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A voter casts their ballot during early voting for the Presidential General Election in Chicago, Illinois on October 3, 2024.Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images Forty-one states have a combined 147 ballot measures in the 2024 election. While some measures are hyperlocal, some state...
With Trump on the ballot for this year’s election, they are fighting their way back into the core of the Republican Party. In a turn of events, current and former members of the GOP have come out in droves to endorse Democratic nominee and sitting Vice President Kamala Harris. A coa...
The November election offered a preview of how the issue of abortion could motivate voters, as Ohio sawunusually high turnoutfollowing grassroots organizing around Issue 1, the ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights into the state's constitution. This included a wave of activism...
In the Voters' Hands: Ballot Questions Reflect What's on the Minds of the Americans Statewide ballot questions have been high-profile at the national level since the 2004 election, when a whopping 11 states considered same-sex marriage bans. It was on Ohio's ballot then and is credited by...
“Van Wert can become a charter city only if the voters approve it,” Markward noted. “I’m about 99 percent sure I would like to see this question on the ballot in November 2020. “I like the idea of Van Wert residents having more options for local control,” he added. “There ...
said he is "going to be voting that we need more than six weeks" — a reference to a proposed amendment to Florida's Constitution that ison the November ballotand would prohibit laws that restrict abortion before fetal viability, generally considered to be between 22 and 24 weeks of ...
HOW TO VOTE: AP’s state-by-state interactive has details on how to vote in this election. ON THE TRAIL: President Donald Trump will be in North Carolina; Democrat Joe Biden preps for debate in Delaware; Vice President Mike Pence will be in New Hampshire and Ohio; and Kamala Harris will...
These challenges are a growing political preoccupation in states and cities. In the November election, voters approvedscoresof housing-related ballot measures raising bond money for affordable housing and touching on everything from rent control to tenant protections, zoning policies, and taxes on short...
Defenders like Ohio Sec. LaRose plan to be ready. “We had a saying when I was in the Army that the bad guys only have to be right once, but the good guys and gals have to be right every single day. It’s all about vigilance. It’s about constantly being on guar...