Voting

Alabama

Alabama lawmakers advance bills to ensure Joe Biden is on the state’s ballot | #elections | #alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state’s November ballot, mirroring accommodations made four years ago for then-President Donald Trump. Legislative committees in the Alabama House of Representatives and Senate approved identical bills that would push back the state’s certification deadline from 82 days […]

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Alabama lawmakers advance bill to ensure Biden is on the state’s ballot | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The Alabama Senate has voted for legislation meant to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state’s November ballot April 23, 2024, 6:40 PM ET • 2 min read MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Senate voted Tuesday for legislation meant to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state’s November ballot, mirroring accommodations […]

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Mayor

What’s ‘progressive?’ A brief chat with Pittsburgh’s mayor on election day

On the morning of Pennsylvania’s primary election day, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey sat in a bright room on the second floor of a building in East Liberty and gave his list of reasons to reelect first-term Congresswoman Summer Lee. “She’s never missed a day, she’s built relationships,” he said at one point. Canvas workers gathered […]

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Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities boycott vote on removing ethnic Albanian mayors

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities on Sunday overwhelmingly boycotted a vote on removing their ethnic Albanian mayors from office following last year’s mayoral elections. The referendum — supported by the West — was an attempt to diffuse tensions between Kosovo and neighboring Serbia as both countries vie to join the European […]

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Alabama

Polls open for 2024 Alabama primary runoffs, sample ballots available | #elections | #alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – Some Alabamians are heading to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in the 2024 primary runoff elections. The Republican and Democratic runoffs for the 2nd Congressional District are among the biggest races on the ballot. READ MORE Sample ballots are available so you know what to expect when you get […]

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Biden could miss the deadline for the November ballot in Alabama | #elections | #alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama, the state’s elections chief said Tuesday, because the state’s certification deadline comes several days before the Democratic Party’s convention. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, made the statement Tuesday, a day after a similar concern was raised in […]

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What to expect in Alabama’s congressional primary runoffs | #elections | #alabama

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest that could help decide control of the narrowly divided chamber this November. Shomari Figures, a former top aide to Attorney […]

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Workers at Mercedes factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to vote in May on United Auto Workers union | #elections | #alabama

Workers at Mercedes-Benz factories near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will vote next month on whether they want to be represented by the United Auto Workers union April 18, 2024, 12:56 PM ET • 2 min read DETROIT — Thousands of workers at a big Mercedes-Benz factory near Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will vote next month on whether they want […]

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Alabama must ban ranked choice voting to ensure secure elections | #elections | #alabama

On the heels of Alabama’s ballot harvesting ban, I am turning my attention towards the next step in ensuring Alabama elections are the most secure elections in the country: the outlawing of ranked-choice voting. SB 186 sponsored by Senator Arthur Orr and HB 423 sponsored by Representative Mark Shirey prohibit the use of ranked choice […]

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Alabama lawmakers advance bills to ensure Joe Biden is on the state’s ballot | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama lawmakers have advanced legislation to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state’s November ballot By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press April 17, 2024, 12:03 PM ET • 4 min read MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday to ensure President Joe Biden will appear on the state’s November ballot, mirroring accommodations made […]

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