Election certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest

With the presidential election looming in November, attorneys are gearing up for yet more fights over election certification ... t the place to contest ballot counts, and that state laws make ... Read More

GOP lawsuits set the stage for state challenges if Trump loses the election

Before voters even begin casting ballots, Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a sprawling legal fight over how the 2024 election will be run, a series of court disputes that could even run past ... Read More

No, local election officials can’t block certification of results – there are plenty of legal safeguards

Concerns are mounting that some election officials might subvert the results of the 2024 presidential election by refusing to certify results. An election law expert says the law now prevents that. Read More

Here’s why many election experts aren’t freaking out about certification this year

Watchdog groups and pundits are sounding the alarm about the potential for mischief when it comes to certifying vote tallies, but election experts have confidence in the system's guardrails. Read More

Georgia Republicans lay groundwork to oppose certifying presidential election

But in this year’s presidential election, votes against certifying elections could become a tool to dispute ... the secretary of state. At its core, the fight over election certification is ... Read More

Georgia Election Rule Prompts Concerns of Chaos and Delays

The Georgia state election board is ... say will insert chaos into the November election. The board agreed Tuesday on a new definition of election certification, requiring “reasonable inquiry ... Read More

Donald Trump’s Latest Plan to Mess With Georgia’s Election Is Not Some Clever Loophole

Even before the first vote in the 2024 election is cast, partisan extremists are jockeying for the opportunity to potentially subvert the outcome. Georgia is the eye of the storm. Last week ... Read More

With hastily approved rules, Georgia election board undermines election certification

If there is a dispute ... Any one of those could hold up final state certification of election results. Election deniers now have another weapon to contest election outcomes. Read More

Harris becomes betting favorite in presidential election odds after swing state barnstorm

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris stands as the slight betting favorite over Republican ... with the USA TODAY elections team. Keeping up with Election 2024? Read More

Which states were swing states last election? Here's which 5 states flipped from 2016 to 2020

With less than 100 days to the 2024 presidential election ... Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Previous elections have come down to just a handful of states in order to ... Read More

Election Day is in 85 days, but voters in some key states can cast ballots next month

approximately two years ahead of Election Day. Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team. Here are the other states with early-voting periods coming up soon, according to the ... Read More

Which states were swing states last election? Here's which 5 states flipped from 2016 to 2020

With less than 100 days to the 2024 presidential election ... elections: the longstanding Electoral College, in which candidates will need a majority of 270 electoral votes to win the presidency. Read More