In October, Greenland was reported to be exploring the feasibility of an online voting platform for its national elections. Among the options being considered is a blockchain-based system. That isn’t entirely surprising. Electronic voting, or e-voting, has long been viewed as a promising use case for blockchain technology. “It’s time for online voting,” wrote Alex … Read more
In a boon for local stations, TV ads for California’s seven ballot measures were ubiquitous, and four of the campaigns that outraised their opponents are winning. Altogether, proponents and opponents raised nearly $650 million to support their causes, according to the Secretary of State’s office. Opponents of Prop 27, which would have allowed online and … Read more
CNN — California has long been a leader among states, and even countries, in promoting a shift to electric cars, including with its plans to ban the sale of purely gas-powered cars by 2035. But now Californians are voting on a ballot proposal that promises to accelerate that shift even more by taxing the wealthiest … Read more
Image Credit: Krakenimages.com/Adobe Tomorrow — on Nov. 8th — is your chance to fight for your reproductive rights. It also could be your last chance to vote in a democratic election, with 300 Republican election deniers on the ballots around the country. You need to vote – your health and democracy itself depend on it. … Read more
Steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Rafael Palmeiro are on the eight-man ballot for the Hall of Fame’s contemporary baseball era committee, which meets Dec. 4 in San Diego. Albert Belle, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Dale Murphy and Curt Schilling also are on the ballot announced Monday for the 16-member committee, which considers candidates … Read more
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens as she’s introduced by Jodi Hicks, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California and Co-Chair of the Yes on Prop 1 campaign, during a Planned Parenthood clinic in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Jane Tyska | Digital First Media | East Bay … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS — The results from the 2022 election will be rolling in next Tuesday night, but as we look forward to casting our ballots, WCCO is looking back more than 100 years to when Minnesota made history after the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote. Voting has a long, proud tradition in the … Read more
CNN — The Nevada secretary of state’s office has ordered the hand counting of mail-in ballots in Nye County, Nevada to stop, after the state Supreme Court said the method violates state law. In a letter sent Thursday night, Nevada’s deputy secretary for elections Mark Wlaschin told Nye County’s interim clerk Mark Kampf that local … Read more
On a recent sunny Saturday afternoon in a neighborhood park in the middle of this sprawling city, residents were distributing free backpacks for students heading back to school. Girls sat patiently under a pop-up tent to get their hair braided, while other children gleefully leaped and collided in an inflated bounce castle. One person stood … Read more
Video footage released Friday night showing armed individuals sitting near a ballot drop box in Mesa, Arizona is heightening alarm over right-wing intimidation efforts as early voting kicks off across the United States. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office told a local ABC affiliate that it is investigating several individuals who were watching a Mesa voting … Read more