Election 2024

Uncommitted delegates hold a press conference outside the United Center before the Democratic National Convention Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) By Mariam FamASSOCIATED PRESS Many Palestinian Americans, in recent months, have been reeling from the double blow of the rising Palestinian death toll and suffering in Gaza and their own government’s…

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Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) By Marc LevyASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — A court decided last Thursday that voters in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania can cast provisional ballots in place of mail-in ballots that…

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State and federal elected officials, local leaders, and Maryland Gov. Wes Moore held a pre-debate press conference highlighting the dangers posed to the region and nation by Donald Trump’s embrace of the Project 2025 agenda. State Senator and chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party Sharif Street (pictured left) speaks while Gov. Wes Moore and Rep….

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There is widespread concern in Michigan and Wisconsin over interference in finalizing election results. Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, a Democrat, poses in her Mason, Mich., office. (Photo/Matt Vasilogambros/Stateline) By Matt Vasilogambros Stateline.orgGRAYLING, Mich. — Clairene Jorella was furious. In the northern stretches of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, the Crawford County Board of Canvassers had just…

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By Ayanna Alexander Howard University student Nikkya Taliaferro poses for a portrait across the street from her school, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell) ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — As a young college student, Kamala Harris made the nearly 3-mile trip from Howard University to the National Mall to protest against apartheid in…

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Police remove a man, center with sunglasses, who had climbed onto the media riser, as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, in Johnstown, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Police said last Saturday that a man will face misdemeanor charges after he…

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Voters fill in their ballots for Florida’s primary election in South Miami, Fla., Aug. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File) ASSOCIATED PRESS It might feel like the presidential election is still a long way off. It’s not. There are just over 70 days until Election Day on Nov. 5, but major dates, events, and political…

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Allegheny County Election Division Deputy Manager Chet Harhut carries a container of mail-in ballots from a secure area at the elections warehouse in Pittsburgh, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File) By Marc LevyASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Republican-controlled county in Pennsylvania violated state law when election workers refused to tell voters that…

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In preparation for the Nov. 5 general election, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt has launched the Shapiro administration’s voter education initiative. “As part of Governor Shapiro’s commitment to strengthening our democracy and ensuring safe and secure elections, we are launching our voter education initiative to make sure that Pennsylvanians know about key dates and…

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Progressive activist Cornel West speaks at a demonstration in Union Park outside the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) By Marc LevyASSOCIATED PRESS HARRISBURG, Pa. — Independent presidential candidate Cornel West lost a legal challenge Friday in his bid to get on the ballot in the battleground state of…

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