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CHICAGO (WLS) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the state of Illinois missed the deadline for mailing absentee ballots to members of the military and other overseas American voters as part of a new federal overseas voting law. Cris Cray, Director of Legislation at the Illinois State Board of Elections, says not all of Illinois' 110 jurisdictions were compliant with the 2009 Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE). The law requires every state to mail their absentee ballots 45 days prior to Election Day to overseas troops, government employees and other Americans who want to vote from...

Election commission: 57,000 ballots were cast in ’06 WASHINGTON — Overseas military voters had less than half of their votes counted in last year’s congressional elections, according to data released by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission on Monday. “One thing is clear: At every level of government, we need to do a better job,” said Donetta Davidson, chair of the commission. “We must make sure all eligible voters are getting their opportunities.” The figures, released at the commission’s annual conference on ways to improve and troubleshoot the absentee voting process, showed that only about 992,000 of the nearly 6 million...

New votes emerge in recount By Andrew Garber Seattle Times staff reporter OLYMPIA ? New votes are turning up in the governor's race around the state as election workers find ballots that were never counted, punch cards with problem chads and optical scan ballots that weren't marked properly. In Whatcom County, for example, election workers found seven unopened, uncounted ballots that had earlier been accidentally put in a wrong pile. The numbers are small, a few votes here and there, but with only 42 votes separating Republican Gov.-elect Dino Rossi and Democrat Christine Gregoire, even small changes like the one...

Posted on Thu, Dec. 02, 2004 Ohio certifies Bush win, but some won't give up Disgruntled groups talk of re-count, legal challenge WASHINGTON - Ohio counties certified election results Wednesday showing that President Bush carried the battleground state Nov. 2 and with it won a second term. But the certification did not seal the state results, and disgruntled groups alleging widespread vote fraud plan further action. One coalition plans to seek a re-count. Another plans to file a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court today contesting Bush's victory. Despite these challenges - and rampant rumors on the Internet that Republicans...

Republican Dino Rossi becomes Washington's governor-elect when Secretary of State Sam Reed certifies the election this morning, and the Democrats have until Friday to demand a costly hand recount -- which right now they don't have the money for. With only 42 votes separating the candidates and claims of voting irregularities in some counties, Democrat Christine Gregoire vowed to do whatever it takes to make sure every one of the 2.8 million votes is counted a third time. But as of yesterday, that's a promise she can't afford. -snip- Brost said the Democratic National Committee has agreed to pitch in...

Gregoire 1367400 48.87% Rossi 1367464 48.87% Bennett 63068 2.25% Results last updated on: 11/17/2004 9:29:00 AM

Today, at long last, Democrat Christine Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi are supposed to find out which one will become Washington's next governor. At least that's the theory. What they will find out this afternoon, when the counties are required by law to finish counting ballots and certify their results, is who won the most votes. But a mandatory recount is almost certain, so the outcome probably won't be official until at least next week. And before either candidate is declared a winner, they may have to survive legal challenges to the result. After yesterday's counting, Rossi had a 19-vote...

OLYMPIA, Wash. -- After a day of vote-counting with more suspenseful twists than an Alfred Hitchcock movie, Republican Dino Rossi held a 19-vote lead over Democrat Christine Gregoire on Tuesday night in the governor's race. With the candidates so close, out of 2.8 million ballots cast, the winner will come down to the final day of counting. A statewide recount is looking more likely by the minute. Other than Rossi's miniscule lead, it was a good day for Gregoire. Tuesday's drama began when Grays Harbor County officials started recounting all 28,000 of their ballots after discovering a glitch that mistakenly...

I'll be updating the table below throughout the day as new returns are announced. The table columns are the same as yesterday. See this post for explanation. As I mentioned earlier, these are only estimates and projections based on the most recent available information from the Sec. of State and counties. This information has proven itself to be insufficiently reliable for making any real predictions, so I'm no longer going to call the race for either candidate at this point. Note also that Grays Harbor is going to recount, which is expected to improve Gregoire's margin by some unknown amount....

Help defend Dino Rossi Now that the Washington Democrats are turning to selective lawsuits to get around Dino Rossi's lead in the vote count, the rest of us need to fight back to defend a fair electoral process. Here's what you can do. Since provisional ballot information is already being released, the Washington State Republican Party is calling voters whose ballots were challenged to inform them and give them the opportunity to respond to the challenge so their votes can be counted. Volunteers are needed today. Contact Nicole Linde at WSRP 206-575-2900, ext. 19; or mobile: 509-830-0278 [an earlier version...

Christine Gregoire Democrat 1360871 48.88% Dino Rossi Republican 1360713 48.87% Ruth Bennett Libertarian 62439 2.24% Results last updated on: 11/15/2004 5:59:00 PM

New data: Christine Gregoire Democrat 1346099 48.85% Dino Rossi Republican 1348034 48.92% Ruth Bennett Libertarian 61362 2.22%

Taken from: http://www.soundpolitics.com/ (This is the message of a republican blogger:) King County Vote Count Flash My friend the Republican vote count observer reports some very good news for Dino Rossi: We wrapped up in the MBOS [Mail Ballot Operations Satellite] facility at about 2:00 today, with the following survey numbers: Rossi 458, or 42% Gregoire 542, or 49% Other (no governor vote, the Libertarian candidate, or a write-in) 113, or 10% Head to head, the ratio is 46% for Rossi versus 54% for Gregoire. Based upon the percentages, Rossi ended on a high note. A possible explanation for today’s...