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Ballot drop box fires raise voter concerns
Police are still searching for the person suspected of setting Oregon and Washington drop boxes on fire Monday morning, destroying hundreds of ballots. The attacks prompted increased security ...Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Inside a secure Arizona facility printing election ballots
The Runbeck Election Services facility in Phoenix will print about 35 million ballots for eight states this election.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
See where abortion will be on the ballot in the 2024 election
Voters in 10 states will decide on crucial abortion-related measures this November, marking another pivotal moment in the ongoing national debate over reproductive rights.Politics - The Hill - 13 hours ago -
Massachusetts Ballot Question 2 and the Value of Standardized Tests
A ballot initiative targets tests rather than fixing problems in the system.Top stories - The New York Times - 5 hours ago -
3 key ballot measures to watch on Election Day
Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report The Big Story 3 key ballot measures to watch on Election Day The presidential election between former President ...Politics - The Hill - 6 hours ago -
Most ballot box fire voters identified
Authorities identified most of the voters whose ballots were destroyed in dropbox fires in Washington and Oregon. Homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga reports.Top stories - CBS News - 3 hours ago -
How redistricting challenges shape some 2024 ballots
By Wednesday, 57 million Americans had voted early in the 2024 election, some of whom did so in brand-new congressional districts. CBS News' Lindsey Reiser explains how redistricting legal ...Top stories - CBS News - 3 hours ago -
Pennsylvania top court rules provisional ballots must be counted after mail ballot rejections
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a 4-3 decision that state law provides voters whose mail ballots are rejected an opportunity to vote by provisional ballot. More than 1.1 million ...Politics - The Hill - October 24 -
Pennsylvania's mail-in ballot process could cause vote count lag
Voters in Pennsylvania will likely need to wait until after Election Day to find out which presidential candidate won the state's 19 electoral votes.Top stories - CBS News - October 13 -
Florida government finds fault with abortion ballot measure over ads and petitions
Florida's government has threatened TV stations over an ad promoting an abortion-rights ballot measure and is now alleging fraud in petitions to get it before votersHealth - ABC News - October 14 -
Half of voters plan to cast ballots early — with a stark partisan divide
Americans are more eager to vote early than they were before the pandemic, but a deep partisan divide on early voting remains, the latest national NBC News poll shows.Politics - NBC News - October 15 -
Abortion, voting rights, other key issues on the ballot in states this election
While the presidential race may be getting the spotlight this election season, key regulations are up for grabs in several states way down at the bottom of the ballot.Top stories - ABC News - October 15 -
Judge mulls new Georgia election rules, including ballot hand-count
A Georgia judge must decide whether to squash new state election rules, including a controversial change requiring hand-counted verification of ballots, in the final weeks before November’s ...Politics - The Hill - October 15 -
Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting of ballots
A Georgia judge has blocked a new rule that would have required ballots in the state to be hand-counted after election night, saying the timing of the rule's passage makes its implementation wrong. ...Top stories - CBS News - October 16 -
Why a judge blocked Georgia's election ballot-counting rule
A Georgia judge has blocked a new policy that would have required the state's election ballots to be counted by hand. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.Top stories - CBS News - October 16 -
Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting of ballots
The judge wrote that there was "a substantial threat of irreparable harm," if the hand count rule were to be implemented for the upcoming election.Politics - CBS News - October 16 -
Jimmy Carter votes in Georgia, fulfilling wish to cast ballot for Harris
Former President Jimmy Carter, the first president in U.S. history to reach the age of 100, cast an early vote in Georgia.Top stories - CBS News - October 16 -
As North Carolina begins voting, hurricane devastation complicates casting ballots
State officials are tracking impassable roads and contacting voters who requested absentee ballots to try to get them delivered.Top stories - NBC News - October 17 -
More than 600K ballots cast in Georgia early voting
Georgia residents are casting early voting ballots in record numbers with more than 600,000 votes recorded as of Wednesday, according to the office of Georgia's secretary of state. “As of 3:30pm we ...Politics - The Hill - October 17 -
Abortion is on the ballot in 10 states. Here's where the measures stand
Voters in 10 states will decide this November whether to adopt constitutional amendments that could shape the future of abortion access in their states. Most of the measures seek to protect ...Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
More than 350,000 ballots cast as early voting opens in North Carolina
More than 350,000 ballots have been cast in North Carolina on the first day of early voting, according to data reported by the state's elections board. The North Carolina State Board of Elections ...Politics - The Hill - October 18 -
Congressional leaders negotiating potential lame-duck deal to address AI concerns
The discussions between the top four Hill leaders are centered on hopes to pass legislation before January.Politics - Politico - October 18 -
Many GOP voters worried poll workers could tamper with ballots: Survey
More than half of Republican voters in a new survey said they are worried poll workers could tamper with ballots during the 2024 election, now less than three weeks away. The poll, released Friday ...Politics - The Hill - October 19 -
What if it's President Harris, but a GOP Senate? That's her allies' fear.
