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CARMEL, Ind., April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Conseco, Inc. (NYSE: CNO), announced today that its board has nominated Donna A. James and Doreen A. Wright to stand for election as directors at Conseco's annual meeting of shareholders on May 22. The board would expand to 10 members; the eight current directors have been nominated for re-election at the meeting.
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All the user had to do was send a string of numbers to an election phone number using their mobile phone. They would then receive a reply if their vote had been verified. Some disabled people, especially those with hearing impairments, use text messaging to communicate regularly and may have found this system especially useful" (page 49).
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"Any Director nominee in an uncontested election for whom greater than 50% of the outstanding shares are 'withheld' from his or her election shall tender his or her resignation for consideration by the Nominating and Governance Committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee shall recommend to the Board the action to be taken with respect to such resignation."
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* On election day, Worcester, Massachusetts, residents renounced fluoridation for the fifth time since the 1950's. Fluoridation proponents refused to debate but spent $400,000 trying to win this referendum. The victorious opposition spent only $5,196.
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System creator IVS will ... make mock election ballots available via a toll-free number beginning October 1. Anyone who would like to experience voting by phone may call 866-979-3900 to cast a mock ballot.
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Today, Herald-Trib columnist Rich Brooks joins the drumbeat of those calling for a full re-vote, writing this weekend: "[I]t's clear that a special election is needed to ensure a fair process. That's preferable to sending the wrong representative to Washington."
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