Elections

A protester approaches entrance of the city council building secured by anti-riot police in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. Police in Serbia have fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital's city council building to protest what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election a week ago. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Police in Serbia detain nearly 40 people as opposition plans more protests against election results

Serbian police said they have detained at least 38 people who took part in a protest against reported widespread irregularities during a recent general ballot that declared the governing populists winners of the parliamentary and local councils’ elections.

Opposition supporters attempt to enter the capital's city council building in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Police in Serbia fire tear gas at election protesters threatening to storm capital’s city hall

Yekaterina Duntsova looks on after submitting her documents as a presidential candidate for the upcoming presidential election to Russia's Central Election Committee, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Duntsova is a journalist-turned-grassroots campaigner and local legislator. She secured a nomination from a group of more than 500 supporters as required by Russian electoral law from those not running on a party ticket. Delegates from Russia’s ruling party unanimously backed President Vladimir Putin’s bid for reelection at a party conference in Moscow on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A pro-peace Russian presidential hopeful is blocked by the election commission

FILE - Tunisian President Kais Saied gives a speech at the new government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, on Feb. 27, 2020. Tunisians will head to the polls on Sunday for the country's first local elections since President Kais Saied wrote a new constitution that voters approved last year. (Fethi Belaid/Pool via AP, File)

Tunisians vote in local elections on Sunday to fill a new chamber as economy flatlines

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. Trump pressured two election officials not to certify 2020 vote totals in a key Michigan county, according to a recording of a post-election phone call disclosed in a new report by The Detroit News. The former president’s 2024 campaign has not confirmed or denied the recording’s legitimacy. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Tape reveals Donald Trump pressured Michigan officials not to certify 2020 vote, a new report says

New York governor signs bill aligning local elections with statewide races

New York’s governor has signed into law a bill changing the state’s election calendar so that more local elections are timed with statewide races. Gov.

FILE - Christmas gifts are seen on the stage during a former President Donald Trump commit to caucus rally, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Waterloo, Iowa. The field of 2024 presidential candidates may have some options for shoppers scrambling for a last-minute holiday gift. As the campaign for the White House kicks into full gear, the contenders are offering an onslaught of holiday-themed merchandise, many of which capture some of the surreal aspects of the 2024 race. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Need last-minute gifts? Presidential hopefuls offer ornaments, gift wrap — and Trump mug shot merch

Presidential campaigns are hoping that an onslaught of themed merchandise will keep their message out under the Christmas tree.

FILE - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach answers questions from reporters during a news conference outside his office May 1, 2023, in Topeka, Kan. Kobach sent a letter Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, to the election commissioner in Johnson County to postpone a legally required destruction of old ballots from 2019, 2020 and 2021 because Johnson County Sheriff Calvin Hayden says his investigation of possible election crimes remains open. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Kansas attorney general urges county to keep ballots longer than is allowed to aid sheriff’s probe

The Republican attorney general in Kansas has urged the state’s most populous county to postpone a legally required destruction of old ballots.

FILE - Former Mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Washington, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy, days after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation lawsuit. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation case

The former New York City mayor listed nearly $153 million in existing or potential debts, including close to a million dollars in tax liabilities, money he owes his lawyers and many millions of dollars in potential legal judgments in lawsuits against him.

Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby as he leaves Maricopa County Superior Court on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. Crosby and Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd pleaded not guilty to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county’s 2022 midterm election results. The county located in southeastern Arizona ultimately certified its results after a judge ruled both Republican supervisors broke the law when they refused to sign off on the vote count by a deadline. (AP Photo/Jacques Billeaud)

Two county officials in Arizona plead not guilty to charges for delaying 2022 election certification

Two officials from a rural Arizona county pleaded not guilty to felony charges for delaying the certification of their county’s 2022 midterm election results.

Election officials compare figures while counting votes at a polling station in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Lengthy delays at the polls forced officials on Wednesday to extend voting in Congo's presidential election as many residents in the mineral-rich West African nation struggled to cast ballots because of steep logistical and security challenges, raising concerns about the integrity of the process. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Congo conducts a 2nd day of voting after delays and closed polls keep people from casting ballots

Congo is wrapping up its second day of voting after a chaotic rollout and lengthy delays forced election officials to extend voting hours.

Mayor-elect Mikhail Krasnov waves to a supporter as he walks through Bolivar Square in Tunja, Colombia, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Krasnov, a 45-year-old university professor from Russia, was one of the unexpected winners in Colombia’s regional elections in October. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Meet the Russian professor who became mayor of a Colombian city

Mikhail Krasnov, a Russian-born professor of economics, this year became the mayor of Tunja, a city in Colombia’s Andean highlands.

