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Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places

Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republican-led states say they will block the Justice Department's election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities' decades-long practice of watching for violations of fed
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Former Denver elections worker's lawsuit says she was fired for speaking out about threats

DENVER (AP) — A former Denver elections worker who says she was fired for speaking out about her safety concerns on comedian Jon Stewart's show filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging election officials wanted to silence her and violated her First A
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About 24 states say they'll send National Guard troops to DC for vote certification and inauguration

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two dozen states have indicated they would be willing to send National Guard troops to Washington if requested in the weeks following the presidential election and in the runup to the inauguration, Guard officials said Mon
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Georgia high court says absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day, even in county with delay

Georgia high court says absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day, even in county with delay

ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of voters in Georgia's third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late will not get an extension to return them, the state's highest court decided on Monday.
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Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. Why that's unlikely

Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. Why that's unlikely

Former President Donald Trump is stepping up his demands that the winner of the presidential race be declared shortly after polls close Tuesday, well before all the votes are counted.
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Pennsylvania election officials weighing in on challenges to 4,300 mail ballot applications

Pennsylvania election officials weighing in on challenges to 4,300 mail ballot applications

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than 4,000 mail ballot applications have been challenged across 14 Pennsylvania counties, leaving election officials to decide voter eligibility during hearings that will extend well past Election Day .
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Georgia high court says absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day, even in county with delay

Georgia high court says absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day, even in county with delay

ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of voters in Georgia's third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late will not get an extension to return them, the state's highest court decided on Monday.
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'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray Sinclair

'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray Sinclair

WINNIPEG — Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, died Monday in Winnipeg. He was 73.
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Appeals court says Arizona should release list of voters with unverified citizenship

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a decision by a lower court that required the Secretary of State’s office to release a list of tens of thousands of voters who were mistakenly classified as having access to Arizona’s ful
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Supreme Court 'signed my son's death warrant,' mother says of refusal to hear plea

Supreme Court 'signed my son's death warrant,' mother says of refusal to hear plea

OTTAWA — The mother of a Canadian man detained in Syria says the Supreme Court of Canada has signed her son's death warrant by closing the door on a plea to hear his case.
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