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The feds will dispatch monitors to polling sites in 27 states on Election Day, the US Department of Justice announced.. Nearly a third of the 86 jurisdictions where the department will keep tabs ...
Polling places in Texas, the state with the second most electoral votes, are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. local time. Most of the state is in the Central time zone, though three counties in the far ...
Election Day is Nov. 5. Here's everything you need to know about deadlines, mail-in voting, ballot tracking, polling locations and more in each state.
The coverage formula, contained in Section 4(b) of the Act, determines which states are subject to preclearance. As enacted in 1965, the first element in the formula was whether, on November 1, 1964, the state or a political subdivision of the state maintained a "test or device" restricting the opportunity to register and vote.
Voting hours extended at 2 North Carolina polling places. The North Carolina State Board of Elections approved extending the voting hours at two precincts after both opened late this morning due ...
In 1999, the Attorney General of the State of New York ran a check of polling places around the state to see if they were accessible to voters with disabilities and found many problems. A study of three upstate counties of New York found fewer than 10 percent of polling places fully compliant with state and federal laws. [131]
Passive electioneering is the act of wearing campaign paraphernalia or carrying signs to a polling place with the intent of influencing voters. Across the United States laws vary relating to passive electioneering. [1] In the fall of 2008, officials in Virginia moved to ban the wearing of campaign paraphernalia. New York has a similar law in place.
The polling places have had to move to paper ballots, which has resulted in long lines and many people leaving before casting their votes, the state reported. As of 11 a.m., the software problem ...