Australians started early voting ahead of a national election on May 3, with polls showing the center-left Labor government holding a narrow lead over the opposition with two weeks to go until the campaign ends. Almost 50% of Australians cast their ballots early in the last election in 2022, either by post or in person, and a large number of voters are expected to turn out from Tuesday at polling stations across the country. A record number of people have registered to vote in the 2025 poll, according to the...

As seven people cast ballots in the first three hours of early voting in the Waukegan and North Chicago primary for municipal offices, candidates are aware they must utilize their campaign resources to push turnout above the 9% of registered voters who cast their ballots in the 2021 general election. Though she declined to say who got her support in the 2025 Waukegan Democratic mayoral primary, Judith Marquez said it was important to cast her vote early. She said she would not miss an opportunity to have her say. “It’s...

Early voting began Thursday for the primary election on Feb. 25, Aurora area officials said. In Kane County, there are primary races for mayor in Aurora, which is a non-partisan election, and for three Aurora Township races featuring Democrats, which are partisan contests. Early in-person voting is now available at the Kane County Clerk’s Office locations in Aurora, at 5 E. Downer Place, Suite F, and Geneva, at 719 S. Batavia Ave., Building B.

Early voting starts Thursday in a snap special primary election to fill a vacant Senate seat in Northeast Minneapolis. State of play: Eight Democrats are battling to succeed former Majority Leader Kari Dziedzic, who died in December following close to two years of treatment for ovarian cancer. • While two Republicans are also competing to be the party's nominee on the Jan. 28 ballot, the winner of the DFL primary is almost certain to win the seat given the political lean of the district. The big picture: The Senate will...

Unofficial early voting results in the Princeton mayoral runoff show a narrow lead for the challenger, Eugene Escobar Jr. over incumbent Mayor Brianna Chacón. Saturday was Election Day for the mayoral runoff between Chacón and Escobar. The lead Escobar had over Chacón during early voting was by just 39 votes, according to unofficial results. Escobar got 257 or about 54% of the votes and Chacón got 218, or about 46% of the votes, unofficial results showed. According to the Collin County elections website, 437 people voted early in the Princeton...

Republicans have been pushing during the 2024 election to get their voters to use early and mail-in voting, after years of urging against the methods, and it appears their efforts may be turning the tide. Former President Donald Trump led the chorus of skeptics in the GOP regarding early and mail-in ballots in the 2020 election, renewing those calls in the 2022 elections. Republican losses in both of those elections were partly blamed on the GOP voters not utilizing early voting methods, as the Democratic Party had. Arizona has been...

Facing accusations of electioneering, officials in an eastern Wisconsin city say they have removed from voting booths what voters described as copies of a Yahoo.com news article on two constitutional amendment ballot questions. Election law experts say it’s a win for election integrity but another glaring example of the “maternalistic arrogance of a clerk” who believes it her duty to explain to voters how they should vote. The Milwaukee-based Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) on Wednesday sent a warning letter to Neenah City Clerk Char Nagel after receiving...

Key deadlines are approaching with two weeks to go until Florida Democrats and Republicans hold primaries to choose candidates for the fall election. And everyone can vote in elections for a range of offices, including judges and school board members. People who want to vote by mail need to act quickly. And those who prefer in-person early voting are about to get their opportunity to vote that way. Registered Democrats and Republicans can vote in primaries to nominate candidates for the November general election. Both parties have a U.S. Senate...

Seattle has more power in the U.S. House of Representatives than the state of Alaska. And yet, ahead of this year’s House elections, there’s as much at stake with Alaska’s race than all four of the contests in King County combined. The vast majority of the 435 seats in the House are firmly Democratic or firmly Republican. Alaska is among a dwindling number of exceptions that could go in any direction. More than that, it’s one of just five places in the country that voted for Donald Trump as president...