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Politics & Government

In Arizona, these young Native American voters seize their political power

10:47am February 01, 2024

Young voters and Native American voters are two groups that showed up for President Biden in the 2020 election. But ahead of his 2024 match-up, it's unclear if he'll be able to keep their support.

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shows her ballot paper as she casts her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Polls have opened in Bangladesh as voters began casting their ballots in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party.

World News

Prime minister wins overwhelming majority in Bangladesh as opposition boycotts vote

3:53pm January 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

Voters in Bangladesh cast ballots Sunday in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, paving the way for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to seize a fourth term.

A woman looks for her name at a voting station in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023.

World News

Voting for president in Congo begins as fears persist over safety, credible election

3:20am December 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

Some 44 million people — almost half the population — were expected to vote, but many, including several million displaced by conflict in the vast country's east, could struggle to cast their ballots.

Politics & Government

The NC Board of Elections asks for public comment on safeguarding voting system information

3:20pm July 03, 2023

by David Ford

The North Carolina State Board of Elections is inviting the public to weigh in on new rules to protect sensitive voting system information.

Politics & Government

Beasley touts sheriff support, opposes 'defund the police'

11:10am August 30, 2022

by Hannah Schoenbaum Associated Press/Report for America

Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, waves as he leaves a polling station accompanied by his daughter Andrea after voting in a presidential runoff in Bogota, Colombia on Sunday

World News

Former rebel Gustavo Petro wins Colombia's presidential election

11:21pm June 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Colombians elect the country's first leftist president and first Black woman to be vice president.

Economy

Workers at Boone Starbucks vote to unionize

4:18pm May 04, 2022

by Keri Brown

Employees at a Starbucks in Boone recently voted to unionize.

French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with well-wishers as he heads to the polling station in Le Touquet, northern France, on Sunday.

World News

President Emmanuel Macron is projected to beat far-right rival Marine Le Pen

2:15pm April 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

The French election was a tight race that was overshadowed by the war in Ukraine and saw a surge in support for extremist ideas.

Politics & Government

Officials: Mark Meadows was registered to vote in 3 states

4:46pm April 22, 2022

by MEG KINNARD Associated Press

Politics & Government

Already delayed, N. Carolina primary could now move to June

1:11pm January 18, 2022

by Associated Press

North Carolina Republican legislators on Monday announced plans to attempt to further delay the already postponed state primary, responding to worries about timing should the state Supreme Court st