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Arkansas

Arkansas bans electronic voter registration signatures

The Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners banned the use of electronic signatures on voter registration forms Tuesday in a controversial emergency rule. Chris Madison, director of the Arkansas Board of Elections, said in an interview Tuesday that the rule was adopted in the interest of efficiency and consistent practice across counties, some of which accepted […]

Alabama

Gov. Kay Ivey signs bill to protect ‘integrity of Alabama elections’ | #elections | #alabama

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed SB1 into law Wednesday, a measure that bans ballot harvesting and makes it a potential Class C felony to receive payment for assisting in the distribution, filling out, delivering, and ordering of absentee ballots applications. Ballot harvesting is the act of collecting individual ballots, by an organization or individual person, […]

City Council

Paterson NJ City Council race sees Abed Thabatah take on Al Abdelaziz | #citycouncil

PATERSON — Abed Thabatah voted for Councilman Al Abdelaziz in the city’s previous two 6th Ward elections in 2018 and 2020. But that won’t be happening this year. Thabatah said he became so disappointed in Abdelaziz’s performance on the City Council that he decided to challenge the incumbent in the May 14 election. “He shows […]

Mayor

Mayor O’Connell talks transportation vote issues

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell on Thursday announced what could be the most consequential undertaking of this mayoral term: an expedited endeavor to put a vote on dedicated transit funding on Nashville voters’ November ballots. If all goes to plan, voters will have a chance to approve or reject local tax increases that would pay for […]

Mayor

Andre Sayegh political donations may mean challenge to Bill Pascrell

PATERSON — As he considers running for Congress against 27-year incumbent Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., Mayor Andre Sayegh has made numerous campaign contributions to political figures in other towns in North Jersey. From July 28 through Nov. 3, Sayegh made 11 donations to local political groups that are outside Paterson but within the boundaries of […]

City Council

Josh Acevedo topples Veronica Carbajal in El Paso City Council contest | #citycouncil

El Paso Independent School District trustee Josh Acevedo will take a seat on the El Paso City Council after his victory in a low-turnout election in the Central and Northeast core of the city. Though only 5.7% showed up to cast ballots, voters in West-Central District 2 elected Acevedo to serve out the remainder of […]

Mayor

Newly elected Mayor Andy Harville ready to push Guyton forward

Andy Harville picked up the voting results for the mayoral race in Guyton and did not waste any time looking at it. There was tension inside but in a good way. And there it was – his name alongside the number of votes he had received. This time around, they outnumbered his opponent, incumbent […]

City Council

live coverage of Election Day for El Paso District 2 | #citycouncil

Voters are going to the polls Saturday to cast their ballots in the Dec. 9 special election for the District 2 race on the El Paso City Council. The election was called following the resignation of current District 2 city Rep. Alexsandra Annello, who is leaving her post to pursue the District 77 seat in […]

Alabama

Voters call Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s voting plan discrimination | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON — JoAnne Bland was 11 when she crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965 − known as Bloody Sunday − with hundreds of others to protest Black Americans being denied voting rights. Bland recalled that her father and grandmother both failed tests they had to take to register to vote. She told […]

City Council

Lafayette voters elect mayor-president, City Council District 1 member | #citycouncil

Voters chose Monique Blanco Boulet over incumbent Josh Guillory in a close race for Lafayette Parish mayor-president in the runoff election Saturday. Boulet defeated Guillory 52% to 48% (22,134 votes to 22,867 votes). Boulet served as the CEO of the Acadiana Planning Commission and led the Acadiana Rural Fiber-to-the-Home Initiative In October’s general election, Guillory […]