Archive - Nov 4, 2008

Main 29-minute Newscast File for Tuesday, November 4, 2008

• Election Day in Chicago
• Arizona Voters Cast Ballots on Controversial Measures
• Election Protection Key to This Election
• International New Update
• Voter Suppression in Ohio
• Florida's Black Voter May Affect Outcome of Gay Marriage Initiative
• International News Headlines
• African Americans Weigh in on Voting for a Black Candidate

• Evan Davis on Ohio
• Mark Taylor Canfield reports from Washington State

• Teen Vote
• Leigh Ann Caldwell Reports
• Melinda Tuhus on Connecticuit Congressional Race
• Amber Cortes Reports from New Jersey

Teen Vote

Leigh Ann Caldwell Reports

Melinda Tuhus on Connecticuit Congressional Race
Connecticut Congressman Chris Shays is fighting to retain the title of the only Republican in the House of Representatives from all of New England. His district is one of the wealthiest in the country, but also encompasses the largely low income city of Bridgeport. Melinda Tuhus has more.

Amber Cortes Reports from New Jersey

• Fighting Begins Anew in Congo
• Iranian Interior Minister Booted by Parliament
• Pakistan PM Gives Stern Warning to Incoming US President
• SCOTUS Hears Broadcast Indecency Case
• Bombs Rip through Baghdad and Mosul
• Indonesia Beefs Up Security in Lead-up to Bali Bomber Execution
• FCC to Vote on White Spaces

• Tanya Snyder ReportsLAC Wrap
• Molly Stentz on Voters with Disabilities
• Blake Wesley on Colorado's Latino Vote

Tanya Snyder Reports

Leigh Ann Caldwell Reports

Molly Stentz on Voters with Disabilities
An estimated 40 million people with disabilities are eligable to vote in this election, but not all of them cast their votes, even though they want to. Surveys from the last presidential election indicate that voter turnout among the people with disabilities is 10-20% less than the national average. And this year, blind voters in Wisconsin are reporting problems with electronic voting machines. From Madison, Molly Stentz Reports.