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What a crazy, wild ride it has been. As much as I dislike politics and, particularly the rhetoric, lies and deceit of the “swamp,” as publisher of Wisconsin Christian News, a radio commentator and TV host, I must follow the news every day and then decipher it all for you, and this past election cycle consumed much of my time and energy. But I’ve always said that Christians must be the most informed of all people, seeking out the truth and discerning truth from lies. On November 4, I stayed up late to watch what I thought was President Trump’s...

Donald Trump needed to “win big.” So he needed to listen to his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal. She took on the thankless job of outmaneuvering the dirty tricks of her opponents in her new role as co-chairman of the Republican National Committee. “We don’t have one day of voting, we don’t have paper ballots, we don’t have voter ID everywhere,” she said pointing out the reality of winning on a new playing field. “We have to play the hand we’re dealt.” Her strategy was also personal. She advised her father-in-law -- who spent four years...

Kamala Harris urged Wisconsinites to “turn the page” on Donald Trump as she rallied voters just outside Milwaukee on Friday night — scrambling to boost turnout in a Democratic stronghold lagging the rest of the state in early voting. Data from the Wisconsin Elections Commission shows the city of Milwaukee is trailing the rest of the state by about 7 percent both in its mail-in return rate and in overall registered voter turnout. It’s a warning sign, even some Democrats privately say, for Harris as her campaign looks to run up the score with urban and suburban voters to overcome...

Things looking good for President Trump. Worth watching. Final predictions : 82% chance of Trump winning with 302 EV's, AZ GA NC PA for Trump. Plus NV likely Trump. 15 minutes.

The percentage of Black voters so far is below the 30% political observers like to see. State Rep. Carl Gilliard, D-Savannah, joined an emergency Zoom call with about 70 other Black Georgia faith leaders Monday night to discussj their concerns about the state’s latest early voting figures. Most prominent leaders of the state’s Black faith community have thrown their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris in her White House race against former President Donald Trump. The latest early voting data has given them cause for concern about Harris’ chances of winning Georgia’s 16 crucial electoral college votes in a battleground...

With just over a week to go before the Nov. 5 presidential election, more than 40 million people have cast early ballots so far.As of Sunday afternoon, data provided by the University of Florida’s Election Lab shows 41.2 million voted by mail or early in person in the vast majority of states, with only a few states not reporting data.Compared with four years ago, Republicans are returning more mail-in ballots and voting early in-person. Party affiliation does not mean that voters cast ballot for their party’s nominated candidate, meaning there is no way to definitively know what presidential candidate is...

by Capt. Seth KeshelIn ten days, if I’m still above ground, I will stroll into my local polling station and cast my ballot for the Trump-Vance ticket and all down ballot races and measures on Election Day. I believe fundamentally that it is the soundest, most secure way to vote, and most importantly, is the fulfillment of practicing what I preach. Even though things are looking great right now, I don’t think freedom lovers can win every election from now until the end of time with so many open ended ways to control and manipulate election outcomes. If America is...

Democrats blocking the early voting sites gives credence to concerns that the left is trying to suppress the vote in the deep-red area. The havoc wrought by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina brought disaster to homes and families, but that has not stopped Democrats from blocking the approval of emergency early voting sites in the heavily Republican area. The refusal to act forced the GOP-led state legislature to intervene.

Early vote trends in swing states favor of former President Donald Trump and suggest “the election will be over on election day before we know who votes,” political analyst Mark Halperin said Tuesday on The Morning Meeting. The trends will likely cause the Harris campaign to hit the panic button in the coming days with increased heated rhetoric meant to drive turnout among its supporters. Halperin, an analyst who attempts to report data without spin, said the early vote in Nevada and North Carolina looks strong for Trump, which is far “more important than the polls right now.” Surveys show...

Updated, 10 PM, 10/21/24 Good evening, blog mates. The headline: Republicans lead statewide in Nevada after three days of early voting and mail ballot counting. This has not happened in a presidential year in The Reid Machine Era, which encompasses the races since 2008. This could signal serious danger for the Dems and for Kamala Harris here. It's pretty easy to explain: The Clark firewall has all but collapsed (it's 4,500 votes) and the rurals are way overperforming their share of the electorate with what has been tabulated, nearly by 4 points -- almost all taken from Clark's share. The...

