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Grant County primary turnout slips from 2022 levels as officials look ahead to November election
EPHRATA — Grant County's voter turnout in the 2026 primary election finished at nearly 34%, a figure county electi…
Leader of Belarus rejects calls to rerun presidential vote
MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The embattled president of Belarus tried to put on a show of strength Sunday, holding a rally with tens of thousands of supporters and rejecting any possibility of repeating the vote that gave…
Bourbon-scented sanitizer and wary public challenge census
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Out on her first day of knocking on doors in the San Francisco Bay Area, the census taker had limited success getting people to answer the questions on the 2020 census.
Democrats in conservative SC now see opportunity for gains
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — There's an unusual feeling emerging among Democrats in South Carolina: energy.
Virus, fees hinder drive to register Florida felons to vote
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — When Floridians overwhelmingly approved a measure allowing most felons to vote after completing their sentences, many expected Democrats to benefit most from the participation of up to …
Trump makes call for new White House doctor's virus advice
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has found a new doctor for his coronavirus task force — and this time there's no daylight between them.
Vote by mail in Florida primary already far exceeds 2016
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will elect at least two new members of Congress this year, and the Republican primaries in two districts will likely decide who they will be.
North Macedonia police find 80 migrants, arrest truck driver
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia said Sunday they have found 80 migrants during a routine check in the central part of the country and arrested a truck driver for suspected migrant smuggling…
'Get a grip': UK government urged to fix England exam chaos
LONDON (AP) — The British government was urged Sunday to “get a grip” over how grades are being awarded to school students in England, who were unable to take exams earlier this summer because of the coronavirus pa…
Mormons cool to Trump are finding new influence in Arizona
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Yasser Sanchez has twice worked to defeat Joe Biden’s bids for the vice presidency by building support for Republican candidates among his fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-d…
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 5th Add,400
Greenstein +- Haas +- Harris +- Hewes +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 8th Add,400
Steinman +- Steinman +- Steyer +- Thistle +-
Post Office warns states across US about mail voting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is warning states coast to coast that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted, even if mailed by state dead…
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 10th Add,400
No Preferen +- Others +- Total Write +- Uninstructe +-
AP Deleg Count-Dem States, 4th Add,400
Delaney +- Dunlap +- Ellinger +- Gleiberman +-
AP Deleg Count-GOP States, 4th Add,400
Sanford +- Uncommitted +- Walsh +- No Preferen +-