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  • State board investigating allegations of misconduct by voter registration-drive workers

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    The North Carolina State Board of Elections is  investigating allegations of misconduct by voter registration-drive workers. 

    The board said Friday that it received complaints alleging that workers have been impersonating state or county elections officials in Brunswick, Buncombe, Chowan, Haywood, Nash, Scotland, and Wake counties.

    The board said it received complaints of people falsely telling voters that they must re-register to vote to cast a ballot in future elections. Under the law, however, voters who are already registered are not required to re-register unless they have moved to a new county. Voters who move to a new address in the same county or wish to change their name or party affiliation should submit a new voter registration application to update their voter record, elections officials said. 

    Elections officials also received complaints of people going door-to-door, falsely identifying themselves as county or state election workers. Government election workers do not go door-to-door for any reason, the board said. 

    The board is also investigating allegations of voter registration applications turned into county boards of elections with missing or inaccurate voter information, such as a wrong birthdate or a voter identification number different that doesn’t match what’s on file with state elections officials. It is a felony to falsify a voter registration form, officials said. 

    “When workers involved in voter drives falsify or alter information on registration forms, it can cause problems for innocent voters at the polls,” Sam Hayes, the director of the state elections board, said in a statement. “This is unacceptable and hurts voter confidence.”

    The board regularly investigates allegations of fraud or misconduct. In October 2022, the state board investigated complaints from voters who said they were confused by mailers that included inaccurate information about whether they voted in the 2018 or 2020 elections.

    Tips for Voters

    The state board on Friday provided tips and reminders for voters as the March 3 primary election nears: 

    • All voters can check their registration status on the state board’s website to double check if they are registered or see if they need to re-register. 
    • Voters registering to vote at a registration drive don’t have to return the form to the worker at the drive. Voters can deliver the form in person or by mail to their county board of elections.
    • County and state elections officials do not go door-to-door. The board asked voters to report instances of home visits by people identifying themselves as election officials.
    • Voters can always ask voter registration workers for their information to verify their identities to make sure they are actually working for election officials.

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  • Wambsganss, Rehmet set for November rematch. Here are their plans for short term

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    The Texas Legislature won’t be back in session until 2027.

    The Texas Legislature won’t be back in session until 2027.


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    Texas Senate District 9 candidates Republican Leigh Wambsganss and Democrat Taylor Rehmet have been opponents for seven months — and it’ll stay that way until November.

    They both announced their candidacy in June. But because they are vying for the remainder of Kelly Hancock’s term, Wambsganss and Rehmet still have 10 months to go until they are no longer ballot opponents.

    Neither garnered 50% of the votes in the original face-off back in November 2025, but they knocked Republic John Huffman, former Southlake Mayor, out of the race.

    Whoever wins the runoff election Saturday will hold the office until January 2027, when the November general election winner takes over. There’s no one else in the race, so many voters will have a sense of déjà vu at the ballot box.

    Over the next few months, the Texas Legislature is not slated to be in session.

    Until the 2027 session Rehmet said in a Star-Telegram candidate questionnaire he wants to see an interim study of the rapid expansion of data centers in Texas. Though he said he’s not against technology or progress, he wants to ensure accountability is taking place.

    Rehmet said he would hold a listening tour to build relationships in the district, which covers most of Tarrant County, so that he has “ready-to-file legislation.”

    In the interim, Wambsganss said she’d similarly prepare for the 2027 session in the same questionnaire. She would ready her office by hiring staff and touch base with constituents and stakeholders to have proposed legislation ready to file before the end of the year.

    The top priorities for Wambsganss ahead of the 90th legislative session is ensuring the Texas infrastructure is ready to accommodate growth. She also said she would take steps to secure the border.

    Follow along with the Star-Telegram to see who will be the incumbent in November.

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  • Tanzania opposition calls for transitional government after disputed election

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    NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s main opposition party called Thursday for the establishment of a transitional government after a disputed election that it was barred from taking part in, saying the current government has “no legitimacy.”

    John Heche, vice chair of the opposition party Chadema, said the United Nations and African continental bodies should oversee a transitional government and a fresh, fair election.

    He said the Oct. 29 election, which the ruling party won by more than 97%, was null and void, and called for the dissolution of the Tanzanian electoral body.

    “The entire election is invalid, and it has no legitimacy because it took place under gross violations of the law, justice, and democratic principles,” Heche said.

    The disputed election led to days of protests in which hundreds of people died and more than 2,000 others were arrested.

    Tanzanian activists had planned a follow-up protest earlier this week, but human rights groups reported a crackdown and police were deployed heavily in major cities ahead of the protests.

    The Southern African Development Community concluded that Tanzania’s election fell short of democratic standards due to irregularities, restricted access for political party agents, and some voters being unable to vote.

    The country’s internet connection was shut down on election day and for the next 10 days, drawing concerns from human rights organizations.

    Chadema’s Chairperson Tundu Lissu has been in prison since April, when he was arrested and charged with treason for calling for electoral reforms.

    Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who won in a landslide, vowed to unite the country during her inauguration while blaming the election violence on foreigners.

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  • Tarrant County commissioner upset over number of polling places for TX Senate runoff

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    Election Day wait times at 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2025 saw the majority of polling locations have lines 10 to 30 minutes long.

    Election Day wait times at 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 4, 2025 saw the majority of polling locations have lines 10 to 30 minutes long.


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    A Democrat on the Tarrant County Commissioners Court is upset that there will be fewer polling locations in the Senate District 9 runoff than there were in November’s constitutional amendment election.

    Commissioners voted 3-0 Tuesday, with the two Democrats abstaining, to set 143 locations for the Jan. 31 runoff between Democrat Taylor Rehmet and Republican Leigh Wambsganss, who advanced to the runoff to fill the North Texas district following a Nov. 4 special election. They approved 21 locations for early voting Jan. 21 through Jan. 27.

    In November, when there was a statewide ballot, voters had their choice of 214 Election Day sites and 33 early voting locations.

    Some of those sites saw lines up to half-an-hour long. Because lines were long, Commissioner Alisa Simmons, an Arlington Democrat, said there should be more polling locations available.

    Elections Administrator Clint Ludwig said voters’ habits are to blame for long wait times, not the number of voting sites.

    In August, the commissioners made a partisan decision to reduce the early voting locations by a fourth and Election Day sites by a third compared to 2023, saving the county over $1 million.

    One early voting center costs “on average, a little over $10,300” to operate, Ludwig told the court in August.

    Ludwig said the average wait time on Nov. 4 was about seven and a half minutes. Up until 4 p.m., the longest wait was less than five minutes, but lines lengthened once people started getting off work.

    Republican Commissioner Matt Krause, from Keller, said there’s always a rush on Election Day because of voters’ traditions.

    “I don’t think that’s an anomaly or that we didn’t have enough polling places,” Krause said. “Then you look at the average, and if it’s 7.25 minutes on Election Day, that’s a pretty good efficient process.”

    Some wait times were up to 45 minutes.

    Simmons has said long wait times are unacceptable because they can persuade voters not to vote at all. On Election Day, she had planned to vote at the Mansfield Subcourthouse but had to vote elsewhere.

    “I left and went somewhere else to vote because I refused to stand in that line that was wrapped around the building,” Simmons said. “You can’t tell me that wait time was 7 minutes or 15 minutes or anything. I saw it with my own eyes.”

    Ludwig said voters should have planned to vote early or use the wait time map on the county website to decide where they would go.

    “You did not need to go there and wait in line. Don’t wait till 5 o’clock on Election Day to show up to the polls,” Ludwig said at a November Reagan Legacy Republican Women meeting. “You had 12 days of early voting and a lot of hours before that. Because if you do, you may end up waiting in line.”

    Ludwig said people instead went to the location they knew at the end of the last day, and some lines were long because of it.

    Roughly 50% of voters cast their ballots during the 11-day early voting period and about 49% came to the polls on Election Day. The remaining 1% were mail-in ballots. The election had a total turnout of 17.39%.

    For comparison, the 2023 election had a 12.23% turnout rate. About 40% of people voted early and 58% cast their ballots on Election Day.

    “We have 1.3 million registered voters in this county,” Ludwig said earlier in November. “Your vote matters, and I will count it if you care to cast it. Now, if it’s not supposed to count, I’m not going to count it. So understand that, but it is your voice. You need to get out to the polls.”

    Senate District 9 run-off

    The November ballot had 17 constitutional amendments and, for the roughly 1 million residents in Senate District 9, a choice between three candidates. None got more than 50% of the vote, so the two highest vote getters will be on the Jan. 31 ballot.

    The majority of the district spreads across County Commissioner Precincts 3 and 4, but law requires at least half the number of polling locations in one precinct as in another.

    There are 50 Election Day voting sites in Precinct 3, so there are 25 polling locations in Precincts 1 and 2.

    Ludwig told commissioners on Tuesday 35 locations had no wait time on the Nov. 4 Election Day.

    “Como Community Center, on Election Day, average wait time was 25.26 minutes,” Ludwig said. “But within 1.7 miles was a Baptist church that had an average wait time of 1.15 minutes all day long. People did not choose to use the app and the features we have available to find locations. They just went to the main ones that they know.”

    There’s no need to wait in line, Ludwig said. Voters need to check wait times before going to vote.

    Simmons agreed that the tools are useful, but it’s not feasible for residents with limited access to transportation.

