Category: ballots

Wisconsin Judge Orders Officials to Stop Allowing Voters to ‘Spoil’ Ballots and Cast New Ones

Voters in Wisconsin cannot cancel their ballot and cast a new one once a vote has been cast, a judge in the state has ruled. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel on Oct. 5 granted a request for a temporary injunction against the practice, which had been promulgated to officials across the state by the…


Trump Calls for Return to Paper Ballots, Ending Mail-In Voting

Former President Donald Trump this week called for the United States to return to using paper ballots and again called for an end to mail-in balloting. “We shouldn’t have mail-in ballots, unless somebody’s very, very sick or it’s military far away,” Trump told Just the News in an interview, noting that lengthy delays for a…


California 2022 Ballot Measures Explained (All You Need to Know) | Will Swaim

My guest is Will Swaim, president of the California Policy Center and an award-winning journalist. He has written extensively about California politics, business, media, and religion. What are the ballot measures we Californians are going to vote on this year? What’s hiding behind the titles and short summaries? * Click the “Save” button below the…


Mail-In Ballots Found Discarded Along California Freeway

The U.S. Postal Inspection Service and officials with San Diego County’s elections office confirmed they are investigating mail-in ballots that were found scattered along a local San Diego freeway this week. Several ballots were found by a local driver, Brent Walters, who told Fox5 San Diego that he found them on June 7 on the…


Midterm Primary Results from 7 States; Study Finds Wind and Solar Energy More Expensive | NTD News Today

Seven states held primary elections on Tuesday. We take a look at the projected winners. Voters recall San Francisco’s district attorney. An Arizona judge has denied the Republican request to block mail-in ballots. He said there is nothing unconstitutional about the state’s early voting law. Are wind and solar more cost-efficient compared to conventional fuels?…


Judge Rejects GOP Challenge to Mail-In Voting in Arizona

A judge has ruled that Arizona’s legislature is within its constitutional rights to allow “no-excuse” mail-in ballots, denying the state GOP’s legal challenge ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Mojave County Superior Court Judge Lee Jantzen ruled against the Arizona GOP and its chair, Dr. Kelli Ward, in support of a 1991 law that permits…


Legal Threats Knock Voter ID Initiative Off California’s 2022 Ballot

The certainty of protracted litigation has prompted sponsors of a California Voter ID initiative to push their prospective 2022 ballot measure to 2024. Reform California filed its prospective ballot measure, Voter Identification and Registration Requirements Initiative, in September and received clearance shortly after to begin collecting the 997,139 signatures necessary by the April 26 deadline…


Texas Elections Commissioner Resigns After Thousands of Uncounted Ballots Found

The Harris County elections commissioner is resigning after 10,000 uncounted ballots for last week’s primary were discovered, according to an announcement posted online on Monday. “Today I am submitting my resignation, effective July 1,” Isabel Longoria said in the announcement. “I think this date ensures that there is a presiding officer during the May and…


Texas Elections Official to Resign After Thousands of Uncounted Ballots Found

The Harris County elections commissioner is resigning after 10,000 uncounted ballots for last week’s primary were discovered, according to an announcement posted online on Monday. “Today I am submitting my resignation, effective July 1,” Isabel Longoria said in the announcement. “I think this date ensures that there is a presiding officer during the May and…


Manitoba PC Party Leadership Runner Up Files Court Challenge to Election Results

The runner-up in Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative Party’s leadership race, Shelly Glover, has filed a court application challenging rival Heather Stefanson’s win as the party’s new leader. Stefanson was sworn in as Manitoba’s 24th premier on Nov. 2. Glover, who narrowly lost to Stefanson when the leadership ballots were counted on Oct. 30, claimed there were…