The amendments allow state prisons to continue to award credits or wages to inmates who voluntarily take on work. Voters in California and Nevada will decide on Nov. 5 whether to remove provisions in their state constitutions that allow prisons to use forced labor to punish crimes. Proposition 6 will repeal the provision in California’s
While Scott has historically won his elections by narrow margins, polls and voter registration data suggest he holds an edge this year. In a race that could determine which party controls the upper chamber of Congress in 2025, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) are going head to head for Florida’s
Federal officials will oversee voting processes and address complaints from the public regarding potential violations of voting rights laws in 86 jurisdictions. Federal officials will be on-site at polling stations in 27 states throughout Election Day to monitor compliance with voting rights laws, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday. The 86 jurisdictions across 27 states
The report listed four breakdowns in communications. The United States Secret Service has completed its internal review into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at his campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The agency published its completed “mission assurance” report on Friday, outlining several operational gaps that preceded the assassination attempt on the Republican presidential
A lower court previously held that not counting undated ballots violated the state constitution. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Nov. 1 granted Republicans’ request to clarify that undated mail-in ballots can’t be counted in the 2024 general election. The Republican National Committee and Pennsylvania Republican Party submitted a request for emergency relief on Oct. 31,
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court previously ruled that voters can submit provisional ballots after improperly submitting mail-in ballots. The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 1 rejected Republicans’ request to halt the effects of a state court’s decision allowing Pennsylvania voters to cast provisional ballots after they have improperly submitted mail-in ballots. Justice Samuel Alito issued a
The complaint was thrown out on procedural grounds. A lawsuit in Missouri that sought to require observers at voting sites has been thrown out by a judge. St. Charles County Circuit Court Judge Dwayne Allen Johnson ruled that the legal action, which was presented as a complaint and a request for an emergency injunction, was