The net change in voter registration over the last seven days: 🔴Republicans: +22,188 🔵Democrats: +9,428 🟡Others: +8,893 Republicans increased registration margins again this week and are doing a good job of matching Democrats on the ballot requests day over day. We're at the point in the process where, on the returns side, the margin will only get tighter every day until election day. With Allegheny, Philadelphia, and Montgomery reporting returns well over the state average and more than a dozen Republican counties yet to start counting, the trend will only go one way from here on out.

For all the talk we've heard about the critical nature of early voting, you might be tempted to believe that the election is all but over already. Republican analysts have frequently blamed Donald Trump's loss in 2020 on the reluctance of traditionally conservative voters to vote early or by mail, claiming that they then had to play "catch up" on election day. The party stressed the need to overcome that reluctance and get their own voters to the polls in advance. Meanwhile, the Democrats continued their push going door to door, registering voters, and directing them to early voting locations.Something...

There's something of a truism in American elections that in states that allow early voting, Democrats are more prone to vote early, while Republicans are more prone to vote on the traditional election day. These opportunities vary from state to state, and we can argue whether this is or is not a good practice, but we can take that up at another time. Alaska, by the way, does allow early voting, but the early voting station is 30 miles away and in the rip-roaring big city of Wasilla, so we're passing; we'll vote on November 5th at our little local...

Nearly 3 million Americans have cast early ballots either in person or by mail with under four weeks to go until Election Day, an election tracking site shows.As of 6:43 p.m. on Oct. 9, 2,877,590 people had cast ballots in states that report early voting data, according to an update from the University of Florida’s Election Lab website. Early Voters By PartyOf that figure, nearly 504,000 people had voted early in person, and more than 2.37 million had voted by mail, the tracking site found.About 47.5 million mail-in ballots have been requested so far. In comparison, more than 92 million...

The dramatic rise in early voting has led many to think the election might be effectively over days or weeks before Election Day. The data thus far show that won’t be true — and the numbers aren’t comforting for Democrats. Early voting is nowhere near what some people estimated: 4.2 million Americans have already cast their ballots, per John Couvillon, a Republican political strategist who provides daily updates on early and mail voting. That sounds like a lot, but it’s a pittance compared with the 158.6 million votes ultimately cast in 2020. More important, it’s significantly less than this point...

Welcome to the UF Election Lab’s early voter tracker! If you’re constantly checking here, as many do, you may need to do a hard refresh on your browser to get the latest data. As of now, most states are only reporting mail ballot request statistics. In some states these statistics are drawn from ballot request data files and in others — such as the all-mail ballot states — they are implied by the most recent counts of active registered voters. Where possible, links are provided to the original data sources. In some cases data are compiled from data obtained directly...

Roughly 100,000 took part in early voting for this year's federal and state primary elections in New York, according to state Board of Elections numbers. Between June 15 and June 23, 102,883 residents voted early. Nearly half of those — 46,241 — came from New York City voters. About 56,642 came from voters in the other parts of the state. Statewide, the highest turnout day was the last day, June 23. In upstate's more populous counties, 1,031 people voted early in Erie County, 1,995 voted early in Monroe County, 4,603 voted early in Albany County and 3,877 voted early in...

Major explosion at a building in Youngstown, Ohio: Multiple injuries reported Multiple injuries were reported after a major explosion, allegedly at a Chase Bank building, from a presumed natural gas leak occurred in downtown Youngstown, Ohio.

Democrat-passed laws authorizing a 10-day voting season and permanent absentee voting status violate the Delaware Constitution, a state court ruled on Friday. Writing for the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, Judge Mark Conner determined that legislation enabling early and “permanent absentee” voting in Delaware elections does not comport with the state’s founding document. The lawsuit challenging the statutes in question was brought by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) on behalf of Michael Mennella, an inspector of elections for the Delaware Department of Elections. State Election Commissioner Anthony Albence and the Delaware Department of Elections are defendants in...

A Delaware court has ruled that state laws on early and permanent-absentee voting violate the state constitution. The state's Superior Court ruled Friday that a 2019 law passed by the state legislature, which allows 10 days of early voting, violates the state constitution that the General Election is to be held on one day. The court also found that the state's Permanent Absentee Voting Statute violates state law by allowing voters to be placed on a permanent absentee voting list where ballots would automatically be sent to them for each election. The voting votes were challenged in court by the...