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Macy's Announces Dramatically Different Thanksgiving Day Parade
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Macy’s and the City of New York on Monday announced that the annual Thanksgiving Day parade will be dramatically different this year as a result of ongoing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.
Portland First to Ban Private Entities From Using Facial Recognition Technology
A protester screams at police as they attempt to take control of the streets with Portland protests reaching 100 consecutive nights on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, in Portland, Ore.(AP Photo/Paula Bronstein) PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland officials voted on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in favor of the nation’s first-ever ban on private entities using facial recognition technology in its city public spaces.
Puerto Rico to Partially Redo Botched Gubernatorial Primary
August 10, 2020by Jim Wyss, Bloomberg News (TNS) Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vazquez Garced speaks during a news conference to announce new rules for all passengers flying into Puerto Rico to curb coronavirus cases, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on June 30, 2020. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) Puerto Rico will partially redo a key gubernatorial primary election next Sunday after ballots failed to arrive at some polling centers in a timely manner. Gov.
City of Albany Sponsors Socially Distant Street Fairs All Summer
ALBANY, N.Y. – The city of Albany has initiated a travelling street fair for residents to socialize at a distance and to learn about local resources. The street fair, called Playstreets, was started last month and its next fair will take place on August 14. Among the activities at the Playstreets events are free food, music and socially distant-friendly games. Representatives from local community resources are stationed as vendors around the fair.
Filing a Complaint With FEC Commission the Start of A Long and Winding Process
Federal Election Commission building, in Washington, D.C. WASHINGTON – Every month an email from the Federal Election Commission arrives in the inbox with a certain insouciant inevitability. “Pending advisory opinion requests,” it says. “That’s right,” you say to yourself. “They’re back to not having a quorum on the commission board.” It’s never a long list, and in no way is it a commentary on how hard staff and staff attorneys at the FEC continue to work day in and day out.
In Unusual Closed-Door Election, 150 Texas GOP Officials Will Choose Likely Member of Congress
Rep. John Ratcliffe, (R-TX), testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May. 5, 2020. About 150 local Republican officials in Northeast Texas will gather Saturday to select the likely replacement in Congress for Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe in an election closed to the public.
Hogan Passes Gavel to Cuomo at National Governors Association Summer Meeting
New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington. (Photo by Dan McCue) Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan passed his chairmanship of the National Governors Association to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo at the association’s bi-annual meeting Wednesday. Cuomo will head the new gubernatorial leadership in tandem with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, the association’s newly elected vice chair.
Absentee Ballot Versus Vote-By-Mail? A Guide to Election Terms
Voting got underway in San Diego with a handful of voters trickling in to the main Registrar of Voters Office in Kearny Mesa on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020. (John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump frequently says there’s a difference between absentee voting, which he once called “good” in a tweet, and mail-in voting, which he has called “inaccurate and fraudulent.” But the people who run elections don’t make that distinction.
Kansas GOP Picks Rep. Marshall for Senate Seat Over Kobach
Roger Marshall pumps his fist after speaking to supporters near Pawnee Rock, Kan., Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, after defeating Kris Kobach in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate. (Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle via AP) TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Republicans on Tuesday nominated Rep. Roger Marshall for the Senate over polarizing conservative Kris Kobach, heeding the party establishment’s advice as it tries to keep a normally safe seat out of play in what could be a difficult year for the GOP.
NY Board of Elections Appeals Ruling It Must Count Absentee Ballots Without Postmarks
NEW YORK — At least one hotly contested New York primary election is still up in the air thanks to a federal court ruling this week that readmitted thousands of mail-in ballots thrown out because of missing postmarks. The Monday night ruling from Manhattan Federal Court Judge Analisa Torres mandated that any ballots cast in the June 23 primaries that were invalidated because of missing postmarks must be counted as long as they were received by June 25.
Carolyn Maloney Prevails in Primary After Weeks of Vote Counting
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., on January 27, 2020. (Stefani Reynolds/CNP/Zuma Press/TNS) WASHINGTON — New York Democratic Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney has won her primary after six weeks of vote counting in the 12th District. New York City Board of Elections spokeswoman Valerie Vazquez confirmed Tuesday night that the board certified Maloney as the primary winner.
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