There is no sugarcoating it: Donald Trump’s victory on Tuesday is a major setback for many antipoverty policies. With a Republican majority in the Senate (and likely in the House as well), there’s little doubt that spending cuts will be up for debate, and tried-and-failed ideas like imposing work requirements on welfare recipients will be […]
Ever since the Supreme Court took away the constitutional right to abortion in 2022, the people have been taking it back state by state. Before last week’s election, voters in six states had either enshrined abortion rights in their state constitutions or defeated ballot measures that would have restricted them. On Tuesday, that number more […]
In every state where it was on the ballot on Tuesday, protecting abortion care received more votes than Vice President Kamala Harris. This was true regardless of whether the state ultimately went for Harris or for President-elect Donald Trump, and even in the three out of 10 states in which the abortion-related measure did not […]
Reuters Seven states in the US have approved measures to protect or expand abortion rights, but bids to restore protections for the procedure failed in Florida, South Dakota and Nebraska. The mixed results came as the Republican Party made widespread gains in contests across the US, propelling Donald Trump to a decisive victory. Voters had […]
Voters in 10 states will decide on whether or not their state should legally protect abortion rights on Tuesday, the latest in a string of abortion-related ballot measures since Roe v. Wade was overturned, all of which have previously come out in favor of abortion rights, though it remains to be seen if these ballot.
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against Erie County on Wednesday, arguing that many voters have yet to receive mail-in ballots ahead of Election Day. The lawsuit argues that 10,000 to 2,000 voters who requested mail-in ballots “have not received or submitted such ballots,” and the return rate is 15 percentage points lower than…
A voter puts their ballot in a drop box in Norwalk, Calif., during early voting in Los Angeles County. People who vote in the 2024 general election can track their ballots as they move through the system. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images Election officials […]
Director of the Board of Elections Tyler Burns holds a test ballot during a mail-in ballot processing demonstration at the Board of Elections office on September 30, 2024 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. A fake video purporting to show ballots being destroyed in Bucks County, Pa., showed different envelopes and ballots than the county actually uses. Hannah […]
HENDERSON, Nev. — After Katie Kern and her father, Robert Kern, cast their ballots for former President Trump in this suburb of Las Vegas, they said they wanted to make sure their vote was counted in the critical battleground state of Nevada so that the Republican would retake the White House. “I’m probably more of a […]
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Monday that voters will not be allowed to weigh in on a ballot measure to expand medical marijuana in the state, arguing that the initiative failed to fully explain what it entails. In a 4-3 decision, the justices threw out the initiative just two weeks before the election, according to […]
