Threat actors likely to take advantage of election fraud claims to fuel violence, bulletin warns

Washington — Threat actors are likely to leverage claims of election fraud to drive election-related violence, according to a federal bulletin obtained by CBS News.  “Some individuals are calling for violence as a response to election fraud narratives, primarily targeting election officials and populations that threat actors perceive as threatening the integrity of the 2024

Republicans turn to Supreme Court in dispute over Pennsylvania provisional ballots

Washington — The Republican National Committee asked the Supreme Court on Monday to put on hold a state high court decision that said election officials must count provisional ballots cast by a voter whose mail ballot was rejected because it was returned without a secrecy envelope. The request for emergency relief sought by Republicans is

Can Puerto Rico vote in U.S. elections? What to know amid Trump rally backlash

Washington — Voters in Puerto Rico who are angered by an offensive remark about the island at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday have little recourse because residents of the territory cannot vote in the presidential election.  But there are millions of Puerto Ricans living in

Ballot boxes set on fire in Oregon, Washington; hundreds of ballots destroyed

Authorities in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, said they’ve opened investigations after two ballot boxes went up in flames early Monday morning. In Portland, an incendiary device was placed inside the ballot box and used to set it on fire, the Portland Police Bureau said in a statement. Police said a suspicious device was found

Hurricane Helene hasn’t stopped western North Carolinians from voting early

Hurricane Helene, North Carolina’s deadliest storm in modern times, ravaged communities in the westernmost corners of the state, but it has not deterred resilient residents from early voting. In fact, turnout is shattering records in a battleground state that could determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. “What most of the affected counties are