KABUL, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan Independent Elections Commission (IEC) announced a new timeline for candidates' registration of the country's fourth presidential elections, a statement from the entity said on Thursday. The announcement came as the IEC slated July 20 over the weekend as a...
The Senate votes for the vice president. Other disputes could also break out. Congress can reject electors not correctly seated by the Dec. 8 deadline. If states submit competing slates of electors — as happened in the 1876 presidential election — Congress will have to determine whic...
Highlights significant events in the November 2000 presidential elections in the United States. Election day; Candidate Al Gore's issuance of a request for hand recounts of the ballots in four heavily Democratic counties in Florida; Addition of the overseas absentee ballots to the total vote; ...
Aug. 5: The National Enquirer secures the rights to McDougal's account for $150,000 but never publishes her story, a tactic known as"catch and kill."Federal prosecutors later say the agreement was meant "to suppress [her] story so as to prevent it from influencing the election...
My 18th birthday fell during early voting for the last presidential election, so on my birthday my mom picked me up from school (I normally took the bus home) and we went to the early voting location together. Before getting there my mom explained how the machines worked and how the proce...
Lawyers for the two co-defendants note there are "significant" legal questions outstanding, including the classification status of the documents at issue and their impact on national security, and the "potential inability" to select an impartial jury during the 2024 presidential election. Some of th...
Some time on July 13, before Donald Trump's evening campaign rally in Pennsylvania, officials say Thomas Matthew Crooks bought 50 rounds of 5.56 mm ammunition for his AK-15-style rifle in Bethel Parks and drove north to the political event.
November 3, 1964 - President Lyndon B. Johnson wins his first presidential election with a victory over Barry M. Goldwater from Arizona. Johnson extended the Democratic victory by former running mate John F. Kennedy with a 486 to 52 thrashing of the Republican candidate in the Electoral College...
A presidential election between Viktor Yushchenko, a western-oriented candidate, and Viktor Yanukovych, who was supported by Russia, creates a massive controversy. Yushchenko was mysteriously poisoned before the election but was able to recover. Victory was declared in favor of Yanukovych but the elect...
Albert Gallatin completed his landmark "Report on Roads, Canals, Harbors, and Rivers," a comprehensive plan for creating a transportation infrastructure in the United States. November 1808: James Madison won the U.S. presidential election, defeating Charles Pinckney, who had lost to Thomas Jefferso...