The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments early next year on lawsuits challenging the addition of a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, acting with unusual speed in a politically charged case.Source: Supreme Court Will Hear Fast-Track Arguments in Census Case...
Georgia elections officials scrambled Thursday to count a cache of potentially more than 1,000 ballots that were previously rejected as they raced to comply with the latest federal ruling in the too-close-to-call contest for governor.Source: A judge’s order scrambles unsettled Georgia race for governor...
A room full of Miami-Dade election workers began a hand recount Thursday night of more than 10,000 problematic ballots cast in the U.S. Senate race, joined by a room full of lawyers and volunteers from both campaigns eager to contest votes for the other side.Source: Miami-Dade launches hand recount of 10,000 uncounted ballots in Scott vs. Nelson...
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — The nuns at Zina Rodriguez’s Catholic school in the Bronx thwacked her knuckles to punish sloppy handwriting, so she was shocked when her mail-in ballot in Florida was rejected because her signature did not match the one on record with elections officials. Ms.Source: In Florida Recount, Sloppy Signatures Placed Thousands of Ballots in Limbo...
House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) posted a video on Twitter Wednesday of Sen.-elect Mitt Romney (R-Ut.) visiting his office. An old friend dropped by to ask for directions to his new office. pic.twitter.com/j0cqKQ4T0bSource: Paul Ryan shares video of Mitt Romney dropping by in Washington...
Not that California elections are predictable, but most every cycle over the past twenty years has played out as follows: 8:00 p.m.: Polls close. 8:01 p.m.: Democrats uncork the champagne. 8:01:30 p.m.: Republicans surf Zillow for property in Nevada.Source: California’s 2018 Vote: Limited Drama, Plenty of Uncounted Votes, And Lots of Needed Repairs...
It’s been a week since Election Day, and we’re still awaiting results from Florida and Georgia, where nationally prominent races are too close to call. Since Election Day, an additional 50,000 votes have been counted in Florida, narrowing the lead for Republican Gov.Source: Why we’re still waiting for election results from Florida and Georgia — and why newly counted ballots...
After the presidential recount in 2000 that helped launch the nickname “Flori-duh” into the nation’s vernacular, state lawmakers passed a sweeping set of election reforms. The butterfly ballot? Gone. Hanging chads? Banished.Source: Florida tried to fix its elections after 2000. Why are today’s recounts so messy?...
TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of State last week asked federal prosecutors to investigate dates that were changed on official state election documents, the first voting “irregularities” it has flagged in the wake of the 2018 elections.Source: Federal prosecutors reviewing altered election documents tied to Florida Democrats...
The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue of redistricting in Virginia, agreeing to hear an appeal filed by Republican legislators of a lower court’s ruling that 11 House of Delegates districts must be redrawn to correct racial gerrymandering.Source: U.S. Supreme Court to take up Virginia redistricting case on racial gerrymandering...
