County election boards are required by state law in North Carolina to meet at 11 a.m. on Nov. 15 to complete their canvases. The State Board of Elections is required to meet on the Tuesday three weeks after the election, Nov. 26. If there are no protests to the results, that board...
cameunusually earlyin the election season given that neither candidate had formally received their party's nomination yet. Trump accepted the GOP nomination on July 18 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. Biden withdrew from the race on July 21 andHarris accepted the Democratic nominationduring the party...
What I do know is that being a woman was sort of a distinct advantage in the climate that I was running in, which is, you know, two years into the Trump presidency. Being a woman isn’t always an advantage. But in this particular election, in this climate, it was, I think, an ...
In 2022, control of the Senate also took until Saturday to be projected, and control of the House wasn’t decided until eight days after Election Day. So when will we know the winners this year? That depends on two things: how close the election is and how quickly states count their ...
Huettel and Jenke say that this presidential election is a good example. During the Republican Primaries, voters had 17 candidates to choose from. In order to stand out, candidates had to appeal to issues related to identity—like religion or race—as everyone belonged to the same political pa...
PayPal was joined by Deutsche Bank in response to the North Carolina “bathroom bill”, when it froze a plan to expand in the state (politicians ultimately bowed to corporate pressure and repealed the “bathroom bill” — at least temporarily). In 2018, after a shooting left 14 students ...
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, ruling 5-4 inShelby v. Holderthat it was unconstitutional to require states with a history of voter discrimination to seek federal approval before changing their election laws. In the wake of the Court’s decis...
he had chosen his vice presidential running mate on Aug. 23, 2008: U.S. Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware. Obama made the announcement just two days before that year's Democratic National Convention. Obama would go on to defeat Arizona’s Republican Senator John McCain in the November election. ...
Election Escape Last week, the choice was pretty easy. Option 1: Stay home and stress over incremental cable news updates about the election. Option 2: Take advantage of a perfect November Indian Summer weather window and head out onto the Chesapeake Bay. ...
If the race is tight, however, don't expect a result from Florida for at least another few hours. By now, the crowds will have gathered for the candidates' election night parties within a few miles of each other in Manhattan. Clinton has chosen the Jacob K Javits Convention Center, a...