Voting

2020 Campaign 07/06/20, 01:55

A rap musician who wants to become the next president of the United States missed the deadline for several key elections, a political commentator revealed. Kanye West's last-minute decision to run for public office will cost him lost votes in several ...

2020 Campaign 06/17/20, 05:30

A Republican, who is responsible for signing bills passed by the Iowa Legislature, will proceed with a controversial plan to give former inmates a chance to cast their ballot after being released from prison. Kim Reynolds believes she is delivering on ...

U.S. 12/17/19, 11:37

Nearly 309,000 names of registered voters from Georgia will be deleted, following a federal judge’s ruling that green-lighted the action on Monday night, Dec. 16. Fair Fight Action, a group that advocates for voting rights, claimed on Monday in federal court ...

2020 Campaign 11/14/19, 04:56

Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Thursday he is running for president, making a late entry into the Democratic race less than three months before primary voting begins. In an announcement video, Patrick highlighted his poverty-stricken childhood on Chicago’s South Side, ...

U.S. 07/30/19, 11:11

Heritage Action for America commissioned a series of polls of voters in the key districts that contributed to the election of President Trump to find out what their views were on Republican politics, finding that the majority does not want ...

Politics 06/18/19, 15:07

Republican Sen. Susan Collins on Tuesday took her 7,000th consecutive vote as a member of the U.S. Senate, extending a streak she has carefully maintained during more than two decades in the Senate. The 66-year-old Collins is gearing up for a ...

U.S. 06/12/19, 13:25

Two U.S. senators asked the FBI on Wednesday to explain what it has done to investigate the suspected hack by Russian intelligence of a Florida-based voting software company before the 2016 election.In a letter sent to FBI Director Christopher Wray, ...

U.S. 06/12/19, 11:57

Republican lawmakers aren't committing to the money sought by Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf to back up his demand that counties replace their voting machines by 2020's presidential elections.Republicans who control the Legislature say a roughly $34 billion budget counterproposal ...

New York 06/05/19, 01:03

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (dih BLAH'-zee-oh) is picking up the first union endorsement of his longshot presidential bid.The New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council announced Wednesday that it is endorsing de Blasio and will send members ...

U.S. 06/03/19, 04:38

Democratic presidential candidates are confronting the Democratic National Committee's tough standards to get on the debate stage, trying to distinguish themselves from their many rivals and plotting how to win the critical four early voting states. That leaves them barely ...

U.S. 06/01/19, 09:00

New York voters for years have experienced some of the longest wait times in the nation on Election Day. Attempts to fix the problem routinely became casualties of the divided politics of the state Legislature.That dynamic changed last November, when ...

U.S. 05/31/19, 15:04

Computer files discovered in the home of a Republican operative who died last year contain a blueprint for how the GOP could extend its domination of legislatures in states where growing Latino populations favor Democrats and offer compelling context about ...

U.S. 05/28/19, 10:27

Leon Brown is trusted enough to drive a tractor-trailer inside one of the nation's busiest seaports more than six years after being released from prison. But he's not allowed to vote in Georgia because of a law rooted in the ...

Europe 05/26/19, 01:11

The Latest on elections for the European Parliament (all times local):8:05 a.m.Belgians are heading to the polls in European Union, national and regional elections Sunday.List of candidates are placed in a polling station ahead of Sunday's European Elections, in Rozzano, ...

Europe 05/25/19, 23:13

Bulgarians are voting in the European Parliament elections after a series of scandals overshadowed the debate on key issues of the EU's future.Voters on Sunday are casting ballots for their country's 17 seats in the 751-member European Parliament. The vote ...

Europe 05/24/19, 07:59

The Latest on the four-day voting in the European Union to fill the 751-seat European Parliament (all times local):2:50 p.m.Polls have opened for the European Parliament elections in the Czech Republic, with a centrist party led by populist Prime Minister ...

World 05/24/19, 03:58

Ireland is going to the polls to kick off the second day of European Union elections which have already caused a stir in the Netherlands.According to a surprise Ipsos exit forecast late Thursday, the Dutch Labor Party of European Commission ...

Europe 05/24/19, 02:44

While all EU members go to the polls this week, Belgians on Sunday are also voting in a general election, looking to end months of political limbo sparked after the biggest party in the governing coalition quit over Prime Minister ...

Europe 05/23/19, 10:41

European voters started heading to the polls Thursday to choose lawmakers to represent them at the European Parliament for the next five years. In all, 400 million voters in 28 nations will be voting over the next four days. Here's ...

Asia & Pacific 05/22/19, 22:18

Vote counting began Thursday morning in India's massive general elections, which have been forecast to keep Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party in power.The count was expected to conclude by the evening, with strong trends visible by ...