Tag: Elections
France’s Sarkozy faces new trial over 2012 campaign finance
<p>PARIS — French former President Nicolas Sarkozy is scheduled to go on trial Wednesday on charges that his unsuccessful reelection bid in 2012 was...
Iowa City to reboot racial truth commission after infighting
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A groundbreaking effort to document and dismantle institutional racism in Iowa’s most liberal city will be paused and relaunched after...
EXPLAINER: Why is California Gov. Newsom facing a recall?
LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing the possibility that he could be removed by voters in a recall election in the...
EU’s Frontex renews joint border control deal with Albania
<p>TIRANA, Albania — The European Union's border agency, Frontex, has renewed its agreement with non EU-member Albania to strengthen cooperation in border management, fighting...
Voter outreach led to big drop in rejected mail ballots
ATLANTA — The coronavirus pandemic triggered an unprecedented surge in mailed ballots last year, raising concerns that a flood of first-time absentee voters would...
South emerges as flashpoint of brewing redistricting battle
The partisan showdown over redistricting has hardly begun, but already both sides agree on one thing: It largely comes down to the South.
...
I like Ike, but Mike’s OK; ranked-choice voting gets a look
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — An electoral reform that has taken root in the iconoclastic states of Maine and Alaska could be gaining traction nationwide.
...
Correction: Georgia Election-Investigation story
<p>ATLANTA — In a story February 10, 2021, about an investigation into potential attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia, The Associated Press,...
Voting starts in coronavirus-affected Dutch election
THE HAGUE, Netherlands —
Polling stations opened across the Netherlands...
Alaska GOP wants Murkowski to stop identifying as Republican
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Republican Party previously censured U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski for voting to convict former President Donald Trump after his impeachment...