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Kasba Peth in Pune, Indapur in dist, Kolhapur in state record highest voter turnout
1 month ago

Kasba Peth in Pune, Indapur in dist, Kolhapur in state record highest voter turnout

Hindustan Times  

With 59.26%, Kasba Peth assembly segment has recorded highest voter turnout in Pune city. Considering the election held five years ago and the by-election of March 2023, the Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi candidates are claiming that the increase in voter turnout by as much as 10 per cent will lead them to victory. Although Kasba assembly constituency has set …

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Door-to-door campaign by RSS for BJP candidates
1 month ago

Door-to-door campaign by RSS for BJP candidates

Hindustan Times  

NAGPUR: With the cacophony of the high-decibel campaign coming to an end on Monday, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its 37 affiliated groups have taken over the centre stage with their door-to-door outreach programme for the BJP candidates. Door-to-door campaign by RSS for BJP candidates After the underwhelming performance in Lok Sabha elections in June this year, the BJP wasted …

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Maharashtra Election 2024: What’s open and closed on polling day | Full list
1 month ago

Maharashtra Election 2024: What’s open and closed on polling day | Full list

Hindustan Times  

The Maharashtra government has declared a public holiday across the state for Wednesday to ensure maximum voter participation in the assembly elections, the voting for which will be held on the day. Holiday in educational institutions: All schools, colleges, and other educational institutions will remain closed across Maharashtra. Banks closed statewide: While all public and private sector banks will remain …

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Tammy Baldwin wins Senate race in battleground state of Wisconsin
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tammy Baldwin wins Senate race in battleground state of Wisconsin

Raw Story  

The Wisconsin Senate race has been called for Tammy Baldwin. The contest, between the incumbent Democratic senator and Republican businessman Eric Hovde, was a must-win for Democrats who have already lost control of the Senate. In April, Hovde came under fire for pushing Trump-backed conspiracy theories about voter fraud in nursing homes, suggesting it was impossible that voter turnout among …

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'People Have Offered To Buy My Vote': How It Feels To Be A Swing-State Voter
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'People Have Offered To Buy My Vote': How It Feels To Be A Swing-State Voter

Huff Post  

Hill Street Studios via Getty Images Seven battleground swing states will likely decide who wins the Electoral College. We decided to ask voters in swing states how they feel about all this unwanted attention, whether or not the Electoral College system is fair, if they feel their vote matters more than other Americans’ and whether they think their state will …

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A judge orders Virginia to restore registered voters purged too close to Election Day
2 months ago

A judge orders Virginia to restore registered voters purged too close to Election Day

NPR  

A judge orders Virginia to restore registered voters purged too close to Election Day toggle caption Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images A voter removal program in Virginia illegally purged registered voters from the state’s rolls too close to this fall’s election, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles, who was nominated by President Biden, has ordered the state …

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Wisconsin Voters Receive 'Threatening' Text Ahead Of Election
2 months, 1 week ago

Wisconsin Voters Receive 'Threatening' Text Ahead Of Election

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING College students who live and study in Wisconsin are legally allowed to register to vote and participate in elections with either their school or home address. STOP2END.” “Thousands” of young voters across Wisconsin received the text on Oct. 10, according to a letter sent Tuesday to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul. …

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After months of rewriting rules, Georgia election board meets once more before November
2 months, 2 weeks ago

After months of rewriting rules, Georgia election board meets once more before November

Raw Story  

An investigation into allegations that several county election boards are failing to properly investigate challenges disputing voter eligibility is on the agenda of the controversial Georgia State Election Board on Tuesday. The State Election Board will hold its final scheduled meeting Tuesday ahead of the Nov. 5 general election, where rules adopted by three members loyal to former President Donald …

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DOJ Lawsuit Against Alabama Shows How “Noncitizen” Voter Purges Actually Sweep Up U.S. Citizens
2 months, 3 weeks ago

DOJ Lawsuit Against Alabama Shows How “Noncitizen” Voter Purges Actually Sweep Up U.S. Citizens

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Department of Justice sued Alabama on Sept. 27 for improperly removing from the voter rolls more than 3,200 people the state claims are noncitizens, an expulsion that falls within the 90-day preelection “Quiet Period’ where states are forbidden from purging voter rolls. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced a purge of 3,251 alleged “noncitizens” from …

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Nearly 100,000 Arizona voters are in limbo thanks to an error in registration system
3 months, 1 week ago

Nearly 100,000 Arizona voters are in limbo thanks to an error in registration system

LA Times  

Voters leave a precinct in Sun City West, Ariz., after casting their ballots in the state’s primary election in July. The ability of nearly 100,000 Arizonans to vote in state and local elections is headed to court after election officials said they discovered an error in their system last week, throwing a chaotic wrinkle into the battleground state’s voter registration …

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Texas Republican attorney general sues over voter registration efforts in Democrat strongholds
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas Republican attorney general sues over voter registration efforts in Democrat strongholds

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued two of the state’s largest counties to block efforts to register voters ahead of the November general election, drawing claims of voter suppression from state Democrats. Paxton’s lawsuits are the latest round in an ongoing fight between Texas Republicans, who have long dominated state government and insist they are taking …

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Inside the GOP's dark strategy for winning in 2024
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside the GOP's dark strategy for winning in 2024

