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The IndyStar is reporting on a decision about challenged ballot. The Indiana Supreme Court let stand a Marion County judge’s ruling directing poll workers to set aside any challenged absentee ballots. The ruling, in line with a GOP lawsuit, means challenges of those ballots based on voters’ eligibility will be dealt with AFTER Election Day. There are several thousand such ballots.

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Whatever Florida Governor Charlie Crist does today to aid the victims of vicious tornadoes, his move yesterday to require all of Florida's voting machines to provide a voter-verified paper trail may have a greater impact nationwide. Crist, a Republican sworn in last month to succeed Jeb Bush, announced Thursday he will allocate $32.5 million in his first state budget this year to fully pay for 15 of the state's 67 counties to replace their paperless touch-screen voting machines. Governor Crist said, "Our goal is to increase voter confidence and ensure Floridians have confidence in the voting process."

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The November elections -- runoffs, recounts, and concessions -- are finally over, except in South Florida, where one disputed seat in the House of Representatives is the subject of a court hearing underway today that could lead to a new election being ordered. That won’t change the balance of power in Washington, where Democrats have gained 30 seats in the House and will control 233 seats to the Republicans 202 in January.

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