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Recall fight makes history in Wisconsin

April 19, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Supporters of public-sector unions in Wisconsin filed enough petition signatures to force two Republican senators into recall elections, only four of which have ever been carried out in the state's history.

Lawmaker requests federal probe of Wisconsin election

April 12, 2011 By John Wojcik

Rep. Tammy Baldwin has asked U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to launch a federal probe into the handling of disputed vote records in Wisconsin's April 5 state Supreme Court elections.

Federal probe demanded in Wisconsin election scandal

April 8, 2011 By John Wojcik

Republican County Clerk Kathy Nicolaus took the election data off the county's computer network and put it on stand-alone computers accessible only in her office.

“Fired up” Obama begins 2012 campaign

April 6, 2011 By Dan Margolis

President Barack Obama formally announced his reelection bid Monday, April 4, and followed that up with his first stump speeches of the season.

Martelly, friend of Duvalier, named winner in Haiti vote

April 6, 2011 By Emile Schepers

In spite of possible fraud Haiti's Provisional Elections Council recently announced Michel Martelly has apparently won the runoff elections by a landslide over former First Lady Mirlande Manigat.