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Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republican-led states say they will block the Justice Department's election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities' decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws. Officials in...
Georgia high court says absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day, even in county with delay
ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of voters in Georgia's third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late will not get an extension to return them, the state's highest court decided on Monday. Cobb County, just north of Atlanta, didn't mail out absentee ballots to some 3,400...
Belarus' authoritarian ruler will face only token challengers in presidential vote
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus' election commission on Monday allowed seven politicians loyal to President Alexander Lukashenko to start collecting signatures to run against him in January's election, in an apparent bid to create a semblance of competition to the longtime authoritarian ruler. ...
This is how precincts in Pennsylvania handle unexpected issues on Election Day
On Tuesday, millions of people in Pennsylvania will travel to their local polling place to cast a ballot. Election officials want everything to go smoothly, but disruptions sometimes happen. The most common disruptions at precincts are late openings, lack of staffing...
Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. Why that's unlikely
Former President Donald Trump is stepping up his demands that the winner of the presidential race be declared shortly after polls close Tuesday, well before all the votes are counted. Trump set the pattern in 2020, when he declared that he had won during the early morning hours after...
Pennsylvania election officials weighing in on challenges to 4,300 mail ballot applications
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than 4,000 mail ballot applications have been challenged across 14 Pennsylvania counties, leaving election officials to decide voter eligibility during hearings that will extend well past Election Day. State elections officials say the “mass...
Thousands rally again in Georgia to protest the parliamentary election they say was rigged
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of opposition supporters rallied outside Georgia's parliament for the second straight Monday to denounce the Oct. 26 election as illegitimate after the ruling party was declared the winner amid allegations of vote-rigging helped by Russia. The...
Moldova's diaspora tipped the scales in a pivotal election. Critics question the vote's validity
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldovans living abroad voted in record numbers in a presidential runoff that secured victory for pro-Western President Maia Sandu, in a pivotal race that pitted her against a Russia-friendly opponent amid ongoing claims of Russian interference, voter fraud, and...
Under lock and key: How ballots get from Pennsylvania precincts to election offices
Police escorts, sealed containers and chain of custody documentation: These are some of the measures that Pennsylvania counties take to secure ballots while they are transported from polling places to county facilities after polls close on Election Day. The exact protocols vary by...
Florida will vote on marijuana, abortion in an election that will test GOP's dominance
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's election will test whether the state maintains its new reputation as a Republican stronghold, or whether Democrats make some gains by tapping into the support for abortion and marijuana ballot questions and the new energy Vice President Kamala Harris brings to...
