Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. appeared to lead early vote tallies in the Philippine 2022 presidential election on Monday with 81.8 percent of eligible ballots counted, the Manila-based news website Rappler reported.
During an interview with CBS News’ “Red and Blue” on Thursday, House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) stated that he believes President Joe Biden will do “some things on voting that may surprise some people,” and this will help
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose in a letter Thursday advised that the May 3 primary election should not include congressional maps on the ballots, citing the decision by the Ohio Supreme court to reject maps, sending the Ohio Redistricting Commission back to the drawing board for the fourth time.
A resident of St. Louis, Missouri, who lives alone, was reportedly mailed several voter notice cards intended for other people, sparking concerns about voter fraud.
67% of votes were blank in the electoral college, but among those who did get votes was a former Prime Minister who has been dead 22 years.
While speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that there are already laws and rules in place to ensure people “have the right to vote. We have that.” And even though people “act like we’re going to
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “Fox Business Tonight,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said that Democrats know that unless they pass voting legislation, they’ll get soundly defeated in the 2022 elections, “and that’s the reason they’re spending all this time on this
The Philippines’ Commission on Elections (COMELEC) said Monday it was investigating an allegation its server was “hacked” after the Manila Bulletin published an article making the claim earlier that same day, Yahoo News Philippines reported.
Up to one million noncitizens living in New York City will have access to the ballot box after Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Sunday approved legislation by the city council to automatically become law.
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) said Thursday on MSNBC that the accomplishments of President Joe Biden’s administration in his first year in office “dwarf the first-year accomplishments of many other administrations.”
More than half of the French public believe that the democratic system in France does not work well, while a plurality believes democracy has deteriorated during the presidency of Emmanuel Macron.
Former Erie County legislator and Board of Elections worker Betty Jean Grant was recently charged with harassing a voter at a Buffalo, New York, polling place.
Vaccine passports for nightclubs, stadiums, and other large venues have come into effect in Wales after regional legislation passed in the Welsh parliament by just one vote last week.
Lockdown has forced many Canadian voters into long lines to vote on election day due to the reduction in the number of polling places.
Russia’s government on Friday praised Google and Apple for removing a “tactical voting app” designed by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s team ahead of the country’s legislative election.
California pastors are urging their congregants to vote in Tuesday’s recall election against Newsom and hope they vote for Larry Elder.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that the idea of voter protections “being a kind of democratic or moral infrastructure” is something he admires. Host Joy Reid asked, “Sen. Klobuchar and Sen. Warren…they’ve talked
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) said that unless federal voting legislation is passed, “we are going to lose our democracy” when the Texas House Democrats who are breaking quorum return to Texas. Escobar said, “In
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) stated that there are those who “want to keep others in a place where we’re totally oppressed and totally not part of this country’s democracy.” She added that this goes
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) stated that “these folks are trying to kill us right now as far as our right to vote. They’re trying to kill our democracy,” and urged people “confront this
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) was arrested Thursday during a protest against Senate “inaction” regarding voting legislation and filibuster reform, Fox News reported.
During a town hall on CNN on Wednesday, President Joe Biden argued that people can’t be stopped from voting, as demonstrated by the fact that, in the middle of a pandemic, a record number of people, turned out to vote,
Democrats trip to D.C. did not stop Texas Republicans from passing a voter intergity bill on Tuesday with a 18-4 party line vote.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) argued that if you want “to have higher standards for people to make sure that the ineligible folks don’t vote” while making it easier for eligible voters
A political action committee founded by failed Georgia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has raised more than $100 million since it was founded a little more than two years ago.
MSNBC host Joy Reid claimed Thursday on her show “The ReidOut” that Republicans were pushing an apartheid voting system of racial segregation like South Africa once had.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ayman Mohyeldin Reports,” Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) argued that President Joe Biden needs to push harder for voting legislation “Because the status quo is going to be untenable. We do not want to be sitting
Election integrity recently won a pivotal battle against an attempt by Democrats to hijack the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) for partisan reasons. They failed when the Supreme Court in Brnovich v. DNC laid a foundation to restore Americans’ confidence in their elections so that everywhere in this nation it can be easy to vote, but hard to cheat.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that while the 2022 elections will be fair, “it’s just abhorrent” for any legislature to support laws that have “disparate outcomes along racial grounds.” After arguing that there is a racially
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks argued that while the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of Arizona’s voting rules was a mistaken ruling, “it’s probably not a catastrophic one” because “the research suggests the impact of all these
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) stated that “we’re at a point of no return.” And Democrats are either going to protect “voter rights to preserve the democracy or we’re not.” Casey said, “Ali, we’re —
On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stated that “when constituents push back, when corporate America pushes back, the legislatures will do the right thing” on voting laws. Manchin said the John Lewis Voting Rights Act
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on Thursday upheld the Arizona statute that bans ballot harvesting and a policy that throws out votes cast by persons in precincts in which they do not reside.
Representative John Garamendi (D-CA) said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Ayman Mohyeldin Reports” that if Republican lawmakers do not support the Democrats voting legislation, they will be branded as the Jim Crow party of this century.
Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) said Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead” that he was in favor of a “democracy exception” to the filibuster rule in order to pass the Democrats election reform bill with a simple majority in the U.S. Senate.
On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) said that while there are many good things in Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) voting proposal, “there are some things that need to be worked on, and they will
The group Fair Fight Action, led by failed Georgia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, is announcing a campaign to mobilize young minority voters around the “For the People Act.”
Many people moving to Florida are registering as Republicans because lockdowns in blue states caused them to reevaluate being a Democrat, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Wednesday.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) stated that it’s “increasingly clear” among Democrats that if they don’t pass the For the People Act, there may never be another free and fair election in America. Host
During an interview aired on Wednesday’s “PBS NewsHour,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that Democrats will have a better chance of holding the House in 2022 if they pass H.R. and S. 1 “in order to remove obstacles to
