A judge at Lebanon’s military court on Tuesday charged the gunman who opened fire at the US embassy near Beirut with being affiliated to the militant Islamic State group, security and judicial officials said. Lebanese soldiers shot and arrested the gunman in early June, later identified as Kaiss Farraj from Syria, after a shootout that […]
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft on Friday said he does not have the authority to unilaterally remove a candidate with alleged ties to the Ku Klux Klan from running for governor as a Republican. But Ashcroft, a Republican who is also running for governor, said he supported a lawsuit from the Missouri Republican Party […]
Mar. 21—Pittsburg County Election Board Secretary Tonya Barnes reminds voters the deadline is nearing to change political party affiliation. 1 When is the absolute deadline for voters to change the affiliation of their political party? Oklahoma voters who want to change their party affiliation must submit their change by March 31. Political party affiliation can […]
The Missouri Republican Party is working to remove a Republican candidate for governor from the ballot after a photo resurfaced online of the candidate saluting in front of a burning cross. The candidate, Darrell Leon McClanahan, is depicted in the photograph next to a person who was wearing what appear to be hooded Ku Klux […]
St. Augustine residents who want to register to vote or change their party affiliation for the March 19 Presidential Preference Primary must do so by Tuesday, according to Vicky C. Oakes, the St. Johns County Supervisor of Elections. Only the Republican Party will hold an Florida primary in March. The only candidate on the Democratic […]
Dec. 25—PALMER — A proposed Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly ordinance would allow local candidates to include their political party affiliation on the election ballot for the first time. Another proposed ordinance would extend the terms of future assembly members, as well as the borough mayor, from three years to four. Neither change would require voter approval. […]