Voting

U.S. 04/06/21, 17:44

In light of the new voting bill signed into law by Georgia's governor on March 25, Apple CEO Tim Cook has joined the chain of business leaders who voiced out against the state's decision.  Cook wrote a statement to Axios on Thursday, April 1, supporting that voting right is a fundamental element of ...

2022 Campaign 10/22/20, 03:09

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 ...

2022 Campaign 10/14/20, 01:45

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. ...

2022 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 states. According to the Ballotpedia website, the independent presidential candidate ...

2022 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 her promise to change lives through giving second chances, and ...

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 that the approximately 120,000 inactive voters who otherwise would be ...

2022 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, saying he’s running for the “people who feel left out ...

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 socialism or leftist politics. As Tim Chapman, executive director of Heritage ...

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 reelection race in 2020 that is expected to be competitive. ...

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, Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Amy Klobuchar of ...

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 they are finalizing this week doesn't include the $15 million ...

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 to campaign for him in the early voting states of ...

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 enough time to think about what would come next. Next would ...

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 Democrats won majorities in both legislative chambers, and it didn't ...

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 a related case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court.The files ...

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 years after the Civil War, when whites sought to keep ...

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, near Milan, Italy, Saturday, May 25, 2019. Some 400 million ...

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 is seen as a test for the center-right party of ...

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 Andrej Babis expected to win despite the fraud charges he ...

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 Vice President Frans Timmermans will become the country's biggest party ...