http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/elections/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from The Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2012Kansas City Star Elections 60 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:23:37 CST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys 1.1.fi feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/16/3374528/fate-of-kansas-elections-bill.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/16/3374528/fate-of-kansas-elections-bill.html#storylink=rss Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:00 CST Progress on modernizing the Kansas computer system for issuing driver's licenses is six months ahead of schedule and could mean that some potential voters will be required to show proof of their U.S. citizenship during this year's presidential election, a key legislator said Monday. 845916 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/07/3416023/grain-valley-rejects-school-bond.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/07/3416023/grain-valley-rejects-school-bond.html#storylink=rss Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00 CST Voters in the Grain Valley School District on Tuesday rejected a $3 million bond issue for enhancements at Grain Valley North Middle School. The proposal won 65 percent of the vote, just short of the two-thirds majority required in a special election. 845913 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423600/romneys-good-day-wins-conservatives.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423600/romneys-good-day-wins-conservatives.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:00 CST Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney got a much-needed boost Saturday, winning a key symbolic vote over former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania among some of the nation's most active Republican voters and besting the field in the Maine caucuses. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423577/romneys-good-day-wins-conservatives.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423577/romneys-good-day-wins-conservatives.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:00 CST Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney got a much-needed boost Saturday, winning a key symbolic vote over former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania among some of the nation's most active Republican voters and besting the field in the Maine caucuses. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423560/romney-edges-paul-in-maine-caucus.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423560/romney-edges-paul-in-maine-caucus.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:00 CST Reversing his embarrassing string of setbacks earlier this week when he lost Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri to Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in the straw poll tied to Maine's multiday caucuses Saturday, defeating Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who was the only other candidate to actively campaign in Maine. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423506/romney-thanks-maine-voters-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423506/romney-thanks-maine-voters-in.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:03 CST Mitt Romney is thanking Maine voters after the state party chairman declared him the winner of that state. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423503/romney-adds-to-delegate-lead-with.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423503/romney-adds-to-delegate-lead-with.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:58 CST Mitt Romney added to his lead in the race for delegates Saturday with a narrow victory in the Maine Republican presidential caucuses. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423497/paul-says-maine-outcome-is-virtual.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423497/paul-says-maine-outcome-is-virtual.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:48 CST Republican presidential contender Ron Paul says he wishes all the Maine caucuses would have met on Saturday. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423306/romney-edges-santorum-in-conservatives.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423306/romney-edges-santorum-in-conservatives.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:03 CST Mitt Romney has won The Washington Times/CPAC Presidential Straw Poll of conservative activists. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423154/a-look-at-maine-where-romney-and.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3423154/a-look-at-maine-where-romney-and.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:23 CST A profile of Maine, site of the Republican caucus on Feb. 11: 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421401/mrs-obamas-trips-help-husbands.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421401/mrs-obamas-trips-help-husbands.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:18 CST In just the past few days, she's danced with cheering school kids, chatted with troops, swapped ideas with busy parents and engaged in a friendly cooking competition with stars from "Top Chef." 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422927/spin-meter-gov-romney-quiet-on.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422927/spin-meter-gov-romney-quiet-on.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:48 CST Mitt Romney faulted President Barack Obama's original push to require church-affiliated employers to pay for birth control as an "assault on religion," but as Massachusetts governor, Romney was largely silent about a state law that required virtually the same contraceptive coverage. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422768/faces-beyond-the-numbers-of-long.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422768/faces-beyond-the-numbers-of-long.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:23 CST J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes - even prays - this will be the day when his fortunes turn around. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422617/romney-looks-to-end-losing-streak.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422617/romney-looks-to-end-losing-streak.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:38 CST Mitt Romney eked out a narrow win in Maine's Republican caucuses, state party officials announced Saturday, providing his campaign with a much-needed boost after three straight losses earlier this week. But the former Massachusetts governor's margin of victory over rival Ron Paul was so slim it all but guaranteed scrutiny of the party's decision not to count the results of caucuses scheduled later in February. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422607/for-romney-a-new-strategy-after.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/11/3422607/for-romney-a-new-strategy-after.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:03 CST Staggered by Rick Santorum's surge, Mitt Romney is trying to reset his presidential campaign by defining himself as a strict conservative. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422591/republican-campaign-is-driven.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422591/republican-campaign-is-driven.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00 CST The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Feb. 9: 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422234/a-political-tip-sheet-for-the.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422234/a-political-tip-sheet-for-the.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:23 CST A political tip sheet for the rest of us outside the Washington Beltway, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012: 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422061/pelosi-says-5-states-will-lift.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3422061/pelosi-says-5-states-will-lift.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:53 CST House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi predicts that five large states will put Democrats in striking distance of gaining control of the House after the November elections. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421974/social-issues-rule-busy-day-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421974/social-issues-rule-busy-day-in.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:33 CST President Barack Obama's political shifting over contraception coverage has united conservative Republicans in protest even as they split over which GOP presidential hopeful should face him in the general election. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421967/santorum-opposes-allowing-women.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421967/santorum-opposes-allowing-women.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:28 CST Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says he thinks it would be wrong to allow women to serve in combat. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421906/romney-and-paul-not-allies-but.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421906/romney-and-paul-not-allies-but.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:38 CST Mitt Romney and Ron Paul rarely even acknowledge each other in the Republican presidential race, focusing their attention and attacks on rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum instead. That curious detente is being tested in Maine's caucuses this week, where Romney's reputation as a political shape shifter is going head-to-head with Paul's consistent libertarian views. 845909 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421757/obama-holds-private-fundraiser.html http://www.kansascity.com/2012/02/10/3421757/obama-holds-private-fundraiser.html#storylink=rss Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:08 CST President Barack Obama is raising money for his re-election campaign from a small group of wealthy donors who each paid $35,800 to meet with him at a hotel near the White House. 845909