
Voting
GOP Sen. Romney admits he did not vote for President Trump at 2020 election
A controversial Republican senator openly declared he chose not to support his party leader at the upcoming election. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has admitted to the press he did not vote for President Donald Trump during early voting for the 2020 general election. "Mitt Romney told me he already voted in the ...
Former First Lady Michelle Obama offers early voters food, transportation and DJ music
A former first lady of the White House thinks bankrolling a party will encourage more Americans to vote at the upcoming election. Michelle Obama is prepared to offer discounted food, rides to go vote, celebrity appearances, and even disc jockey entertainment for anyone who votes before the general election on Nov. ...
Kanye West announced presidential candidacy too late for ballot in six states says Democrat Max Burns
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 states. According to the Ballotpedia website, the independent presidential candidate ...
Iowa Gov Kim Reynolds will restore voting rights to convicted felons who finish serving sentences
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 her promise to change lives through giving second chances, and ...
309,000 Georgia voter registrations to be erased overnight following judge ruling
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 that the approximately 120,000 inactive voters who otherwise would be ...
Ex-Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announces Dem presidential bid
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, saying he’s running for the “people who feel left out ...
Polls reveal that conservative voters do not want socialism or leftist politics
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 socialism or leftist politics. As Tim Chapman, executive director of Heritage ...
Collins casts 7,000th straight vote as reelection race looms
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 reelection race in 2020 that is expected to be competitive. ...
Senators question FBI on Russian hack of voting firm
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, Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Amy Klobuchar of ...
GOP pushes back on cash governor seeks for voting machines
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 they are finalizing this week doesn't include the $15 million ...
De Blasio gets 2020 presidential backing from local union
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 to campaign for him in the early voting states of ...
2020 Democrats grapple with California’s electoral buzz saw
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 enough time to think about what would come next. Next would ...
Voter surge in 2018 prompts voting reforms, restrictions
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 Democrats won majorities in both legislative chambers, and it didn't ...
Census citizenship question could transform state elections
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 a related case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court.The files ...
Georgia stops voting by felons using broadest reading of law
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 years after the Civil War, when whites sought to keep ...
Update: Polls open in Belgium in EU, national elections
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, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 25, 2019. Some 400 million ...
Europe’s voters elect new parliament as nationalism mounts
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 is seen as a test for the center-right party of ...
Update: Polls open in Czech Republic, centrists seek win
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 Andrej Babis expected to win despite the fraud charges he ...
Voting in Ireland kicks off Day 2 of EU elections
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 Vice President Frans Timmermans will become the country's biggest party ...
As EU votes, Belgians hope to end national stalemate
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 Charles Michel's support for the U.N. migration pact.Michel has steered ...

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