FILE - A man wearing a mask gathers with a group in support of Black Voters Matter at the Graham Civic Center polling site in Graham, N.C., Nov. 3, 2020. Some top Democrats are worried that a dip in Black voter turnout, along with other challenges, could doom President Joe Biden and his party in 2024. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Biden should keep expanding approach to Black voters, group of Democratic strategists says

Some top Democrats are worried that a dip in Black voter turnout, along with other challenges, could doom President Joe Biden and his party in 2024.

FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., chair of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 14, 2023. A federal judge is ordering Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to turn over more than 1,600 texts and emails to FBI agents investigating efforts to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss and illegally block the transfer of power to Democrat Joe Biden. The ruling, late Monday, came more than a year after Perry’s personal cellphone was seized by federal authorities. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Congressman told to hand over hundreds of texts and emails to FBI in 2020 election probe

A federal judge is ordering Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania to turn over more than 1,600 texts and emails to FBI agents investigating efforts to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss.

FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, arrives to appear at a Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, July 24, 2023. Pakistan’s top court on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 allowed military courts to resume the trials of more than 100 supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of attacking military installations during violent demonstrations that broke out following Khan’s arrest in May. The latest order by the Supreme Court came less than two months after five judges on the same court stopped the trial of 103 civilians who were arrested as part of a crackdown on Khan’s party. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousafzai, File)

Party of Pakistan’s popular ex-premier Imran Khan says he’ll contest upcoming elections from prison

The party of Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan says he will run in upcoming parliamentary elections from prison.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waits backstage during a meet and greet event at VFW Post 788 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. DeSantis and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, spoke to community members and held a question and answer session. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP)

DeSantis calls a legal complaint against his campaign a ‘farce’ as he pushes toward Iowa caucuses

Ron DeSantis says a Federal Elections Commission complaint filed against his presidential campaign is “a farce.”

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Durham, N.H. The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday, Dec. 19, declared Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha, File)

Colorado Supreme Court declares Donald Trump is ineligible for the White House

The ruling sets up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race.

A voter’s challenge to having Trump’s name on North Carolina’s primary ballot has been dismissed

North Carolina’s election board has thrown out a voter’s challenge to keep former President Donald Trump off the state’s presidential primary ballots in January.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a town hall, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, in Nevada, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

A pro-Trump super PAC airs an anti-Haley ad in New Hampshire. She says that’s a sign of her strength

The super PAC supporting Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has launched a television ad targeting Nikki Haley, a move her campaign called a signal that the GOP front-runner is seeking to blunt her rise, particularly in New Hampshire.

Results in Iraqi provincial elections show low turnout and benefit established parties

Iraq’s first provincial elections in a decade saw a relatively low turnout and largely benefitted traditional parties, according to results announced by the country’s election authorities.

FILE - The North Carolina Senate reviews copies of a map proposal for the state's congressional districts starting in 2024 during a committee hearing at the Legislative Office Building, Oct. 19, 2023, in Raleigh, N.C. North Carolina Black and Latino voters sued in federal court on Monday, Dec. 4, seeking to strike down congressional districts drawn this fall by Republican state legislators that they argue weaken minority voting power in violation of the U.S. Constitution. (AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File)

North Carolina’s election maps for 2024 are racially biased, advocates say in lawsuit

North Carolina voting-rights advocates have sued to overturn redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters.

Riot police take positions nearby the Electoral Commission headquarters as several thousand Serbian opposition supporters protest in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. An early official vote count of Serbia's weekend election on Monday confirmed victory for the ruling populist party in a parliamentary vote in the Balkan country, but political tensions rose over reported irregularities in the capital, Belgrade. Graffitti reads "Ratko Hero" in reference to Bosnian Serb war time general Ratko Mladic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Serbia’s ruling populists say weekend elections were fair despite international criticism, protests

Serbia’s ruling populists are insisting that weekend snap elections were free and fair, but international observers have noted multiple irregularities.

FILE - A man casts his ballot for the German elections in a polling station in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ordered the 2021 national election to be partially repeated in the German capital because of severe glitches at many polling stations. The court ruled Tuesday that the election must be repeated in 455 of 2,256 constituencies in the state of Berlin, which is one of three German cities that is also a state. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Germany’s top court orders a repeat of the 2021 national election in parts of Berlin due to glitches

Germany’s highest court has ordered the 2021 national election to be partially repeated in Berlin because of severe glitches at many polling stations in the capital.

Commissioner RaToya Gilmer McGee, left, shows a ballot styles report to Amir Badat, an attorney for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, during a meeting between the Hinds County Election Commission and a coalition of national and local civil rights organizations, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. The commissioners said ballot shortages, technical mishaps and insufficient training were some of the factors that hampered voting in Mississippi's largest county during the Nov. 7 general election. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi local officials say human error and poor training led to election-day chaos

The county election officials under whose watch ballot shortages hampered voting in Mississippi’s largest county said technical mishaps and insufficient training were to blame for election day chaos in November.

