ELECTION
Hart InterCivic’s Election Technology Meets Lancaster County’s Strict Criteria
LANCASTER, Pa.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Verity Voting System Delivered within Weeks Moving to comply with a state mandate to replace its election system was a priority in Lancaster County. Despite the need for prompt action, County officials were not willing to compromise high standards established by the Election Board. This press release features multimedia. View the full …
Cynthia Lummis Announces Run for Enzi’s US Senate Seat
A former congressional representative from Wyoming is running for one of the state’s two seats in the U.S. Senate, her campaign announced Thursday. Republican Cynthia Lummis will seek election to the seat currently held by U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, who plans to retire when his current term ends in early 2021. Lummis pledged early Thursday to stand “shoulder-to-shoulder” with …
New voting technology on the way to San Mateo County | Local News
San Mateo County will have new voting technology for its Nov. 5 elections. The county Board of Supervisors approved a contract Tuesday with Dominion Voting Systems for the system. Each voting center will have multiple voting stations that include a touch-screen tablet and a printer. Instead of the tablet storing voters’ selections electronically, voters will …
Despite losing the 1992 election, Ross Perot transformed the world (Opinion)
This was the case with the Texas billionaire Ross Perot, who has died at the age of 89. Although Perot’s independent candidacy was unsuccessful in the 1992 election (and he really struggled in 1996), his television-centered strategy served as a model for subsequent candidates from both major parties. For better or worse, Perot understood that …
Greek election: Conservative party regains control, ousts left-wing PM
ATHENS, Greece – Conservative opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis comfortably won Greece’s parliamentary elections Sunday, delivering a stinging blow to leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras after a tumultuous four years in office as the country struggled through a crippling financial crisis. With more than 90% of votes counted, Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party had 39.8% of the …
Greece election: End of the road for Alexis Tsipras’s Syriza? | Greece News
Greeks are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament, in a snap vote that all opinion polls predict will put an end to more than four years of leftist rule. After a largely lacklustre campaign dominated by disappointment over the pace of the country’s economic recovery, polling stations on Sunday opened across Greece …
Mental health in the 2020 presidential election
You’ve probably heard that there’s a presidential election coming up in 2020. Candidates are campaigning — calling out their opponents and sharing their platform — but do any of those platforms address the mental health concerns of our country? It’s no doubt that the opioid crisis will come up, as will health care, and conditions …
BREAKING: Voters approve West Steamboat annexation
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Steamboat Springs just got 191 acres larger. Preliminary results show that city voters passed the West Steamboat Neighborhoods annexation with 2,353 people — 59.7% — in favor of the annexation, and 1,587 — 40.3% — against it. City Clerk Julie Franklin said the election results would be finalized when the election is certified on …
EXCLUSIVE — Trump: I would fill Supreme Court vacancy before 2020 election
President TrumpDonald John TrumpConway defends herself against Hatch Act allegations amid threat of subpoena How to defuse Gulf tensions and avoid war with Iran Trump says ‘stubborn child’ Fed ‘blew it’ by not cutting rates MORE on Monday said he would make a nomination to the Supreme Court if there’s a vacancy before the 2020 …
Turkey’s President Looks Headed for Stinging Defeat in Istanbul Election Redo
ISTANBUL — Voters in Turkey appear to have delivered a resounding rebuke to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by again electing an opposition candidate for mayor of Istanbul on Sunday, outraged that his party forced the cancellation and redo of the same vote two months ago after it lost. Within an hour of the polling stations …
