Why and how AP counts the vote for thousands of US elections
WASHINGTON (AP) — There isn’t an easier way to count votes than to count the votes. The Associated Press has been tallying results in national, state and local elections since 1848. In broad terms, the process is
Florida has nearly all ballots counted on Election Day, while California can take weeks. This is why
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 2020 presidential election, Florida reported the results within a few hours of poll close of more than 99% of ballots cast. In California, almost one-third of ballots were uncounted after election night.
Voting systems have been under attack since 2020, but are tested regularly for accuracy and security
ATLANTA (AP) — Voting machines have been at the center of a web of conspiracy theories after the 2020 election, with false claims that they were manipulated to steal the presidency from Donald Trump. There was no
Where are the voters who could decide the presidential election?
WASHINGTON (AP) — When you hear the term bellwether, you might think about states in the presidential election that always vote with the White House winner. The true meaning of a bellwether is an indicator of a
How elections forecasters became political ‘prophets’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before there was a FiveThirtyEight model, or a New York Times election night needle, or 13 keys revealing “how presidential elections really work,” there was an economist named Louis Bean. Bean achieved a sort
KEYWORD NOTICE – Colorado court ducks deciding if baker could refuse to make LGBTQ-themed cake
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – Colorado’s top court on Tuesday ducked the question of whether a Christian baker had the right to refuse to create a cake for a customer celebrating a gender transition by dismissing the
Researchers say poverty and unemployment are up in Lahaina after last year’s wildfires
HONOLULU (AP) — Unemployment and poverty are up and incomes are down among Maui wildfire survivors more than a year after a deadly blaze leveled historic Lahaina, a report published Tuesday found. The poverty rate among survey
Retired Houston officer gets 60 years in couple’s drug raid deaths that revealed corruption
HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for the murder of a married couple during a drug raid that revealed systemic corruption in the department’s narcotics unit.
Gas stations run empty as panic grips Florida ahead of Hurricane Milton
By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) – A growing number of gasoline retailers were flashing empty signs on Tuesday as panic-buying took hold of Florida, where residents are bracing for a monster hurricane to make landfall. Hurricane
Explainer-What made Milton the third-fastest intensifying Atlantic storm?
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) – This year’s warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico helped Milton swiftly become a powerful hurricane, with the U.S. National Hurricane Center calling it the third-fastest intensifying Atlantic storm on record. Milton’s
