Tag: Elections

Alejandro Mayorkas is sworn in at his confirmation hearing as nominee for Secretary of Homeland Security on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

Senate to hold confirmation hearing for Biden DHS secretary before inauguration

Anna Giaritelli · January 12, 2021 10:14 pm

Beltway Confidential

Lawyer Lin Wood has crossed a dangerous legal line

Quin Hillyer · January 11, 2021 8:03 pm

Tim Scott, not Ted Cruz, has the right election commission idea

Washington Examiner · January 9, 2021 5:00 am

Chester County, Pa. election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots for the 2020 general election in the United States at West Chester University, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in West Chester.

Security upped at Georgia vote-count site after bomb threat saying Nashville was ‘practice run’: Report

Zach Halaschak · January 6, 2021 3:20 pm

A man votes on the only machine working shortly after polls opened in Georgia's Senate runoff elections at a senior center, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Acworth, Ga. Election systems in the U.S. are vulnerable to cyber intrusions similar to the one that hit federal agencies and numerous businesses last year and remain a potential target for foreign hacking, according to a report released Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021.

Most Georgia runoff voters say the state’s presidential election was conducted fairly: Exit poll

Zach Halaschak · January 6, 2021 1:26 am

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, flanked by Attorney General Xavier Becerra, right, answers a question concerning a lawsuit the state will likely file against President Donald Trump over his emergency declaration to fund a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif.

Newsom recall reaches 60 percent of goal over holiday with two months to deadline

Washington Examiner · January 5, 2021 1:30 pm

Pennsylvania Senate delays seating member over last minute election challenge

Washington Examiner · January 5, 2021 1:00 pm

House could toss Republican member from office by using 1937 precedent

Kerry Picket · January 4, 2021 9:08 pm

Negative ads in Georgia Senate runoff race go from strange to absurd

Barnini Chakraborty · January 4, 2021 8:47 pm

Battle over contested House election continues after Iowa Republican is seated

Kerry Picket · January 4, 2021 2:10 am

Puerto Rico swears in pro-statehood governor

Zach Halaschak · January 2, 2021 7:54 pm

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Democrats include funding in rules package for House panel to resolve contested elections in New York and Iowa

Kerry Picket · January 1, 2021 9:36 pm