    She said it will always be her belief that more polling locations are better and that lessening the number of sites is voter suppression, especially when the disappearing locations are in communities of color.

    Simmons attempted to add more voting locations to the list, but the amendment didn’t receive a majority of votes. Ludwig said the polling sites listed are primarily within the Senate District 9 bounds.

    This story was originally published December 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM.

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  • Election Day 2025: Live updates of key races, storylines and ballot measures around the country

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    Former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who was outraised by the Democrat and failed to earn the endorsement of President Donald Trump.The win flips control of the commonwealth’s governor’s mansion. While local issues and the biographies of the candidates played a strong role in the race, the results also reflect a contest where Trump’s presence loomed.Virginia has a concentration of federal workers in the north and has deeply felt both the impact of the president cutting the workforce and of the government shutdown.Virginia was one of two states, along with New Jersey, where voters were picking a governor on Tuesday. Voters were also selecting a new mayor in New York City, and in California, were deciding whether to approve a new congressional map that is designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm elections. Here are the latest time-stamped updates from Election Day 2025 (ET): 8:15 p.m.Results for two high-profile mayoral races have come in.According to AP, Democrat Aftab Pureval has won the Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, who is the half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.And in Atlanta, Democrat Andre Dickens won reelection over three challengers.8 p.m.Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won Virginia’s gubernatorial election, becoming the first female governor in the commonwealth’s history, according to AP projections.Spanberger, a former congresswoman and CIA case officer, defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.Spanberger ran a mostly moderate campaign, offering a model for Democrats who want the party anchored by center-left candidates.Spanberger tied Earle-Sears to President Donald Trump but kept her arguments mostly on Trump’s economic policy and her support for abortion rights.Notably, Trump did not endorse Earle-Sears.7:30 p.m. Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday’s elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll.The results of the expansive survey of more than 17,000 voters in New Jersey, Virginia, California and New York City suggest they are troubled by an economy that seems trapped by higher prices and fewer job opportunities.The economic challenges have played out in different ways at the local level. Most New Jersey voters said property taxes were a “major problem,” while most New York City voters said this about the cost of housing. Most Virginia voters said they’ve felt at least some impact from the recent federal government cuts.7 p.m.Polling locations have closed in Virginia.Polls across the commonwealth’s counties and cities were open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters in line at a polling place at 7 p.m. can still cast ballots.Virginia voters are choosing a new governor and lieutenant governor. They’re also deciding whether Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares should get another term or if Democratic challenger Jay Jones should replace him. All 100 seats in the House of Delegates are also up for election.There are well over 6 million registered voters in Virginia. The last time these statewide races were on the ballot in 2021, overall voter turnout was 55%.This year, nearly 1.5 million people have cast absentee ballots, mostly through the mail or in person.Video below: Spanberger makes last push before Tuesday’s election for VA governor6:55 p.m.New York City’s Board of Elections released another turnout update Tuesday evening.As of 6 p.m., 1.7 million people have voted in the mayoral election.That’s the biggest turnout in a New York City mayoral election in at least 30 years. Just under 1.9 million people voted in the 1993 race, when Republican Rudy Giuliani ousted Mayor David Dinkins, a Democrat.6:45 p.m.Here is when polls close in states with key races. New York: 9 p.m.New Jersey: 8 p.m.Virginia: 7 p.m.California: 11 p.m. (8 p.m. PT)6:30 p.m.It’s not a presidential election year or even the midterms, but the stakes for Election Day 2025 remain undeniably high, with outcomes that could leave a lasting impact on the nation’s direction.Will California redefine the congressional landscape ahead of 2026? Could New York City elect a democratic socialist as its next mayor? And how will the perception of the Trump administration impact critical gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia?This week holds the answers to those pressing questions. Here’s what you need to know before the results start rolling in Tuesday night.

    Former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears, who was outraised by the Democrat and failed to earn the endorsement of President Donald Trump.

    The win flips control of the commonwealth’s governor’s mansion. While local issues and the biographies of the candidates played a strong role in the race, the results also reflect a contest where Trump’s presence loomed.

    Virginia has a concentration of federal workers in the north and has deeply felt both the impact of the president cutting the workforce and of the government shutdown.

    Virginia was one of two states, along with New Jersey, where voters were picking a governor on Tuesday. Voters were also selecting a new mayor in New York City, and in California, were deciding whether to approve a new congressional map that is designed to help Democrats win five more U.S. House seats in next year’s midterm elections.

    Here are the latest time-stamped updates from Election Day 2025 (ET):

    8:15 p.m.

    Results for two high-profile mayoral races have come in.

    According to AP, Democrat Aftab Pureval has won the Cincinnati mayoral election over Cory Bowman, who is the half-brother of Vice President JD Vance.

    And in Atlanta, Democrat Andre Dickens won reelection over three challengers.

    8 p.m.

    Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won Virginia’s gubernatorial election, becoming the first female governor in the commonwealth’s history, according to AP projections.

    Spanberger, a former congresswoman and CIA case officer, defeated Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears.

    Spanberger ran a mostly moderate campaign, offering a model for Democrats who want the party anchored by center-left candidates.

    Spanberger tied Earle-Sears to President Donald Trump but kept her arguments mostly on Trump’s economic policy and her support for abortion rights.

    Notably, Trump did not endorse Earle-Sears.

    7:30 p.m.

    Economic worries were the dominant concern as voters cast ballots for Tuesday’s elections, according to preliminary findings from the AP Voter Poll.

    The results of the expansive survey of more than 17,000 voters in New Jersey, Virginia, California and New York City suggest they are troubled by an economy that seems trapped by higher prices and fewer job opportunities.

    The economic challenges have played out in different ways at the local level. Most New Jersey voters said property taxes were a “major problem,” while most New York City voters said this about the cost of housing. Most Virginia voters said they’ve felt at least some impact from the recent federal government cuts.

    7 p.m.

    Polling locations have closed in Virginia.

    Polls across the commonwealth’s counties and cities were open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters in line at a polling place at 7 p.m. can still cast ballots.

    Virginia voters are choosing a new governor and lieutenant governor. They’re also deciding whether Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares should get another term or if Democratic challenger Jay Jones should replace him. All 100 seats in the House of Delegates are also up for election.

    There are well over 6 million registered voters in Virginia. The last time these statewide races were on the ballot in 2021, overall voter turnout was 55%.

    This year, nearly 1.5 million people have cast absentee ballots, mostly through the mail or in person.

    Video below: Spanberger makes last push before Tuesday’s election for VA governor

    6:55 p.m.

    New York City’s Board of Elections released another turnout update Tuesday evening.

    As of 6 p.m., 1.7 million people have voted in the mayoral election.

    That’s the biggest turnout in a New York City mayoral election in at least 30 years. Just under 1.9 million people voted in the 1993 race, when Republican Rudy Giuliani ousted Mayor David Dinkins, a Democrat.

    6:45 p.m.

    Here is when polls close in states with key races.

    New York: 9 p.m.

    New Jersey: 8 p.m.

    Virginia: 7 p.m.

    California: 11 p.m. (8 p.m. PT)

    6:30 p.m.

    It’s not a presidential election year or even the midterms, but the stakes for Election Day 2025 remain undeniably high, with outcomes that could leave a lasting impact on the nation’s direction.

    Will California redefine the congressional landscape ahead of 2026? Could New York City elect a democratic socialist as its next mayor? And how will the perception of the Trump administration impact critical gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia?

    This week holds the answers to those pressing questions. Here’s what you need to know before the results start rolling in Tuesday night.

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  • Election Day kicks off in Va. with high stakes races for governor, attorney general – WTOP News

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    Polls are open in Virginia in an election to decide the state’s next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, House of Delegates and local offices across the commonwealth.

    WTOP will have live coverage of election night in Virginia.

    Polls are open in Virginia in an election to decide the state’s next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, House of Delegates and local offices across the commonwealth.

    Observers across the nation have their eyes on Tuesday’s election to determine if the results indicate momentum toward one party or the other heading into next year’s midterm elections, which will decide the balance of power in Congress.

    Virginia’s race for governor has pitted the current Republican lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, against Democratic former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger.

    There’s plenty of intrigue in the commonwealth’s other statewide races, too. Democrat Ghazala Hashmi and Republican John Reid are vying to be Virginia’s next lieutenant governor in a race that’s shaping up to be the closest of the statewide contests.

    And the race that’s grabbed the most headlines in recent weeks is the one for attorney general, after texts sent by Democratic nominee Jay Jones surfaced in which Jones hypothesized about shooting a political rival.

    That controversy has opened the door to the possibility of a split administration, as Spanberger is favored in the governor’s race, but the controversy has propelled incumbent Attorney General and Republican Jason Miyares to a lead in many polls to retain his position.

    All 100 seats in Virginia’s House of Delegates are also on the ballot, though some are not contested. Democrats have a slim 51-48 majority headed into Tuesday, with one current vacancy.

    Democrats also carry a majority in the Virginia State Senate; the 40 seats in the upper chamber are on the ballot in 2027.

    Before Election Day, hundreds of thousands of Virginians voted early. According to the Virginia Public Access Project, a record number of early ballots were cast for a non-presidential election in Virginia.

    What to know about casting a ballot

    Polls close at 7 p.m. Anyone in line to vote at that time will still be able to do so.