Raw Story  

The Republican attorney general of Texas sent armed police officers after Hispanic voters — some in their 80s — to intimidate, threaten, and destroy them financially by forcing them to hire lawyers to defend themselves, even though they are perfectly legal voters. After putting 2 million people on the “suspend” list — forcing those mostly urban voters into provisional ballots …

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Florida felons could get a bit more clarity on their voting rights with a new proposal
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Florida felons could get a bit more clarity on their voting rights with a new proposal

NPR  

Florida felons could get a bit more clarity on their voting rights with a new proposal toggle caption Marta Lavandier/AP Election officials in Florida say they are working to “streamline” a process for formerly incarcerated people to figure out whether they are eligible to vote in the state. But we do know that there are hundreds of thousands of folks …

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UP records moderate 58 per cent voter turnout in the fifth phase of LS polls
7 months ago

UP records moderate 58 per cent voter turnout in the fifth phase of LS polls

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: Voter turnout across the 14 Lok sabha seats in UP that went to polls in the fifth phase of the general elections on Monday remained a moderate 58 per cent with Lucknow recording the lowest voter count. Notably, Monday’s turnout is in sync with the fifth-phase turnout of 2019 general elections which went a little over 58 per cent. …

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Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws
7 months, 1 week ago

Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws

NPR  

Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws Enlarge this image toggle caption Keren Carrión/NPR Keren Carrión/NPR ORLANDO, Fla. — Carolina Wassmer piloted a gray SUV around the city, dropping off canvassers from the civic engagement group Poder Latinx one by one. A 2023 law, SB 7050, banned noncitizens like him from conducting voter registration drives, even …

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Assembly Elections LIVE — 68% Voter Turnout In Sikkim, 67% In Arunachal Pradesh
8 months ago

Assembly Elections LIVE — 68% Voter Turnout In Sikkim, 67% In Arunachal Pradesh

ABP News  

Arunachal And Sikkim Elections LIVE: Please follow this space and refresh the page for all the latest updates pertaining to Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. In the Arunachal West Parliamentary seat, eight candidates are in the fray including Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju and state Congress president Nabam Tuki. In Sikkim, Chief Minister and SKM supremo Prem …

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Signatures roll in for tough-on-crime ballot measure to reform California’s Proposition 47
8 months, 1 week ago

Signatures roll in for tough-on-crime ballot measure to reform California’s Proposition 47

LA Times  

A coalition backing a tough-on-crime statewide ballot initiative to toughen penalties for retail theft and some drug offenses on Thursday submitted more than 900,000 voter signatures backing the measure, a strong indicator that it may come before California voters in November. The coalition in a statement said that California can no longer afford “half-measures” when it comes to addressing rampant …

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Federal data does not show a soaring number of unauthorized migrants registering to vote
54 years, 11 months ago

Federal data does not show a soaring number of unauthorized migrants registering to vote

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Social Security Administration data shows the number of voters registering without a photo ID is skyrocketing in three key swing states, evidence that migrants who entered the country illegally are registering to vote in Arizona, Texas and Pennsylvania. The posts are misrepresenting data from the SSA’s Help America Vote Verification system, which tracks requests by states to verify the …

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Even voters in independent-minded Maine are taking sides in a polarized nation
10 months, 1 week ago

Even voters in independent-minded Maine are taking sides in a polarized nation

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. PORTLAND, Maine — The state of Maine’s long-cherished reputation for political independence is being threatened by the nation’s polarized politics, with more and more of its voters feeling pressured to take sides. The overall shift signals a striking departure for Maine, which for more than three decades had more independent …

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Pennsylvania automatic voter registration boosts sign-ups, but not a political party, data shows
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania automatic voter registration boosts sign-ups, but not a political party, data shows

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — New data from automatic voter registration at Pennsylvania driver’s license centers shows that sign-ups have grown, remain almost evenly divided between the political parties and do not significantly favor one party over another in the presidential battleground state. It also shows little change in the partisan mix of those registering under the new system, despite accusations by …

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2022 federal elections in the US not tainted by foreign interference, officials say
1 year ago

2022 federal elections in the US not tainted by foreign interference, officials say

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Foreign hackers did not change vote totals or otherwise compromise the integrity of federal elections last year in the United States, according to a declassified U.S. government report made public Monday. “We have no evidence that any detected activity prevented voting, changed votes, or disrupted the ability to tally votes or to transmit election results in a timely …

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Service voters in Telangana: Rural areas outnumber urban constituencies
1 year, 1 month ago

Service voters in Telangana: Rural areas outnumber urban constituencies

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The upcoming Assembly elections, scheduled for November 30, will see a noteworthy demographic of voters known as 'service voters'. The top five constituencies with the highest number of registered service voters are from the rural areas, highlighting the active participation of rural communities in the electoral process. Boath leads the list with 546 service voters, followed closely by Khanapur …

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Trump’s drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump’s drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With Donald Trump facing felony charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the former president is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat. State Republicans continue to attempt their own review of the 2020 results, but that effort has been tied up in the courts …

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Dueling GOP presidential nominating contests in Nevada raise concerns about voter confusion
1 year, 4 months ago

Dueling GOP presidential nominating contests in Nevada raise concerns about voter confusion

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Republicans in Nevada could have two chances next year to decide who they want to be their party’s presidential nominee. The Nevada GOP is insisting on holding its own caucus despite a new state law calling for a primary election, a move critics say is designed to benefit former President Donald Trump. “I do believe it’s going …

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