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N.C. Elections Board Rejects G.O.P. Effort to Toss 60,000 Ballots The ruling comes in a dispute over a State Supreme Court race that the Democratic incumbent won by 734 votes.

In Pennsylvania, Election Litigation Over Mail Ballots Continues As a Senate recount plays out, at least four counties are ignoring an order from the State Supreme Court that undated or misdated mail ballots cannot be counted.

Why California Is Still Counting Ballots Ten of the 17 races that will determine which party controls the House of Representatives are in California. No state takes longer to tally votes.

More Than 80 Million Americans Cast Early Ballots Despite sporadic mishaps, the early voting season went relatively smoothly, both in person and by mail.

In Early Voting Period, Nearly 75 Million Have Cast Ballots Nearly 75 million people have cast early ballots, making their voices heard amid worry about the process, the outcome and democracy itself.

Georgia Judge Rejects Republican Lawsuit to Block Hand-Returned Mail Ballots The lawsuit targeted Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold, seeking to stop it from opening election offices over the weekend to receive absentee ballots in person.

Erie County Short Up To 17,000 Mail Ballots, Judge Finds A state judge in Erie County, Pa., found that thousands of voters may not have received their ballots in time for the election on Tuesday, ordering the county to remedy the issue.

Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Block Count of Some Pennsylvania Provisional Ballots Republicans had asked the justices to pause a state court order requiring election boards to count provisional ballots by voters whose mail-in ballots were deemed invalid.

Pennsylvania Judge Tosses Republican Lawsuit Over Military and Overseas Ballots A judge said six Republican members of the state’s congressional delegation could not rely on “phantom fears of foreign malfeasance” to justify initiating a legal action so close to Election Day.

Supreme Court Declines to Remove R.F.K. Jr. From Michigan and Wisconsin Ballots Since throwing his support behind former President Donald J. Trump, Mr. Kennedy has sought both to be removed from and to remain on various state ballots.

Hundreds of Ballots Destroyed After Drop Boxes Set on Fire in Washington and Oregon Hundreds of ballots may have been destroyed in Washington, while a fire suppressant in the box in Portland protected most of the ballots there, election officials said.

Video of Ballots Being Destroyed Was Faked by Russia, Federal Officials Say The video, which purported to show mailed-in ballots in Pennsylvania being ripped up, was part of Moscow’s efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election, the officials said.

Mailbox Arson Damages Ballots in Phoenix Arizona’s secretary of state said affected voters would be contacted, adding, “Any attack that strikes at our democratic process carries criminal consequences.”

Biden Critics Push Democrats to Submit Blank Ballots in New York Activists pressuring the president over Gaza urge voters to leave ballots unmarked, since New York does not allow “uncommitted” votes in primaries.

Federal Judge Rules Undated Mail-In Ballots in Pennsylvania Must Be Counted The judge said that a state law requiring voters to date the return envelope violated the voting protections of the Civil Rights Act.

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Invoking 14th Amendment, Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots in Colorado The amendment says anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution after taking an oath to defend it is ineligible to hold office, and a long-shot effort to employ it is growing.

Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment The amendment says anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution after taking an oath to defend it is ineligible to hold office, and a long-shot effort to employ it is growing.