    All voters need to provide an acceptable form of ID, sign an ID confirmation statement at the polls or vote with a provisional ballot. Those who vote a provisional ballot will have until noon on the Friday after the election to deliver a copy of their ID to their jurisdiction’s election board or sign a confirmation statement in order for their ballot to be counted.

    A list of acceptable forms of ID is available online.

    The deadline to register to vote or to update voter registration has passed. Voters can view what’s on their ballot and find the location of their polling place on the Virginia Department of Elections website.

    WTOP will report results live as soon as they start coming in shortly after the polls close.

    Voters hit the polls

    Chelsea Lamm went to the polls early Tuesday morning and said helping others in need was top on her mind.

    “Just how can we be fair and think about everybody instead of just ourselves and what our own religious beliefs are,” she said.

    Voter Matthew Ziegler said he had several big topics on his mind when walking into the voting booth Tuesday.

    “The general safety of the population, unnecessary taxes, the car tax, that’s been ridiculous for years to be honest, and other issues of course the economy in mind as well across the entire state,” he said.

    Nader Chaaban said taxes were a big issue for him as he stepped up to vote.

    “Honestly I wish that they would get rid of the car tax, that’s a killer right there,” Chaaban said. “You pay a property tax, you pay a food tax, you pay for everything and then they come back and they tax you on the car that you’ve already paid taxes on,” he said.

    Voting in the historic Virginia governor’s race

    Lamm said when it comes to the governor’s race, she’s made up her mind.

    “I’m definitely voting Spanberger … especially as we’re seeing the government shutdown and SNAP benefits come into question for a lot of folks whether you’re voting Republican or Democrat, and so just how can I vote to take care of other people,” she said.

    Ziegler said, for governor, he’s voting, “Winsome-Sears, she has a lot of great leadership qualities, confidence, she knows what she’s talking about and is concerned about all of the safety issues and especially with the economy she really stood out to me this year.”

    When it comes to the government shutdown, Ziegler said he trusts Winsome-Sears to get the state through the difficult times.

    “I think that will be something that she’ll definitely work on and sway to connect across the entire population of Virginia,” Ziegler said.

    Chaaban said Spanberger “to a certain extent appeals to some of the things that I believe in and one of them honestly is looking at the educational system and supporting it and helping teachers, helping the school system.”

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  • Election Day in Northern California: The latest on voting for Prop 50 redistricting measure

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    California voters have one big ballot measure to consider this year. Here’s what you need to know about Proposition 50 and how it would impact the state. What is Proposition 50? If passed, it would change California’s congressional district map. Normally the map is drawn by an independent commission, but state Democrats drew *** new map to try and get more members of their party elected to Congress. It’s *** direct response to Texas changing their congressional maps in favor of electing more Republicans. *** yes vote would support changing the maps. The congressional districts will get redrawn in *** way that spreads out likely Democratic voters into areas that are normally solved Republican spots. *** no vote would keep the current maps in place. What are people saying about Prop 50? Well, supporters say it is *** crucial step in keeping President Trump’s power in check and counter his push to get other states to redraw their maps. Governor Gavin Newsom is behind this move. Because Republicans hold the majority in both the Senate and House of Representatives, supporters of this measure say it would limit President Trump and his ability to pass items on his agenda. Opponents who are mostly members of the Republican Party say this is just *** power grab by the Democratic Party that would undermine *** fair election. 5 districts are likely to change from red to blue if Proposition 50 passes. District 1, currently represented by Doug LaMalfa. District 3 is represented by Kevin Kiley. District 22 is represented by David Valadaa. District 41 is currently held by Ken Calver. Lastly, District 48, which is held by Darrell Issa. Election day is November 4th, and ballots have already been mailed out. They must be returned or mailed in by that date for your vote to count.

    Special Election Day in Northern California: The latest on voting for Prop 50 redistricting measure

    See updates on Election Day.

    Updated: 12:01 AM PST Nov 4, 2025

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    Election Day has arrived for the special election. On Tuesday, Californians will decide whether to temporarily adopt new congressional district maps statewide, as Democratic leaders push to send more Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives.Proposition 50, or Prop 50 for short, is part of a larger national fight in which Republicans and Democrats are trying to gerrymander their congressional districts to determine which party controls Congress halfway through President Trump’s term. The proposed maps target five California Republicans in an attempt to offset the five Republicans Texas is aiming to add.(Video Above: What to know about California’s Prop 50)Some communities in Northern California also have other measures or local races to weigh in on, including some measures in El Dorado County and the town of Truckee and races in Plumas County.All polling locations will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. If you’re still in line when polls close, you should be able to cast your ballot. We’ll continue to update this page with updates from Election Day. Make sure to download our app for the latest breaking news updates with election results. What to know before polls open at 7 a.m.While voters can cast their ballot in person on Election Day, millions of California voters have already mailed in or dropped off their ballot. Here’s how to track your ballot. Here’s a look at early voter turnout across the state.Before heading out the door to vote, check if you are heading to the correct or closest voting location.Find out how to check here.Still need to learn more about Prop 50? Here’s everything to know.For those eager to head to the polls, make sure you know what you can and can’t do when it comes to voting in California. For example, you cannot wear pins, hats, shirts or other visible items that display a candidate’s name, image, logo or information about supporting or opposing a ballot measure. Here are more Election Day dos and don’ts.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel

    Election Day has arrived for the special election.

    On Tuesday, Californians will decide whether to temporarily adopt new congressional district maps statewide, as Democratic leaders push to send more Democrats to the U.S. House of Representatives.

    Proposition 50, or Prop 50 for short, is part of a larger national fight in which Republicans and Democrats are trying to gerrymander their congressional districts to determine which party controls Congress halfway through President Trump’s term. The proposed maps target five California Republicans in an attempt to offset the five Republicans Texas is aiming to add.

    (Video Above: What to know about California’s Prop 50)

    Some communities in Northern California also have other measures or local races to weigh in on, including some measures in El Dorado County and the town of Truckee and races in Plumas County.

    All polling locations will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. If you’re still in line when polls close, you should be able to cast your ballot.

    We’ll continue to update this page with updates from Election Day. Make sure to download our app for the latest breaking news updates with election results.

    What to know before polls open at 7 a.m.

    While voters can cast their ballot in person on Election Day, millions of California voters have already mailed in or dropped off their ballot.

    Before heading out the door to vote, check if you are heading to the correct or closest voting location.

    Still need to learn more about Prop 50?

    For those eager to head to the polls, make sure you know what you can and can’t do when it comes to voting in California.

    For example, you cannot wear pins, hats, shirts or other visible items that display a candidate’s name, image, logo or information about supporting or opposing a ballot measure. Here are more Election Day dos and don’ts.

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  • What’s on the ballot in the first general election since Donald Trump became president

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    One year after Donald Trump retook the White House and set into motion a dramatic expansion of executive power, the Republican president figures prominently in state and local elections being held Tuesday. Video above: House Speaker Mike Johnson talks about potential impact of Tuesday’s elections on the government shutdownThe results of those contests — the first general election of Trump’s second term — will be heralded by the victors as either a major repudiation or resounding stamp of approval of his second-term agenda. That’s especially true in high-profile races for Virginia and New Jersey governor, New York City mayor, and a California proposition to redraw its congressional district boundaries. More than half of the states will hold contests on Tuesday. Here’s a look at some of the major statewide and local races on the ballot: In New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are the nominees to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. Sherrill is a four-term U.S. representative and former Navy helicopter pilot. Ciattarelli is a former state Assemblyman backed by Trump. In 2021, Ciattarelli came within about 3 percentage points of toppling Murphy.In Virginia, Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger look to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. While Spanberger has made some efforts to focus on topics other than Trump in stump speeches, the president remained a major topic of conversation throughout the campaign, from comments Earle-Sears made about him in 2022 to some of his more polarizing policies, such as the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill tax and spending cut measure and the widespread dismissal of federal workers, many of whom live in northern Virginia.Trump was scheduled to participate in telephone rallies for the candidates on Monday night. As the only gubernatorial races held in the year following a presidential election, the contests have long served as the first major test of voter sentiment toward the party holding the White House. In every race for governor since 1973, one or both states have elected a governor from a party different than that of the sitting president. The race to lead the nation’s largest city features Democratic state legislator Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate and former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.Mamdani’s comfortable victory over Cuomo in the June primary generated excitement from the party’s more progressive wing and apprehension among the party establishment. Party leaders like Gov. Kathy Hochul and U.S. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries eventually endorsed the self-described democratic socialist months after he won the nomination.The winner will replace outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, who initially sought renomination as a Democrat. After losing the primary, Adams opted to run as an independent, but dropped out of the race in September and eventually endorsed Cuomo. In February, the Trump Justice Department asked a court to drop corruption charges against Adams because the case impeded Trump’s “immigration objectives.” Trump later said he’d like to see both Adams and Sliwa drop out of the race in an effort to defeat Mamdani. California voters will decide a statewide ballot measure that would enact a new congressional map that could flip as many as five Republican-held U.S. House seats to Democratic control. Proposition 50, championed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, is in response to a new Texas map that state Republicans enacted in August as part of Trump’s efforts to keep the U.S. House under Republican control in the 2026 midterms. The Texas plan, which could help Republicans flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats, has sparked an escalating gerrymandering arms race among states to pass new maps outside of the regular once-a-decade schedule. Control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will be at stake when voters cast Yes or No votes on whether to retain three justices from the high court’s 5-2 Democratic majority. Partisan control of the court could have major implications for the 2028 presidential race, since justices might be asked to rule on election disputes, as they did in 2020. Spending on Tuesday’s contests is on track to exceed $15 million as Republicans have campaigned to end the majority and Democrats have responded. If all three justices are ousted, a deadlock in the confirmation process to replace them could result in a court tied at 2-2. An election to fill any vacant seats for full 10-year terms would be held in 2027. Virginia attorney generalRepublican incumbent Jason Miyares seeks a second term against Democrat Jay Jones. Much of the fall campaign has focused on text messages suggesting violence against political rivals that Jones sent in 2022.Texas-18 Sixteen candidates hope to fill a vacant congressional seat previously held by the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.State legislaturesControl of the Minnesota Senate and Virginia House of Delegates is at stake, while New Jersey Democrats defend their 52-28 General Assembly majority.Ballot measuresMaine voters will decide statewide questions on voting and a “red flag” law aimed at preventing gun violence. Texas’ 17 ballot measures include constitutional amendments on parental rights and limiting voting to U.S. citizens. Colorado and Washington also have statewide measures on the ballot.Mayors Detroit, Pittsburgh, Jersey City and Buffalo will elect new mayors, while incumbents in Atlanta, Minneapolis and Cincinnati seek another term.

