The Purcell principle, established by the Supreme Court, generally cautions against changes to election procedures close to voting day. In the run-up to Election Day, court battles have emerged over various policies related to ballots, election integrity, and vote-processing procedures. Each case raises a typical judicial question: whether the policies align with state or federal
The tightly contested 2024 presidential election could be defined by the gender gap with Vice President Kamala Harris polling better among women, according to a CBS News poll from late October. Recent CBS News polling shows the race between Harris and former President Donald Trump is a toss-up in seven battleground states as more than
Harris, Walz and campaign surrogates hit battleground states with unity message to voters – CBS News Watch CBS News Vice President Kamala Harris crisscrossed Michigan, as her running mate Gov. Tim Walz hit North Carolina and Georgia over the weekend. High-profile surrogates such as former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, along with first lady
Pittsburgh Jews noted a disparity when it comes to support for the Jewish community in the aftermath of the synagogue shooting and the Oct. 7, 2023, attack. PITTSBURGH—On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman killed 11 people and injured six others at the Tree of Life–Or L’Simcha Congregation—the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history. Less than
A majority of Americans say they’re feeling stressed by the presidential election, and emotions and tensions continue to mount in the final countdown to Election Day. “Like everybody else, there’s a lot of nervousness and angst,” California voter Kay Hanley told CBS News. “Democrats and Republicans tell us that they feel that democracy is under threat.
The justices ruled in May that the state should move forward with this year’s elections but put off a decision on whether to hear the case until now. The Supreme Court decided on Nov. 4 to hear a racial gerrymandering case from Louisiana. Gerrymandering is the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor a particular
‘They have left us no choice but to demonstrate the power of our labor on the picket line,’ the union’s spokeswoman said. A union of New York Times tech workers on Monday morning went on strike, just one day before the Tuesday General Election. In a social media statement, the New York Times Tech Guild