Tag: election
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Young voters reflect on three election cycles with Trump on the ballot
Avery Dalal has never seen a presidential ballot without Donald Trump’s name on it. For the third time, the 26-year-old from Texas is preparing to cast his vote against the former president. He did so for the first time in 2016, and he said the tone of national politics has only gotten more chaotic since.…
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Anti-LGBTQ bills launch a wave of trans candidates to join the 2024 election race
Ashley Brundage, a transgender woman running for a seat in the Florida House of Representatives, is looking forward to shaking Gov. Ron DeSantis’ hand. Brundage, a Democrat, credits DeSantis, a Republican, for inspiring what could be political history: If she wins, she’d be the first trans woman elected to public office in Florida. Brundage said…
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Harris team and some Trump allies anticipate he will declare a premature election win
Vice President Kamala Harris, her campaign team and some of Donald Trump’s own allies say they expect the former president to quickly declare victory on election night — even if the outcome is not yet settled in key swing states. Between the time it takes to process mail ballots and deal with provisional ballots in…
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Harris campaign targets Gen Z voters in the final stretch of the election
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is launching an early voting push targeting students on battleground state college campuses. The effort consists of concerts, block parties and tailgates in addition to a new seven-figure targeted ad buy focused primarily on reaching students through social media platforms. The ad buy will geographically target students in battleground states…
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Trump accuses U.K. Labour Party, Starmer of election interference to boost Harris
LONDON — Evoking the Battle of Yorktown and misspelling the word Britain, former President Donald Trump issued a remarkable legal complaint against the United Kingdom’s ruling Labour Party late Tuesday, accusing it of “blatant foreign interference” in the U.S. election in favor of Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump’s team asked the Federal Election Commission to…
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Battleground state election lawsuits and IRS raises income tax brackets: Morning Rundown
Dozens of election lawsuits have been filed in critical battleground states. Four new cases of bird flu in humans have been announced in Washington state. And fans criticize the backlash directed at Liam Payne’s ex-fiancée in the aftermath of the singer’s death. Here’s what to know today. Battleground states flooded with voting lawsuits Megan Varner…
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Japan makes tepid push on gender gap in politics as election nears
ODAWARA, Japan — Karen Makishima is the only female running for Japan’s governing party in her 20-seat prefecture for the Oct. 27 general election, reflecting the tough battle women face in breaking into the country’s male-dominated politics. Her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has promised to narrow one of the widest gender gaps among lawmakers in…
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Battleground states flooded with voting lawsuits weeks out from Election Day
Political parties and groups have filed nearly 100 lawsuits across seven battleground states that could shape how votes are cast and counted ahead of Election Day and the legal battle that’s expected to follow. The majority of suits were brought by Republicans and allied groups who are focused on rooting out alleged voter fraud, despite…
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Obama rallies Democrats in Wisconsin as they fret over ‘coin flip’ election
MADISON, Wis. — With just two weeks to go, in one of the tightest of the battleground states, former President Barack Obama on Tuesday made the case against Donald Trump, casting the former president’s words as dangerous, extreme and “shameful” as he fired up the base in a liberal bastion of the state. Before thousands…
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Harris eyes Howard University for her election night headquarters
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to spend election night in Washington D.C., with her campaign eyeing her alma mater, Howard University, as a possible venue for her to speak from, according to seven people familiar with the planning. While it’s possible the election results could be known within hours and not days, the…