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    One year after Donald Trump retook the White House and set into motion a dramatic expansion of executive power, the Republican president figures prominently in state and local elections being held Tuesday.

    Video above: House Speaker Mike Johnson talks about potential impact of Tuesday’s elections on the government shutdown

    The results of those contests — the first general election of Trump’s second term — will be heralded by the victors as either a major repudiation or resounding stamp of approval of his second-term agenda. That’s especially true in high-profile races for Virginia and New Jersey governor, New York City mayor, and a California proposition to redraw its congressional district boundaries.

    More than half of the states will hold contests on Tuesday. Here’s a look at some of the major statewide and local races on the ballot:

    In New Jersey, Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are the nominees to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. Sherrill is a four-term U.S. representative and former Navy helicopter pilot. Ciattarelli is a former state Assemblyman backed by Trump. In 2021, Ciattarelli came within about 3 percentage points of toppling Murphy.

    In Virginia, Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger look to replace term-limited Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. While Spanberger has made some efforts to focus on topics other than Trump in stump speeches, the president remained a major topic of conversation throughout the campaign, from comments Earle-Sears made about him in 2022 to some of his more polarizing policies, such as the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill tax and spending cut measure and the widespread dismissal of federal workers, many of whom live in northern Virginia.

    Trump was scheduled to participate in telephone rallies for the candidates on Monday night.

    As the only gubernatorial races held in the year following a presidential election, the contests have long served as the first major test of voter sentiment toward the party holding the White House. In every race for governor since 1973, one or both states have elected a governor from a party different than that of the sitting president.

    The race to lead the nation’s largest city features Democratic state legislator Zohran Mamdani, independent candidate and former Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.

    Mamdani’s comfortable victory over Cuomo in the June primary generated excitement from the party’s more progressive wing and apprehension among the party establishment. Party leaders like Gov. Kathy Hochul and U.S. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries eventually endorsed the self-described democratic socialist months after he won the nomination.

    The winner will replace outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, who initially sought renomination as a Democrat. After losing the primary, Adams opted to run as an independent, but dropped out of the race in September and eventually endorsed Cuomo. In February, the Trump Justice Department asked a court to drop corruption charges against Adams because the case impeded Trump’s “immigration objectives.” Trump later said he’d like to see both Adams and Sliwa drop out of the race in an effort to defeat Mamdani.

    California voters will decide a statewide ballot measure that would enact a new congressional map that could flip as many as five Republican-held U.S. House seats to Democratic control.

    Proposition 50, championed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, is in response to a new Texas map that state Republicans enacted in August as part of Trump’s efforts to keep the U.S. House under Republican control in the 2026 midterms. The Texas plan, which could help Republicans flip five Democratic-held U.S. House seats, has sparked an escalating gerrymandering arms race among states to pass new maps outside of the regular once-a-decade schedule.

    Control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will be at stake when voters cast Yes or No votes on whether to retain three justices from the high court’s 5-2 Democratic majority.

    Partisan control of the court could have major implications for the 2028 presidential race, since justices might be asked to rule on election disputes, as they did in 2020. Spending on Tuesday’s contests is on track to exceed $15 million as Republicans have campaigned to end the majority and Democrats have responded.

    If all three justices are ousted, a deadlock in the confirmation process to replace them could result in a court tied at 2-2. An election to fill any vacant seats for full 10-year terms would be held in 2027.

    Virginia attorney general

    Republican incumbent Jason Miyares seeks a second term against Democrat Jay Jones. Much of the fall campaign has focused on text messages suggesting violence against political rivals that Jones sent in 2022.

    Texas-18

    Sixteen candidates hope to fill a vacant congressional seat previously held by the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner.

    State legislatures

    Control of the Minnesota Senate and Virginia House of Delegates is at stake, while New Jersey Democrats defend their 52-28 General Assembly majority.

    Ballot measures

    Maine voters will decide statewide questions on voting and a “red flag” law aimed at preventing gun violence. Texas’ 17 ballot measures include constitutional amendments on parental rights and limiting voting to U.S. citizens. Colorado and Washington also have statewide measures on the ballot.

    Mayors

    Detroit, Pittsburgh, Jersey City and Buffalo will elect new mayors, while incumbents in Atlanta, Minneapolis and Cincinnati seek another term.

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  • Tanzania president being sworn in after election marred by violence

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    Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is being sworn in shortly for a second term following an election marred by violent protests and rejected by the opposition as a sham.

    The inauguration ceremony is being held at a military parade grounds in the capital, Dodoma, in an event closed to the public but broadcast live by the state-run TBC.

    Samia was declared the winner on Saturday with 98% of the vote. She faced little opposition with key rival candidates either imprisoned or barred from running.

    International observers have raised concerns about the transparency of the election and its violent aftermath, with hundreds of people reportedly killed and injured.

    The authorities have sought to downplay the scale of the violence. It has been difficult to obtain information from the country or verify the death toll, amid a nationwide internet shutdown in place since election day

    In her victory speech, Samia said the poll was “free and democratic” and described the protesters as “unpatriotic”.

    Opposition leaders and activists say hundreds were killed in clashes with security forces. The opposition Chadema party told the AFP news agency that it had recorded “no less than 800” deaths by Saturday, while a diplomatic source in Tanzania told the BBC there was credible evidence that at least 500 people had died.

    The UN human rights office earlier said there were credible reports of at least 10 deaths in three cities.

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  • Gov. Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris rally Californians to vote on Prop. 50

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    Gov. Gavin Newsom, former Vice President Kamala Harris and a slew of other national and California Democrats on Saturday rallied supporters to stay fired up in seeking passage of a ballot measure to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the midterm elections.

    While polling suggests Proposition 50 is likely to pass Tuesday, volunteers must continue knocking on doors, phone banking and motivating voters through Election Day, they said. Newsom told volunteers they ought to follow the model of sprinters, leaving it all on the field.

    “We cannot afford to run the 90-yard dash. You Angelenos, you’ve got the Olympics coming in 2028. They do not run the 90-yard dash. They run the 110-yard dash. We have got to be at peak on Election Day,” Newsom told hundreds of supporters at the Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles. “We cannot take anything for granted.”

    Hours earlier, Republicans spoke out against the ballot measure at John Wayne Park in Newport Beach, before sending teams into neighborhoods to drum up votes for their side.

    “What Proposition 50 will do is disenfranchise, meaning, disregard all Republicans in the state of California,” state Assembly member Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach) said. “Ninety percent of 6 million [Californian Republicans] will be disenfranchised.”

    Prop. 50 would redraw California’s congressional districts in an attempt to boost the number of Democrats in Congress. The effort was proposed by Newsom and other California Democrats in hope of blunting President Trump’s push in Texas and other GOP-led states to increase the number of Republicans elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in next year’s midterm elections. But even if voters approve the ballot measure that could flip five California districts currently represented by Republicans, it’s unclear whether that will be enough to shift control of the House unless there is a blue wave in the 2026 elections.

    The party that wins control of the House will shape Trump’s final two years in the White House and determine whether he is able to continue enacting his agenda or whether he faces a spate of investigations and possibly another impeachment attempt.

    The special election is among the costliest ballot measures in state history. More than $192 million has flowed into various campaign committees since state lawmakers voted in August to put the proposition on the ballot. Supporters of the redistricting effort raised exponentially more money than opponents, and polling shows the proposition is likely to pass.

    As of Friday, more than a quarter of the state’s 23 million registered voters had cast ballots, with Democrats outpacing Republicans.

    Newsom was joined Saturday by Harris, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla of California and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas, other Democrats and labor leaders.

    Harris, in a surprise appearance at the gathering, argued that the Trump administration is implementing long-sought GOP goals such as voter suppression.

    “This fight is not about sitting by and complaining, ‘Oh, they’re cheating,’” the former vice president said. “It’s about recognizing what they are up to. There is an agenda that we are witnessing which feels chaotic, I know, but in fact, we are witnessing a high-velocity event that is about the swift implementation of a plan that has been decades in the making.”

    Several speakers referred to the immigration raids that started in Los Angeles in June and deep cuts to federal safety nets, including the nutrition assistance program for low-income families and healthcare coverage for seniors and the disabled.

