Tag: elections

Maine elections official disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Maine’s top election official on Thursday disqualified Donald Trump from the state ballot in next year’s U.S. presidential primary election, becoming the second state to bar the former president for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, concluded that Trump, […]

Christian nationalist groups are mobilizing before the 2024 elections

On a cold night in November, a man named Jefferson Davis addressed a crowd of conservative activists gathered in an American Legion hall 20 miles north of Milwaukee. In his left hand, Davis brandished an unusual prop. Related: ‘The venom of our age’: James Carville on the danger of Mike Johnson’s Christian nationalism “In this […]

Incumbency Is No Longer an Advantage in Presidential Elections

U.S. President Joe Biden returns to the White House December 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden traveled to Milwaukee and gave remarks at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce earlier in the day. Credit – Drew Angerer-Getty Images Between 1936 and 2012, 11 out of 14 presidents seeking a second White House term were […]

NC Board of Elections investigates claim about judicial candidate’s residency

The North Carolina State Board of Elections is appointing a panel to investigate where an Alexander County and Iredell County judicial candidate officially lives. Bills altering North Carolina voting rules, elections board makeup approved by the state Senate A voter in Alexander County filed a complaint with the state claiming district court candidate Melissa Stewart […]