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May 13 2024
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Nebraska Secretary of State predicts 35% voter turnout for Tuesday's primary
Nebraska's Secretary of State predicted Monday that 35% of the state's registered voters will participate in Tuesday's primary election, which will mark the first in Nebraska in which voters are required to present a photo ID to cast a ballot. The county election offices sent out 155,110 early ballots to voters who had requested them, a figure that doesn't include ballots automatically sent to
Lincoln Journal StarMay 15 2024
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Voter turnout tops 27% statewide in Nebraska primary, falls short of projections
A little more than 27% of the state's 1.2 million registered voters took part in the primary election this year, which is down from the record-breaking 40.5% turnout recorded four years ago. Evnen said predicting turnout has grown more difficult "given the unprecedented voting patterns" during the COVID-19 pandemic and after, in which more voters took advantage of early voting. But the 2024
Lincoln Journal StarMay 15 2024
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Voter turnout for Macon’s primary has been ‘pitiful,’ elections supervisor says.
The early voter turnout in Macon-Bibb County has been low compared to the 2020 primary and nonpartisan elections, according to ballot reports, and local officials expect final vote tallies will be surprisingly low compared to past elections. Only about 4.3% of the county’s registered voters had cast their ballot as of Thursday morning – that is 4,527 out of 115,439 registered voters, according
The Telegraph (Georgia)Apr 21 2024
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Groups encourage Black voter turnout at Harrisburg event Sunday
Several community organizations and voting rights groups assembled Sunday afternoon at the Midtown Cinema in Harrisburg to help boost turnout among Black voters for the 2024 election cycle.
The event was part of a statewide tour by the advocacy group Black Voters Matter, whose bus pulled up outside the cinema’s parking lot ahead of the several-hour rally where several dozen people from
The Patriot-NewsMay 09 2024
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Inside the left-wing dark money voter turnout operation targeting vulnerable patients
EXCLUSIVE — The Athens Neighborhood Health Center, Indiana Health Centers, and Mariposa Community Health Center collectively sit on over $58 million in assets and receive regular checks from the federal government. As federally qualified health centers registered as tax-exempt nonprofit organizations in Georgia, Indiana, and Arizona, respectively, they cater to low-income patients benefiting
Washington ExaminerApr 27 2024
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Chicago voter turnout in March was second lowest in 80 years for a presidential primary
With low enthusiasm and both presidential nominees all but confirmed before Illinois’ primary Election Day even dawned, turnout for the March 19 election was the second-lowest for a presidential primary in Chicago for at least the last 80 years. Outside of selecting a choice for president, Chicago voters had several hot-button issues to weigh in on, including a citywide referendum question
Chicago TribuneApr 26 2024
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WA ranks 10th in nation for voter turnout, new data shows
In recent years, it seems, every federal election gets billed as the most important in our lifetime. Some are saying that about the upcoming 2024 presidential contest. Midterm elections don’t typically generate as much excitement, but some folks even said it about the 2022 midterm elections. How much did that rhetoric help drive voter turnout in Washington and around the nation? Newly released
The Seattle TimesFeb 27 2024
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A look at local voter turnout for the Michigan primary
A look at local voter turnout for the Michigan primary BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. -- Slow and steady was the trend for Michigan polls for the primary election. According to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, more than one million voters took advantage of early voting and absentee ballot ahead of Tuesday’s presidential primary. So local polls weren’t too busy, and election workers say
ABC 57Apr 23 2024
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San Benito driving voter turnout as school board race turning up heat
SAN BENITO — The city’s two rival factions are heating up the polls at the city’s Community Building, turning the bustling voting site into one of the hottest across Cameron County as steady flows of residents cast ballots during an eight-day early voting period. By the close of the first day of voting Monday, residents had cast 313 votes in a bitterly contested school board election, with 300
MyRGVNewsFeb 29 2024
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Where primary voter turnout was highest, lowest in Michigan
A pair of less-than-competitive primary races, coupled with minimal local millages, likely factored into a relatively low voter turnout in Michigan’s presidential primary.
About 1.9 million voters, or 23% of the state’s registered voters, submitted a ballot for Tuesday’s Feb. 27 primary, according to unofficial results updated as of Thursday by the Michigan Department of State.
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