A Georgia judge struck down an array of rules passed by the state's GOP-led State Elections Board last month. The measures were the subject of fierce debate.
The judge found the State Election Board lacked authority to implement the rules. A Georgia judge ruled Wednesday that the State Election Board had no authority to implement seven new rules impacting certification, absentee ballots, and vote counting. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox voided the seven challenged rules, finding that they violated state
The Justice Department had sued the state, alleging that it violated a federal law prohibiting systematic changes 90 days before an election. A federal judge on Oct. 16 ordered Alabama’s secretary of state to halt its effort to inactivate and move toward removing noncitizens from its voter rolls because doing so violated a federal prohibition
Washington — In a contentious interview with Fox News on Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris was pressed on immigration policy and her differences with President Biden as she tries to broaden her appeal to Republican and independent voters ahead of Election Day. “Let me be very clear, my presidency will not be a continuation of
A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox issued the order Wednesday after holding a hearing on challenges to the rules. The rules that Cox invalidated include three that had gotten a lot of
Driving mail-in ballot, early voting turnout is pivotal in Nevada where normally at least 85 percent of the purple electorate vote before Election Day. Former President Barack Obama will be in Las Vegas on Saturday to rally Democrat voters to get to the polls when Nevada’s Oct. 19–Nov. 1 early voting period begins. Fewer than
On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that violent crime has “skyrocketed” since 2020. Vice President Kamala Harris has claimed that violent crime has declined to a “near 50-year low.” Both candidates are citing different federal statistics that measure violent crime; Trump cites a Justice Department survey, while Harris cites FBI