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Local Govt & Politics Stories for October 2012

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Stories for Thursday, October 25

Updated: Early voters in Washoe County may set record

RENO -- Early voters in Washoe County are turning out in high numbers since the option to cast a ballot prior to the General Election began October 20. “In just five days, we’ve had 38,834 ballots cast at the 22 early voting locations in our community,” said Senior Deputy Registrar ...

Stories for Friday, October 19

Washoe County early voting starts tomorrow

  RENO -- Early voting in Washoe County begins this Saturday, October 20 and continues through November 2. There are 22 early voting locations throughout the community and a complete list is available at www.washoecounty.us/voters/12EVSchedule.htm. “People can vote at any of the early voting polling locations, regardless of what precinct ...

Stories for Thursday, October 18

Washoe County exceeds registered voters record by 10,000 for Nov. 6 General Election

RENO -- October 17th marked the close of registration & the results are in for Washoe County.  The area registered an all-time high of 241,400 voters prior to the close of registration last night, exceeding the record of 231,400 for the General Election in 2008. Registered Republicans in the County ...

Stories for Tuesday, October 16

Record number of registered voters continues to climb for general election

  RENO -- Washoe County registered more than 7,300 voters in the past week for the November 6th election, and the County continues to add a record number of voters with a current count of 238,713. The previous record of 231,400 registered voters was for the General Election in 2008. ...

BLOG: Incline voters face big choices at the ballot box

  Early voting begins Oct.20.  Republicans, Democrats and most non-partisans probably know which candidates they will vote for but how about those ballot questions?  The problem with Nevada ballot questions is that their proponents and those who write arguments in favor and against are anonymous so it’s impossible to tell ...

Local political candidates appearing at UNR for town hall

  RENO -- University students and the general public can learn more about their local political candidates during a town hall meeting on Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballrooms at the University of Nevada, Reno.   Hosted by the Associated Students of the University ...

Stories for Monday, October 15

Vote early at your Washoe County library

  Voters can avoid long lines on Election Day by taking advantage of the convenience of early voting at seven Washoe County libraries. Libraries will offer early voting for the General Election from October 20-November 2* during open hours as follows: Downtown Reno Library, 301 South Center Street, Reno 327-8300 ...

Stories for Tuesday, October 9

Washoe County registers record number of voters for General Election

  Washoe County registered more than 3,500 voters in the past week for the November 6th election, and the County surpassed the previous record of 231,400 for the General Election in 2008 with a current 234,113 registered voters. Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats 90,331 to 87,960, with 55,822 nonpartisan and minor ...

Stories for Monday, October 8

Washoe County registers record number of voters for general election

  RENO -- Washoe County registered more than 3,500 voters in the past week for the November 6th election, and the County surpassed the previous record of 231,400 for the General Election in 2008 with a current 234,113 registered voters. Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats 90,331 to 87,960, with 55,822 nonpartisan ...

Stories for Tuesday, October 2

SF supervisor proposes further bans on public nudity in city

Nudists may soon have to butt out of a popular plaza in San Francisco's Castro District under legislation proposed Tuesday by a city supervisor. Supervisor Scott Wiener says his office has been flooded with complaints about the naked people who spend their afternoons in the Castro District's main public plaza ...

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