And so you see married voters voting - splitting their vote, married men voting more Republican, unmarried voters, both men and women, voting overwhelmingly Democratic.
Since 1913 more than 180 senators have been appointed by governors, according to Fair Vote, a voting-rights advocacy group.
Following glitches with hi-tech voting and counting systems, the vote-tallying process was started again from scratch, and by hand, on Wednesday.
The bill passed on a largely party-line 245-178 vote, with most Democrats voting in favor of it and most Republicans opposed.
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The bill, however, would have provided the White House with more flexibility to administer the reductions (read: more to farming, less to developing the Killbot 2.0) The bill was rejected by a 62-38 vote, with nine Republicans voting against their own party.
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Only 29% of the voting-age population bothered to vote at the last gubernatorial election.
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The final vote tally was 235-193, with four Republicans voting against the bill.
For Vioxx, the vote was likewise close, with the panel voting 17-to-15 that the drug should be on the market.
The measures follow allegations of widespread electoral fraud, including vote-rigging, in the UK since postal and proxy voting were greatly extended in 2001.
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Pope Benedict, 80, has made an attempt to address this issue by calling for a run-off vote between the top two candidates if the voting goes as far as 33 rounds.
The islanders have American citizenship and may be recruited by the armed forces (around 4, 000 serve in the navy, for example), but they cannot vote in presidential elections and have only one (non-voting) member in the House of Representatives.
That scenario is that the Security Council will not bring the Palestinian-statehood resolution to an immediate vote but will instead delay voting on it for an indeterminate period.
In Multnomah County, Oregon, which begins voting on October 8, Eric Sample, spokesman for the county elections division, says that early voting and the state's 100% vote-by-mail has increased voter participation.
Older voters tend to vote more in mid-term elections and this year appear to be voting more Republican.
After a day of voting on various amendments, the final Senate vote was 73-27.
Tory candidate Steve Norris cast his vote in Battersea, south-west London, with Liberal Democrat Susan Kramer voting in Barnes, west London.
And remember, as long as you're in line when the polls close, you can still vote. (Applause.) So understand -- early voting.
Bill Nelson, D-Florida, has proposed Florida Democrats get a chance to vote again using mail-in ballot, saying a full primary using regular voting machines would be prohibitively expensive.
The vote also bans other counties in California from introducing new ATM-like electronic voting equipment in November, unless the machines include a verified paper trail of votes cast.
Her manager and co-workers harass her about her non-voting ways, saying that if she doesn't vote, she doesn't have the right to complain about the state of things.
"These evaluations point to instances where e-counting and e-voting have worked well, and where electors choose to vote remotely by internet or telephone they often had favourable responses to these innovations, " he said.
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Allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in the Scottish independence referendum will not lead to them voting in all UK elections, the UK government has said.
So think about it -- in fact, in Florida, you all can vote now, before early voting begins here.
George Bush got fast-track authorisation by a vote of 215 to 214, despite 190 House Democrats voting against the measure.
Additionally 43 percent of Afro-Americans vote early (versus 20 percent for everyone else), and early voting has long meant longer waits.
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Third-party candidates exist, and voting for them is not a wasted vote as Kevin McKee points out, but it would take significant public groundswell to make a difference.
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John Curtice, an electoral specialist at Strathclyde University, says that the polls are not yet picking up tactical voting, because third-party supporters generally make up their mind to vote this way late in the day.
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The most obvious source of new votes for Democrats in future is not white men but the fast-growing (though under-registered for voting) Latino population who, outside Texas and Florida, vote Democratic by two to one.
We want you to think about voting early, whether it's by mail or in person -- vote early.
They often appear to flip-flop on issues, or will vote against a slightly different version of a bill--remember John Kerry's claim about voting for war funding before he voted against it?
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