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News Articles: Elections

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., announced Sunday that he will not run for reelection following a series of attacks by President Trump over Tills' decision to vote against a massive GOP-written tax and spending bill.

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  • Politics

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis will not seek reelection next year after Trump attacks

Tillis was one of only two Senate Republicans, along with Rand Paul, Ky., who voted against a motion to start debate on Republicans' massive tax and spending bill.

June 29, 2025
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  • Deirdre Walsh
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court postpones Louisiana redistricting case to next term

At issue is the Louisiana legislature's creation of a Black-majority congressional district, which a group of voters claimed was an illegal racial gerrymander.

June 27, 2025
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Pro-Trump supporters gather at the National Mall before the inauguration of the President Trump on January 20 in Washington, DC.

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  • Politics

Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds

In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.

June 26, 2025
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, celebrates at an election night event in New York early Wednesday morning as he takes an early lead.

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  • Politics

4 things to know about Zohran Mamdani, presumptive Democratic nominee for NYC mayor

Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assembly member and Democratic socialist, came in first in Tuesday's ranked-choice primary. Here's what to know about his policies, personal life and past.

June 25, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
A sign directs voters to cast their ballots on April 1 at a polling station set up at the Flagler County Public Library in Palm Coast, Fla.

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  • Elections

A 2nd judge halts more of Trump's voting executive order

More than a month after a federal judge halted a key portion of President Trump's executive order on voting, another judge has ruled that additional provisions of the order need to pause as well.

June 13, 2025
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By:
  • Miles Parks
Falling snow piles up and partially covers a sign informing voters where to vote on Election Day, outside the Oak Creek Town Hall in Oak Creek, Colorado, on November 5, 2024.

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  • News

Public polling on Trump's immigration policies. And, preparing your home for flooding

NPR analyzes the public opinion polling on Trump's immigration policies. And, ways to protect your home from flooding this 2025 hurricane season.

June 12, 2025
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By:
  • Brittney Melton
Voters walk into the Oak Creek Town Hall to drop off their ballots on Nov. 5, 2024, in Oak Creek, Colo.

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  • Elections

Trump's DOJ makes its most sweeping demand for election data yet

Voting officials say they've never seen a demand like the one the Justice Department sent to Colorado last month.

June 11, 2025
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By:
  • Miles Parks and
  • Jude Joffe-Block
FILE - Stickers lay on a table inside a polling place, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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  • Elections

Votes trickle in for low-turnout Georgia Public Service Commission primaries

Early voting ends this Friday in primary elections underway for a pair of Public Service Commission seats. All registered voters in Georgia are eligible to vote for each commissioner, no matter where they live.

June 09, 2025
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  • Amber Roldan and
  • Georgia Recorder
FILE - Stickers lay on a table inside a polling place, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

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  • Politics

Georgia mayor and 2 others are jailed on felony charges for trying to halt a local election

The mayor of a small Georgia city and two former election workers have been jailed on felony charges stemming from efforts to stop a local election last fall.

June 04, 2025
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  • Associated Press
Voters line up at the Rose Creek Public Library in Woodstock for the first day of early voting. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Early voting is underway for Georgia PSC races. Here’s what you need to know

For the first time since 2020, Georgia voters have a chance to decide who will represent them on the Public Service Commission.

June 03, 2025
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  • Amber Roldan and
  • Georgia Recorder
Presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian backed by the right-wing Law and Justice party addresses supporters at his headquarters after the presidential election runoff in Warsaw, Poland on Sunday.

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  • Europe

Conservative Karol Nawrocki wins Poland's presidential election

Karol Nawrocki, a 42-year-old historian and amateur boxer, is new to politics and ran as an independent but was backed by the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS) party.

June 02, 2025
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  • Esme Nicholson
Incumbent Prime Minister and leader of the center-right Social Democratic Party Luis Montenegro gestures while addressing his supporters following Portugal's general election, in Lisbon on Monday.

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  • Europe

Portugal's election falls short of ending political instability. Here's what to know

Sunday's vote delivered another minority government for the center-right party. The significant rise in support for the hard-right populist party adds uncertainty.

May 20, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
 Georgia Power’s requested rate increase would add $16.29 – about $200 annually – to the average residential customer’s bill over the next three years, starting in 2023 with a $14.32 hike. John McCosh/Georgia Recorder

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  • Politics

Clock ticking for Georgia voter registration to elect two new members to Public Service Commission

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the June 17 primary to fill two Georgia Public Service Commission seats on an embattled board that has faced criticism for a series of Georgia Power rate hikes over the last several years.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap and
  • Georgia Recorder
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is seen during a press conference on May 7 in Washington, D.C. Bondi's Department of Justice recently charged a few noncitizens for alleged illegal voting, citing assistance from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.

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  • Elections

Trump's DOJ focuses in on voter fraud, with a murky assist from DOGE

President Trump and his allies have long made false claims of widespread noncitizen voting. Now, as the GOP pursues new restrictions, experts worry isolated arrests will be used to push the new rules.

May 17, 2025
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By:
  • Miles Parks and
  • Jude Joffe-Block
Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, seen here in 2023, has championed the new state education standards that include instructions for students to "identify discrepancies in 2020 election results."

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  • Elections

Oklahoma education standards say students must identify 2020 election 'discrepancies'

New academic standards in Oklahoma call for the teaching of "discrepancies" in the 2020 election, continuing the spread of a false narrative years after it was first pushed by Trump and his allies.

May 15, 2025
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  • Beth Wallis
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