Hundreds in line as polls open in MinnesotaMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008Before voters were allowed back in to finish voting, they had to show their ballots and matching receipts. One voter, Khadijah Abdul-Malik, 51, ... |
Post-Bulletin, Rochester MNPost-Bulletin, MN - Nov 4, 2008Balmy temperatures greeted the earliest voters today who stood in line before 7 am to cast their ballots. Record turnout has been predicted by voting ... |
Sunny skies, warm temps favor high voter turnoutWinona Daily News, MN - Nov 4, 2008By Chris Hubbuch / Lee Newspapers The high in La Crosse is expected to be in the low 70s, and temperatures should be “well above normal” across Minnesota ... |
Obama wins historic electionMinnesota Daily, MN - Nov 4, 2008Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said an estimated 3 million voters statewide were expected to vote Tuesday, fulfilling the secretary’s goal of ... |
Battle over numbersPolitics in Minnesota, MN - Nov 4, 2008On Oct. 31, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie said in a press release that there are 3741514 eligible voters in Minnesota. He’s hoping 80 percent of those ... |
Voters overwhelm Twitter Vote Report sitePolitics in Minnesota, MN - Nov 4, 2008The site Plodt is mapping out the wait times based on the Vote Report data, with Minnesota results here. Most Minnesota reports have come from voters who ... |
General Election, 2008Austin Herald, MN - Nov 4, 2008Mower County voters will also cast ballots for Minnesota Supreme Court and Minnesota Court of Appeals justice candidates and Third Judicial District ... |
Obama wins MinnesotaMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008He was handily ahead of McCain among white voters. Among the quarter of Minnesota voters who said the race of the candidates was at least a minor factor, ... |
A spectacle, and now, to governPioneer Press, MN - Nov 4, 2008Minnesota voters are on a roll. Four years ago, 78 percent of eligible Minnesotans voted — the highest percentage of any state. We don't know the outcome of ... |
Outdoors amendment wins bigPolitics in Minnesota, MN - Nov 4, 2008Fifty-five percent of Minnesota voters gave their thumbs up to the constitutional amendment. When accounting for the “drop off” in which no votes were ... |
Ellison, McCollum win racesMinnesota Public Radio, MN - Nov 4, 2008Polls closed at 8 pm across Minnesota after voters packed high school gyms, churches and community halls across the state to have their say on issues from ... |
Weather offers voters another warm receptionKARE, MN - Nov 4, 2008... Minnesota Monday, Tuesday's forecast offers just slightly cooler temperatures and some clouds, but generally good conditions for voters to get out and ... |
May the best man win?Politics in Minnesota, MN - Nov 4, 2008Minnesota in the last 10 years has been governed by the likes of Jesse Ventura and Tim Pawlenty. And as commanding has these governors and assorted ... |
Something to WatchPower Line, MN - Nov 4, 2008Here in Minnesota, there is a constitutional amendment on the ballot. The amendment would increase the state sales tax to fund game, fish, parks and water ... |
News stories from Jordan, MinnesotaJordan Independent, MN - Nov 4, 2008The Jordan Independent will provide coverage of the local races, as well as tell you who voters in the city and four surrounding townships chose for ... |
U students experience voting obstaclesMinnesota Daily, MN - Nov 4, 2008The line of students wrapped around the church, deep into the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview drop off/pick up lane behind Moos Tower. ... |
Minnesotans react to Obama victoryMinnesota Public Radio, MN - Nov 4, 2008Polls closed at 8 pm across Minnesota after voters packed high school gyms, churchs and community halls across the state to have their say on issues from ... |
Minneapolis weighs school board changeMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008According to the Minnesota Association of School Boards, 13 out of 341 school districts in the state used district-based board seat configurations. Voters ... |
'Very smooth'Brainerd Daily Dispatch, United States - Nov 4, 2008Jeremy Jones of Brainerd said the presidential race is a "foregone conclusion" in Minnesota since the state is a Democratic state. ... |
Kids go to the polls in ShoreviewMinnPost.com, MN - Nov 4, 2008... pint-sized voters stepped up to miniature booths this afternoon and checked off their choices for US president, Minnesota Supreme Court justices and all ... |
Hope, anxiety, pride mingle as ballots are castMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008... in a U-shaped configuration that would need to be juggled to make room for a swarm of voters taking advantage of Minnesota's same-day registration. ... |
DFL 'challenger' grateful for human contactPolitics in Minnesota, MN - Nov 4, 2008Under a revised Minnesota law, passed in April by the state Legislature, a challenger must put the challenge in writing and swear it under oath. ... |
Baker ousts Wohnoutka by 2-to-1 marginWest Central Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008... Wohnoutka’s 222 votes, with 86 percent of Spicer voters turning out to the polls, according to unofficial results from the Minnesota Secretary of State. ... |
