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Trump and Harris hitting battleground states even as Sunday’s attack continues to roil the race

September 17, 2024, 9:17am Election

Presidential election campaigning revs back up Tuesday, with Donald Trump heading to Michigan and Vice President Kamala Harris answering questions at a forum for Black journalists in Pennsylvania — even as authorities continue to investigate a second apparent assassination attempt against Trump that's roiled the race. Read story

A temporary worker for the Clark County Elections Office cleans a voting space in 2020.

League of Women Voters sets candidate forums ahead of Nov. 5 general election

A temporary worker for the Clark County Elections Office cleans a voting space in 2020.

September 16, 2024, 5:04pm Clark County News

The nonpartisan League of Women Voters of Clark County will host candidate forums for 10 Clark County races ahead of the Nov. 5 general election. Read story

Suspicious packages sent to election officials in at least 5 states

September 16, 2024, 3:55pm Election

Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least five states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material. Read story

Recap: 5 top takeaways from last week’s Washington governor debate

September 16, 2024, 9:49am Clark County Politics

Washington state gubernatorial candidates Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, and Dave Reichert, a Republican, politely disagreed on the solutions to most issues facing Washington during the first face-to-face televised debate of the 2024 election Tuesday night. Read story

Viewers gather to watch a debate between Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Angry Elephant Bar and Grill, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in San Antonio.

Betting on elections threatens confidence in voting and should be banned, U.S. agency says

Viewers gather to watch a debate between Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at the Angry Elephant Bar and Grill, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in San Antonio.

September 16, 2024, 9:26am Election

Allowing people to bet on the outcome of U.S. elections poses a great risk that some will try to manipulate the betting markets, which could cause more harm to the already fragile confidence voters have in the integrity of results, according to a federal agency that wants the bets to… Read story

Political campaign signs are seen along state Highway 14 on Thursday morning. Legislative candidates in Clark County are reporting rampant vandalism and theft of campaign signs. “This issue is much worse than what I experienced during my last campaign in 2022,” said 17th Legislative District House Position 2 candidate Terri Niles, a Democrat.

Legislative candidates report rampant vandalism, theft of campaign signs in Clark County

Political campaign signs are seen along state Highway 14 on Thursday morning. Legislative candidates in Clark County are reporting rampant vandalism and theft of campaign signs. “This issue is much worse than what I experienced during my last campaign in 2022,” said 17th Legislative District House Position 2 candidate Terri Niles, a Democrat.

September 14, 2024, 6:08am Clark County News

Legislative candidates in Clark County are raising concerns about theft and vandalism of campaign signs. Read story

Republican 3rd District Congressional candidate Joe Kent speaks with voters at Felida Community Park on July 29.

Kent declines invitation to Oct. 10 League of Women Voters debate

Republican 3rd District Congressional candidate Joe Kent speaks with voters at Felida Community Park on July 29.

September 13, 2024, 11:21am Clark County News

An Oct. 10 debate between 3rd Congressional District Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican challenger Joe Kent to be hosted by the League of Women Voters was canceled Wednesday after Kent declined the invitation. Read story

FILE - Rep.-elect Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., joins new members of the House of Representatives on the steps of the Capitol for a group photo, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J.

Many House members vulnerable, including Perez; here are the top 10

FILE - Rep.-elect Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., joins new members of the House of Representatives on the steps of the Capitol for a group photo, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J.

September 13, 2024, 9:53am Clark County Politics

Unlike this year’s presidential and Senate races that are focused on a few intensely competitive states, there is no shortage of House battlegrounds across the country as Republicans look to expand their narrow majority while Democrats work to seize back the gavel they lost in 2022. Read story

In Washington governor debate, homelessness was discussed with little depth

September 12, 2024, 12:28pm Clark County Politics

If public safety was the main course at Tuesday's gubernatorial debate, then Washington's homelessness and housing crisis was a small, but spicy appetizer. Read story

A spool of stickers rests on a table at a polling station during Massachusetts state primary voting, Sept. 3, 2024, in Newton, Mass.

AP-NORC/USAFacts survey: Most Americans don’t trust AI-powered election information

A spool of stickers rests on a table at a polling station during Massachusetts state primary voting, Sept. 3, 2024, in Newton, Mass.

September 12, 2024, 9:19am Election

Jim Duggan uses ChatGPT almost daily to draft marketing emails for his carbon removal credit business in Huntsville, Ala. But he’d never trust an artificial intelligence chatbot with any questions about the upcoming presidential election. Read story