean Hannity, host of The Sean Hannity Show, joined the ranks of a number of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram users who have posted photos of their ballots online today.
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Katy Perry performs at a campaign rally for U.S. President Barack Obama at Doolittle Park on October 24, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. O (Photo by John Gurzinski/Getty Images)

Katy Perry wears her ballot at Obama rally

Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Katy Perry's doing her best get-out-the vote effort: At a rally for President Barack Obama, she wore a tight white dress imprinted like a ballot, and a square box on her right hip filled in the names of Obama and Joe Biden.
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In this Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 photo, a box of ammunition is seen on the counter of a gun shop in Tinley Park, Ill. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is set to make official her latest tax target: bullets. On Thursday Oct. 18, she will propose a tax of five cents a bullet. and a dollar for a box of 20. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) From NBC Chicago

Chicago considers bullet tax to curb violence

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CHICAGO - Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle could target smokers, gamblers and gun owners in her proposed 2013 spending plan, to be unveiled Thursday. A nickel tax for every bullet sold in Cook County...
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U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a campaign event at the Palm Beach County Convention Center September 9, 2012 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Working with the momentum from this week's Democratic National Convention, Obama is on a two-day campaign swing from one side of Florida to the other on the politically important I-4 corridor.

Kansas considers removing Obama from ballot in November

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - GOP controlled state of Kansas, the all Republican State Objections Board voted unanimously to delay the decision on whether or not they should put President Obama on the state's general election ballot...
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Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official

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PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's secretary of state says Hawaii's verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary requirements and that the president's name will appear on Arizona's ballot in the fall...
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Arizona Secretary of State may keep Obama off ballot

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Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett says he will keep President Barack Obama off of the 2012 ballot for president if Hawaii does not confirm existence of Obama's long-form birth certificate...
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Anti-gay marriage amendment divides NC

Melba Newsome
theGRIO REPORT - Key African-American leaders are aggressively mobilizing in North Carolina to persuade the state's black voters to oppose a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage that is on the ballot on Tuesday here...
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Anti-Obama lawsuit says a 'mulatto' can't be president

Clutch Magazine
CLUTCH - While this case has very little chance of being won in court, it is a stark reminder of the challenges and racist attitudes many of us continue to face...
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Despite Calif. address, 'Weedman' is on NJ ballot

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(AP) - A perennial New Jersey political candidate who proudly calls himself a pothead is surprised that he managed to get on next month's ballot for a state legislative seat...
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