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Georgia judge blocks ballot hand count rule from taking effect before election

A new Georgia election rule that would require a hand count of ballots on election night will not take effect before November’s contest, a state judge ruled. In a decision late Tuesday, Fulton ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Ron DeSantis ramps up efforts to defeat Florida abortion-rights ballot measure

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has undertaken a robust effort to build opposition to an abortion rights amendment on the November ballot for the 2024 election.

Uphill battles that put abortion rights on ballots are unlikely to end even if the measures pass

Voters in nine states are deciding next month whether to add the right to abortion to their constitutions

Health - ABC News - October 17

Minimum wage is on the ballot in 5 states this November. Here's how the votes could go

Voters in Missouri, Alaska and California will vote on minimum wage hikes. Massachusetts and Arizona will consider tipped worker wages.

Business - CNBC - October 18

Michigan judge rebuffs GOP bid to block some overseas, military family ballots

Judge Sima Patel ruled the effort was mounted too close to Election Day, calling it an "11th hour attempt to disenfranchise" voters.

With Election Day 2 Weeks Away, 15 Million Voters Have Already Cast a Ballot

Since the pandemic, early voting has become a broadly accepted part of American elections. But it is difficult to glean partisan advantage.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 22

Worried by fall of Roe v. Wade, organizers get same-sex marriage on the ballot in three states

Voters in California, Colorado and Hawaii will have a chance to remove currently unenforceable language from their state constitutions banning same-sex marriage.

Citizens-only ballot measures make newly naturalized American voters feel on edge

For newly naturalized Americans voting for the first time, such a milestone is being marred by state ballot measures critics say are based on false narratives about noncitizens voting in large ...

Some voters joke they want to 'cancel out' family members' ballots in new TikTok trend

On TikTok, dozens of users are posting tongue-in-cheek videos about how their vote will “cancel out” someone else’s on the opposite end of the political spectrum.

Mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day in Mississippi shouldn't be counted, appeals court says

A federal appeals court ruled that a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be counted if they are postmarked before election day — but received up to five days after Election Day — is ...

Politics - NBC News - 6 days ago

Russian actors made video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, FBI says

Tech - ABC News - 6 days ago

Viral video of ripped-up Pennsylvania ballots is fake and Russian-made, intelligence agencies say

Russian actors "manufactured and amplified" a viral video that falsely showed a person tearing up ballots in Pennsylvania, the FBI and two other federal agencies said Friday.

FBI says Russia created viral video of PA ballots being ripped up

The FBI said Russian actors are behind a recent viral video on X that falsely shows a person tearing up filled-out ballots in Pennsylvania, part of ongoing attempts to disrupt the U.S. presidential ...

Politics - NBC News - 5 days ago

Missouri sports betting ballot measure highlights national debate about tax rates

Missouri voters are considering whether to make the state the 40th jurisdiction to legalize sports betting

Sports - ABC News - 4 days ago

‘A Trojan horse’: how the right is using ‘parental rights’ to fight abortion ballot measures

With 10 states set to vote on abortion-related measures, anti-abortion activists are trying to disrupt a streak of wins. A Maryland ballot measure to enshrine abortion rights in the state ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Republicans asks Supreme Court to prevent some Pa. ballots from being provisionally counted

Former President Barack Obama and singer Bruce Springsteen will appear in Philadelphia today as Vice President Kamala Harris continues to lean on star power in the final days of the campaign.

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