U.S. judge orders recount in Tennessee abortion vote

Chief District Judge Kevin Sharp called the procedure by which the state counted votes for the measure, Amendment 1, “fundamentally unfair.” He said it violated equal protection and due process rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. “As a remedy, the Court will order a recount of the 2014 Election solely in relation to Amendment 1, but defer ruling on the question of whether the election on Amendment 1 should be voided,” Sharp wrote in a 52-page decision. Amendment 1 was approved by 53 percent of the vote after one of the most costly election campaigns in Tennessee history.
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Ecuadoreans in earthquake zone jostle for food, water

A woman receives donations from volunteers in MantaBy Ana Isabel Martinez and Julia Symmes Cobb SAN JACINTO/COJIMIES, Ecuador (Reuters) – Survivors of an earthquake that killed 587 people and shattered Ecuador&;s coast clamored for food, water and medicine on Thursday as aid eluded remote parts of the disaster zone. President Rafael Correa&039;s socialist government, facing a mammoth rebuilding task at a time of greatly reduced oil revenues in the OPEC nation, said there was no lack of supplies, just problems with distribution that should be quickly resolved.

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