Federal judges denied two states' requests to bar the Justice Department (DOJ) from dispatching lawyers to monitor adherence to federal voting rights laws on Election Day. Both Missouri and Texas asked federal courts to keep DOJ lawyers away from their polls. Missouri's attorney general and secretary of state said any monitoring would "displace state election...
More than 82 million voters took advantage of early voting as Election Day kicks off. The number is slightly more than half the total turnout in the presidential election in 2020, The Associated Press reported. Just one week ago, data from the University of Florida's election tracker showed that more than 51 million had already...
Vice President Harris and former President Trump are tied in Dixville Notch, N.H., as the township's six votes resulted in a split for the presidential nominees, CNN reported early Tuesday morning. Four Republicans and two undeclared voters participated, according to the outlet. The outcome was the first of this election and was announced 12 minutes...
Local television and radio stations are working to combat disinformation and ensure voters have the facts they need to make informed decisions in the upcoming election, while also investing in new technologies and training to verify facts and dispel misinformation.
In today’s issue: It’s Election Day. After close to two years of campaigning, an eleventh-hour Democratic ticket switch and countless news cycles, voters are casting their ballots today in what pundits and politicos of all stripes have described as “the most consequential election of our lifetime.” In the last hours before polls close, Vice President...