In the news today: Election Day 2024 has arrived; some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places; and Boeing factory workers voted to end their seven-week strike. Also, “I Voted” stickers encompass a lot more than the classic flag design.
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People waiting at the Alaska Division of Elections regional office on Monday in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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America reaches Election Day and a stark choice between Trump and Harris
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A presidential campaign marked by upheaval and rancor approached its finale on Election Day as Americans decide whether to send Donald Trump back to the White House or elevate Kamala Harris to the Oval Office. More than 81 million people voted early. Read more. |
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Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places
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Some Republican-led states say they will block the Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws. The Justice Department announced last week that it’s deploying election monitors in 86 jurisdictions across 27 states on Election Day. Read more.
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Officials in Florida and Texas have said they won’t allow federal election monitors into polling sites on Tuesday. And on Monday, Missouri filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to block federal officials from observing inside polling places. Texas followed with a similar lawsuit seeking to permanently bar federal monitoring of elections in the state.
Election monitors are lawyers who work for the Justice Department, including in the civil rights division and U.S. attorney’s offices across the country. They are not law enforcement officers or federal agents. The election monitoring effort, a longtime practice under both Democratic and Republican administrations, is meant to ensure that federal voting rights are being observed.
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Want to follow election results like a pro? Here’s what to watch in key states
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As thousands of U.S. counties and towns report vote totals, it can be hard to figure out when the results reported so far will reflect the outcome. The first report election night might show a massive lead for one candidate, but that lead could dwindle in some races and grow in others. Read more. |
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Florida: The first clues of how election night is going usually come from Florida. Results start coming in at 7 p.m. EST even though the final polls don’t close in the state until 8 p.m. EST.
Georgia: Georgia allows counties to begin counting absentee ballots on Election Day. By the time polls close, some counties already have major batches of votes ready to report. Those first reports are often disproportionately favorable to Democrats. After the first reports, it may be hours before the rest of the state starts sending in results as they continue to count votes.
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Arizona: Arizona won’t report votes until an hour after polls close, due to the state law. But that means when that first update comes in, it’s pretty big. Historically, about half of the state’s total votes are reported in the first update. That update, like in many other states, has tended to lean heavily Democratic in recent elections, because it includes mail ballots cast well before Election Day. That gap usually narrows as Election Day votes are counted. But after that, things take a more complicated turn in Arizona than in other states.
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‘I Voted’ stickers. (AP Photos/Charles Krupa, Haven Daley, Susan Montoya Bryan, Carlos Osorio)
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Creative ‘I Voted’ stickers branch out beyond the familiar flag design
“I Voted” stickers now encompass a lot more than the familiar American flag design. This year, the smash hit came from one of nine designs distributed in Michigan and depicts a werewolf shredding its shirt in front of an American flag. Many communities have held contests to solicit designs from school children and voters say they enjoy the creative images and the young artists get a kick out of seeing people wearing their designs.
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