    “We know there’s so much on the line this Tuesday. And a reminder, Tuesday is not Election Day — it’s the last day to vote,” Padilla said. “Don’t wait till Tuesday. Get your ballots in, folks…. As good as the polls look, we need to run up the score on this because the eyes of the country are going to be on California on Tuesday. And we need to win and we need to win big.”

    Padilla, a typically staid legislator, then offered a modified riff of a lyric by rapper Ice Cube, who grew up in South Los Angeles.

    “Donald Trump — you better check yourself before you wreck America,” said Padilla, who is considering running for governor next year.

    Nearly 50 miles southeast, about 50 Republican canvassers fueled up on coffee and doughnuts, united over the brisk weather and annoyance about Newsom’s attempt to redraw California’s congressional districts.

    Will O’Neill, chairman of the Orange County Republican Party, equated this final push against Prop. 50 as the California GOP’s Game 7 — a nod to Friday night’s World Series battle between the Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays.

    “Orange County right now is the only county in Southern California that has a shot of having more Republicans than Democrats voting,” O’Neill said. “We expect that over the next three days, around 70% of everyone who votes is gonna vote no on 50. But we need them to vote.”

    Ariana Assenmacher, of California Young Republicans, center, organizes during a gathering of Republican Party members pressing to vote no on Proposition 50 in the upcoming California Statewide Special Election at John Wayne Park in Newport Beach on Saturday, November 1, 2025.

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    O’Neill labeled the measure a “hyper-partisan power grab.” If Prop. 50 passes, it will dilute Republican power in Orange County by splitting communities and roping some residents into districts represented by Los Angeles County politicians.

    Dixon also rallied volunteers — which included a handful of college students from across the state: “Be polite. Just say thank you very much. Just like Charlie Kirk would. Don’t [stimulate] an argument. Just be friendly.”

    “They’re squeezing out what very little representation Republicans have in the state,” said Kristen Nicole Valle, president of the Orange County Young Republicans.

    “We will not be hearing from 40% of Californians if Prop. 50 passes.”

    Randall Avila, executive director of the Orange County GOP, said the measure disenfranchises Latino GOP voters like himself.

    Nationally, Trump managed to gain 48% of the Latino vote, a Pew Research study showed, which proved crucial to his second presidential victory.

    “Obviously our community has kind of shown we’re willing to switch parties and go another direction if that elected official or that party isn’t serving us,” Avila said. “So it’s unfortunate that some of those voices are now gonna be silenced with a predetermined winner in their district.”

    Not all hope is lost for Republicans if Prop. 50 is approved, Avila said. A handful of seats could be snagged by Republicans, including the districts held by Reps. Dave Min (D-Irvine) and Derek Tran (D-Orange).

    “If the lines do change, that doesn’t mean we pack up and go home,” he said. “Just means we reorganize, we reconfigure things, and then we keep fighting.”

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  • How will Virginia races be affected by record early voting for nonpresidential election – WTOP News

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    As early voting winds down, the number of early ballots cast this year is at a record high for a nonpresidential election in Virginia, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.

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    How will Va. races be affected by record early voting for nonpresidential election?

    As early voting winds down, the number of early ballots cast this year is at a record high for a nonpresidential election in Virginia, according to the Virginia Public Access Project.

    The general election is set for Tuesday and the last day to vote early is Saturday.

    The election will determine Virginia’s next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, as well as all 100 seats in the Commonwealth’s House of Delegates.

    WTOP asked Karen Hult, a professor of political science at Virginia Tech, why so many people voted early in this election — and how it might affect the results.

    “People tend to vote early, just to get it out of the way, so they’re not stuck in traffic on Election Day, or have difficulty getting to polls,” Hult said. “They think, ‘I know who I’m going to vote for, so I’ll go cast that ballot early to show my enthusiasm, and check it off my to-do list.’”

    “What’s different about this election is that Republican leaders within the state of Virginia have said, in fact, it’s fine to early vote,” unlike in previous elections, she said. “To the extent that we can find out who’s voting, most of the people that are voting in-person early voting are Republicans.”

    Hult believes Republicans have been “suggesting early voting, in part to help mobilization of Republicans, and getting people excited early and getting them out to vote, as well as allowing the ground game to work effectively.”

    Depending upon the media market in which one lives, “There’s a barrage of ongoing campaign ads and texts and banners on emails,” Hult said.

    “Some of us are being told (by campaigners), ‘If you cast a ballot, then we will no longer contact you’ — and for many people, that itself is a bit of an incentive,” she added.

    All votes count the same

    Regardless of whether they cast their ballots early, or on Election Day, they all count the same.

    “The people at the polls on Election Day know how many ballots have been cast in their precinct, and so those people are in the system as not being able to vote,” Hult said. “There is no way people can double-vote.”

    What’s not clear is when the results of the early voting will be announced.

    “That typically comes toward the end of election night, and into the next day,” Hult said.

    “It may well be that some of the early votes, depending on the area, some of those will be tallied ahead of time,” she added. “Others will not be released to the public until well into the ballot-counting process.

    VPAP provides an updated map of early ballots cast by House of Delegates’ districts, and compares the turnout to each district’s partisan lean.

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  • South Metro Fire District warns of possible delays if tax measure fails

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    CENTENNIAL, Colo. — With Election Day just 10 days away, Arapahoe, Douglas, and Jefferson county voters must decide how to fund their fire district’s future.

    Ballot Measure 7A asks voters to approve a property tax increase for the South Metro Fire District, which faces a significant annual budget shortfall.

    The fire district serves around 600,000 people and is facing significant challenges.

    “In the last five years, the total call volume has gone up 24%,” said board chair Jim Albee.

    South Metro Fire Rescue District

    Albee explained that increased emergency calls are just one factor contributing to the financial strain. Recent state legislation reducing property taxes has also cut district revenue, including for South Metro.

    “We are 81% funded by property tax, so the effect of that legislation had a significant impact on our resources, and what we believe are our resources to serve the community going forward,” said Albee.

    The cost of serving the community has also risen dramatically. Everything from firefighter gear to emergency vehicles has become more expensive, putting additional pressure on the district’s budget.

    “Our message is that we want to continue doing that, and it’s going to take a little bit more than what they’ve been paying,” he said.

    Over the last several months, South Metro surveyed voters in the district. According to officials, most respondents preferred a sales tax increase over a property tax increase, though Measure 7A proposes the latter.

    If the mill levy passes, a homeowner with a $750,000 house — the district’s average — will pay about $140 more per year.

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    On Saturday, Denver7 met voter Mary Alice Mehaffy, who was dropping off her ballot in Centennial.

    Mehaffy said she would have preferred a sales tax increase and believes areas of growth like Sterling Ranch should bear a greater share of the costs.

    “If there is a shortfall, it should go where the new growth is, and the new growth should be picking up the tab for that shortfall,” said Mehaffy.

    On the other hand, voter Sandy Britton said personal experience with the department’s services convinced her to vote “yes” on the property tax increase.

    “My husband had MS for years and was in a wheelchair,” she said. “He fell quite a few times. I’d call them. They’d come to the house, pick them up, help me. So, yeah, I’m standing behind them.”

    South Metro officials warned about potential consequences if the measure fails to pass.

    “We will still come. We will still serve as well as we can. It may take us longer to get there. There may be fewer people who arrive initially when we show up on scene,” said Albee.

    With the choice now in voters’ hands, Mehaffy emphasized the importance of casting your ballot.

    “Your voice does matter, and I just want everyone to know that,” she said.

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  • Obama to campaign with Sherrill in New Jersey, Ciattarelli gets endorsement from Trump

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    NEWARK, N.J. (WPVI) — In the closely-watched race for governor of New Jersey, some big names for both parties will be working to help their candidates in the final days.

    Former President Barack Obama will be in New Jersey to campaign with Democrat Mikie Sherrill on the final weekend before Election Day, and President Donald Trump is planning to host tele-rallies for Republican Jack Ciattarelli.

    The high-profile endorsements in the race for the next governor of New Jersey is a big deal, and not just for the Garden State.

    “This is just only one year after national elections, it’s very important, kind of bellwether to see where the country may be leaning,” said Peter Kasabach, Executive Director NJ Future.

    The Democratic Party is bringing out its heavy hitter in support of Sherrill, announcing Tuesday morning, a November 1 rally will be held in Newark with former President Obama.

    Meanwhile, on Monday evening, President Trump posted on Truth Social, “Jack Ciattarelli is a winner for New Jersey,” announcing plans for a group of campaign robocalls.

    “Democrats and Republicans know nationwide, this is a do-or-die race for them,” said Ashley Koning of the Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling. “We also have President Trump looming over this entire election as a huge political figure. And so, you know, it’s not surprising that now we see who is probably still the most popular democratic figurehead at the national level, Barack Obama, now wading into this race as well.”

    “There’s a lot of really important issues facing New Jersey. Probably the biggest one is affordability,” Kasabach said.

    Affordability, one of the key kitchen table issues facing his successor, was addressed by Governor Phil Murphy on Tuesday morning at Aspen Ideas: Economy Newark Festival.

    “There’s an unprecedented amount of volatility that leads to a lot of uncertainty, economic anxiety,” Murphy said.

    Murphy narrowly defeated Ciattarelli in 2021, with support from Obama

    A few Newark residents reacted to the announcement that Obama would be campaigning in their city.

    “It lets me know that he’s, he’s still very much involved in politics,” said Newark resident Kimberly Martin.

