10 months ago Wisconsin voters bar non-U.S. citizens from voting By Adam Kemp Wisconsin voters approved a constitutional amendment in Tuesday’s elections that bars foreign nationals from voting in the state. Republicans across the country have been pushing voters to adopt constitutional amendments that explicitly prohibit non-U.S. citizens from voting. The move was spurred by the District of Columbia and municipalities in California, Maryland and Vermont allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections. The Wisconsin Constitution states that every U.S. citizen who is at least 18 can vote. The amendment revises that language to read that only U.S. citizens can vote in federal, state and local elections held in Wisconsin. There are eight states with this kind of constitutional amendment on the ballot this year. Oklahoma also passed a state question limiting voting to “only” U.S. Citizens, a one-word change to its constitution. Wisconsin and Oklahoma join other states like Alabama, Louisiana, Colorado, and Florida which have passed similar measures to restrict voting to “only citizens.”
10 months ago Speaker Johnson wins reelection in Louisiana By Trey Brannon Speaker of the House Mike Johnson won a landslide reelection in his congressional race in Louisiana. Speaking at his victory party in Shreveport, Johnson thanked his supporters and told them he will continue to bring Louisiana values to Washington, D.C. “We believe in the founding principles of the country,” Johnson said. “We believe in the ideas of faith and family and freedom, and we’re trying to live that out every day, and it’s not always welcomed in the nation’s capital, but it’s very important for us to do that,” Johnson said. The speaker said he would be traveling to Mar-a-Lago to join former President Donald Trump’s watch party, adding that he’s optimistic for the Republican party. “At the end of the night when they tabulate all this, I am very hopeful that we’re going to have not only a larger majority in the House to make my job easier, but we will retake the Senate and the White House as well,” he said.
10 months ago Colorado voters approve constitutional amendment protecting abortion By Associated Press Colorado voters approved a state constitutional amendment on Tuesday enshrining protections for abortion. The measure repeals a ban on state and local funding for abortion and allows Medicaid and other government health insurance programs to cover abortion. Abortion already is legal in Colorado at all stages of pregnancy. Amending the state constitution requires the support of 55 percent of voters. Read more about Colorado voters protecting abortion rights.
10 months ago Behind the scenes of vote counting in one Georgia county By News Desk The polls in Georgia may be closed, but the work is not done.@milesobrien goes behind the scenes at election headquarters in Gwinnett County for a look at democracy in action. pic.twitter.com/JHYgMCcZFN — PBS News (@NewsHour) November 6, 2024 Miles O’Brien reports.
10 months ago Michigan Muslim leaders are split on presidential endorsements By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang More than 310,000 people of Middle Eastern or North African (MENA) ancestry call Michigan home, according to 2020 census data, and there are more than 200,000 Muslim American voters in the state, according to Emgage, including many Asian, Arab, and Black Americans. For many Muslim and Arab Americans, Israel’s wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and the wider Middle East are personal, and so is this election. These voters have a wide range of views about how Harris and Trump would handle the war, and the past several weeks have brought mixed opinions from prominent Muslim and Arab American community leaders about the best choice at the ballot box. Read more about how Muslim voters and leaders considered their vote this year.
10 months ago Four western states to close at 11 p.m. By News Desk It’s nearly 11 p.m. EST when polls will close in California, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. At 54 electoral votes, California has the most of any state. Follow all of our live election results.
10 months ago PBS News/NPR/Marist poll finds reshaping of support along racial lines By Matt Loffman In our latest poll, Donald Trump leads Harris 54 percent to 45 percent among white voters, but her 9-point deficit is a slight improvement over the 12-point advantage Trump had with this group in 2020. Harris instead has seen some erosion among Black and Latino voters, who together made up about 20 percent of the vote in 2020. Harris has support from 83 percent of likely Black voters and 61 percent of likely Latino voters – down 8 and 2 points, respectively, from the share that supported Biden in 2020. Read more of our poll findings.
10 months ago Poll: The gender gap shrunk in half in the last month By Matt Loffman Graphic by Jenna Cohen/ PBS News In our final PBS News/NPR/Marist poll before Election Day, Donald Trump had held onto his lead among men, but it shrunk to 4 points, down from the 16-point advantage he had over Harris in October. At the same time, 55 percent of women said they would back Kamala Harris in the latest survey. The vice president’s lead among women shrunk from 18 points to 11 points since last month. The gender split in this poll is nearly identical to the one between Biden and Trump in 2020, according to AP VoteCast surveys of the electorate.
10 months ago Josh Stein: ‘We chose hope over hate, competence over chaos, decency over division.’ By Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein was elected governor on Tuesday, defeating Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and maintaining Democratic leadership of the chief executive’s office in a state where Republicans have recently controlled the legislature and appeals courts. Stein thanked voters for the win. “Tonight the people of North Carolina embraced a vision that’s optimistic, forward-looking and welcoming,” Stein said. “A vision that’s about creating opportunity for every North Carolinian. We chose hope over hate, competence over chaos, decency over division. That’s who we are as North Carolinians.” Stein, a Harvard-trained lawyer, former state senator and the state’s chief law enforcement officer since 2017, will succeed fellow Democrat Roy Cooper, who was term-limited from seeking reelection. He will be the state’s first Jewish governor. Watch Stein’s full speech after winning in North Carolina.
10 months ago All eyes on Native voters By Joshua Barajas Various pins, including one that says Native Voter during a 2023 meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Oklahoma. Photo by Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images We’ve seen how the Native vote can swing elections. Voters in the Navajo Nation helped President Joe Biden secure his 2020 win in Arizona. Indigenous voters were also key in recent state-level races in Montana and Alaska. In 2024, both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump courted Native voters, particularly in Arizona but also in other states they need to win the White House. ICT’s Pauly Denetclaw has spent time talking to Native voters across the country about the election. 4 key issues that matter most to Native voters How Native voters and candidates could affect the election, and other things to watch on Election Day ICT will also follow the election results as they come in. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, which will include coverage after November’s election and feature stories from Indian Country.