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Elections

Hindu nationalist Modi the favorite as India votes

Agence France-Presse / April 19, 2024

Nearly 1 billion people are eligible to vote in the six-week election — the world's largest.

In rebuke to RFK Jr., Kennedy family makes ‘crystal clear’ endorsement of Biden

Jackson Healy / April 18, 2024

RFK Jr.'s sister Kerry Kennedy told a Philadelphia crowd that Biden is her hero and that her family supports his reelection campaign.

Biden clings to support among voters under 30: Harvard Youth poll

Nika Schoonover / April 18, 2024

More than half of young Americans intend to vote in this year's presidential election, like in 2020, but Biden's popularity has taken a dip.

Kennedy family makes ‘crystal clear’ its Biden endorsement in attempt to deflate RFK Jr.’s candidacy

Associated Press / April 18, 2024

Biden, who keeps a bust of Robert F. Kennedy in the Oval Office, said the endorsements were “an incredible honor."

Pennsylvania AG race heats up in final primary push

Jackson Healy / April 16, 2024

Pennsylvania's top prosecutor role has in recent years served as a stepping stone to governorship — but the state's seven AG hopefuls have to get through elections first.

Maine joins compact to elect the president by popular vote but it won’t come into play this November

Associated Press / April 15, 2024

Maine awards two of its four electoral votes to the statewide presidential winner along with one apiece for the winner of each congressional district.

California sues Huntington Beach over voter ID referendum

Hillel Aron / April 15, 2024

A judge will have to decide whether Huntington Beach has the authority to require a photo ID to vote in the next election.

California certifies March 5 primary election results

Alan Riquelmy / April 12, 2024

Governor Gavin Newsom scored a win with the passage of a mental health proposition, though the measure's fate was in limbo for the first couple of weeks after the election.

In defamation case, North Carolina Supreme Court zeroes in on absolute privilege in voter-fraud reporting process

Sydney Haulenbeek / April 11, 2024

The case — brought against people who filed election protests in 2016 on behalf of defeated former Republican North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory — could redefine absolute privilege and protect the rights of voters against political interference.

Voter ID in Idaho

Brief / April 11, 2024

BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho Supreme Court upheld new laws narrowing the types of identification accepted at polls. Social security numbers and student IDs may be ruled out as valid documents for reasons rationally related to election integrity; further, students and young people are not a protected class for equal protection purposes. Students may complete an affidavit in lieu of their student IDs.

Indiana independent parties take state ballot access fight to Seventh Circuit

Dave Byrnes / April 10, 2024

The Indiana ballot access rules the independent political parties challenge might be unconstitutional, a lower court judge found, were it not for appellate and Supreme Court precedent saying otherwise.