Reading On election night, television maps fill with color within hours, so it can look as if the vote has been counted. It has not. What viewers see is mostly a series of race calls: a news organization’s projection that one candidate cannot be caught. No state finishes its official count on election night, and … Read more
The Justice Department has warned California election officials that they could face federal criminal exposure if they knowingly count ballots from people the government identifies as noncitizens. The October 16 warning came one day after the department sued California to stop it from counting mail ballots from more than 20,000 people it describes as likely … Read more
Voters in 21 states face new rules for registering or casting ballots in the November 3 midterm elections. Nearly 40 laws passed in Republican-controlled states are taking effect for the first time this year, according to a tally cited in an October 12 Associated Press report. Courts have already changed how some of the rules … Read more
