Election 2024

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In One State, Election Duty Is Mandatory

Nebraska's draft system is similar to jury duty

(Newser) - Americans are encouraged to do their duty and vote on Election Day. But in Nebraska, some residents must go a step further: They are required to help run the elections. Nebraska is the only state in the US that employs compulsory election duty to recruit precinct poll workers, election office...

Police: Ballot Box Fires Show Metalworking Experience

Election officials try to figure out who cast the votes

(Newser) - The man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced metalworker and may be planning additional attacks, authorities said Wednesday. Investigators believe the man who set the incendiary devices at ballot boxes in Portland, Oregon, and nearby Vancouver, Washington, had a "...

Police Chief 'Extremely Angry' About Polling Place Incident

Caleb James Williams of Neptune Beach allegedly brandished a machete

(Newser) - "This is a safe location to vote," a Florida police chief assured voters following the arrest of what he says was a machete-wielding 18-year-old outside a Neptune Beach polling location. Neptune Beach Police Chief Michael J. Key said Caleb James Williams "brandished a machete in an aggressive,...

Completed Ballots Fall Off Truck in Florida

The ballots were recovered, but an election worker ended up getting fired

(Newser) - An election worker in Florida has been fired after early-voting ballots fell off a truck during transport. The worker had forgotten to lock the back of the truck before leaving a library serving as an early-voting center, according to election officials. "As they drove off, one sealed bin and...

Supreme Court Gives Virginia the OK to Purge 1.6K Voters

Gov. Youngkin had sought to have executive order to remove noncitizens from the rolls reinstated

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who aren't US citizens from voting. The justices, over the dissents of the three liberal justices, granted an emergency appeal from Virginia's Republican administration led...

After Biden's 'Garbage' Remark, a Debate About an Apostrophe

White House says president was not calling Trump supporters 'garbage'

(Newser) - Kamala Harris made the closing argument for her campaign on Tuesday night—and might be wishing President Biden hadn't done the same. Shortly before Harris spoke from the Ellipse outside the White House, Biden joined a virtual Harris campaign call with Voto Latino and made reference to comedian Tony...

Washington Post Subscription Cancellations Hit 250K

According to sources with insider knowledge

(Newser) - A full 10% of the Washington Post's subscribers, which numbered 2.5 million prior to the newspaper's announcement that it would not endorse a presidential candidate, have canceled their subscriptions in the wake of the announcement. Sources on Tuesday told NPR more than 250,000 people have ended...

Harris Delivers 'Closing Argument' at DC Rally

She says fear and division sowed by Trump is 'not who we are'

(Newser) - Kamala Harris told Americans on Tuesday that Donald Trump's efforts to sow division and fear are "not who we are" as she reinforced her campaign's closing argument by delivering it from the same site where the Republican former president spoke before the Capitol riot in 2021. One...

SCOTUS Rejects RFK Jr.'s Emergency Appeal

He will remain on Michigan, Wisconsin ballots

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s last-ditch bid to have himself removed from ballots in two swing states. In the emergency appeal, Kennedy, who suspended his campaign and endorsed Donald Trump in August, argued that leaving his name on ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin would...

Daughter of George W. Bush Picks Her Candidate

Barbara Pierce Bush is endorsing—and campaigning for—Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Former Republican President George W. Bush's daughter isn't just endorsing the Democratic candidate for president, she's campaigning on her behalf. Barbara Pierce Bush, 42, backed Vice President Kamala Harris in an exclusive statement to People on Tuesday, adding she spent time over the weekend campaigning for the...

Harris Readies 'Closing Argument' at Key Locale

She speaks Tuesday night from the Ellipse, where Trump spoke before Capitol riot

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris is making the "closing argument" for her presidential campaign Tuesday from the same site where Donald Trump spoke before the Capitol riot in 2021, and the choice is no accident. "It's a place that certainly we believe helps crystallize the choice in this...

Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates in Crucial Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates
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Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates in Crucial Pennsylvania

State has a large population of Puerto Ricans, and the issue is big topic of discussion

(Newser) - Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke comparing Puerto Rico to an "island of garbage" has given Donald Trump roughly a half-million problems in the swing state of Pennsylvania. That, reports Politico , is the number of Puerto Ricans who live in the state, where the election is expected to be decided...

Anita Hill: Facing Disrespect, Harris Chooses Dignity

With unwavering respect for others, Kamala Harris 'creates chances for more dignity for everyone'

(Newser) - No matter what happens next Tuesday, Kamala Harris can pat herself on the back for having kept her dignity through an election campaign in which she faced "various and sundry racist, misogynist and sexist insults" as well as efforts to deny her "integrity, competence and accomplishments," Anita...

Weird Reality of 2024: Both Sides Confident of Victory

Allies of both Trump and Harris optimistic about next Tuesday's vote

(Newser) - Well, somebody's wrong. The coin-toss nature of the 2024 election is demonstrated in two competing narratives in major news outlets on Tuesday.
  • For Trump: Axios reports that Donald Trump allies in the world of MAGA "appear supremely confident" that he will win re-election. The piece includes a tweeted
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Trump Gets a Key Ally Back From Prison

Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months for contempt of Congress

(Newser) - Steve Bannon is a free man again, just in time to help with a final election push. The Donald Trump ally was released from prison early Tuesday after serving four months for contempt of Congress amid its investigation of the Capitol riot, reports CNN . "I'm not broken, I'...

Bezos Pens 909-Word Defense of WaPo Decision

Meanwhile, newspaper loses 200K subscribers after stopping endorsements, per report

(Newser) - Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos defended his decision to block the newspaper from endorsing a presidential candidate, via a 909-word op-ed published in the Post . In Bezos' view, most people today believe the media to be biased, and endorsements aren't helping. He says polls show the public now trusts...

GOP Loses on Mail Ballots Before Nevada Supreme Court

Votes without visible postmark can be counted until Nov. 8

(Newser) - The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Monday that mail-in ballots with smudged, indecipherable, or missing postmarks can be counted for up to three days after polls close on Election Day. The state's highest court rejected a bid by state and national Republicans, Donald Trump's presidential campaign, and a voter,...

Washington Post Columnist Quits Over 'Terrible Mistake'

Michele Norris speaks out against decision not to endorse candidate

(Newser) - Michele Norris, calling the Washington Post's decision not to endorse a candidate a "terrible mistake," has become the latest columnist to quit the paper. In a post on X Sunday, Norris said she was resigning from the newspaper she loves because the "decision to withhold an...

Minnesota Woman Charged With Voting-Related Felonies

Authorities say she tried to submit a ballot for her dead mother, an 'ardent' Trump supporter

(Newser) - A northern Minnesota woman accused of trying to submit a mail ballot for her recently deceased mother has been charged with three felonies. Authorities say the case shows how routine election safeguards thwart the rare instances of attempted voter fraud.
  • Officials in Itasca County, about 200 miles north of Minneapolis,
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Drop Box Fires in 2 States Destroy Hundreds of Ballots

Fires were set in Portland, Oregon, and across the river in Vancouver, Washington

(Newser) - The FBI and other agencies were investigating Monday after early morning fires were set in ballot drop boxes in Portland, Oregon, and in nearby Vancouver, Washington, where hundreds of ballots were destroyed. The Portland Police Bureau reported that officers and firefighters responded to a fire in one ballot drop box...

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