
Ken Plum: Reflections on the elections
“Oh, no!” many may exclaim at the idea of hearing any more about the elections. But I believe it is instructive for the future to consider what happened and why.

“Oh, no!” many may exclaim at the idea of hearing any more about the elections. But I believe it is instructive for the future to consider what happened and why.

Democrat Barack Obama leads the presidential voting in Staunton with only absentee votes still needing to be counted.

Republican Mitt Romney won the presidential voting in Waynesboro.

Mitt Romney rolled to a convincing but expected victory in voting for president in Augusta County.

Two of Waynesboro’s four voting wards are reporting as of 8:40 p.m.

The final Pew Research Center poll of the 2012 election cycle has Democrat Barack Obama surging ahead of Republican Mitt Romney heading into Election Day.

The final Public Policy Polling survey of Virginia voters in the 2012 election cycle has Democrat Barack Obama leading Republican Mitt Romney by a four-point margin on Election Eve.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia will answer questions from voters who encounter problems at the polls on Election Day and is prepared to advocate on behalf of voters whose rights have been abridged.

A new Public Policy Polling survey has President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney tied in North Carolina. The PPP poll has both candidates at 49 percent. Romney has been favored to put the Tar Heel State back into the Republican column for much of the 2012 cycle. Obama, a Democrat, won the state in 2008.

Even though the start of the 2012-13 basketball season is still more than two weeks away, excitement is building at Eastern Mennonite as the women are gathering some national attention. Although not ranked in the top 25, the women have received votes in both the D3hoops.com and the USA Today/ESPN Coaches preseason polls.
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