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October 24: A 35-year-old man is arrested for lighting a U.S. Postal Service mailbox on fire in Phoenix, Arizona, damaging a number of mail-in ballots. [429] October 25: The Washington Post announces that it will not endorse a presidential candidate for the first time since 1988, a decision reportedly made by owner Jeff Bezos. [430]
The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) has had a system of direct voting since 1979, shortly after it gained home rule in 1973. Residents have the ability to place new legislation, or legislation recently passed by the city council, on the ballot for a popular vote.
Temporary fencing is visible on Dec. 31, 2024, around the perimeter of the U.S. Capitol building ahead of the election certification on Jan. 6, 2025, and the inauguration set for Jan. 20.
PHOTO: The mahogany boxes used for election certification are on display during a press event at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 19, 2024 in Washington, D.C. The certification of the 2024 election ...
This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. (December 2024) 2024 United States presidential election ← 2020 November 5, 2024 [a] 2028 → 538 members of the Electoral College 270 electoral votes needed to win Opinion polls Turnout 63.9% ...
On August 9, 2024, the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign announced that they submitted 19,000 signatures to put Kennedy on the ballot in the District of Columbia. [8] This total is more than the votes George W. Bush received in 2000 , John McCain received in 2008 , and Donald Trump received in 2016 and 2020 .
An opening is seen in the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the plane blew off 10 minutes after Flight ...
The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States.. With the dominant political story of this year being the 2024 presidential election, most American-focused media outlets routinely have been covering the nominees, with Donald Trump becoming the second president in American history to win two non-consecutive terms, defeating Democratic vice president Kamala Harris who ...