Elections
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Being homeless in Kansas City, Kansas, comes with its own set of challenges. Wyandotte County has no permanent emergency shelters. And it has notably fewer resources and less funding available for homeless services than the Missouri side of the Kansas City area. Yet several agencies in that city and Wichita can help homeless people with…
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At the Cuyahoga County Youth Voting Summit, students cast mock ballots. Local officials urged those eligible to cast real ones in November. The post ‘It’s on us now’: Greater Cleveland students prepare to vote for the first time appeared first on Signal Cleveland.
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Attorney general wrote that the State Election Board doesn’t have the authority to order an election monitor and that Fulton’s agreement to propose and pay for a monitoring team was voluntary. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news o…
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It’s like clockwork each election cycle. Politicians reach for an old playbook, brandishing images from the southern border, claiming that undocumented migrants steal jobs and commit violent crimes at an alarming rate. The intent is to sow fear and misinformation about immigrants for political advantage. During Tuesday’s presidential debate, Donald Trump talked about immigration more…
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Missourians could be among the nation’s first voters to reverse a near-total abortion ban when they weigh in on Amendment 3 in the Nov. 5 election. Missouri was the first state to enact a near-total ban on abortion in June 2022. Missouri officials signed paperwork triggering the ban to take effect just minutes after the…
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The highly anticipated debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was a combative event in which facts were repeatedly trampled and distorted. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization pr…
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The Board declined to vote on a proposal to open early voting on a Sunday to accommodate those who may work six days a week. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and…
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Early voting began Monday for a Sapelo Island referendum, but county continues its challenge to the vote in court. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Ge…
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The five-member elections board adopted a series of controversial rules changes last month that, among other things, would empower local election officials to delay or refuse to certify election results. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-par…
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NC absentee ballots were supposed to begin going out in Friday’s mail, but judge has allowed for a delay in case Robert Kennedy Jr. appeals. RFK appeal to get name off ballot could delay scheduled mailing of NC absentee ballots is a story from Carolin…