Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pointed to what he viewed as a prime example of voter fraud Saturday in a Houston-area judicial race after a new election was ordered nearly two years after the fact. A Houston judge found last month that more than 1,400 votes in the 2022 180th District Court race were invalid […]
By Bianca Flowers and James Oliphant DETROIT (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will venture to Detroit on Saturday to attend a roundtable discussion at a Black church, the latest in an effort to peel away Black voters from President Joe Biden ahead of November’s election. Trump’s planned visit to a church nestled in […]
CHEYENNE — Removing Laramie County’s only absentee ballot drop box would create voting barriers for a majority of voting-age residents, according to Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee. Secretary of State Chuck Gray asked county clerks last week to remove ballot boxes in Wyoming, claiming this form of voting is unsafe and violates state statute. The […]
Voter turnout in the European Parliament elections is estimated to be around 51%, according to initial reports, the European Union legislature announced on Sunday evening. This initial estimate is up from 50.66% in 2019, according to parliament figures. “This is a positive sign for European democracy,” a spokesman for the parliament said. The spokesman said […]
Roxanne Perret, an organizer with People Power for Florida, registers Mark Wendell to vote at a May festival in Orlando, Florida. Third-party voter registration groups have been threatened with fines and workers with jail time if they violate new state laws. (Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline) ORLANDO, Florida — On a sticky Sunday afternoon in late May, Mark […]
There are signs of greater interest in the European elections in Germany than five years ago, according to Federal Returning Officer Ruth Brand. By 2 pm (1200 GMT), 32.3% of eligible voters had exercised their right to vote, she said. Postal votes are not included in this figure. According to figures from 2019, the turnout […]
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The El Paso Branch of the NAACP is hosting a community forum on voter turnout on Saturday, June 8. The forum will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the El Paso Community College Administrative Services Center, Building A, 9050 Viscount. Other organizations that will be participating include: the […]
By Jarrett Renshaw and Kat Stafford (Reuters) – The NAACP urged President Joe Biden on Thursday to “indefinitely” halt all weapons deliveries to Israel and pressure the U.S. ally to end its war in the Gaza Strip, sending a reminder that his support for Israel could hurt him among Black voters in November’s election. The […]
PHILADELPHIA — You could almost feel bad for U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, a Republican from Texas sent by former President Donald Trump on Tuesday to court Black voters in this northeastern city in a swing state. Hunt’s Black voter outreach was pegged to the opening of Trump’s first campaign office in Pennsylvania’s largest city. That […]
Jun. 5—MITCHELL — Closely contested races for Mitchell mayor and the dredging ballot question drove voter turnout in Mitchell and Davison County among the state’s best figures on Tuesday night for the primary election. A turnout of 45.01% was recorded among city voters, with 4,324 city votes cast among 9,606 registered voters, according to city […]
Motivations for autocratic power Comparisons have been made between Donald Trump and the German dictator Adolph Hitler, notably their exploitation of the Big Lie technique. So Timothy W. Ryback’s new book is timely: “Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power.” Exact parallels are not possible; the circumstances were different and complicated. But there were similarities besides […]
For months, polls have shown President Joe Biden losing support among Black and Latino voters, potentially handing former President Donald Trump a prime opening to steal longtime Democratic loyalists in November. It’s meant chest-thumping by Trump and Republicans who boast that they’re forcing Biden to defend what should be reliably Democratic turf. Trump held a […]