    Resident Shahid Ali said it doesn’t move the needle for her.

    It’s been 60 years since New Jerseyans elected a governor from the same party for three consecutive terms – since 1965.

    What impact and influence Obama and Trump will have on voter turnout, remains to be seen after Election Day.

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  • Justice Department sues California, other states that have declined to share voter rolls

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    The U.S. Justice Department sued California Secretary of State Shirley Weber on Thursday for failing to hand over the state’s voter rolls, alleging she is unlawfully preventing federal authorities from ensuring state compliance with federal voting regulations and safeguarding federal elections against fraud.

    The Justice Department also sued Weber’s counterparts in Michigan, Minnesota, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, who have similarly declined its requests for their states’ voter rolls.

    “Clean voter rolls are the foundation of free and fair elections,” Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi said in a statement on the litigation. “Every state has a responsibility to ensure that voter registration records are accurate, accessible, and secure — states that don’t fulfill that obligation will see this Department of Justice in court.”

    In its lawsuit against Weber, who is the state’s top elections official, the Justice Department argues that it is charged — including under the National Voter Registration Act — with ensuring that states have proper protocols for registering voters and maintaining accurate and up-to-date rolls, and therefore is due access to state voter rolls in order to ensure they are so maintained.

    “The United States has now been forced to bring the instant action to seek legal remedy for Defendants’ refusal to comply with lawful requests pursuant to federal law,” the lawsuit states.

    Weber, in a statement, called the lawsuit “a fishing expedition and pretext for partisan policy objectives,” a “blatant overreach” and “an unprecedented intrusion unsupported by law or any previous practice or policy of the U.S. Department of Justice.”

    “The U.S. Department of Justice is attempting to utilize the federal court system to erode the rights of the State of California and its citizens by trying to intimidate California officials into giving up the private and personal information of 23 million California voters,” Weber said.

    She said California law requires that state officials “protect our voters’ sensitive private information,” and that the Justice Department not only “failed to provide sufficient legal authority to justify their intrusive demands,” but ignored invitations from the state for federal officials to come to Sacramento and view the data in person — a process Weber said was “contemplated by federal statutes” and would “protect California citizens’ private and personal data from misuse.”

    The Justice Department has demanded a “current electronic copy of California’s computerized statewide voter registration list”; lists of “all duplicate registration records in Imperial, Los Angeles, Napa, Nevada, San Bernardino, Siskiyou, and Stanislaus counties”; a “list of all duplicate registrants who were removed from the statewide voter registration list” and the dates of their removals.

    It has also demanded a list of all registrations that have been canceled because voters in the state died; an explanation for a recent decline in the recorded number of “inactive” voters in the state; and a list of “all registrations, including date of birth, driver’s license number, and last four digits of Social Security Number, that were cancelled due to non-citizenship of the registrant.”

    The litigation is the latest move by the Trump administration to push its demands around voting policies onto individual states, which are broadly tasked under the constitution with managing their own elections.

    The lawsuit follows an executive order by Trump in March that purported to radically reshape voting rules nationwide, including by requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship and requiring states to disregard mail ballots that are not received by election day.

    The order built on years of unsubstantiated claims by Trump — and refuted by experts — that the U.S. voting system currently allows for rampant fraud and abuse, and that those failures compromised the results of elections, including his 2020 loss to Joe Biden.

    Various voting rights groups and 19 states, including California, have sued to block the order.

    Advocacy groups say the order, and especially it’s requirements for proving citizenship, would disenfranchise legal U.S. citizen voters who lack ready access to identifying documents such as passports and REAL IDs. They have said barring the acceptance of mail ballots received after election day would also create barriers for voters, especially in large state such as California that need time to process large volumes of ballots.

    California currently accepts ballots if they are postmarked by election day and received within a certain number of days after.

    California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has called Trump’s executive order an “illegal power grab” that California and other states will “fight like hell” to stop. His office referred questions about the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Weber to Weber’s office.

    Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

    Assistant U.S. Atty. Gen. Harmeet K. Dhillon, who heads the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, defended the need for the lawsuit, saying in a statement that clean voter rolls “protect American citizens from voting fraud and abuse, and restore their confidence that their states’ elections are conducted properly, with integrity, and in compliance with the law.”

    Weber, who in April called Trump’s executive order “an illegal attempt to trample on the states and Congress’s constitutional authority over elections,” said Thursday that she would not be bowed by the lawsuit.

    “The sensitive data of California citizens should not be used as a political tool to undermine the public trust and integrity of elections,” she said. “I will always stand with Californians to protect states’ rights against federal overreach and our voters’ sensitive personal information. Californians deserve better. America deserves better.”

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  • On Putin’s advice, Trump launches assault on mail-in ballots and voting machines

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    President Trump said Monday he would renew his assault on mail-in voting after Russia’s autocratic leader, Vladimir Putin, told him to do so at their meeting in Alaska last week.

    The president provided few details, but wrote on social media that he would “lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly ‘Inaccurate,’ Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES.”

    Already in March, Trump had issued an executive order directing the Justice Department to “take all necessary action” to prevent mail-in ballots received after election day from being counted. The order also attempted to impose a proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration.

    Those portions of the executive action has been enjoined by courts over constitutional concerns. But another provision, directing the independent U.S. Election Assistance Commission to shift its guidance on voting machines banning the use of certain bar codes and quick-response codes, has been allowed to proceed.

    The U.S. Constitution states that the timing, place and manner of elections “shall be prescribed in each state” by local legislatures, and that Congress has the ability to pass laws altering state election regulations. The president is given no authority to prescribe or govern election procedures.

    Nevertheless, Trump wrote Monday that states “are merely an ‘agent’ for the Federal Government in counting and tabulating the votes.

    “They must do what the Federal Government, as represented by the President of the United States, tells them, FOR THE GOOD OF OUR COUNTRY, to do,” he wrote.

    Trump’s action comes on the heels of his meeting with Putin in Anchorage, where the Russian leader told him that mail-in ballots led to his electoral defeat in 2020, according to the president.

    The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Putin attempted to influence the last three U.S. presidential elections in Trump’s favor.

    Trump blamed his 2020 election loss to President Biden on a conspiracy of voter fraud. But independent analysts, state attorneys general and every court that reviewed the matter found no evidence of fraud that altered results in the race.

    “Vladimir Putin said something — one of the most interesting things. He said, ‘Your election was rigged because you have mail-in voting,’” Trump told Fox News in an interview.

    Trump has criticized mail-in voting since entering politics in 2015. But his presidential campaign embraced the practice leading up to the 2024 election, encouraging his supporters — especially those affected by Hurricane Helene in North Carolina — to take advantage of mail-in voting opportunities.

    “Absentee voting, early voting and election day voting are all good options,” Trump said at the time. “Republicans must make a plan, register and vote!”

    But on Monday, Trump wrote that voting machines “cost Ten Times more than accurate and sophisticated Watermark Paper, which is faster, and leaves NO DOUBT, at the end of the evening, as to who WON, and who LOST, the Election.”

    “With their HORRIBLE Radical Left policies, like Open Borders, Men Playing in Women’s Sports, Transgender and ‘WOKE’ for everyone, and so much more, Democrats are virtually Unelectable without using this completely disproven Mail-In SCAM,” Trump wrote.

    “I, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WILL FIGHT LIKE HELL TO BRING HONESTY AND INTEGRITY BACK TO OUR ELECTIONS,” he added. “THE MAIL-IN BALLOT HOAX, USING VOTING MACHINES THAT ARE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER, MUST END, NOW!!!”

    Trump said he would take additional executive action before the 2026 midterm elections, but provided no details on timing.

    In the Oval Office yesterday for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump said his lawyers were currently in the process of drafting an order. “It’s time that the Republicans get tough and stop it,” he said.

    “Mail-in ballots are corrupt. You can never have a real democracy with mail-in ballots. And we as a Republican Party are going to do everything possible to end mail-in ballots,” Trump said. “They’re corrupt.”

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  • Racist text messages referencing slavery raise alarms in multiple states and prompt investigations

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    WASHINGTON — Racist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies.

    The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. They generally used a similar tone but varied in wording.

    Some instructed the recipient to show up at an address at a particular time “with your belongings,” while others didn’t include a location. Some of them mentioned the incoming presidential administration.

    It wasn’t yet clear who was behind the messages and there was no comprehensive list of where they were sent, but high school and college students were among the recipients.

    The FBI said it was in touch with the Justice Department on the messages, and the Federal Communications Commission said it was investigating the texts “alongside federal and state law enforcement.” The Ohio Attorney General’s office also said it was looking into the matter.

    Tasha Dunham of Lodi, California, said her 16-year-old daughter showed her one of the messages Wednesday evening before her basketball practice.

    The text not only used her daughter’s name, but it directed her to report to a “plantation” in North Carolina, where Dunham said they’ve never lived. When they looked up the address, it was the location of a museum.

    “It was very disturbing,” Dunham said. “Everybody’s just trying to figure out what does this all mean for me? So, I definitely had a lot of fear and concern.”

    Her daughter initially thought it was a prank, but emotions are high following Tuesday’s presidential election. Dunham and her family thought it could be more nefarious and reported it to local law enforcement.

    “I wasn’t in slavery. My mother wasn’t in slavery. But we’re a couple of generations away. So, when you think about how brutal and awful slavery was for our people, it’s awful and concerning,” Dunham said.

