Georgia has become one of the most closely watched battleground states in the race for the White House, with 16 Electoral College votes up for grabs in 2024. Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have both made numerous campaign appearances in the state in the lead-up to Election Day. In 2020, President
The provision meets the constitutional requirement of having equal representation of Republicans and Democrats on the election board, the court ruled. A New York law requiring the counting of mail-in ballots even if there’s some doubt as to their validity is constitutional, the state’s top court ruled on Oct. 31. “We hold that the statute
With just days to go until Election Day, Republican lawmakers have raised concerns that the Pentagon has not allocated enough resources so that active-duty service members can cast their ballot on time.
President Biden, 81, and former President Donald Trump, 78, have been the two oldest candidates to run for president, but in the grand scheme of things, they’re outliers. A look back at the list of former presidents shows the majority entered office much earlier in their political careers. Data assembled by CBS shows that most
Thirty-five is the minimum age requirement for the presidency, but there’s no upward limit. The two last presidential elections, which brought President Biden, now 81, and former President Donald Trump, now 78, to the White House, are proof of this political reality. The Founding Fathers excluded a maximum age limit from Constitution, giving those in
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rejected Cornel West’s appeal of a previous ruling in a one-sentence order. The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 31 rejected independent presidential candidate Cornel West’s request to require swing state Pennsylvania officials to advise voters they could write him in as a candidate. A lower court
As the second-fastest growing voting bloc, Latinos may prove critical in deciding presidential race in key swing states. Vice President Kamala Harris held campaign events on Oct. 31 in Arizona and Nevada, two key battlegrounds with large Latino communities. Harris kicked off her campaign with a stop in Phoenix, Arizona, before continuing to events in