Have you ever wondered why the US general election is held on the first Tuesday in November? This has not always been the case. In the first 15 presidential elections, each state set its own voting day, but then the development of communications raised fears that the states voting earlier would ...
Many people think that the saying “Don’t change horses in midstream” is Russian. It has already become so firmly established in our speech that it seems like our own, dear. In fact, the author of this aphorism is Abraham Lincoln. He said this phrase when he was re-elected to...
A Pennsylvania bakery claims cookie sales predicted the outcome of the last US presidential election. This year we also have the results of the “dessert survey”. Fox News reported the details. The owners of a family bakery in Hatboro say their election-themed cookies...
The data shows that about 300 legal permanent residents across the country will not be able to complete the naturalization process in time to vote in the upcoming November elections. Writes about this Miami Herald. Data from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and Boundless Immigration, a technology company that ...
A number of states are already conducting early voting for the US presidential election scheduled for November 3, 2020, and four states - Georgia, Texas, Ohio and Illinois - have set voter turnout records that are ahead of 2016, Newsweek writes. According to…
Government officials say ballot boxes are illegal and could lead to electoral fraud, but the party says they will continue the practice, writes The New York Times. The California Republican Party has claimed responsibility for posting over 50 falsely labeled as ...
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has a high chance of winning the 2020 election. According to the latest forecast from The Economist, he will receive the majority of the electoral college votes. Writes about this NewsWeek. According to the forecast, Biden will receive the majority of the electoral votes with ...
In California, courts have ruled that homeless people can register to vote in the places where they spend the most time, Voice of America reports. Volunteers are already working in these places to help homeless people with registration. Tens of thousands of open-air tents on…
In Salt Lake City, Utah, the first and only debate during the election race took place between candidates for the post of US Vice President Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, writes BBC. Usually the discussion between the “second numbers” of the election campaign does not attract much attention, but...
Scott Denkom, a web developer from Portland, Oregon, has an important mission in the 2020 elections - to help Americans fulfill their civic duty and not succumb to hunger and irritation, frequent companions of voters who are stuck in line at polling stations. This is stated in the video ...