    About six middle school students in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, received the messages too, said Megan Shafer, acting superintendent of the Lower Merion School District.

    “The racist nature of these text messages is extremely disturbing, made even more so by the fact that children have been targeted,” she wrote in a letter to parents.

    Students at some major universities, including Clemson in South Carolina and the University of Alabama, said they received the messages. The Clemson Police Department said in a statement that it had been notified of the “deplorable racially motivated text and email messages” and encouraged anyone who received one to report it.

    Fisk University, a historically Black university in Nashville, Tennessee, issued a statement calling the messages that targeted some of its students “deeply unsettling.” It urged calm and assured students that the texts likely were from bots or malicious actors with “no real intentions or credibility.”

    Missouri NAACP President Nimrod Chapel said Black students who are members of the organization’s Missouri State University chapter received texts citing Trump’s win and calling them out by name as being “selected to pick cotton” next Tuesday. Chapel said police in the southeastern Missouri city of Springfield, home of the university, have been notified.

    “It points to a well-organized and resourced group that has decided to target Americans on our home soil based on the color of our skin,” Chapel said in a statement.

    Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland also sent an email to parents stating “many students” received text messages containing “racist threats.”

    “Local law enforcement and the FBI are aware of these messages, and law enforcement in some areas have announced they consider the messages low-level threats,” the email said.

    Nick Ludlum, a senior vice president for the wireless industry trade group CTIA, said: “Wireless providers are aware of these threatening spam messages and are aggressively working to block them and the numbers that they are coming from.”

    David Brody, director of the Digital Justice Initiative at The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said that they aren’t sure who is behind the messages but estimated they had been sent to more than 10 states, including most Southern states, Maryland, Oklahoma and even the District of Columbia. The district’s Metropolitan Police force said in a statement that its intelligence unit was investigating the origins of the message.

    Brody said a number of civil rights laws can be applied to hate-related incidents. The leaders of several other civil rights organizations condemned the messages, including Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who said, “Hate speech has no place in the South or our nation.”

    “The threat – and the mention of slavery in 2024 – is not only deeply disturbing, but perpetuates a legacy of evil that dates back to before the Jim Crow era, and now seeks to prevent Black Americans from enjoying the same freedom to pursue life, liberty, and happiness,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. “These actions are not normal. And we refuse to let them be normalized.”

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  • Are “Dancing With the Stars,” “FBI” on this week? Election Day TV schedule

    Are “Dancing With the Stars,” “FBI” on this week? Election Day TV schedule

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    While Americans will choose between former President Donald Trump, the GOP nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, they will also be choosing who takes 435 U.S. House and 34 U.S. Senate seats.

    However, as the nation awaits the news of who wins the presidential election on Tuesday, November 5, regular TV programming could be impacted, and many popular shows will skip their weekly runtime completely.

    Newsweek has compiled a full list of schedule changes you should expect for your favorite shows from Dancing With the Stars (DWTS) and FBI to late night TV.

    Dancing With the Stars

    Fans of DWTS will have to wait until Tuesday, November 12 to watch another episode because of Election Day.

    During the show’s regularly scheduled time, ABC will instead be airing its election night coverage Election Night 2024: Your Voice/Your Vote. This will keep Americans updated with real-time updates on the Electoral College map and which candidate secures enough votes to become president.

    FBI

    FBI is also not airing as usual on Tuesday, November 5 because of Election Day coverage.

    The show will be back on its regularly scheduled programming Tuesday, November 12, but for Election Day, viewers will instead be able to watch the CBS News: America Decides: Campaign ’24 Election Night program.

    It often makes the most sense for TV networks to delay airing the next week’s episode as most Americans will be glued to election night coverage and would miss a new episode if it was scheduled as usual.

    The Real Housewives of New York City

    For those who rely on a dose of reality TV to get through any election season anxiety, there’s good news.

    Bravo will continue to air The Real Housewives of New York City all throughout Election Night, from roughly 4 to 11 p.m., with a new episode airing at 9 p.m.

    Married at First Sight

    Fans of a different reality show, Lifetime’s Married at First Sight, have less than ideal scheduling news for the week of the election, however.

    The show, which brings strangers together to marry upon their first meeting, is skipping a week, with episodes to return Tuesday, November 12.

    1,000-lb Sisters

    Another popular TLC reality show, 1,000-lb Sisters, will be pausing its programming this week as well.

    So that means viewers will have to wait an extra week to catch up on what’s happening in the Slaton sisters’ lives.

    The Voice

    The Voice is also taking a break this week due to Election Night coverage. NBC will instead be keeping track of all breaking news updates related to the 2024 election.

    Fans of the singing competition show will have to be patient, as the next episode resumes next week on Tuesday, November. 12.

    Stickers sit on a table during in-person absentee voting on November 1 in Little Chute, Wisconsin. Election Day could impact your regularly scheduled TV programs.

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    Is Jimmy Kimmel on This Week?

    While Jimmy Kimmel Live! is a fixture on ABC, he will not be airing his late-night episode as usual.

    This is due to ABC blocking off the time for election night coverage instead.

    However, starting on Wednesday, November 6, Kimmel will be back on his usual schedule, with guests Jon Favreau, Jon Lovitz, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor as well as musical guest Alessia Cara.

    Is Stephen Colbert on This Week?

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is also following suit and opting against airing a new episode on Election Night.

    The next episode is scheduled for Wednesday, November 6 with guest George Stephanopoulos and a music performance by Lenny Kravitz.

    Is Seth Meyers on This Week?

    Late Night With Seth Meyers is likewise taking a break on Tuesday for NBC’s Election Night coverage.

    However, fans don’t have to wait long because Meyers will be back with his regularly scheduled episodes beginning Wednesday.

    Is Jimmy Fallon on This Week?

    Taking a nod from the other late night TV hosts, Jimmy Fallon is delaying the next episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon due to Election Day coverage.

    But the next episode airing on Wednesday will be action packed with guests Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie Perez and Bailey Zimmerman.

    Other Election Coverage

    While the final results of this year’s election may not be available for several days, Tuesday’s vote counts will help Americans learn who’s leading in key swing states as well as across America.

    ABC News will begin its coverage at 8 a.m. Tuesday, while CNN starts its election show at 5 p.m. Monday.

    Fox News will also air its election coverage beginning at 6 p.m. on Monday, while MSNBC starts airing its election show at 5 a.m. Tuesday morning.

    The last presidential election in 2020 took four days for officials to make a final call, mostly due to the prominence of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic and social distancing.

    For this year’s Election Day, most polling locations close around 7 p.m. or 8 p.m.

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  • Phoenix restaurants offer free food and dining deals on Election Day

    Phoenix restaurants offer free food and dining deals on Election Day

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    After months of commercials, text messages, phone calls and political signs filling every street corner, Election Day is finally here. And on Tuesday, whether you’re celebrating or stressing, you’ve got to eat…

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  • Northern California Election Day forecast: Slightly windy Monday, mild Tuesday expected

    Northern California Election Day forecast: Slightly windy Monday, mild Tuesday expected

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    AS WE AWAIT DAYBREAK. AS KELLY WAS MENTIONING, IT’S AT 636 OFFICIALLY. THIS MORNING. YOU’RE OUT THE DOOR IN SACRAMENTO. YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO GRAB THE JACKET. 52 DEGREES, 47 STEPPING OUT IN STOCKTON, 46 MODESTO AND 26 IN LAKE TAHOE. KEEP IN MIND THAT YESTERDAY WE HAD SOME PRETTY HEFTY WIND GUSTS AROUND THE REGION, INCLUDING AROUND MARYSVILLE. THOSE WIND GUSTS GETTING UP AND OVER 30 SACRAMENTO ALONG 35 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS AT THE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. VACAVILLE 38 AT AROUND STOCKTON AND MODESTO IS ALSO ON THE GUSTIER SIDE. NOW THE WINDS ARE GRADUALLY STARTING TO EASE. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE SOME OF THE GREENER CONTOURS THERE, SHOWING OFF THE GUSTS IN THAT 15 PLUS MILE PER HOUR RANGE. WHEN YOU GET TO THE YELLOW CONTOURING HERE, WE’VE GOT GUSTS THERE LIKE AROUND NAPA COUNTY AND ATLAS PEAK AT 27MPH PER HOUR. AND IT’S ALSO STILL GUSTY IN VACAVILLE BROOKS IN THE DAVIS AREA, LOGGING GUSTS CLOSE TO 20MPH THIS MORNING THROUGH THE DAY AHEAD. THOSE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE GRADUALLY EASING BACK. WE’RE IN THE UPPER 60S AT LUNCHTIME IN YOUR VALLEY PLANNER HIGH TODAY OF 72 DEGREES, AND THAT’S JUST WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. A GORGEOUS DAY LINING UP TO GET OUTSIDE, MAYBE RAKE SOME LEAVES TODAY IN THE FOOTHILLS WE’RE LOOKING AT HIGHS, PUSHING TOWARDS THE LOW 60S, DROPPING BACK TO THE 50S AROUND THE 9:00 HOUR, AND FOR THE SIERRA PLANNER, EXPECT TO HAVE SUNSHINE AND MID 50S FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING ANOTHER ROUND OF NORTH WIND COME OUR WAY STARTING EARLY TOMORROW. LATE AFTERNOON AND LINGERING INTO WEDNESDAY. SO THE NORTH WINDS TODAY EASING BACK TO THAT 5 TO 10 MILE PER HOUR SUSTAINED RANGE. THEN YOU GET TO THAT 10 TO 15 MILE PER HOUR RANGE. TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. THOSE WIND SPEEDS WILL JOG BACK UP SUSTAINED AT 10 TO 20. AND HERE’S SOME OF THE FEATURED GUSTS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE ALONG AND WEST OF I5. TYPICAL PROBLEM SPOT WHEN IT COMES TO THE NORTH WIND. WE COULD SEE GUSTS IN THE RANGE OF 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH TUESDAY. THEN THOSE WIND GUSTS START TO RAMP UP ON WEDNESDAY AT NOON. LOOK AT THAT FAIRFIELD COULD SEE A GUST UP TO 40. WILLIAMS AND MARYSVILLE ALSO 35 TO 40 MILE PER HOUR RANGE. SO BREEZY FOR ELECTION DAY, BUT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND LOW 70S WERE WINDY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. LE

