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Ballot processing continues as certification approaches
EPHRATA — Election officials in Grant and Adams counties are nearing the finish line of the 2026 general election,…
Coronavirus outbreak among Arkansas lawmakers grows to 9
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A coronavirus outbreak in the Arkansas Legislature grew by two on Tuesday, pushing the number of lawmakers who have caught the disease in the past week and a half to nine, including a niece…
California utility slow to pull plug before wildfire erupted
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Facing extreme wildfire conditions this week that included hurricane-level winds, the main utility in Northern California cut power to nearly 1 million people while its counterpart in Southern Ca…
Virginia Democrats sue for list of voters with ballot errors
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Democrats are suing Richmond's top elections official to get a list of absentee voters whose ballots contain errors that need to be corrected in order for them to be counted in the Nov…
Obama, Ivanka Trump campaign in Florida as key race tightens
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Trump and Biden campaigns brought heavyweight surrogates to Florida on Tuesday as both sides push their supporters to vote in a tightening race that suggests the nation's largest sw…
From Spain, top dissident vows to fight for free Venezuela
MADRID (AP) — Leopoldo López, the Venezuelan politician who for years has led some of the biggest challenges to the government of Nicolás Maduro, pledged Tuesday from his self-imposed exile in Spain to continue fig…
Mississippi mayor challenges medical marijuana initiative
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi mayor on Tuesday challenged the petition process that put one of two medical marijuana proposals on the statewide ballot, arguing that the number of signatures gathered does not …
Judge: SC cannot reject ballots due to mismatched signatures
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge in South Carolina ruled Tuesday that local election boards cannot reject voters’ absentee ballots on the basis of mismatched signatures and must review and reprocess previously…
Voters are still requesting mail-in ballots despite deadline
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Local election officials in Virginia say the state's website could be giving voters the false impression that they can still apply for a mail-in ballot to vote on Nov. 3.
Louisiana State Police leader retiring amid controversy
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The head of the Louisiana State Police will retire at the end of the month amid ongoing questions about his handling of the in-custody death of a Black man last year, a case that has drawn a…
'We need you': GOP hunts for new voters in Trump territory
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s campaign has a bold theory for how he will win reelection: It can tap a universe of millions of supporters who did not vote for him in 2016 but will do so this tim…
Justice Thomas' wife boosts unsupported claims against Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is using her Facebook page to amplify
Texas council outlaws social worker bias against clients
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas council on Tuesday rescinded action that would have allowed social workers to turn away clients on the basis of their disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Edwards rejects bill to give lawmakers more emergency power
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday vetoed the centerpiece bill of Louisiana's just-ended special session, a measure seeking to give lawmakers more authority in a governor's emergency decisions…
Deadline approaching for absentee ballot requests in NY
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers streamed into early voting locations for the fourth straight day Tuesday, also the last day to request an absentee ballot.
Supreme Court rejects delay of Minnesota congressional vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Minnesota Republican candidate's bid to delay voting in his congressional race to February after the death of a third-party candidate was rejected Tuesday at the Supreme Court.