Georgia judge blocks ballot hand count rule from taking effect before election
Georgia's new election rules, which require ballots to be counted by hand on election night, won't go into effect until the November election, a state judge has ruled. in To be decided late TuesdayFulton County Senior Judge Robert McBurney agreed to block the rule, saying, “Pressing pause does not violate the rights of the public.” […]
Councilwoman accused of forging signatures to help someone else qualify for ballot
A sitting Michigan city council member's re-election could be in jeopardy after he was accused of forging a signature on a petition to qualify someone else to vote. Monique Lamar Sylvia, a 64-year-old pageant organizer and prison minister, is a city council member in Saginaw, Michigan, a blue-collar city of about 44,000 people located about […]
Trump Catches Kamala in NBC Poll; Leads by 1 in ‘Expanded Ballot’
Former President Donald Trump has caught up with Vice President Kamala Harris in the latest NBC poll released Sunday. Mr. Trump is tied with Ms. Harris at 48%, and leads the “expanded vote” with third-party candidates by a margin of 47% to 46%. With just three weeks until Election Day, polls show that Harris' approval […]
Abortion Groups Outspending Pro-Lifers 8-to-1 on Ballot Measures
Pro-abortion groups are raising nearly eight times as much money as pro-abortion groups for abortion measures that will be on the ballot in about a dozen states in November. Abortion reform supporters raised nearly $108 million, while pro-life opponents raised nearly $14 million, according to campaign finance data compiled by the watchdog group Open Secrets […]
Bolton reassessing whether to write in Dick Cheney on ballot after former VP endorses Harris
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton had previously said he would endorse former Vice President Dick Cheney for the November presidential election, but on Thursday Cheney and his daughter, former Congresswoman Liz Cheney ( (Republican, Wyoming) revealed that he is considering changing his mind. ), supported Vice President Harris. “This made me reconsider whether or […]
Allies of Mondaire Jones in desperate bid to knock ‘spoiler’ off NY ballot
Former New York state Rep. Mondaire Jones' Democratic allies have become a “spoiler” in a race where recent election polls show him trailing slightly behind the first-term Republican. An eleventh-hour lawsuit was filed to remove the current Working Families Party candidate from the vote. Mike Lawler. Westchester Supreme Court Justice Janet Malone on Wednesday told […]
Democrats Sue to Block Georgia Rule Requiring Ballot Hand-Counts on Election Day
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sued the Georgia State Board of Elections on Monday to block the imposition of new rules that would require counties to hand count votes cast at polling places in the 2024 presidential election. The DNC said, without providing evidence, that the proposal would create confusion and allow “bad actors to […]
Former PMs have a wealth of experience. Why not put some on the Tory leadership ballot? | Simon Jenkins
WIsn't William Hague not just the Prime Minister of Oxford but also the leader of the Conservative Party? At 63 years old, he is fit and healthy. Has David Cameron also reached the peak at the age of 57? Speaking of which, where was 66-year-old Tony Blair when the Labor Party elected Keir Starmer as […]
Supreme Court declines to restore RFK Jr.'s name on New York presidential ballot
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will not appear on the New York state ballot as a presidential candidate after the Supreme Court refused to reinstate his name. Mr. Kennedy was removed from the state's ballot after a lower court ruled that the independent candidate falsely claimed to reside in the state because his address in Katonah, […]
Here are the top 10 issues conservatives must watch on the November ballot
America's founders feared and loathed direct democracy, with Benjamin Rush even warning that “simple democracy is the devil's own government.” Nevertheless, in states where the issue is placed directly before voters, conservatives must act to secure favorable outcomes. This includes decisions in some states about limiting the scope of voting activities themselves. While much of […]