Does Boris Johnson have a ‘woman problem’? After PM’s grilling on Mumsnet, could his waning support among female voters be his undoing? The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2022
Newsom, Bonta way ahead as California voters lean partisan, Times poll finds SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Voters will likely stick with their partisan preferences in two of California’s most consequential state primary races, giving Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta an easy leg up in the June 7 election, according to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored… Los Angeles Times · Jun 3, 2022
Analysis: Rick Caruso was a Republican 3 years ago. Will LA voters care? LOS ANGELES — With less than a week until the Los Angeles mayoral primary, Rick Caruso's political evolution from Republican to Democrat still remains opaque to many voters in the overwhelmingly liberal city he hopes to lead. Los Angeles Times · Jun 3, 2022
Pennsylvania court orders counting of undated mail ballots in win for McCormick in his GOP Senate race against Oz PHILADELPHIA — A state appellate court on Thursday agreed with Pennsylvania GOP Senate candidate David McCormick and ordered Pennsylvania counties to tally more than 800 undated mail ballots and include them in the vote totals they report for the neck-and-neck Republican primary race between McCormick and Mehmet Oz. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 3, 2022
'Absolutely false': Electoral commission rubbishes United Australia Party claim that millions failed to vote The UAP has emailed its members to claim the "highest number of people" in a century failed to turn out to vote at the federal election. It's one of dozens of claims the AEC has responded to since the polls closed. ABC News · Jun 2, 2022
Suburban Cook County voters to use new ‘intuitive’ devices to streamline check-in process The Cook County Clerk’s office purchased 4,500 new devices voters will use to check in at suburban polling locations. According to officials, the digital system will eliminate the need for bulky paper ledgers of voters. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 2, 2022
Civil rights lawsuit over pepper spray at NC voting march ends in ‘bittersweet’ deal A lawsuit alleging that Graham, North Carolina, police and Alamance County sheriff’s deputies engaged in voter suppression by dispersing a 2020 march to the polls with pepper spray appears close to a final settlement. Tribune News Service · Jun 2, 2022
EXPLAINER: Can Pa. GOP candidate make voters re-register? If Republican Doug Mastriano is elected governor of Pennsylvania, the state could become a test case for his idea to wipe its voter rolls clean and make everyone re-register if they want to vote again The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2022
California congressional races to watch in the June primary LOS ANGELES — California's 2022 congressional races are expected to be some of the most expensive and contentious in the nation as the GOP attempts to retake control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Los Angeles Times · Jun 2, 2022
Elections: a global ranking rates US weakest among liberal democracies Defending democracy has suddenly become one of the central challenges of our age. The land war in Ukraine is widely considered a front line between autocratic rule and democratic freedom. The United States continues to absorb the meaning of the riot that took place on January 6 2021 in an… The Conversation · Jun 1, 2022
‘Waitrose woman’: Tories’ newest target voters take aim at Johnson Downing Street hopes supermarket’s ‘small C conservatives’ will keep PM in power – but Colin Drury finds them unconvinced The Independent UK · May 31, 2022
Oklahoma Legislature adjourns without referring any measures to 2022 ballot The Oklahoma State Legislature adjourned its 2022 Regular Session on May 27 without referring any measures to the 2022 ballot for voters to consider. Ballotpedia · May 31, 2022
Biden, Democrats need Black voters to show up this fall. Will they? WASHINGTON — Marking the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, President Joe Biden last week signed an executive order to reform federal policing practices as Floyd's relatives, reform advocates and civil rights leaders looked on. Los Angeles Times · May 31, 2022
Ex-rebel, businessman to vie in Colombia presidential runoff Colombian voters have opted for a dramatic change in presidential politics, choosing a leftist former rebel and an outsider populist businessman to advance to a runoff election in June The Independent UK · May 30, 2022
The Conversation · May 30, 2022 Labor likely to get a friendly Senate and secures House of Representatives majority UPDATE: On Monday night, the ABC called Macnamara as a Labor hold, giving Labor 76 of the 151 House of Representatives seats, enough for a majority. In the two remaining undecided seats, Labor has taken a narrow lead in Gilmore, while the Coalition is likely to hold Deakin.
The Guardian - US · May 29, 2022 Trump’s ‘big lie’ hits cinemas: the film claiming to investigate voter fraud 2000 Mules has been resoundingly debunked by factcheckers, but the film has earned praise from Trump and other Republicans
The Independent UK · May 28, 2022 In Georgia, 2 Black candidates to compete for Senate seat Georgia still struggles with its history of slavery, segregation and racial injustice, but voters in the Deep South state have for the first time selected two Black candidates to represent the major parties in a U.S. Senate race
WEKU · May 27, 2022 How undated ballots could affect Pennsylvania's GOP Senate race and voters' rights Mail-in ballots that arrived on time but in envelopes missing dates handwritten by voters have been a flashpoint in recent elections in the key swing state, including a close Republican primary race.
France 24 · May 27, 2022 Mapped: Expats kick off French legislative elections with online voting Most voters will head to the polls for France's legislative elections on June 12 and 19. But for French residents abroad – who have had representatives of their own in the lower-house National Assembly since 2012 – the vote kicks off online on Friday. French expatriates, who are the only…
The Independent UK · May 27, 2022 Oregon ballot fiasco spotlights clerk's troubled 20-year run Voters in an Oregon county where a ballot-printing error has delayed primary results for nearly two weeks have elected the same county clerk five times in the past 20 years despite missteps that impacted two previous elections and cost taxpayers $100,000
The Times of India · May 27, 2022 Fake documents case: Six more agents arrested PUNE: After arresting a Buldhana-based property agent on May 14 for making fake voter IDs and PAN cards, the city crime branch officials arrested six more agents in the same case.
Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022 Board of canvassers deadlocks, blocking 5 candidates for governor from ballot LANSING, Mich. — Michigan's Board of State Canvassers deadlocked 2-2 Thursday, keeping, for now, five GOP candidates for governor who were entangled in an alleged wave of petition forgeries off the August primary ballot.
ABC News · May 26, 2022 Central Queensland's LNP voters wait and watch new Labor government's policies on coal Liberal National Party voters in central Queensland coal country are worried about the impacts of a Labor government on their livelihoods.
Tribune News Service · May 26, 2022 State ballot initiatives on health focus on abortion, drugs WASHINGTON — It’s still early, but so far at least eight of the estimated 90 state initiatives that voters will decide on this year are related to health, including four amendments — the most ever in one year — related to abortion access.
Pedestrian.tv · May 26, 2022 Chinese-Australian Voters Ditched The Libs In Droves After All That Anti-China Scaremongering Some of the Liberal Party’s biggest losses this election were in seats with big Chinese-Australian voter populations so it looks like all the anti-China rhetoric did some damage. What a surprise.The voter swing away from the Liberal Party in some inner Sydney and Melbourne suburbs home to many Chinese-Australian residents…