Less than 20% of NYC voters cast ballots this year
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Ireland’s Abortion Referendum Becomes a Test for Facebook and Google
Major tech companies took steps to prevent foreign meddling online before voters in Ireland cast ballots on Friday. Here’s how those efforts are working out......»»
Colombians Vote for First Post-War Leader After Half-Century Conflict
Voters cast ballots on Sunday in a presidential election between five candidates who offer starkly different proposals for modernizing a country that, until recently, was locked in a long guerrilla conflict......»»
SCOTUS Backs Ohio"s "Use It Or Lose It" Plan To Scrub Lazy, Absent Voters From Rolls
In another decision that is bound to upset the left, the Supreme Court is allowing Ohio to clean up its voting rolls by targeting people who haven't cast ballots in a while. Tomorrow we gather on the steps of the Supreme Court building t.....»»
Supreme Court Backs Ohio"s "Use It Or Lose It" Plan To Scrub Lazy, Absent Voters From Rolls
In another decision that is bound to upset the left, the Supreme Court is allowing Ohio to clean up its voting rolls by targeting people who haven't cast ballots in a while. Tomorrow we gather on the steps of the Supreme Court building t.....»»
Migrants Aren"t an Issue in Mexico"s Presidential Campaign
As Mexicans prepare to cast ballots Sunday in an election dominated by anger over endemic violence and corruption, few voters are talking about the wave of Central American migrants that has transfixed the American public in recent days......»»
Photos of the Day: Oct. 8
In photos selected Monday by Wall Street Journal editors, rescue workers walk past the dome of a collapsed mosque in Indonesia, people participate in a fishing competition in China, voters cast ballots for the midterm elections in Iowa, and more......»»
U.S. Voter Turnout for the Midterm Elections in November Could Hit a 50-Year High
As many as 45-50% of eligible voters may cast a ballot in this year's midterm election. November could see the highest voter turnout in 50 years, based on a new prediction this week. Michael M.....»»
Afghans Cast Votes Amid Deadly Violence
Faced with insurgent violence and daunting logistical problems, Afghans cast ballots in parliamentary elections seen as a test of the government’s progress toward political stability in a country beset by a 17-year war......»»
3 Red States Voted to Expand Medicaid in the Midterm Elections. Here’s Why
The typically Republican states voted to pass something often thought of as decidedly Democratic. In three states considered to be Republican territory, voters cast their ballots fo.....»»
Fed officials cast more doubt on the timing of rate cuts this year
Powell warned earlier this week that rate cuts could be delayed, with h.....»»
Historic 152-year-old River North building ‘slips through the cracks,’ faces imminent demolition
The three-and-a-half story brick and cast-iron building at 720 N. Wells St. rose from the ashes of the Great Chicago .....»»
COVID-19 rise casts shadow over IC market outlook
A resurgence of COVID-19 infections in India and Southeast Asia, as well as a spike in confirmed cases in Taiwan, may cast clouds on the IC market outlook this year, according to industry sources......»»
Arizona election auditors "indefinitely defer" voter canvassing following DOJ letter expressing concerns about voter intimidation
Republican Sen. Karen Fann responded to the DOJ's concerns Friday, claiming the Senate decided weeks ago to halt voter canvassing. Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2.....»»
DeSantis signs a sweeping GOP-backed election bill into law, tightening restrictions on mail voting and ballot drop boxes
The law, SB90, requires Florida voters to apply for mail ballots more frequently and restricts where and when ballot drop boxes can be available. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a COVID-19 testing site, Wednesday, Ja.....»»
Cincinnati voters soundly reject affordable housing amendment, approve other ballot measures
Cincinnati voters decisively rejected an amendment to the city’s charter that would require City Council to put $50 million a year into its Affordable Housing Trust Fund and create a new board to oversee the money......»»
Central Texas voters approve nearly $900M in school, road bonds
City of Austin voters elected to reinstate the camping ban in the weekend's highest-profile local issue. Also on ballots across the area were many elections for businesses to mind, including hundreds of millions of dollars in bond-funded projec.....»»
More than 3,200 Amazon employees at Bessemer, Alabama, fulfillment center cast ballots in historic union vote
Hundreds of those ballots were challenged, mostly by Amazon, according to the RWSDU. The public voting could begin Thursday. E.....»»
Business groups urge Republicans to implement Medicaid expansion
St. Louis and Kansas City business groups are pressing state lawmakers to fully implement Medicaid expansion, which voters approved last year......»»
Matt Gaetz is under investigation on suspicion of violating federal sex-trafficking laws. In 2017, he cast the only vote against a human trafficking bill.
Gaetz defended his lone vote against the anti-human trafficking bill saying voters didn't send him to Washington to create "more federal government." Rep. Matt Gae.....»»
Stimulating The Economy Impacts Stocks, But Watch Your Portfolio Carefully In ’21
The stock market is one of the benchmarks for every U.S. presidency. Voters often look at how stocks performed during a president’s four-year term as one of the c.....»»