Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votes
(AP) -Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote...
Sean Hannity may have broken law with ballot tweet
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.
Katy Perry wears her ballot at Obama rally
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.
Chicago considers bullet tax to curb violence
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...
Kansas considers removing Obama from ballot in November
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...
Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official
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...
Arizona Secretary of State may keep Obama off ballot
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...
Anti-gay marriage amendment divides NC
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...
Anti-Obama lawsuit says a 'mulatto' can't be president
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...
Despite Calif. address, 'Weedman' is on NJ ballot
(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...
