With 98% of the votes counted and a difference of just a few hundred votes between the two candidates, Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District primary race had not yet been called by the Associated Press as of 12:30 a.m., Wednesday morning. State Sen. John McGuire led the incumbent Rep. Bob Good by 315 votes as the […]
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Trump and the NRA counted on the Supreme Court to keep bump stocks legal
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump didn’t really want to ban bump stocks. When he did, he knew the Supreme Court was likely to overturn his action. In a 6-3 decision Friday, that’s exactly what the justices did. The ruling revealed Trump’s true feelings on the issue after a seven-year political drama, as he accepted […]
Primary ballots are hitting Utah mailboxes. Here’s how to make sure your vote gets counted
An election worker prints a ballot out for a voter at the Utah County Justice and Health center on Nov. 8, 2022 in Provo, Utah. Ballots are hitting registered voters’ mailboxes ahead of the June 25, 2024 primary — a key date when many of Republican-controlled Utah’s elections will get decided. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images) […]
India’s election concludes with the votes being counted Tuesday. Here’s what to know
NEW DELHI (AP) — The world’s largest election could also be one of its most consequential. India has close to 970 million voters among its more than 1.4 billion people, and its general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, against a broad alliance of opposition parties that are struggling to play […]
Votes being counted in South African election framed as most important since apartheid
JOHANNESBURG — South Africans voted Wednesday at schools, community centers, and in large white tents set up in open fields in an election seen as their country’s most important since apartheid ended 30 years ago. It could put the young democracy into unknown territory. At stake is the three-decade dominance of the African National Congress […]
After the votes were counted, here are the 6 winners and losers from KY’s 2024 primary
The dust hasn’t quite settled on the results of Tuesday’s 2024 May primary. But some story lines are clear, as are some of the biggest winners and losers. Here are a handful of successful causes and candidates from Tuesday, as well as a few that underwhelmed. Winners One of the stated goals of the so-called […]
Who won Louisville Metro Council races? With all votes counted, here are the results
While many national races are on Tuesday’s primary ballot — from the presidential races to seats in Congress — there are also a few highly contested local races for Louisville Metro Council seats. Council members can propose new laws, suggest edits for existing ordinances, vote on the city budget and allocate neighborhood development funds, among […]
Baltimore mayoral candidate Sheila Dixon not calling it quits until mail-in ballots are counted
BALTIMORE — The race for Baltimore mayor may have been called for incumbent Mayor Brandon Scott, but challenger Sheila Dixon said Wednesday she’s not giving up. In a statement by her campaign team, the former mayor said she will wait for more mail-in ballots to be counted before making any statements on the race. “In […]
Mail-in votes for Thiru Vignarajah will still be counted, Maryland State Board of Elections says
Votes by mail for Thiru Vignarajah in the Baltimore City mayoral primary election will still be counted, the Maryland State Board of Elections said. Vignarajah dropped out of the Democratic race last week, less than 24 hours before early voting began, and endorsed Sheila Dixon in her bid to unseat incumbent Brandon Scott. The deadline […]
Should Raleigh and Durham be counted as the same metro? And why it matters.
I’m Brian Gordon, tech reporter for The News & Observer, and this is Open Source, a weekly newsletter on business, labor and technology in North Carolina. The North Carolina Triangle, in a sense, doesn’t exist as a whole. It was once, but then in 2003, Raleigh and Cary split into a single metropolitan statistical area, […]
Votes counted in Senegal after tightly contested presidential election
People in Senegal have voted in a tightly contested presidential race following months of uncertainty that has tested the West African nation’s reputation as a stable democracy in a region shaken by a wave of coups in recent years. The election comes after President Macky Sall unsuccessfully tried to postpone the February 25 vote until […]