Politics

October 23, 2008 - We're less than 12 days until the election. Which Southern states can still claim the coveted title of "battleground" in the presidential race?

October 23, 2008 - It's been one week since the start of early voting in North Carolina, a leading battleground state this year.

October 23, 2008 - A conflict has arisen in Florida between elections supervisors and the Secretary of State over how to deal with new voters whose registration hasn't been verified.

October 22, 2008 - As the world witnessed during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, disasters have a way of revealing underlying social inequalities. That lesson is now being repeated in the wake of last month's disaster along the Gulf Coast.

October 22, 2008 - A new report released today by the Pew Center on the States' Electionline.org details how voters could face long lines, new technology and registration challenges in a number of states in the upcoming election.

October 22, 2008 - Everyone knew 2008 was going to be big. Since early spring, when voter registrations started zooming up during the hard-fought primaries, election officials across the South and country have known they needed to be ready for an election with potentially record-setting turnout.

October 21, 2008 - Yesterday we reported on the undervote problem in North Carolina -- votes that are cast but don't register a vote for president. In 2004, N.C.