FILE - A voter submits their ballot at an early voting location in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 26, 2022. A declassified U.S. government report says foreign hackers did not change vote totals or otherwise compromise the integrity of federal elections last year in the United States. The report does identify multiple instances in which hackers linked to Iran, China and Russia connected to election infrastructure, scanned state government websites and copied voter information. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

2022 federal elections in the US not tainted by foreign interference, officials say

A declassified U.S. government report says foreign hackers did not change vote totals or otherwise compromise the integrity of federal elections last year in the United States.

FILE - Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, left, and her mother Ruby Freeman, right, leave after speaking with reporters outside federal court, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, in Washington. A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to the two former Georgia election workers who sued Rudy Giuliani for defamation over lies he spread about them in 2020 that upended their lives with racist threats and harassment. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Georgia election workers ask for court order barring Rudy Giuliani from repeating lies about them

Two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation judgement against Rudy Giuliani are asking for a court order barring him from continuing to repeat the lies he spread about them following the 2020 election.

State Rep. Randy Lyness says he will retire after current term and won’t seek reelection in 2024

Indiana state Rep. Randy Lyness, a West Harrison Republican, plans to retire after the 2024 legislative session and will not seek reelection.

FILE - White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Washington. federal appeals court on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, ruled that Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows cannot move charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia to federal court. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Appeals court says Mark Meadows can’t move Georgia election case charges to federal court

Meadows was indicted in August along with former President Donald Trump and 17 others on charges that they illegally conspired to keep the Republican incumbent in power despite him losing the election to Joe Biden.

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a meet and greet, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Watchdog group accuses Ron DeSantis of breaking campaign finance law

A nonpartisan government watchdog group says Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis broke campaign finance law by coordinating TV spending decisions with a big-dollar super PAC that is supporting his Republican bid for the White House.

FILE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic arrives at a press conference in Belgrade, Serbia, on Oct. 24, 2016. The populist leader has ruled the Balkan nation for more than a decade as both prime minister and president. After his populists won a weekend snap parliamentary election, Vucic seems set to tighten his already autocratic rule still further.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Serbia’s populist leader relies on his tested playbook to mastermind another election victory

Aleksandar Vucic likes nothing more than to win. Critics say he cheats, but Serbia’s president argues he just knows how to remain in power.

Workers clean the street under a billboard supporting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi for the presidential elections, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Egyptians began voting Sunday in a presidential election in which President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who faces no serious challenger, is certain to win another term, keeping him in power until 2030. Arabic reads," our target is to build modern Egypt." (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

El-Sissi wins Egypt’s presidential election with 89.6% of the vote and secures third term in office

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has won reelection to a third, six-year term in office. The National Election Authority said on Monday that el-Sissi recorded a landslide victory, securing 89.6% of the vote, and called it the highest voting percentage in Egypt’s history.

Qais al-Khazali, center, the leader of the militant Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, casts his vote in the country's provincial elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec.18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

A boycott call and security concerns mar Iraq’s first provincial elections in a decade

Baghdad’s streets are nearly empty on Monday, the main day of polling in the country’s first provincial elections in a decade.

FILE - Democratic Republic of the Congo President Felix Tshisekedi, center, flanked by his wife Denise Nyakeru, greets supporters at a rally in Goma, Eastern Congo, on Dec. 10, 2023. Tshisekedi is seeking reelection in Dec. 20 elections. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Congo’s elections face enormous logistical problems sparking concerns about the vote’s credibility

Congo’s president says he has confidence an upcoming vote will be rolled out credibly, as tensions mount that a severe lack of electoral preparation could throw the conflict-riddled nation into disarray.

A screen for a teleconference is shown in court in Las Vegas, on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, where six Republicans pleaded not guilty to two felony charges each, stemming from their roles as fake electors in 2020 where they signed certificates falsely claiming former President Donald Trump won Nevada over Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil)

Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven’t faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run

The man who will oversee elections in one rural county in Nevada next year has pleaded not guilty, along with five fellow Republicans, on charges that they submitted false paperwork claiming Donald Trump had won the state in 2020.

Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Russia Expo international exhibition and forum at the VDNKh (The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy) in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. (Sergey Fadeichev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia’s ruling party backs Putin’s reelection bid while a pro-peace candidate clears first hurdle

Russian state new agencies have reported that delegates from Russia’s ruling party have unanimously backed President Vladimir Putin’s bid for reelection at a party conference in Moscow.