tag:2024 U.S. General Elections

Alabama

What is a swing state? Battleground states that can swing an election | #elections | #alabama

Swing states are often key components in winning a presidential election. While most of the nation is firmly in one camp or another, for example, California has been a blue state (Democratic) since 1992, and Alabama’s electoral votes have belonged to the GOP for the last four decades, other states may go red one year […]

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States with new election laws in 2024 | #elections | #alabama

A slate of new voting laws across the nation could serve as a preview for how changes to ballot access may offset the outcome of the 2024 general election, voting rights experts say. These laws − some expanding rights for voters and others making it more difficult to participate in the election process − are […]

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Alabama’s push to pass controversial gaming bill ends in stalemate | #elections | #alabama

Alabama lawmakers failed to approve controversial gaming legislation on Thursday, the final day of the state’s legislative session. The proposed measures would have legalized a state education lottery, electronic games of chance, traditional raffles, and paper bingo but continued to prohibit tables, cards, dice, and dealers. The bill would not authorize sports betting. The state […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas Gov. Sanders’ administration grilled over $19K podium

Arkansas lawmakers questioned four members of Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ administration Tuesday following a critical audit into the purchase of a custom $19,000 podium for the Republican governor. The audit found the governor’s office potentially broke the law by paying for the podium out of operating expenses, paying for it upfront without first requesting detailed […]

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Alabama 2nd Congressional District: Figures wins Democratic runoff | #elections | #alabama

Shomari Figures, a former Obama administration official, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday for Alabama’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District. Figures received 58.7 % of the vote, defeating opponent Rep. Anthony Daniels, who received 41.1%, according to the unofficial results from the Alabama Secretary of State’s office. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that the […]

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Alabama voter turnout doubles in redrawn congressional district | #elections | #alabama

Voter turnout for the Democratic primary in Alabama’s second congressional district was remarkably higher in the first election since the district was redrawn in a way that could allow the party to pick up a key seat. According to the National Redistricting Foundation, there were 57,129 ballots cast in the district’s Democratic primary election Super […]

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Wisconsin, Mississippi and Arkansas hold nail-biter 2024 elections

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have locked down the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t major elections and ballot measures at stake ahead of November.   On Tuesday, voters in Arkansas and Mississippi will make their voices heard in tight runoff elections. One Arkansas race has even divided […]

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Haley supports the Alabama IVF ruling. She actually misunderstands it | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley is applauding a legal decision in Alabama that, if applied nationally, could affect family planning for hundreds of thousands of patients who undergo in vitro fertilization to get pregnant. After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that the embryos created during IVF are “extrauterine children,” Haley told NBC News […]

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