Statewide Election News Today

Early voting for the Michigan presidential primary runs until Sunday, Feb. 25. Election Day is Tuesday, Feb. 27.

One Republican State Representative is hoping to change the way elections are run in the Volunteer State.

Coalition wants meetings on how Hinds County Election Commissioners ordered the wrong ballots, causing some precincts to run out of ballots.

“Organized labor’s political power has increased in the last year, however, union members are much more conservative than their leadership,” said a spokesperson for Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s campaign.

One month after Mississippi's November statewide election, voting rights groups say election officials in the state's largest county have failed to provide enough information about the problems that led to polling precincts running out of ballots. The coalition of statewide and national civil rights organizations has requested meetings and more details about why Hinds County Election Commissioners ordered the wrong ballots, leading to shortages at several polling locations on the day ...

Republicans’ petition would not invalidate any ballots or change the election results.

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that Georgia can keep statewide elections for its five-member commission regulating utilities, overturning a lower court judge who found statewide elections illegally diluted Black votes.

North Carolina Republicans closed in Tuesday on enacting new boundaries for the state’s congressional and legislative districts that aim to fortify GOP prospects both in the narrowly divided Congress and in the state General Assembly, where conservatives hope to solidify control there for the rest of the decade. The state House voted later Tuesday for districts in their own chamber.

Rep. Benjamin Collings, D-Portland, hopes it would lead to new policies requiring more housing assistance and resources.

Rep. Benjamin Collings, D-Portland, hopes it would lead to new policies requiring more housing assistance and resources.