Democrats think it’s dangerous and unnecessary. Republicans consider it safe and essential. And both agree that, when it comes to in-person voter communication, neither side has ever experienced a dynamic like the one in this election. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created a stark divide in the way the ideological […]
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From North Miami to Kendall to Key Biscayne and down the Florida Keys, Miami-Dade and Monroe county residents on Tuesday will select their voices in Tallahassee by voting for representative in the Florida House. Some races will be decided on Tuesday; others in November. Here are our recommendations for the […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study from North Carolina State University found that, on average, voters and local leaders showed greater concern about plastic and other garbage in the ocean after watching kids’ presentations. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Political Science, built on previous research that […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Latinos, who have borne the brunt of coronavirus deaths and the pandemic’s economic toll in the state, are a critical voting bloc for Gov. Gavin Newsom as he fights for his political life in a likely recall election driven by criticism of his handling of […]
California’s Latinos, who have borne the brunt of coronavirus deaths and the pandemic’s economic toll in the state, are a critical voting bloc for Gov. Gavin Newsom as he fights for his political life in a likely recall election driven by criticism of his handling of the health crisis. Latinos […]
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ATLANTA – Campaigns and outside groups are making a final push to turn out election-weary Georgians whose votes will determine control of the U.S. Senate. More than 2.3 million people — nearly half the turnout of last month’s presidential election — had already cast their ballots early, in person or […]
Some groups are shining a virtual light on lies about forged mail ballots, ‘live coups,’ blue-state socialists and the rest on Facebook, Twitter and across the internet. Editor’s note: This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. The article is available […]
Donald Trump will leave office with the economy considerably worse off compared to where it was when he was elected four years ago. The unemployment rate hit 6.9% in October, down from record double-digits in April, the Labor Department announced Friday. This is an improvement, but when Trump was inaugurated in […]
It was the Monday night before Election Day when Hannah Tindall made what she thought would be taken as a joke while discussing with friends the fate of her home state, Pennsylvania — sure to be a toss-up, if not the determining factor — in the coming days’ election. Tindall, […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) – Technology has helped election officials register voters and tabulate their ballots during election cycles. But in one case, technology has been a roadblock for people trying to vote in person. During Election Day, voters in the Arden-Arcade area were directed to the wrong polling place. Potentially […]
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Proposal one passed with 92% of precincts reporting and 84.3% of people voting for the proposal, which alters how revenue in the state’s park-related funds are spent. Proposal 1 would require that at least 20% of the state park’s endowment fund spending be spent on park […]
Just ask Rishi Mohnot. The 31-year-old has been traveling all over the country for work, and didn’t realize until five days before Election Day that he had missed the deadline for requesting an absentee ballot. His flight, which he covered with his sky miles, left California at 11:45 p.m. PT, […]
Cincinnati Something changed in Yana Duke this year. She came to the United States as a youth from Ukraine, and had never been involved in politics before. But during the 2020 campaign season, she felt she had to do something. “What I’m afraid is, coming to this country is what […]
FILE – In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, file photo, voters wait in line to enter the Pip Moyer Recreation Center, in Annapolis, Md., on the first day of in-person early voting in the state. Tens of millions of Americans already cast ballots in the 2020 election amid record-breaking early […]
New Yorkers lined up to vote early for a third consecutive day Monday, many waiting under umbrellas, after a weekend that saw a crush of more than 400,000 voters statewide. State elections officials said 422,169 people voted Saturday and Sunday, the first two days of early voting in New York. […]
Regardless of what box you check, voters said they had a sense of pride when they cast their ballots. Two things depict the first two days of early voting in Knox County: long lines outside of polling locations and selfies with ‘I voted’ stickers. “I vote every single time,” Joel […]
CLOSE Voters line up to cast their ballots early voting at the City-County building in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Indianapolis Star With less than a month until Election Day, many Hoosiers have already or plan to cast their votes early. The candidates names printed on each of those ballots […]
FILE – In this May 12, 2020, file photo, Arjan Walia votes during a special election in Santa Clarita, Calif. The Nov. 3 election will test California’s commitment to voting by mail as the nation’s most populous state will offer fewer in-person polling places hoping it will convince more people […]
Columbus could be headed for a historic November General Election, as more voters than ever request mail-in absentee ballots amid a global pandemic. Muscogee County this week mailed out more than 25,560 ballots, eclipsing a record set in Georgia’s June 9 primaries, when the total topped out at about 25,000. […]
CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Monday is the deadline for Florida residents to register to vote in the general election, but Panhandle officials are asking people to avoid waiting until the last minute to make sure they can cast a ballot in November. That was one of […]