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Cities in the top 100 with mayoral elections. Click on the city names to go to that city's election page. The 2024 United States local elections were held throughout the year to elect officers of municipal and county governments.
Require partisan primary elections for partisan offices and prohibit primary elections where all candidates, regardless of political party affiliation, run in the same primary election, such as top-two, top-four, and top-five primaries [4] Nov 5 >50% 1,286,640 42.18% 1,763,711 57.82%: Citizens Approved [5] Proposition 139
A number of states underwent mid-decade redistricting prior to the 2024 elections. Some states only changed a few districts, while others implemented entirely new maps. In Georgia, Michigan and North Dakota, and Washington, judges ruled that certain districts violated the Voting Rights Act.
The lower court ruled on March 28, 2024, that the map would be used in the 2024 election as it is too late to adopt a remedial map and resolve the appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court before the election. The US Supreme Court later ruled on May 23 reversing the lower court ruling and upholding the congressional map.
In the 2024 United States presidential election, different laws and procedures govern whether or not a candidate or political party is entitled to appear on voters' ballots. [1] Under Article 2 , Section 1 of the United States Constitution , laws about election procedure are established and enforced by the states . [ 2 ]
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections was held on November 5, 2024, to elect representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states. The six non-voting delegates from the District of Columbia and the inhabited U.S. territories will also be elected.
This local electoral calendar for 2024 lists the subnational elections held in 2024. Referendums , recall and retention elections , and national by-elections (special elections) are also included. Part of the Politics series