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Completed Ballots Fall Off Truck in Florida

The ballots were recovered, but an election worker ended up getting fired

(Newser) - An election worker in Florida has been fired after early-voting ballots fell off a truck during transport. The worker had forgotten to lock the back of the truck before leaving a library serving as an early-voting center, according to election officials. "As they drove off, one sealed bin and...

This Election Is Really Stressing Everyone Out
This Election Is Really
Stressing Everyone Out
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 28, 2024 7:01 AM CDT

This Election Is Really Stressing Everyone Out

77% of respondents to APA survey say future of US is a source of significant stress this election cycle

(Newser) - If the looming election has given you a perpetual knot in your stomach, you might be glad to know you're not alone. Per the American Psychological Association's "Stress in America" report for 2024, 77% of adults surveyed say the future of the United States is a significant...

Trump Has a 'Very Simple' Request for Rupert Murdoch

Ex-prez wants media mogul to keep negative ads on him off Fox News until election

(Newser) - The GOP is seeing ample gains in voter registration , which is good news for Donald Trump, but the former president now plans to seek further help from Rupert Murdoch, with what Trump says is a "very simple" ask but NJ.com frames as "bizarre." Trump's pending...

'One-Time Hero to Election Deniers' Is Going to Jail

Ex-county clerk Tina Peters gets 9 years

(Newser) - The former clerk of a Colorado county who tampered with voting machines was on Thursday sentenced to nine years behind bars. Tina Peters, who messed with the machines in an unsuccessful attempt to show the 2020 presidential election had been rigged against Donald Trump, was at the time a hero...

Far-Right Party Nears Victory but Lacks Coalition

Austria's Freedom Party seeks a more 'homogeneous' nation

(Newser) - The Freedom Party was headed for the first far-right win in a national parliamentary election in post-World War II Austria on Sunday, finishing ahead of the governing conservatives after tapping voters' anxieties about issues including immigration, inflation, and Ukraine, a projection showed. But its chances of governing were unclear, the...

Arizona Supreme Court Makes Ruling on 98K Voters

People whose citizenship docs weren't confirmed shouldn't suffer for error: state's high court

(Newser) - The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday that nearly 98,000 people whose citizenship documents hadn't been confirmed can vote in state and local races. The court's decision comes after officials uncovered a database error that, for two decades, mistakenly designated the voters as having access to the full...

Thinking of Betting on the Election? There's a Wrench

Appeals court temporarily freezes startup's ability to take in legal bets on November's outcomes

(Newser) - Just hours after it began, legal betting on the outcome of US Congressional elections has been put on hold by a federal appeals court. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an order Thursday night temporarily freezing the matter until it can consider and rule on...

Far-Right German Party's Win Causes 'Deep Concern'

Alternative for Germany wins one state election, finishes in close second in another

(Newser) - A far-right party won a state election for the first time in post-World War II Germany in the country's east on Sunday, and it looked set to finish a very close second to mainstream conservatives in a second vote. The new Sahra Wagenknecht alliance, or BSW, founded by a...

County Buys Panic Buttons for Election Workers

Devices can call law enforcement, alert officials to a threat

(Newser) - With threats against polling place workers increasing and Donald Trump telling supporters the November presidential election might be stolen from him, a large Georgia county is investing in voting security. Commissioners in Cobb County, near Atlanta, this week approved buying about 200 devices called panic buttons, NBC News reports, which...

Nate Silver: 'Maybe You Really Can Meme Your Way to Victory'

FiveThirtyEight.com founder talks Kamala Harris' chances in the 2024 election

(Newser) - Nate Silver has been keeping tabs on Election 2024, and his current model gives Vice President Kamala Harris a 52% chance of defeating former President Trump in November. Talking with New York Times columnist Ezra Klein for The Ezra Klein Show podcast, the statistics whiz says that Harris has "...

Macron Won't Accept PM's Resignation After Shock Elections

It's a 'government in limbo' in France, with no coalition claiming enough seats to assume control

(Newser) - After a surprising turn in France's snap elections that kept the far-right National Rally out of power , but with no faction in complete control of the government, President Emmanuel Macron made moves on Monday to attempt to create some structure as the dust settles. First order of the day:...

Iran's New President Beat a Hard-Liner Opponent

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian wins runoff election against Saeed Jalili

(Newser) - Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran's runoff presidential election on Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country's mandatory-headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran'...

Sunak Could Lose His Seat in Tory Wipeout
Sunak's Party
Set for Historic
Loss in UK
Elections
THE RUNDOWN
Jul 4, 2024 11:00 AM CDT

Sunak's Party Set for Historic Loss in UK Elections

In a big first, even the prime minister could lose his seat

(Newser) - This year, the Fourth of July is Election Day in the UK—and it's expected to be Rishi Sunak's last day as prime minister, with polls suggesting his Conservative Party faces a loss of historic proportions. The party held 349 of the 650 seats in Parliament when Sunak...

'True Unity' Candidate Makes History With Zero Votes

Montreal man couldn't vote for himself in federal election in Toronto district

(Newser) - "I'm one of the last people that would be expected to make Canadian history in any way," says Félix-Antoine Hamel. But the 45-year-old musician made his way into the record books on Monday, when he became the first candidate to score zero votes in a contested...

European Parliament Shifts Further Right
Europe Shifts to the Right
Jun 10, 2024 6:33 AM CDT

Europe Shifts to the Right

Elections across the continent show a clear trend

(Newser) - Far-right parties rattled the traditional powers in the European Union and made major gains in parliamentary elections Sunday , dealing an especially humiliating defeat to French President Emmanuel Macron, the AP reports. On a night where the 27-member bloc palpably shifted to the right, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni more than...

'It Is My Intention to Become Catalonia's Next President'

Socialist Party of ex-Health Minister Salvador Illa makes gains in election, separatists lose majority

(Newser) - Six years after plunging Spain into its worst political crisis in decades, Catalonia's separatist parties are in danger of losing their hold on power in the northeastern region after the pro-union Socialist Party scored a historic result in Sunday's election. The four pro-independence parties, led by the Together...

Why It Will Take India 44 Days to Vote

Election officials will try to reach all 970M eligible voters—which is no easy feat

(Newser) - Nearly 970 million people, or over 10% of the global population, are eligible to vote in India's general elections that start Friday and last until June 1. The mammoth exercise is the biggest anywhere in the world and will take 44 days before results are announced on June 4,...

Schumer: It's Time for Netanyahu to Go

Highest-ranking Jewish official in US calls for new elections in Israel

(Newser) - Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer delivered a remarkable rebuke to Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, declaring that it's time for new leadership in the nation.
  • Netanyahu "has lost his way by allowing his political survival to take precedence over the best interests of Israel," said Schumer,
...

In Mexico's 'Macho' Culture, This Election Is Very Different

Leading polls are 2 women: Claudia Sheinbaum, with 59%, and Xochitl Galvez, with 36%

(Newser) - Campaigning formally starts on Friday for the biggest election in Mexico's history. Voters will choose the president, along with the winners of 628 seats in Congress and tens of thousands of local positions, per the AP . The country of 130 million people has often been marked by its "...

Mayor Wins Do-Over Election After Ballot-Stuffing Suit

It's the 4th time now that Bridgeport's mayor has beaten his opponent

(Newser) - Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim won a do-over election Tuesday in Connecticut's most populous city, months after a judge threw out the results of the first one because of allegations of absentee ballot box stuffing during a Democratic primary, the AP reports. Ganim easily defeated fellow Democrat John Gomes, the...

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