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More than 600 Black women join Kamala Harris on the ballot in historic 2024 election

As Kamala Harris awaits her fate as to whether she will become America’s first female and Black female president, the vice president leads a long list of Black women who will be on the ballot in large numbers nationwide this general election.  Beyond Harris’ run for president, scores of Black women are running for office, including U.S. Senate candidates Lisa Blunt Rochester in Delaware and Angela Alsobrooks in Maryland. According to Higher Heights for America, over 600 Black women will […]

todayNovember 4, 2024

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Ballot drop box fires rekindle concerns that election conspiracy theories are making them a target

ATLANTA (AP) — Two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest were damaged in a suspected arson attack just over a week before Election Day, destroying hundreds of ballots at one location in Vancouver, Washington. At the other, in neighboring Portland, Oregon, it appears a fire suppression system worked to contain the blaze and limited the number of ballots damaged to three. Authorities are reviewing surveillance footage as they try to identify who is responsible. Here’s what happened, how rules and security […]

todayOctober 29, 2024 4

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‘Chaos and confusion’: Burning of ballot boxes raises concerns for election integrity and political violence

The burning of ballot boxes in Oregon and the state of Washington on Monday is raising concerns about election integrity and political violence, just one week away from Election Day on Nov. 5. The FBI is now investigating the incidents of arson, which has reportedly destroyed hundreds of ballots. One of the ballot boxes was set on fire in Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, which Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez currently represents. Perez is defending her seat against Republican challenger Joe Kent […]

todayOctober 28, 2024

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Downballot: The 10 weirdest politicians on the 2024 ballot

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.  As the 2024 election nears, theGrio’s Downballot series explores the issues, races and individual candidates appearing on the ballots in state and local elections.  “Weird” isn’t necessarily an insult.  It’s an adjective used to describe something that is “different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion.” The term defines something that is “strange, of extraordinary […]

todayOctober 9, 2024 1

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Want to expand access to the ballot box? Let people vote by mobile phone.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio.   Excerpted from “Vote With Your Phone: Why Mobile Voting Is Our Final Shot at Saving Democracy,” by Bradley Tusk. Used with permission of the publisher, Sourcebooks, Inc. In 2023, we marked the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and my father’s “I Have a Dream” speech. The anniversary was especially poignant at this critical moment when our democracy […]

todaySeptember 13, 2024

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Cornel West loses bid to get on Pennsylvania presidential ballot

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Cornel West lost a legal challenge Friday in his bid to get on the ballot in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. Commonwealth Court Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer, in a 15-page opinion, sided with the Secretary of State’s office under Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro in rejecting West’s candidacy paperwork. The Secretary of State’s office said West’s campaign lacked the required affidavits for 14 of West’s 19 presidential electors. Jubelirer, a Republican, agreed with the Secretary of […]

todayAugust 25, 2024 1

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Man with KKK ties can stay on Missouri GOP ballot, judge rules

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A longshot Missouri gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan will stay on the Republican ticket, a judge ruled Friday. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker denied a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan out of the August Republican primary. McClanahan is running against Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, state Sen. Bill Eigel and others for the GOP nomination to replace Gov. Mike Parson, who is barred by […]

todayMay 18, 2024 1

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Tenn. Rep. Justin Jones to remain on 2024 ballot after GOP dispute

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black lawmakers briefly expelled from Tennessee’s GOP-controlled Statehouse last year will remain on the 2024 ballot after overcoming a challenge from a Republican opponent. Earlier this year, Rep. Justin Jones submitted 26 signatures to Nashville election officials in order to qualify to run as a Democratic candidate. He needed at least 25 signatures from verified voters in his district. After one of Jones’ signatures was disqualified, Republican challenger Laura Nelson filed a complaint challenging […]

todayMay 5, 2024 1

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Alabama Republicans approve anti-DEI bill, absentee ballot limits

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republicans in the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday advanced a bill that would prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion programs at universities and state agencies and another to put limits on absentee ballot assistance. Representatives approved both bills on 75-28 party-line votes after Republicans moved to cut off debate. Both measures return to the Alabama Senate for senators to consider House changes. Republican lawmakers across the country have pushed initiatives that would restrict diversity, equity and inclusion […]

todayMarch 11, 2024 1