Yahoo! News: Elections

Obama, McCain head toward voters' verdict (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:20 AM CST

AP - Democrat Barack Obama's bid to become the first black president faced the final test of his remarkable two-year journey Tuesday, while Republican John McCain pressed for an Election Day upset.

All that's left is to vote, even for Obama (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:12 AM CST

AP - Now all that's left is to vote, even for the man who would be president.

Seeking upset, McCain to campaign Election Day (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:12 AM CST

AP - Pushing back against predictions of defeat, Republican John McCain scheduled campaign stops in two Western battlegrounds on Election Day after a seven-state sprint that brought him home to Arizona after midnight Tuesday.

Report clears Palin in Troopergate investigation (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 12:36 AM CST

AP - Gov. Sarah Palin violated no ethics laws when she fired her public safety commissioner, the state personnel board concluded in a report released Monday. "There is no probable cause to believe that the governor, or any other state official, violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in connection with these matters," the report says.

Thriller in Wasilla: Town abuzz over election (Politico)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 07:48 PM CST

Politico - WASILLA, Alaska – The town of Wasilla, which bristled under the glare of intense media scrutiny in the weeks after John McCain tapped Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, seems to be buzzing in anticipation of Election Day.

Obama wins in earliest vote in tiny Dixville, NH (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 12:15 AM CST

AP - Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, N.H., where tradition of having the first Election Day ballots tallied lives on.

Palin's doctor says she is in 'excellent health' (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 10:58 PM CST

AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is in excellent health, with her only hospitalization related to her five pregnancies, her family physician said in a two-page letter the campaign released hours before Election Day.

Obama's grandmother remembered as calm, assured (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:24 AM CST

AP - Barack Obama told millions watching him accept the Democratic nomination in Denver that his grandmother's influence on who he is and the way he views the world was substantial.

Palin rallies supporters in Ohio, Missouri (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:16 AM CST

AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin offered optimism to a boisterous crowd in an Ohio Democratic stronghold and pepped up a huge rally in conservative central Missouri on an election eve dash through five contested states.

Biden rallies suburban MO Democrats (AP)

Posted: 03 Nov 2008 11:25 PM CST

AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden made a last-minute pitch for swing-state Missouri on Monday, vowing that he and Barack Obama would "re-establish the middle class" by focusing on job creation and helping homeowners facing foreclosure.

Obama and McCain face judgment of voters (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 04:07 AM CST

Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain face the verdict of U.S. voters on Tuesday after a long and bitter struggle for the White House, with Obama holding a decisive edge in national opinion polls.

Today on the presidential campaign trail (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 03:13 AM CST

AP - Obama plans voting, basketball and quick trip to Indiana on Election Day ... Hoping for upset, McCain to campaign in Colorado, New Mexico ... Tiny New Hampshire towns go for Obama over McCain in Election Day's first votes

History beckons Obama, McCain on election day (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:43 AM CST

AFP - Americans vote in an election of rare historic potential Tuesday, with front-running Democrat Barack Obama seeking to become the first black president and Republican John McCain hoping for a poll-defying comeback.

Obama's grandmother, family 'rock', dies on election eve (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:30 AM CST

AFP - In a tragic twist to his White House campaign, Barack Obama announced on the eve of election day, that the grandmother who brought him up had died, aged 86.

Paid GOP workers say they misled Wis. voters (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:29 AM CST

AP - Four employees hired by a temporary staffing agency to encourage absentee voting for Republican presidential candidate John McCain say they were instructed to tell people they were GOP volunteers.

Obama, McCain Make Last Effort at Swaying Voters (Bloomberg)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:28 AM CST

Bloomberg - Nov. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama and John McCain will still be campaigning even as Election Day dawns and voters are going to the polls.

Turnout records fall even in GOP-friendly states (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:25 AM CST

AP - Even in reliably red states where Barack Obama has little chance of winning on Tuesday, unprecedented numbers of registrations and early votes have been tallied, and elections officials are predicting a record turnout in places where neither candidate even bothered to campaign.

Record number of voter expected to deluge polls (AP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:21 AM CST

AP - Election officials across the country braced for record turnout Tuesday in a historic presidential race, hoping to avoid the long lines and malfunctioning machines that scarred previous contests for the White House.

McCain completes election-eve campaign blitz (AFP)

Posted: 04 Nov 2008 02:20 AM CST

AFP - Republican John McCain told supporters to prepare for victory here late Monday after racing across America to complete a marathon seven-state, election-eve campaign offensive.