Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Electoral College

How Loretta Lynn, country music and a rural Republican tide changed U.S. politics

At the peak of her fame in the 1960s and 1970s, Lynn was part of a key change in the politics of country music — a change akin to the shifting partisan leanings of the music's most loyal fans.

WEKU

Ginni Thomas appears before House panel probing Jan. 6 attack

WASHINGTON — Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, appeared for a voluntary interview Thursday before the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, which sought information about her involvement in the effort to overturn President Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election.

Tribune News Service

Ginni Thomas appears before House panel probing Jan. 6 attack - Roll Call

Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, appeared for a voluntary interview Thursday before the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Roll Call

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

American Elections Are a Mess, and They Always Have Been

The long, weird history of partisan electoral shenanigans

Reason

In a big Jan. 6 case, Oath Keepers go on trial for seditious conspiracy

The founder of the Oath Keepers and four others individuals linked to the far-right, anti-government group go on trial Tuesday on seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

WEKU

Toomey is backing a bill to change how Electoral College votes are counted — and avoid the chaos of 2020

Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., will cosponsor a bipartisan bill to reform how Electoral College votes are certified, adding more Republican weight to the push to avoid a repeat of the attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Liz Cheney introduces electoral vote bill to avoid repeat of Jan. 6

Republican Representative Liz Cheney introduced a bill Monday that would change how Congress counts presidential electors to reduce the chances of another effort to overturn election results like that mounted by former President Donald Trump last year.

Tribune News Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

How are votes counted?

The process of counting votes and certifying election results differs from state to state.

USAFacts

Electoral college is an "accident waiting to happen," Rep. Jamie Raskin says

"The electoral college is an accident waiting to happen and we have to deal with that at some point in American history, and why not now?"

Axios

Proud Boys Hawaii leader, friend plead guilty in Jan. 6 riot

The founder of the Hawaii Proud Boys chapter and a Texas man who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and posed for a picture in front a door on which one of them had written “Murder the Media” each pleaded guilty Friday to a felony charge in connection with…

The Independent UK

Claims of voter fraud, old as the republic, still work as weapons for Trump

The prevalence or importance of voter fraud seems less a matter of fact than of faith. Those who accept Trump's claims are exercising their beliefs to push back against experts, courts and academics.

WEKU

Congress president election | Manish Tewari seeks transparency in process

Shashi Tharoor, Karti Chidambaram support Manish Tewari saying every election requires a well defined electoral college

The Hindu

Hockey Karnataka electoral college tampered with, says Ballal

BENGALURU: Former India player Ashish Ballal alleged that the Hockey Karnataka electoral college for

The Hindu

4 reasons why abortion laws often clash with the majority's preferences in the US, from constitutional design to low voter turnout

Kansas voters opted against overturning a state constitutional right to an abortion on Aug. 2, 2022. A few days later, Indiana lawmakers banned nearly all abortions.

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

FIFA bans AIFF | Why it happened and what it means for Indian football

Here is a timeline of events that led to FIFA banning AIFF, its consequences on Indian football, and more

The Independent UK

Support for electing president through popular vote rises among both Democrats and Republicans

More Americans than ever support abolishing Electoral College

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Protect democracy, pass electoral reform

The proposed Electoral Count Reform Act, which would make explicit the process for certifying the Electoral College vote that determines the outcome of a presidential election, should never have been necessary.

The Independent UK

Emails reveal Trump campaign efforts to subvert Electoral College certification: ‘We would just be sending fake electoral votes’

Emails reviewed by The New York Times show a frantic effort to organise “fake” electors

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

Pence shows distance from Trump with speech hinting at 2024 run

WASHINGTON — Mike Pence is getting a one-day head start on rallying the Republican base in Washington before his former boss, Donald Trump, returns to the U.S. capital for the first time since the violent end to his presidency.

Tribune News Service

Trump tests waning appeal in Washington visit shadowed by Jan. 6

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is coming back to Washington as Republican rivals maneuver for a possible primary challenge and lawmakers probe his culpability for the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The Independent UK

Josh Hawley says he’s ‘not gonna run’ from critics after Jan 6 video shows him fleeing mob

‘I’m not gonna apologize, I’m not gonna cower, I’m not gonna run from you’

WEKU

Proposed reforms for the Electoral Count Act draw broad support

The proposal, aimed at reforming the widely criticized 135-year-old law governing the process of casting and counting Electoral College votes, has garnered widespread support among election experts.

Reason

The Senate's Election Reform Bill Is Surprisingly Logical and Bipartisan

Former President Trump's attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election relied on three potential pressure points. This bill addresses all three.

Tribune News Service

Bipartisan Senate bills would overhaul Electoral College count

WASHINGTON — One-fifth of the House and Senate, an increase from the current requirement of a single member in each chamber, would be needed for Congress to consider an objection to a state’s Electoral College votes under proposed legislation released Wednesday by a bipartisan group of more than a dozen…

Tribune News Service

Bipartisan Senate bills would overhaul Electoral College count

1 … 11 12 13 14

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Philadelphia Inquirer

34 stories

Gokulam Kerala

24 stories

All India Football Federation

18 stories

G23

15 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.