Tag: voter
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How do exit polls work? Understanding the polling system for gathering voter data
On Election Day, as votes are being tallied and news organizations await results and race projections that can be reported, exit polls are a critical tool providing an early look at who is voting and what’s motivating their choices. An exit poll is a survey of voters taken as they leave (or exit) their voting…
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Pennsylvania officials investigating fraudulent voter registration applications in Lancaster County
Pennsylvania officials said Friday they are investigating as many as 2,500 fraudulent voter registration applications in Lancaster County that election workers flagged during routine reviews of the forms. When reviewing the personal information, identification and signatures listed on the forms, election officials found inaccurate information, signatures that did not match the one that had for…
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Federal judge blocks Virginia from dropping alleged non-citizens from voter rolls
A federal judge on Friday granted a Department of Justice request to block Virginia from systematically removing alleged non-citizens from the voter rolls this close to an election. U.S. District Judge Patricia Giles ordered the state to stop its program immediately and restore the voter registrations of more than 1,600 people who were removed in…
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Musk’s $1 million voter petition lottery falls in a legal gray area, experts say
Elon Musk’s daily $1 million lottery for registered swing state voters who sign his Super PAC’s political petition falls into a legal gray area and could potentially violate election law, three experts told NBC News. The petition, created by Musk’s America Political Action Committee, comes amid his larger campaign over the last week to register…
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Law enforcement should ‘take a look at’ Elon Musk voter payments
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Sunday said that tech mogul Elon Musk’s plan to give money to registered voters in Pennsylvania is “deeply concerning” and “it’s something that law enforcement could take a look at” during an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” Shapiro’s comments come one day after Musk in Pennsylvania announced that…
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How one Minnesota college got nearly 90% voter turnout — and is pushing for more
NORTHFIELD, Minn. — On average, about two-thirds of students on college campuses get out and vote during every presidential election cycle, according to Tufts University Institute For Democracy & Higher Education. But one college in Minnesota blows the rest out of the water. St. Olaf College boasted an 87.6% voter turnout rate in 2020, taking…
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Trump says ‘nothing’ was done wrong on Jan. 6 after Republican voter confronts him
Donald Trump on Wednesday shrugged off the idea that his conduct on Jan. 6, 2021, should cost him the backing of Republican voters after a former supporter confronted him at a televised town hall and said he would not cast a ballot for the former president because of his actions that day. In his response…
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Federal judge blocks Alabama’s voter purge program ahead of election
A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Alabama’s voter removal program that flagged thousands of registered voters and accused them of illegally registering in the state. The Justice Department had filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama challenging the program aimed at removing voters from its election rolls, arguing it was too close to…
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Justice Department sues Virginia over effort to reduce voter rolls close to Election Day
The Justice Department announced Friday that it is suing Virginia over its efforts to purge voter rolls within 90 days of an election, calling the state’s actions a violation of federal voting laws. The suit comes about two months after Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order requiring the state’s Department of Elections to…
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Elon Muks’s mother, Maye, appears to encourage voter fraud in X post
Elon Musk’s mother, Maye Musk, appeared to encourage a form of voter fraud in a post on X.” “The Democrats have given us another option. You don’t have to register to vote,” Musk’s mother wrote in the Oct. 5 post. “On Election Day, have 10 fake names, go to 10 polling booths and vote 10…