Latest Voting News

Gabon votes yes on new constitution a year after the military seized power

Nov. 17, 2024 18:02 PM EST

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Voters in Gabon overwhelmingly approved a new constitution, authorities said Sunday, more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country’s longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation. Over 91% of voters approved...

Senegal votes in election that will decide if president can carry out the reforms he promised

Nov. 17, 2024 16:16 PM EST

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Polls closed in Senegal on Sunday for a parliamentary election set to determine whether the country’s newly elected president can carry out ambitious reforms. More than 7 million registered voters in the West African country were choosing 165 lawmakers in...

Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom

Nov. 17, 2024 13:16 PM EST

The 2024 presidential election featured sky-high turnout, approaching the historic levels of the 2020 contest and contradicting long-held conventional political wisdom that Republicans struggle to win races in which many people vote. According to Associated Press elections data, more...

North Carolina Democrats find electoral success further down the ballot and hope to build on it

Nov. 17, 2024 08:14 AM EST

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats fell short again in wresting away swing-state prize North Carolina from Republicans in the presidential election, but scored significant downballot victories, giving them hope as they look to the future. Despite Donald Trump's more than 3-percentage...

Georgia election chief doused in paint as protests continue after divisive parliamentary vote

Nov. 16, 2024 10:27 AM EST

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The head of Georgia’s Central Electoral Commission was doused with black paint Saturday at a meeting to confirm the results of the country’s divisive Oct. 26 parliamentary elections. Protesters gathered outside the commission's building in Tbilisi, where...

Gabon votes on a new constitution after the military seized power last year

Nov. 16, 2024 09:56 AM EST

LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — Gabon is holding a referendum on Saturday on whether to adopt a new constitution, more than one year after mutinous soldiers overthrew the country's longtime president and seized power in the oil-rich Central African nation. Nearly 1 million people are...

Rudy Giuliani has turned over his luxury watches and Mercedes in defamation case, lawyer says

Nov. 15, 2024 22:43 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Rudy Giuliani has relinquished dozens of watches and a Mercedes once owned by movie star Lauren Bacall to two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgment, his lawyer said. Joseph Cammarata said in a letter filed late Friday in...

All 17 counties in the battleground state of Nevada certify election results

Nov. 15, 2024 21:21 PM EST

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Election certification meetings on Friday in Nevada's two most populous counties were roiled by voting conspiracies while local officials in the state's rural counties quietly approved election results that favored President-elect Donald Trump. Friday was the...

Democratic Rep. Jared Golden wins through Maine’s ranked choice voting

Nov. 15, 2024 20:55 PM EST

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jared Golden won reelection to Congress through Maine’s ranked choice system on Friday. It’s the third time in four elections in the hotly contested district that Golden won after votes were retabulated because first choices failed to...

California judge rules Huntington Beach can proceed with voter ID law

Nov. 15, 2024 18:21 PM EST

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected California’s lawsuit against the city of Huntington Beach over a local measure allowing officials to require voter identification at the polls. Orange County Superior Court Judge Nico Dourbetas ruled that existing state...