With an election approaching, the US Supreme Court is being asked again to consider the Affordable Care Act, the landmark 2010 health reform law that has been the target of non-stop conservative legal attack,
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy pledged Thursday that the US Postal Service will undertake “heroic efforts” to deliver all mail-in ballots on time this year and urged people to put their ballots in the mail at least one week before Election Day on November 5.
“We here in Massachusetts were included in those threats as well.” said William F. Galvin, secretary of the commonwealth and chief election official of Massachusetts. “It did not actually make it into our offices because we were able to intercept it in the loading dock.”
Election officials from six swing states gathered in Michigan to talk about efforts they are undertaking to ensure the integrity of the 2024 vote.
Neuberger Berman senior portfolio manager Steve Eisman said he has “no idea” who will win the US presidential election — reversing an earlier prediction that Donald Trump would triumph — but said the markets will be fine in any scenario apart from a sweep by Democrats.
Under state law now, whichever presidential candidate gets more votes in a congressional district wins an elector
The Economist’s forecast model suggests that the state—with its 19 electoral-college votes, the most of any swing state—is the tipping-point in 27% of the model’s updated simulations, meaning it decides the election more often than any other state.
After filling out your ballot, insert it in the provided envelope and mail it to your county elections office. Mail ballots must be postmarked on or before Election Day — Tuesday, Nov. 5 — and received by the elections office no later than seven days after Election Day, according to the California Secretary of State’s office.
One measure, to be voted on Friday, would require hand counting of ballots. Critics say that it would create widespread confusion in a state pivotal to the presidential race.