Elections
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele granted leave to campaign for reelection
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has been granted leave by Congress for six months to allow him to campaign for reelection despite a constitutional prohibition on reelection.
What if Donald Trump is convicted? The 2024 Republican convention rules don’t address the issue
Rules for next year’s nominating contest and convention have been released, but a major question is unaddressed: Can delegates vote for a different candidate if the party’s presumptive nominee is convicted of a felony?
North Carolina trial judges block election board changes made by Republican legislature
North Carolina trial judges have blocked portions of a new law that would eliminate Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s authority to pick election board members.
Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024
Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that were used to spread politically partisan content in the United States before next year’s election.
DeSantis and Newsom lob insults and talk some policy in a faceoff between two White House aspirants
In an alternate reality, the prime-time showdown between California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom and Florida Republican Gov.
Haley and DeSantis rely on outside groups to stop Trump
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley are increasingly outsourcing central parts of their campaigns.
Texas man sentenced 2 years in prison for threatening Georgia election workers after 2020 election
Federal prosecutors say a Texas man who was the first arrest by a Justice Department task force that investigates threats to election workers has been sentenced to two years in prison.
Pennsylvania is trying to help voters avoid mistakes that would invalidate their mail ballot
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania is trying anew to help voters using mail-in ballots in the battleground state avoid mistakes that might get their ballot thrown out in 2024’s presidential election and beyond.
Mississippi GOP challenges election night court order that kept polls open during ballot shortage
The Mississippi Republican Party has filed a petition challenging a court order that kept some polls in the state’s largest county open longer than usual on election night in November.
Arizona officials who refused to canvass election results indicted by grand jury
Arizona’s top prosecutor says officials in a rural county who delayed canvassing the 2022 general election results have been criminally charged.
Winning the presidential nomination is all about delegates. But how does the process work?
By now, Americans should be well aware that the process of electing a president isn’t like electing a senator or governor.
Lawmaker helping lead impeachment of Philadelphia’s prosecutor will run for state attorney general
A state lawmaker who’s helping lead the effort to impeach Philadelphia’s elected prosecutor is the newest candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general. Rep.
Nikki Haley wins backing from powerful Koch network as she aims to take on Trump
The political arm of the powerful Koch network has endorsed Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign. Americans for Prosperity promises to commit its nationwide army of activists and virtually unlimited funds to help Haley defeat former President Donald Trump in the GOP primary contest.
In new challenge to indictment, Trump’s lawyers argue he had good basis to question election results
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are arguing that he had a good faith basis to question the outcome of the 2020 election that he lost.
Dutch election winner Wilders taps former center-left minister to look at possible coalitions
Far-right Dutch election winner Geert Wilders has tapped a former minister from the center-left Labor Party to investigate possible coalitions.
Indonesia opens the campaign for its presidential election in February
Candidates have opened their campaigns for Indonesia’s presidential election, which is shaping up as a three-way race among a former special forces general who’s lost twice before and two former governors.
Trump says he will renew efforts to replace ‘Obamacare’ if he wins a second term
Former President Donald Trump says he wants to reopen the contentious fight over the Affordable Care Act.
Puerto Rico opposition party will hold a gubernatorial primary after its president enters race
One of Puerto Rico’s biggest political parties will hold a gubernatorial primary after Rep. Jesús Manuel Ortiz of the Popular Democratic Party announced his candidacy.
Indonesia’s 3 presidential contenders vow peaceful campaigns ahead of next year election
Indonesia’s three presidential hopefuls have vowed a peaceful race, a day before campaigning for next year’s election officially began as concerns rose their rivalry may sharpen religious and ethnic divides in Southeast Asia’s largest democracy.
Delaware County’s top prosecutor becomes fifth Democrat to run for Pennsylvania attorney general
Delaware County’s twice-elected top prosecutor will run for attorney general of Pennsylvania in 2024.
Many voters are weary about a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024. Third parties hope they can fill the gap
The 2024 presidential election is drawing a robust field of independent, third party and long shot candidates.
Congolese Nobel laureate kicks off presidential campaign with a promise to end violence, corruption
Congolese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege has kicked off his campaign for next month’s presidential election.
Rep. George Santos says he expects to be kicked out of Congress as expulsion vote looms
Rep. George Santos says he expected to be expelled from Congress following a scathing report by the House Ethics Committee that found substantial evidence of lawbreaking by the New York Republican.
Rep. Dean Phillips, a Democrat running for president, says he won’t run for re-election to Congress
Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips, who is running for president and challenging Joe Biden in the primary, has announced that he will not seek reelection to Congress in 2024.
Appeals court says Georgia may elect utility panel statewide, rejecting a ruling for district voting
A federal appeals court has ruled that Georgia can keep statewide elections for its five-member commission regulating utilities.
Republican ex-federal prosecutor in Philadelphia to run for Pennsylvania attorney general
Former federal prosecutor Katayoun “Kat” Copeland says she’s running for attorney general of Pennsylvania in 2024.
The Netherlands’ longtime ruling party says it won’t join a new government following far-right’s win
The process of forming a new government for the Netherlands after a far-right party’s election victory is underway.
Madagascar president on course for reelection as supporters claim they were promised money to vote
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina is on course for reelection in a vote boycotted by most opposition candidates.
Dutch election winner Geert Wilders is an anti-Islam firebrand known as the Dutch Donald Trump
He’s been called the Dutch Donald Trump. He’s been threatened with death countless times by Islamic extremists, convicted of insulting Moroccans and the British government once banned him from entering the country.
In a political shift to the far right, anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders wins big in Dutch election
The party of an anti-Islam, anti-migration politician is heading for a massive parliamentary election victory in the Netherlands.
More than 43,000 people went to the polls for a Louisiana election. A candidate won by 1 vote
In the northwest corner of Louisiana, a candidate for parish sheriff is demanding a recount after losing by a single vote in an election where more than 43,000 people voted.