MPCA Issues Air Pollution Health AlertKEYC, MN - Nov 4, 2008Some voters may find it hard to breathe on Election Day in the twin cities and southeastern Minnesota.The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has issued an ... |
Heavy turnout on North ShoreMinnPost.com, MN - Nov 4, 2008... as of 2:30 pm St. Louis and Lake counties regularly post some of the highest voter turnout in Minnesota, a state that prides itself on energized voters. |
Local kids pick Obama in landslideDuluth News Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008... said Lars Sandstrom, executive director of Kids Voting Minnesota. “If kids develop the habit of being informed voters while they’re young, they are more ... |
Exit Polling Location in Blue Earth CountyKEYC, MN - Nov 4, 2008"However Slocum also says that Pleasant Mound Township may have been chosen to represent a portion of rural Minnesota voters, and not Blue Earth County. ... |
North metro school briefsMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008Prior to that, he was superintendent of the Glencoe-Silver Lake School District in rural Minnesota. Since June 1, the Roseville area schools says it has ... |
Obama sweeps to victory as first black presidentMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008By DAVID ESPO, AP As I sit in Central Iraq this very moment, I now realize that the people in Northern Minnesota have just voted, that, in approx. ... |
Dozens of poll watchers at polling stationsMinnPost.com, MN - Nov 4, 2008Ramaswamy, a third-year law student at the University of Minnesota, was working for a DFL action center in South Minneapolis. Things had been quiet, ... |
Minneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008 Perhaps the most bizarre barrier to voting was in Minnesota where a truck hit a utility pole in St. Paul's Merriam Park neighborhood. ...
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Garfield Elementary celebrates new lookAlexandria Echo Press, MN - Nov 4, 2008But it wasn’t the Minnesota Vikings’ win over the Houston Texans. Lisa Pikop, principal at Garfield Elementary School, gave the closing remarks at a ... |
Walz wins First DistrictMankato Free Press, MN - Nov 4, 2008But he won every single county in the district, including deeply conservative counties in southwestern Minnesota. In Pipestone County, for instance, ... |
Gilbert W. Brown -- RochesterPost-Bulletin, MN - Nov 4, 2008He served as Executive Director of the United Way of Olmsted County from 1975 to 1990, and was also President of the Minnesota United Way Associates in 1978 ... |
Looking Back at November 4International Falls Daily Journal, MN - Nov 4, 2008Albert J. Dahl, 68, better known to his fellow workers as “Al,” retired recently following 39 years of service with the Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company. ... |
Obama takes formidable lead for White HouseMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008Interviews with voters suggested that almost six in 10 women were backing Obama nationwide, and men leaned his way by a narrow margin. ... |
Outdoors, arts amendment continues to leadMinneapolis Star Tribune, MN - Nov 4, 2008The most recent Star Tribune Minnesota Poll conducted last week showed that 53 percent of likely voters approved the amendment, while 41 percent opposed it. ... |
Kato council incumbents eke winsMankato Free Press, MN - Nov 4, 2008Two-term Council President Laven took 50.73 percent, or 8147 votes, and Frederick, a 25-year-old former Minnesota State University student association ... |
Voters lean toward outdoor amendmentPioneer Press, MN - Nov 4, 2008By Tad Vezner With more than three-quarters of the ballots counted, voters Tuesday evening appeared to be favoring a proposed Minnesota constitutional ... |
Many first-time voters favor ObamaFergus Falls Daily Journal, MN - Nov 4, 2008“It’sa pretty big one to start off,” said 18-year-old Alec Robertson, a student at Minnesota State Community and Technical College. ... |
Obama wins MinnesotaFergus Falls Daily Journal, MN - Nov 4, 2008“The American people have asked for change and I am really proud the people of Minnesota helped,” Blodgett said. Obama captured nine in 10 voters who based ... |
Americans Finally Cast Their BallotsKAALtv.com, MN - Nov 4, 2008MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Voters started lining up early at polling places today, and elections officials say Minnesota could be well on its way to surpassing 80 ... |
Three school referendums passMankato Free Press, MN - Nov 4, 2008Last year, about 100 Minnesota districts attempted referendums — a near record — with about two-thirds succeeding on at least one question. |
Minn. officials: Ready for 80 percent turnoutKARE, MN - Nov 4, 2008Minnesota's secretary of state says election officials around the state are ready for massive turnout in Tuesday's election. Mark Ritchie has estimated that ... |
Obama Takes Formidable Lead For White HouseFOX 9 News, MN - Nov 4, 2008By MyFox National After capturing the sought-after prize of Pennsylvania, Barack Obama has added New York, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. ... |
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