Tag: voting
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Musk pushes debunked Dominion voting conspiracy theory at campaign appearance
FOLSOM, Pa. — Billionaire Elon Musk promoted debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud Thursday at the first of a series of planned campaign events across Pennsylvania meant to rally support for former President Donald Trump’s campaign. At a town hall hosted at a high school outside Philadelphia, Musk referred to the false conspiracy theory that…
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As North Carolina begins voting, hurricane devastation complicates casting ballots
The Postal Service has been providing election officials with a daily update of the roads that are blocked and can’t allow deliveries. The officials are then matching up the information to their list of people who’ve requested absentee ballots and contacting them to determine how best to get ballots to them. “We’re doing everything we…
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Gen Z advocacy group launches TikTok campaign against voting for Jill Stein
A young-voter advocacy group backing Vice President Kamala Harris is launching a campaign on TikTok meant to target young voters — but not necessarily those backing former President Donald Trump. Voters of Tomorrow released a series of videos Tuesday aimed at convincing young supporters of Green Party candidate Jill Stein to back Harris, working to…
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Harris and Democratic allies descend on Arizona in all-hands push before early voting
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is launching a blitz in Arizona this week, with plans to swamp the battleground state with events and canvassing efforts, all timed around the start of early voting. This week, Harris, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, and First Lady Jill Biden, in addition to a group of…
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North Carolina gives counties impacted by Hurricane Helene voting flexibility
North Carolina’s election board voted Monday to give residents in the western part of the state, which was hit hardest by Hurricane Helene, greater flexibility to vote by mail and run their elections. Voters in 13 counties heavily impacted by the storm will have more ways to obtain and deliver absentee ballots, while county boards…
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Voting begins for Alaska’s Fat Bear Week after one contestant was killed in an attack
Voting in Katmai National Park’s famed Fat Bear Week was underway Wednesday after a bear killed one of this year’s competitors and delayed the bracket reveal by a day. Bear #469 attacked and killed bear #402 Monday morning at Brooks River in the Alaska park, the National Park Service said in a release, pushing Monday’s…
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Hurricane Helene scrambles mail and early voting plans in North Carolina
Hurricane Helene has caused significant disruptions for election officials in North Carolina and across the southeastern U.S., scrambling preparations for early and mail voting that have been in the works for months. In western North Carolina, one of the areas hit hardest by the storm, election officials were working Monday to evaluate what changes needed…
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Chappell Roan reveals she’s voting for Kamala Harris after online backlash
Pop star Chappell Roan revealed in a TikTok video Wednesday that she’s voting for Vice President Kamala Harris in November, though she stopped short of endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate. The singer-songwriter’s announcement followed an intense and dayslong online backlash from her liberal fanbase. The criticism was fueled after Roan, 26, told The Guardian in…
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House poised to pass a bill to avert a shutdown after dropping Trump voting plan
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday is poised to pass a funding bill to avert a government shutdown next week after it removed a proposal demanded by Donald Trump that would require Americans nationwide to show proof of citizenship to register to vote. House Republican leaders, facing defections within their ranks, plan to rely heavily…
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Trump’s inconsistent messaging clashes with the RNC’s attempted embrace of early voting
At practically every Donald Trump rally, scripted words encouraging early voting get loaded into the teleprompter. But those words are rarely the actual message the former president delivers to his audience. The Republican National Committee has embraced early voting in 2024. Trump has promoted it in recordings the GOP played at its convention and in…