New laws aimed at protecting the 2024 presidential election from fears about fraud are creating unexpected barriers for some of the nation’s more than 40.2 million voters with disabilities, disability rights advocates have told CBS News. Laws in more than 20 states now restrict various elements of mail-in ballots including limiting the kinds of assistance
The election remains incredibly close, with many conflicting polls putting one or another candidate just tenths of a percentage ahead. WARREN, Mich./MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made a series of dueling campaign stops in the key battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan on Nov. 1. With the election just days
Some forecast models see a tropical system crossing into the Gulf of Mexico by Nov. 6, but it’s not expected to affect the U.S. election. There is one more month left of hurricane season, and chances are that at least one more named storm may form. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is watching two low-pressure
As the 2024 showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump inches closer, a large chunk of the American populace is once again opting to vote via mail. According to figures from the University of Florida, over 66 million mail ballots have been requested and over 30 million have been returned. While
Updated 34m ago Supreme Court denies GOP request to block counting of certain provisional ballots in battleground Pennsylvania The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to freeze a decision from Pennsylvania’s highest court that required election officials to count provisional ballots cast by people whose mail ballots are invalid because they lacked mandatory secrecy envelopes. The
27m ago Trump courts voters in North Carolina, a state he won twice Former President Donald Trump is rallying his supporters in North Carolina every day until Election Day on Tuesday, in a flurry of late activity in a state he won both in 2016 and 2020. The last time North Carolina backed a
Democrats hold a slim 51-49 majority in the Senate, and there are 34 seats up for grabs Tuesday, with a key in Arizona, where Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego is facing off against Republican challenger Kari Lake. Latinos make up about a quarter of eligible voters in the Grand Canyon State, a demographic both candidates are