Secret Service looking into Obama threat at rally & 2nd threat reportedly directed at Obama

[Mrs. Sharon B. Hodge]

Secret Service looking into Obama threat at rally

By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Oct 15, 5:30 PM ET
WASHINGTON - The Secret Service is looking into a second allegation that a participant at a Republican political rally shouted "kill him," referring to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama

By EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Oct 15, 5:30 PM ET
WASHINGTON - The Secret Service is looking into a second allegation that a participant at a Republican political rally shouted "kill him," referring to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama


2nd threat reportedly directed at Obama
The Secret Service is looking into a second allegation that someone shouted "kill him," referring to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, during a rally Tuesday in Scranton, Pa., for GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is looking into a second allegation that someone shouted "kill him," referring to Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, during a rally Tuesday in Scranton, Pa., for GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

The Scranton Times-Tribune reported the remarks were made after Obama's name was mentioned.

The Washington Post last week reported a similar incident during a Palin rally in Clearwater, Fla.

Ohio voters may be blocked at polls

More than 200,000 registered Ohio voters may be blocked from casting regular ballots on Election Day because of a federal appeals-court decision Tuesday requiring the disclosure of lists of voters whose names did not match those on government databases, state election officials and voting experts said.

The decision requires Jennifer Brunner, the Ohio secretary of state, to provide the names to local election officials by Friday. Once the local officials have the names, they may require these voters to cast provisional ballots rather than regular ones, and they may ask partisan poll workers to challenge these voters on Election Day. Both possibilities could cause widespread problems at the polls.

The Ohio attorney general has appealed the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Palin staff ordered to preserve e-mails

ANCHORAGE — A state judge reaffirmed Wednesday that government-related e-mails Gov. Sarah Palin and her staff sent from private accounts must be preserved and ordered further arguments over the use of such accounts for state business.

Superior Court Judge Craig Stowers refused to order Palin and her staff to quit using private e-mail accounts for state work and instead told attorneys to present written arguments on the propriety of the practice and on which e-mails were public records.

Stowers made the decision in a lawsuit brought by Anchorage resident Andree McLeod against Palin, the GOP vice-presidential nominee. McLeod contends public records could be lost if the e-mails are not archived in the state system.