state ELECTION headlines
Oregon Death with Dignity program spurs fierce debate, intense criticism
Critics have charged that the nation’s first physician-assisted suicide law lacks accountability and fails to provide mental health evaluations for terminally ill patients wanting to die.
• Doctors, pharmacists, providers can opt out of Death with Dignity Act
• Big reversal in Pierce County key for Gregoire
• Two state incumbents topple as ballot counting continues
• No recount, no court challenge, no drama in the governor's race
• Governor: Gregoire nears victory in close race with Rossi
• State parties ramp up oversight of election process
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PIERCE county ELECTION headlines
County races finally decided
Democrat Pat McCarthy beat Republican Shawn Bunney by a narrow margin to become the first woman to serve as Pierce County executive, results released Thursday show.
• What next for Pierce County voting system?
• McCarthy lead keeps shrinking
• As votes dribble in, Pierce County still counting
• County executive vote tally tightens
• County candidates await new tallies today
• Slow going for local counting
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local ELECTION headlines
Crowded primary elections set
The 2009 election season is officially under way, after hundreds of people filed to run for local offices before Friday’s deadline.
• Early count shows two levies passing
• Washington election news and blogs
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presidential election headlines
Official: Palin cited toll of ethics complaints
The official in line to be Alaska governor when Sarah Palin resigns this month says she talked to him about the toll that ethics investigations has taken on her.
• Rove: Palin resignation part of a 'risky strategy'
• Analysis: Palin's resignation raises questions
• Obama: Kobe Bryant no match for Michael Jordan
• Republicans eyed for 2012 weigh Sanford fallout
• Miss. governor says no plans to run for president
• Popular vote close, but McCain loses key states
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Election 2008 editorials
Eight states look for fraud in ACORN registrations
WASHINGTON – An activist organization defended its voter registration practices Tuesday amid new allegations of voter fraud and a call from Republican lawmakers to investigate irregularities.
• I-985: Look under the hood – it won’t run
• Spinning political deceit on the Internet
• Advice to Gregoire: Drop the stem cell spiel
• Putting the state on the take is no way to regulate gambling
• Lakewood government: A problem gambler
• A stern call to duty from the POW nominee
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