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By Caitlin Francke and Caitlin Francke,SUN STAFF | November 1, 1996
As Election Day nears, the heated race for Howard County's Circuit Court bench is drawing to a close with voters being inundated by a flood of campaign literature.This week, tens of thousands of pieces of campaign literature are being mailed by both sides -- and more will be handed out this weekend -- in the last-minute rush to reach voters.As has been the case throughout the bitter race, this week's campaign literature is replete with half-truths, mudslinging and passionate appeals.The literature is aimed at swaying the many county voters who -- according to a round of Sun interviews two weeks ago -- remain undecided among the four candidates for the two judicial seats.
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By Tanika White and Tanika White,SUN STAFF | May 12, 2004
Two candidates for president of the Baltimore Teachers Union have raised concerns about next week's election, saying the process favors incumbents and isn't fairly run. Three teachers are running against union President Marietta English. Two of the challengers - Clarice Herbert-Brown, a languages teacher at Walbrook High Uniform Services Academy, and Kojo L. McCallum, a fourth-grade teacher at Charles Carroll Barrister Elementary School - said they have become increasingly frustrated with the process.
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By Harold Jackson and Harold Jackson,Sun Staff Writer | October 6, 1994
Two lawsuits have been filed in city Circuit Court seeking to void the results of the House and Senate elections in the 40th Legislative District, which encompasses a large portion of West Baltimore.Contractor Robert Clay, an unsuccessful candidate for the House, accuses the incumbents in his race of promoting numerous acts of election fraud, including urging election judges to pull the lever for them.Mr. Clay's attorney, David B. Shapiro, said the main allegation is that Dels. Howard P. Rawlings, Salima Siler Marriott and Tony E. Fulton were responsible for campaign literature circulated throughout the district that called Mr. Clay a "deadbeat dad, a carpetbagger and an indicted murderer."
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By Erik Nelson and Erik Nelson,Sun Staff Writer | November 8, 1994
The ghost of a 1990 scandal involving Nazi salutes by county sheriff's deputies made a last-minute encore yesterday, this time haunting Richmond Laney, the Republican challenger in the sheriff's race.With some of the county's leading Republicans and a Columbia rabbi supporting him, Sheriff Michael A. Chiuchiolo, a Democrat, charged yesterday that Mr. Laney's campaign was being helped by two former deputies Sheriff Chiuchiolo fired for delivering Nazi greetings and Nazi-style straight-arm salutes on the job.Mr.
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By Lyle Denniston and Lyle Denniston,Washington Bureau of The Sun | April 20, 1995
WASHINGTON -- With soaring rhetoric in praise of the political pamphleteer in American history, the Supreme Court cut back yesterday on the government's power to ban anonymous campaign literature.The 7-2 decision settled one aspect of anonymous leafletting, saying the Constitution protects it when it is done by individuals in local elections. But the ruling left in doubt whether other forms of political literature that omit their source will get such protection.If lower courts note the broad language used by the majority, and apply it literally, the ruling could threaten laws in all but one state and several federal laws, which require those who pass out campaign materials or advertise to identify themselves.
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By Kirsten Scharnberg and Kirsten Scharnberg,SUN STAFF | October 22, 1998
It's no wonder savvy politicians are clamoring to paint themselves as a voter's ideal "pro-education candidate."A poll conducted by Anne Arundel Community College's Center for the Study of Local Issues indicates that for the first time in four years, education is the top concern of county residents.Asked what is "the most important problem facing the residents of Anne Arundel County," 29 percent of the respondents named education, 26 percent said growth, 19 percent said crime, and 5 percent said taxes.