    Northern California Election Day forecast: Slightly windy Monday, mild Tuesday expected

    A slightly windy Monday is expected in Northern California ahead of Election Day this Tuesday.Meteorologist Tamara Berg said Monday’s forecast high for downtown Sacramento is 72 degrees, a slight increase from 69 degrees recorded Sunday. The average for this time of year is 70 degrees.The Foothills are likely to peak in the low 60s, and upper elevations in the Sierra could see temperatures in the mid-50s.Election Day forecastBerg said North winds will ease through the day, and Election Day is expected to stay dry and mild.By Wednesday, another round of North winds could pass through the region.What to know for Election DayHow to track your ballot in California for the November electionWhere to find a vote center or ballot drop box locationVoter Guide: What’s on the California ballot for the 2024 General ElectionPG&E shutoffsPacific Gas & Electric Co. announced it would launch a series of planned shutoffs toward areas that present high fire risks starting Tuesday. The utility refers to these shutoffs as Public Safety Planned Shutoffs (PSPS).Parts of 12 counties are expected to be part of the planned shutoffs as of Monday morning, including Butte, Plumas, Solano, Stanislaus and Yolo counties.REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MAPClick here to see our interactive traffic map.TRACK INTERACTIVE, DOPPLER RADARClick here to see our interactive radar.DOWNLOAD OUR APP FOR THE LATESTHere is where you can download our app.Follow our KCRA weather team on social mediaMeteorologist Tamara Berg on Facebook and X.Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn on FacebookMeteorologist/Climate Reporter Heather Waldman on Facebook and X.Meteorologist Kelly Curran on X.Watch our forecasts on TV or onlineHere’s where to find our latest video forecast. You can also watch a livestream of our latest newscast here. The banner on our website turns red when we’re live.We’re also streaming on the Very Local app for Roku, Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

    A slightly windy Monday is expected in Northern California ahead of Election Day this Tuesday.

    Meteorologist Tamara Berg said Monday’s forecast high for downtown Sacramento is 72 degrees, a slight increase from 69 degrees recorded Sunday. The average for this time of year is 70 degrees.

    The Foothills are likely to peak in the low 60s, and upper elevations in the Sierra could see temperatures in the mid-50s.

    Election Day forecast

    Berg said North winds will ease through the day, and Election Day is expected to stay dry and mild.

    By Wednesday, another round of North winds could pass through the region.

    What to know for Election Day

    PG&E shutoffs

    Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced it would launch a series of planned shutoffs toward areas that present high fire risks starting Tuesday. The utility refers to these shutoffs as Public Safety Planned Shutoffs (PSPS).

    Parts of 12 counties are expected to be part of the planned shutoffs as of Monday morning, including Butte, Plumas, Solano, Stanislaus and Yolo counties.

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    Follow our KCRA weather team on social media

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    • Meteorologist Kelly Curran on X.

    Watch our forecasts on TV or online
    Here’s where to find our latest video forecast. You can also watch a livestream of our latest newscast here. The banner on our website turns red when we’re live.

    We’re also streaming on the Very Local app for Roku, Apple TV or Amazon Fire TV.

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  • Chicago volunteers travel to Wisconsin, Michigan to encourage voters ahead of Election Day

    Chicago volunteers travel to Wisconsin, Michigan to encourage voters ahead of Election Day

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    CHICAGO (WLS) — Rainy weather Sunday didn’t slow Chicagoans down in the last two days before Election Day.

    Democrats and Republicans are making a last minute push to get voters to the polls. A number of Chicagoans headed to neighboring swing states to reach voters there.

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    Dozens of Democrat volunteers geared up Sunday morning in the 47th Ward on the city’s North Side for a trip north to Wisconsin as part of Operation Swing State.

    “Not only do they got to vote, get your family member to vote, get your child to vote, go make sure that you get your neighbor to vote,” one volunteer said.

    RELATED | Voter guide 2024: Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin

    “It’s been astonishing,” 47th Ward Precinct Captain James Janega said. “The last 48 hours have seen just such an influx of people volunteering for these, for these outings, for these, for these volunteer canvassing trips, that we haven’t been able to keep up.”

    Armed with Harris Walz signs and a sense of urgency, the group headed to Milwaukee to knock on doors, talk to people and ask them to vote democratic. Similar groups of volunteers also made a trip to Michigan.

    Personal PAC CEO Sarah Garza Resnick was in Muskegon on Sunday.

    “I was on the ground for Obama in ’08 and in ’12, and I have never seen the energy like I have seen today,” Garza Resnick said. “We need to be hopeful. We need to work hard for the next few days, and we have to run through that tape, and we need to sprint to the finish line.”

    With Chicago solidly blue, Republicans were canvassing in collar counties this weekend, focusing on state races, with Donald Trump and the Republican Party embracing early voting for the first time in a presidential election.

    “If you want change, vote Republican, and that message is resonating,” Illinois Republican Party Chair Kathy Salvi. “We’re seeing historic numbers of Republicans early voting, and our get off the vote program, which is historic in 2024, is really working.”

    In River North, community leaders gathered for a series of soap box talks about politics important to woman with the election at hand.

    “In my role as Kamala’s election co-chair, I can tell you that the excitement is just undeniable,” Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth said.

    The line to vote was long at the Supersite in the Loop on Sunday. For those looking to exercise their right to vote for the first time, it was time well spent.

    “When we step up, when we lead, when we bring our lived experience to the challenges of the day, great things happen for everyone,” former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.

    Earlier in the day, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson revved up a group of Kamala Harris supporters in Durham, North Carolina.

    “People want something to believe in,” Johnson said. “It’s not just about who they get to believe in. It’s what.”

    Meanwhile outside Chicago’s downtown Supersite, voters stood in long lines in the rain to cast their vote early.

    “We stood in line for a while,” voter Colleen Burnett said. “I knew that early voting was going to take a while, but I know Election day is going to be a lot worse. And actually it was like a lot of fun standing in line, got to talk to a lot of people.”

    It’s important that other women have the rights that I do. That’s why I’m here for the first time

    Melissa Yousefi, first-time voter

    The line to vote at the Supersite in the Loop extended around the corner and into a nearby parking lot.

    “I’d actually heard that the Supersite down here was going a lot quicker out in the neighborhoods, it was a lot longer, so I came downtown,” voter Michael Antoine said.

    “I think when my 16-year-old daughter sees me waiting in line, when my daughter sees me doing my part, I think she do her part as well,” voter Jorge De La Cruz said.

    For those looking to exercise their right to vote for the first time, the waiting was time well spent.

    “I mean, it was great,” first-time voter Grace Burnett said. “I actually came with my mom, and we were outside for about an hour, but it was, it was worth it. We’re able to talk to people in line. Everyone was extremely friendly. And, yeah, I’m very excited to be here, and I’m very excited to cast my vote.”

    With the race for the White House remaining very close, both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have ramped up their courtship of young voters.

    “I know it’s two options, but it’s definitely still hard,” first-time voter Elian Perez said. “It’s not like a yes or no question. You have to look into everything. The pros and cons. All of this.”

    The latest ABC News/Ipsos poll found Harris leading Trump by 14 points among voters under 30 years old.

    “I’m loving that I get to be a part of it so far,” first-time voter Arabella Davis said. “My parents are very into politics. My dad especially. I always grew up knowing that I wanted to vote.

    Three friends, all freshmen at DePaul University, spent part of their afternoon waiting in line and determined to make their vote count.

    “It feels a bit weird,” first-time voter Leah Walker said. It’s kind of a bit deal. And especially, this election it’s so close. And I feel like everybody’s votes matter this year.

    SEE ALSO | Donald Trump no longer leads in a state he carried twice, according to new Iowa Poll

    “It feels exciting,” first-time voter Haddie Hohmann said. “It’s kind of, like, I didn’t know it took this long, but it is exciting and it feels, like, historically relevant.”

    While young voters are further to the left on the ideological spectrum compared to their older counterparts, they are less likely to vote. In 2020, around 50% of those aged 18-29 turned out to vote, compared to 66% of the general electorate.

    Not all first-time voters Sunday were young adults, however. First-time voter Melissa Yousefi is 34. The abortion issue is what brought her to the polls.

    “It’s what we have to do,” Yousefi said. “My personal reason is… it’s important that other women have the rights that I do. That’s why I’m here for the first time.”

    It is estimated that some 8 million new voters may be eligible to cast ballots in this year’s presidential election. The question is how many will vote.

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