Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
For many years, voter turnout was reported as a percentage; the numerator being the total votes cast, or the votes cast for the highest office, and the denominator being the Voting Age Population (VAP), the Census Bureau's estimate of the number of persons 18 years old and older resident in the United States.
The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act (VAEHA) P.L. 98-435, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1973ee–1973ee-6, is a United States law passed in 1984 that mandates easy access for handicapped and elderly person to voter registration and polling places during Federal elections.
Betty Cartledge, 81, voted for the first time in the 2024 US presidential election
A common slogan of proponents of lowering the voting age was "old enough to fight, old enough to vote". [2] Determined to get around inaction on the issue, congressional allies included a provision for the 18-year-old vote in a 1970 bill that extended the Voting Rights Act. The Supreme Court subsequently held in the case of Oregon v.
Seniors who turn 62 years old in 2025 are eligible for retirement, meaning individuals born in 1963 or later are eligible. While most may associate retirement with age 65, seniors can file for ...
Columnist Dorothy Wilhelm recalls being taught that the Constitution supplies rules for how to treat each other in an honest and meaningful way.
On November 3, a 24-year-old man went on a profanity filled tirade and assaulted a 74-year-old election judge at a Orland Park voting location, after being asked to not cut in line and wait his turn, the man also struck an 81-year-old women. [80] On November 4, an 82-year-old woman wearing a Harris pin was arrested on suspicion of a hate crime ...
18–21 years old 45 44 11 6 22–29 years old 44 44 10 17 30–44 years old 38 55 7 31 45–59 years old 39 55 6 23 60 and older 41 55 4 18 Family income Under $10,000 52 42 6 13 $10,000–15,000 48 43 8 14 $15,000–25,000 39 54 7 30 $25,000–50,000 33 59 7 24 Over $50,000 26 66 7 5 Region East: 43 48 8 32 Midwest: 42 51 6 20 South: 45 52 2 ...