Judge halts NY town elections over voting rights
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A U.S. federal judge halted planned elections in Port Chester, New York, on Friday, after the government said its political system effectively denies Hispanics representation in the local government.
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A Maryland judge has dismissed a  challenge to the state's electronic voting system and ruled  that elections officials have made a reasonable effort to  ensure that votes will be counted properly in November.
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A peace coalition&#39;s plan to greet the Republican National Convention with a mass rally in Central Park was thwarted yesterday by a state Supreme Court judge who upheld the city&#39;s denial of a permit.
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The North Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked the winner of the state school superintendent race from taking office while the judges examine whether some provisional ballots should have been counted.
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state judge ruled yesterday that organizers of the largest protest planned during the week of the Republican National Convention may not hold a rally in Central Park on Sunday, throwing into
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A judge on Friday chastised state officials for botching efforts to ensure electronic voting machines are tamperproof but cleared them for use in the November election, saying it was too late now to change course.
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A federal judge rejected arguments from the Bush administration Tuesday and ruled for Democrats in a dispute over how to count provisional ballots, a new voting requirement that could become the hanging chad of 2004.
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A federal judge dismissed charges  against a New York record store owner on Friday who had been  selling unauthorized recordings of concerts, saying a law  against boot-legging was unconstitutional.
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A federal judge dismissed an airline industry lawsuit that sought to block a state law, which would ensure basic services are provided to delayed passengers, the New York State attorney general said on Thursday.
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A judge on Wednesday denied anti-Bush  protesters permission to rally in Central Park on the eve of  the Republican National Convention, leaving open the question  of where possibly hundreds of thousands of demonstrators will  go after a march through midtown Manhattan.
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A federal judge in Boston has dismissed a suit by two families who wanted to stop a Massachusetts town and its public school system from teaching their children about gay marriage, court documents show.
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A federal judge ignored a Justice Department argument Tuesday and ruled that Michigan must count provisional ballots cast by voters who show up at the wrong polling precincts but are in the right city, township or village.
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A State Supreme Court judge ruled today that New York City can ban protesters from using the Great Lawn in Central Park.
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By Scott M. Larson, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 7--Town council had stopped a development because it didn't have  sprinklers, but judge ruled that wasn't proper.
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A judge rejected a last-minute plea from anti-war activists seeking to hold a massive rally in Central Park the day before the Republican convention, saying they were too late.
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A Spanish judge on Friday barred two Basque pro-independence parties from running in general elections next month, suspending their activities for three years.
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A state judge, Vincent J. Grasso of Superior Court in Ocean County, has ruled that New Jersey voters who cast absentee ballots for a candidate who has dropped out of the presidential race can vote again.