http://www.dpa.xtn.net/dynamic/News/Story/168447 The errors that have plagued the November McMinn County elections have resulted in a reversal of fortune for two Calhoun City Commission candidates and has an Athens City Council candidate challenging the mayor to a coin toss.
TX: Ortiz calls for manual recount of ballots
http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/ortiz-83426-calls-trailing.html
U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, trailing Republican challenger Blake Farenthold by 792 votes in the race for Texas' 27th Congressional District, officially announced in a written statement late Friday afternoon that he would seek a manual recount, citing what he called "numerous voting irregularities."
National
Immigrant Voter Fraud Fears Didn't Materialize
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=131089170
International
UK: Labour MP Phil Woolas loses seat over election lies
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/8114108/Labour-MP-Phil-Woolas-loses-seat-over-election-lies.html Phil Woolas, the former immigration minister, has been thrown out of Parliament and the Labour Party after breaking electoral law by making up damaging allegations about his main general election opponent.
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The result of the election in Oldham and Saddleworth -- which Mr Woolas won by just 103 votes -- had been challenged by Elwyn Watkins, the defeated Liberal Democrat who accused the MP of exploiting racial tensions in the area by falsely claiming Mr Watkins was courting Islamic extremists.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1327380/Tory-Jonathan-Aitken-revolt-voting-rights-prisoners.html David Cameron was under growing pressure last night to scrap his decision to give prisoners the vote after former Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken once sentenced to 18 months' jail for perjury joined a Tory revolt over the issue.
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