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Donald Trump has routinely faced protesters as a candidate eight years ago and during his presidency

Donald Trump has routinely faced protesters as a candidate eight years ago and during his presidency.

Democrats threw almost all votes to President Joe Biden. No one voted for Donald Trump, because he didn’t participate. And \“none of the above\” beat Republican candidate Nikki Haley.

The Utah legislature has been in session for almost two weeks and one group said there have been more than 10 pieces of legislation introduced they called "anti-democracy" bills. TJ Ellerbeck, executive director of the Rural Utah Project, said the bills would put "major limits on the way Utahns can vote, when Utahns can vote and which Utahns can vote." "The worst of those is one bill that would eliminate voting by mail in Utah, and Utah has been an ...

The rise of artificial intelligence is raising alarm bells for election officials across the country. Before the New Hampshire primary, a robocall imitating President Joe Biden called voters and told them not to vote. Its seen as a potential preview of what voters could be in for as the 2024 general election approaches. ...

Legislation in Olympia could give people in Washington prisons their voting rights. House Bill 2030, known as the Free the Vote Act, would allow people to vote in elections - potentially granting that right to more than 14,000 people in the states prisons. Charles Longshore, a Skokomish tribal member, was convicted of second-degree murder in 2012 and is serving a 35-year sentence in a prison north of Olympia. ...

There are fewer than two weeks before registered Nevada voters get to cast their ballot in the states first presidential preference primary on Feb. 6. The states transition from a caucus to a preference primary was made with Assembly Bill 126 during the 2021 Legislative session. ...

Nevada officials are moving forward with plans to adopt a state-managed public health care option despite Gov. Joe Lombardo’s well-documented hostility to the concept.

It is National Voter Education Week, and one Nevada organization wants to ensure every Nevadan can vote in the upcoming elections. A nonpartisan campaign aims to "bridge the gap between registering to vote and actually casting a ballot." Noé Orosco, program manager for the group Silver State Voices, said each day of the week will focus on a specific call to action which his organization and other community partners are aiming to what he calls Nevada-fy. He explained whil...

In July, Gov. Joe Lombardo was roundly criticized for withdrawing Nevada as a participating state from the U.S. Climate Alliance — just at a time when states in the Southwest