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Takoma Park lowers voting age for its elections to 16

Tags: Takoma Park, election,

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GAO asked to investigate why voters waited hours to cast ballots

Two members of Congress have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate why voters in Virginia and Florida had to wait hours in line to cast their ballots on Election Day 2012.

Tags: hank silverberg, Gerry Connolly, Elijah Cummings, elections, GAO

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Takoma Park may become city with nation's youngest voters

Hitting Sweet 16 includes all sorts of coming-of-age perks and responsibilities. Voting could become a new one.

Tags: andrew mollenbeck, Takoma Park, elections

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Fairfax considers changes to ease voting lines

A bipartisan commission in Fairfax County offered 50 recommendations the county could enlist to shorten lines at the polls,

Tags: voting machines, fairfax county board of supervisors

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Congress looks at local voting delays

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a public forum in Woodbridge, Va. to talk about election reforms.

Tags: election, Gerry Connolly, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

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Groups spent $35 per voter on Maryland casino ads

For months, voters were bombarded by campaign ads for everything from the presidential and congressional races, to local ballot questions. In the end, outside groups spent enough on ads to buy each voter a nice dinner.

Tags: campaign ads, election, Question 7, casino, max smith

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Va. passes eminent domain, General Assembly amendments

The two constitutional amendments on the Virginia state ballot passed with an overwhelming majority on Tuesday.

Tags: eminent domain, General Assembly

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Election Day Answer Desk: Your voting questions

The WTOP Election Day Answer Desk is taking questions related to voting and Election Day. Here are some questions we've received from calls, Facebook and Twitter.

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Final Va. election push is 'calling and hauling'

With the candidates' cases largely made and voters mostly decided in Virginia's close, nasty and expensive presidential and Senate races, success on Tuesday rests on the most basic and old- fashioned electioneering effort - turnout.

Tags: Northern Virginia

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3 Va. congressmen call for voter fraud investigation

Three Virginia congressman are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a multi-state investigations into a company that has been registering voters for the Nov. 6 election.

Tags: eric holder, Gerry Connolly, voter fraud

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