In one of his first moves, President Donald Trump rescinded a Biden-era executive order that Republicans argued set aside federal funding to register Democrats to vote in elections. While doing so came as no surprise to insiders tracking the matter, the voter turnout fight, which has played out in courtrooms and in Congress since 2021, is not over.

The Watch the Yard platform has 2 million followers, and Rabb says its content reaches around 13 million people per month. Because Divine 9 sorority and fraternity membership is encouraged to continue after college ends, Rabb also notes that their audience is intergenerational, with Gen-Zers and boomers actively engaging with each other in the comment sections. “We can reach students in swing states. We can reach a student in the Pacific Northwest. Because there’s D9 there. If I can reach that AKA in Oregon, I can reach her peers.” On...

The 2024 Hawaii primary election has been widely panned as unexciting due to a lack of marquee races and fewer candidates to choose from. Voters apparently agreed, if the turnout numbers for Saturday are any indication. Just 269,912 of the 839,618 people registered statewide filled out a ballot. That works out to 32.1%. It’s a significant drop from the 39.8% turnout for the 2022 primary and an even more dramatic decline from the 51.2% in 2020. The latter election was the first for the state to use an all mail-in...

Just over 2 million people voted in Michigan's primary, roughly 160,000 fewer than in 2022. And the share of voting-age residents who cast a ballot on or before Tuesday was 25%—down two percentage points, according to unofficial election results reported by the Michigan Department of State. The chart below shows the voter turnout rate for August primary elections held in Michigan since 1978. While Tuesday's turnout was not exceptional, it was more than 20% ― the average turnout rate in previous years. Michigan's greatest participation rates for an August primary...

PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris is making an unmistakable bet on Philadelphia in the face of a yearslong decline in voter turnout that could cost her Pennsylvania and perhaps the election. She chose the city to launch a battleground tour with her new running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), on Tuesday and has visited the state six other times this year, including a Philadelphia town hall she attended in July. The Democrats’ ability to win the city is not in doubt. With a 7-to-1 voter registration advantage, Harris can...

With just one contested race on Fremont County’s primary ballot Tuesday, the unofficial voter turnout was about 30.2%. To give a comparison, the voter turnout for the 2020 primary was in the 40 percentile, but the final tally for this election won’t be completed until eight days following the election to allow for cures and overseas ballots to arrive. Fremont County Clerk and Recorder Justin Grantham said the number of registered voters is different from the number of those eligible to vote because the eight minor parties were not eligible...

SAN ANTONIO - As the nation gears up for another pivotal election season, there's a concerning trend emerging among young voters: fewer plan to cast their ballots compared to previous years. According to a recent poll conducted by the Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Political Science, only 49 percent of individuals aged 18 to 29 intend to vote in the upcoming election. This marks an 8 percent drop in voter turnout in the 2020 election cycle. Michael Valdez, a student at San Antonio College, shared his perspective on the issue....

St. Johns County has more polling places because of population growth. Example video title will go here for this video Example video title will go here for this video ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — It is gearing up to be possibly the busiest election in St. Johns County ever. St. Johns County’s growth is prompting more polling places, and that’s not all. With more people moving to and living in St. Johns County, there are more voters. As of Thursday , for a county with an estimate population of 333,148...