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California voters could expand vote to some 17-year-olds

Jun. 26, 2020 7:37 PM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters will decide in November whether 17-year-olds should be allowed to vote in primaries or special elections if they will turn 18 by the date of the general election. The California Assembly approved a proposed Constitutional amendment on Friday by a vote of 54-8....

Maryland GOP senators oppose preferred mail-in voting

Jun. 25, 2020 5:34 PM EDT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Maryland Senate Republican caucus said Thursday its members are opposed to holding a preferred mail-in election in November. The letter to the Maryland State Board of Elections was sent after two leading Maryland Senate Democrats recommended earlier this week for the board to...

Voters wait in a line outside Broad Ripple High School to vote in the Indiana primary in Indianapolis, Tuesday, June 2, 2020 after coronavirus concerns prompted officials to delay the primary from its original May 5 date. Voters waited up to two hours to cast their ballots. Nearly 550,000 voters requested mail-in ballots, more than 10 times the number of those ballots cast during the 2016 primary. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana primary sets up tough race for congressional seat

Jun. 3, 2020 12:08 AM EDT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s first election to feature widespread mail-in balloting concluded Tuesday with long lines in Indianapolis delaying the closure of some in-person voting locations by three hours. Nearly 550,000 voters requested mail-in ballots — more than 10 times the number cast...

FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden acknowledges the crowd during a campaign rally in Kansas City, Mo. Biden has won the presidential primary in Hawaii. The results were announced Saturday, May 23, 2020. The party-run primary was delayed by more than a month because of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Joe Biden wins Hawaii presidential primary delayed by virus

May. 23, 2020 6:12 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — Joe Biden won the Democratic Party of Hawaii’s party-run presidential primary on Saturday, which was delayed by more than a month because of the coronavirus. Biden defeated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders 63% to 37%. Biden won 16 of Hawaii's delegates and Sanders will take eight. Biden...

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic

May. 21, 2020 12:15 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it easier and safer to vote during the coronavirus pandemic. He backed away from that threat but stuck with his unsupported claim that widespread voting by...

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