A Republican Senate could block Cabinet and Supreme Court picks, as well as legislation.Politics - Politico - October 20 -
Here's what to do if you lose an absentee ballot before Election Day
While misplacing a ballot can be stressful, there are still ways to make sure your vote is counted.Politics - The Hill - October 20 -
Republicans head to court in expanding battle about overseas ballots
Overseas voting has become the latest battlefront in Republicans’ legal challenges leading up to the election. Judges in two crucial battleground states, Michigan and Pennsylvania, this week heard ...Politics - The Hill - October 20 -
More than 1 million voters cast early ballots in North Carolina
Nearly 1.01 million North Carolinians have already voted in the November general election, state officials reported Sunday. The North Carolina State Election Board said 1,008,123 ballots have ...Politics - The Hill - October 20 -
Law enforcement missed ‘pivotal moments’ to engage Trump gunman, House panel finds
The interim report cited several issues in coordination and planning in the lead up to and during the July 13 rally.Politics - Politico - October 21 -
Judges reject GOP overseas ballot challenges in Michigan, North Carolina
State judges in Michigan and North Carolina on Monday rejected the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) separate challenges to certain overseas ballots in the key swing states. The RNC alleged the ...Politics - The Hill - October 21 -
House GOP braces for bitter fight over the power to oust a speaker
Most GOP lawmakers despise the rule, which allows a small faction of the conference to wield outsize influence over the agenda. But conservatives are prepared to fight for it.Politics - Politico - October 22 -
Raffensperger: Georgia will audit election ballots so there’s no ‘denying who the winner is’
A record number of ballots have already been cast in Georgia with just two weeks until the election. Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger discusses how the state is ramping up security ...Politics - NBC News - October 22 -
RFK Jr. asks Supreme Court to take him off Wisconsin’s ballot
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the Supreme Court for an injunction taking him off Wisconsin’s presidential ballot in an emergency request docketed Wednesday. Since suspending his independent ...Politics - The Hill - October 23 -
Chinese influence operation targets U.S. down-ballot races, Microsoft says
Affected lawmakers — all Republicans — include Rep. Barry Moore of Alabama, Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas and Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee.Top stories - NBC News - October 24 -
South Dakota voters divided over ballot measures on abortion, marijuana
Voters in South Dakota are closely divided on the issues of legalizing recreational marijuana and protecting abortion access, which will both appear as ballot measures in the state in November, ...Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago -
Ballots damaged after USPS mailbox lit on fire in Phoenix: Police
An individual lit a fire inside the drive-up collection mailbox early Thursday morning, according to the Phoenix Police Department.Top stories - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Ballots damaged after Postal Service mailbox fire in Arizona
Several ballots were damaged after a U.S. Postal Service blue collection mailbox was lit on fire in Phoenix, according to the Phoenix Fire Department. Capt. Rob McDade, a spokesperson for the ...Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago -
Colorado election officials say they identified at least a dozen fraudulent ballots
At least a dozen mail ballots were stolen, fraudulently filled out and submitted in Colorado for the Nov. 5 election, the Colorado secretary of state’s office said Thursday.Politics - NBC News - 6 days ago -
Why Georgia’s EU future is on the ballot in historic parliament vote
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