Residents drop mail-in ballots in an official ballot box outside of the Tippecanoe branch library on Oct. 20, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wis. | Getty Images Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court is letting a ban on drop boxes in the state go into effect for the state’s spring local elections. The state’s highest court rejected a motion … Read more
Former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro apparently thinks it would have been OK for then-Vice President Mike Pence to challenge the 2020 election results but not for current Vice President Kamala Harris to do the same in 2024† After claiming that Pence has the ability to throw votes that might be “suspicious” back to … Read more
Trade advisor Peter Navarro speaks with reporters outside the White House on July 27, 2020.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik The House select committee investigating the Capitol riot subpoenaed ex-White House advisor Peter Navarro. Navarro has backed former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that voter fraud cost him the 2020 election. Navarro has also said that he and … Read more
pabradyphoto/Getty Images A Colorado county clerk who has pushed election lies was arrested on Tuesday. During the arrest, Peters appears to kick at an officer trying to seize her iPad. The judgment is unrelated to a lawsuit brought by the Colorado secretary of state, accusing her of leaking election data. Tina Peters, a pro-Trump elections … Read more
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica — A former Costa Rican president took an early lead in Sunday’s national election in what had been a wide-open field of 25 candidates. José María Figueres, who was the country’s president from 1994 to 1998, had 30.3 percent of the vote in preliminary results released by the Supreme Elections Tribunal … Read more
LISBON — Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa won an overwhelming victory in Sunday’s general election, winning a third straight term, with his Socialist Party securing an absolute majority in parliament. “This is a special night for me,” Costa told the cheering fans. “The Portuguese have confirmed that they want a Socialist Party government for the … Read more
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): If you know one thing about FiveThirtyEight it’s probably that we cover elections. So in keeping on brand but still embracing that end-of-year spirit, we’ve decided to take some time today to reflect on the most important elections … Read more