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In early voting, the "no" vote took a 2-to-1 lead. Shortly after polls closed on May 1, the pro-transit campaign issued a statement conceding defeat. [ 77 ] In total, over 124,000 votes were cast in the election, of which nearly 80,000 were against the transit plan. [ 71 ]
The right to vote is the foundation of any democracy. Chief Justice Earl Warren, for example, wrote in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, 555 (1964): "The right to vote freely for the candidate of one's choice is of the essence of a democratic society, and any restrictions on that right strike at the heart of representative government ...
President-elect Donald Trump claimed during a Dec. 16 press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence that he won the youth vote by 34 points in the 2024 presidential election. Verdict: False Both ...
Electronic voting in the United States involves several types of machines: touchscreens for voters to mark choices, scanners to read paper ballots, scanners to verify signatures on envelopes of absentee ballots, adjudication machines to allow corrections to improperly filled in items, and web servers to display tallies to the public.
False claims about the election process are spreading online in wake of the 2020 election. Here's a list of our fact-checks on voting, counting, more
A video shared on Instagram claims Turnout the Vote is purportedly offering people $200 to vote for 2024 Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Verdict: Misleading The organization ...
Kentucky is admitted as a new state, giving the vote to free men regardless of color or property ownership, although the vote would shortly be taken away from free Black people. [5] Delaware removes property ownership as requirement to vote, but continues to require that voters pay taxes. [3] 1798. Georgia removes tax requirement for voting. [3]
Ink can also transfer on to different parts of the page when the ballot paper is folded, potentially leading to a vote being rejected if the voter appears to have picked multiple candidates.