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November 5, 2012

Obama favored in his ancestral Kenyan village

KOGELO, Kenya (AP) - Here in President Barack Obama's ancestral village in Kenya, witch doctor John Dimo tossed some shells,…
November 5, 2012

How would black America react to an Obama loss?

theGRIO REPORT - Many pundits and pollster predict that President Barack Obama is poised to win re-election on November 6th,…
November 4, 2012

Chris Christie defends praise for President Obama

JERUSALEM (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told an Israeli TV interviewer Sunday that President Barack Obama deserves praise for
November 4, 2012

Final polls suggest Obama will win on Tuesday

theGRIO REPORT - A series of major polls released on Sunday showed President Obama ahead nationally and in key states,…
November 4, 2012

Melissa Harris Perry's 'This Week in Voter Supression' highlights theGrio 'dark money' investigation

POLITICS - The Melissa Harris Perry show highlights a theGrio-One Wisconsin Now joint investigation uncovering the "dark money" emanating from…
November 4, 2012

Florida Dems sue to keep early voting open; Sunday voting resumes in 5 counties

POLITICS - Florida Democrats filed suit in federal court Saturday over Gov. Rick Scott's refusal to issue an executive order…
November 4, 2012

Will Ferrell for Obama: 'I'll do anything' to get you to vote on November 6th

VIDEO - Beloved oddball comedian Will Ferrell has cut a hilarious new pro-voting ad for the Obama campaign...
November 3, 2012

Groups file emergency motion over last-minute move that could toss Ohio provisional ballots

theGRIO REPORT - Voting rights advocates are asking a federal court to step in and stop what they call an…
November 2, 2012

Justice Department dispatches poll watchers

WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 780 federal observers and Justice Department employees will be dispatched to 51 voting jurisdictions in…
November 2, 2012

Massachusetts legislative candidate denies Rosa Parks 'gimmick' comment

theGRIO REPORT - During a debate response, Independent Mike Connelly implied Rosa Park's 1955 refusal to give up her bus…
November 2, 2012

California couple finds absentee ballots in the gutter

VIDEO - It's a discovery that's got Bernice and Wardell Chavis outraged. For the second time this month the couple…
November 2, 2012

Barack Obama celebrity endorsements: Superstar supporters of the president

SLIDESHOW - Many have raised at least $1 million for the Obama/Biden campaign, and some, like Nicki Minaj -- with…
November 2, 2012

Romney's Hurricane Sandy relief efforts met with skepticism

theGRIO REPORT - The Romney campaign's decision Tuesday to suddenly change a scheduled victory rally in Ohio into a storm-relief…
November 2, 2012

Democratic voter anxiety focused on Ohio Secretary of State

theGRIO REPORT- Some Democrats and activists are looking warily at Secretary of State Jon Husted, the man some say could…
November 2, 2012

Why I can't wait for this election to be over

OPINION - I’m tired of being forced to watch political pundits and newspapers tell me the opposite information on the…