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Nebraska uses a unique method to find election workers: It drafts them

Nebraska uses a unique method to find election workers: It drafts them

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Americans are encouraged to do their duty and vote on Election Day . But in Nebraska, some residents must go a step further: They are required to help run the elections. Nebraska is the only state in the U.S.
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The ability to cast a ballot isn’t always guaranteed in Alaska’s far-flung Native villages

The ability to cast a ballot isn’t always guaranteed in Alaska’s far-flung Native villages

KAKTOVIK, Alaska (AP) — Early last summer, George Kaleak, a whaling captain in the tiny Alaska Native village of Kaktovik, on an island in the Arctic Ocean just off the state’s northern coast, pinned a flyer to the blue, ribbon-lined bulletin board i
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Ballot drop box fires rekindle concerns that election conspiracy theories are making them a target

Ballot drop box fires rekindle concerns that election conspiracy theories are making them a target

ATLANTA (AP) — Two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest were damaged in a suspected arson attack just over a week before Election Day, destroying hundreds of ballots at one location in Vancouver, Washington.
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Arab American voters make their choice - Harris, Trump or neither - in the election's final days

Arab American voters make their choice - Harris, Trump or neither - in the election's final days

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Bowls of labneh and platters of za’atar bread covered the tables in a Lebanese restaurant near Detroit, yet no one seemed to have much of an appetite.
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The first presidential election since the Jan. 6 attack will test new guardrails from Congress

The first presidential election since the Jan. 6 attack will test new guardrails from Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — This presidential election , the first since the Jan.
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Election threats persist four years after far-right extremists stormed the US Capitol

Election threats persist four years after far-right extremists stormed the US Capitol

WASHINGTON (AP) — After the 2020 presidential election, thousands of Donald Trump’s most fervent supporters heeded his call to join a “wild” protest of his defeat. Following Trump's lies about a stolen election, hundreds of them stormed the U.S.
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Trump ally Steve Bannon to be released after serving 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress

Trump ally Steve Bannon to be released after serving 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress

DANBURY, Conn. (AP) — Longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon is scheduled to be released from prison Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena in the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
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For the US election, the AP performs the world's single largest act of journalism

For the US election, the AP performs the world's single largest act of journalism

Since long before the advent of the internet, smartphones or social media, The Associated Press has delivered the results of elections in the United States.
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Harris is speaking at the same spot where Trump fanned anger on Jan. 6, 2021. Here's what happened

Harris is speaking at the same spot where Trump fanned anger on Jan. 6, 2021. Here's what happened

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kamala Harris will deliver her campaign's “closing argument” Tuesday from the same spot in Washington where Republican Donald Trump helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 .
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Americans in Puerto Rico can't vote for US president. Their anger at Trump is shaping the race

Americans in Puerto Rico can't vote for US president. Their anger at Trump is shaping the race

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A comic calling Puerto Rico garbage before a packed Donald Trump rally in New York was the latest humiliation for an island territory that has long suffered from mistreatment, residents said Monday in expressions of fury
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