Virginia’s in-person early voting begins as election season picks up steam
Election season kicks into high gear on Friday, with Virginia becoming the first state to allow in-person early voting for the 2024 election cycle, and six other states — Arkansas, Idaho, Minnesota, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wyoming — also opening up absentee voting with some limitations. Minnesota and Virginia lean Democratic, but have strong […]
‘Let’s Make An Additional Option’: Dem Investor Says He Is Bankrolling Development Of Mobile Voting App
Democratic investor Bradley Tusk said in an interview on the Politico Tech podcast on Tuesday that he envisions a future where voting is as easy as ordering dinner or hailing a car from your smartphone. Tusk, who previously worked for Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and former Illinois Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, believes mobile voting […]
Support for Taylor Swift’s get-out-the-vote effort drops sharply among particular voting bloc: poll
A new poll finds that support for Taylor Swift's efforts to encourage her millions of fans to vote in the upcoming election is declining nationwide. A national Monmouth University poll released Thursday found that 53% of respondents supported Swift's voter outreach efforts, which she posted on social media last week after the first and likely […]
Hispanic voters in Nevada say economic conditions making some consider voting Trump
Hispanic voters in the key battleground state of Nevada told CNN's John King that the economy is causing them to consider voting for former President Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris. “A lot of people have been calling me and calling us and, you know, talking about Latinos voting for Trump,” said Rafael Cerros Jr., […]
Speaker Johnson warns illegal immigrant voting could ‘throw an election’ as House readies spending bill vote
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana has warned that “thousands” of people in the US illegally could change the course of the upcoming US election. Johnson told reporters at his weekly press conference on Wednesday that some House Republicans have won elections by just a few hundred votes – and sometimes by even less, […]
Majority Worried About ‘Non-Citizens Voting Illegally’
A majority of Americans are concerned that “foreigners will vote illegally” in the November election, according to a Scripps News/Ipsos poll. This opinion poll was conducted by Illegal immigrant population The U.S. population is expected to be 11 million in 2022, according to estimates released in July by the Pew Research Center, but critics estimate […]
‘I Don’t Know About You But… I’m Voting Trump, Trump Baby’
A new TikTok trend has President Trump supporters mocking Taylor Swift's recent endorsement of Kamala Harris and using her hit single “22” to show support for former President Donald Trump. The trend combines the ear-splitting lyrics of “22” with rapper Forgiato Blow's pro-Trump song “Trump Trump Baby.” “I don't know about you guys, but I'm […]
Judge rules voting machine company’s defamation suit against Newsmax can go to trial
A defamation lawsuit filed by a voting machine company against Newsmax appears headed for trial following a ruling by a Delaware judge on Thursday. Florida-based Smartmatic Newsmax accused The company accused other conservative media outlets of airing derogatory statements suggesting the results of the 2020 presidential election were rigged. Newsmax claimed to be reporting newsworthy […]
GOP sues North Carolina board of elections over use of digital student IDs for voting
Republicans have sued the North Carolina State Board of Elections (NCSBE) over a recent decision to allow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) employees and students to use digital identification to vote. The state Republican Party and the Republican National Committee (RNC) filed the lawsuit in Wake County Superior Court on Thursday, just […]
Polling guru Nate Silver reveals he’s voting for Kamala Harris
Poll guru Nate Silver said on a podcast Wednesday that he plans to support Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in November. “I'm trying to be nonpartisan with my audience, and as you know, I'm going to be voting for Harris,” Silver said on the “Risky Business” podcast, which he co-hosts with Maria Konnikova. Silver released an […]