Billionaire tax proposal in California is on track to qualify for the ballot, backers say

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A controversial proposal in California to temporarily increase taxes on billionaires has enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, a labor union backing the measure said Monday. The proposal, backed by the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Workers West, would impose a one-time, 5% tax on individuals whose net worth exceeds … Read more

California billionaire tax secures enough signatures to make ballot

Proponents of a proposal to tax California billionaires say they have obtained enough signatures for the measure to appear on the November ballot.  The measure, proposed by Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW), a union representing more than 120,000 California health care workers, would impose a one-time 5% tax on Californians with net … Read more

Postal Service thrust into mail-in ballot fight as Trump order gets tied up in court

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: A conservative legal group urged the U.S. Postal Service this week to carry out President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in ballots, saying the USPS has an obligation to block possible “fraudulent ballots” ahead of this year’s midterms. America First Legal laid out in a petition … Read more

Wisconsin mayor who removed ballot drop box ahead of 2024 elections won’t be charged

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin mayor who carted away a drop box intended for absentee ballots before any votes were cast in the 2024 election won’t face any charges, a special prosecutor announced Wednesday. Wausau Mayor Doug Diny posed for photos wearing a hard hat and work gloves as he removed the drop box from … Read more

Republicans win but Democrats also claim victory with ballot box surge in Trump territory

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! RINGGOLD, GA — Republican congressional candidate Clay Fuller credited President Donald Trump in his victory speech after keeping a solidly red district in GOP hands and boosting Republicans’ razor-thin House majority. “He was the difference maker,” Fuller, who was backed by Trump, emphasized in a Fox News … Read more

Election expert testifies FBI’s evidence in Fulton County ballot case ‘doesn’t make sense’

ATLANTA — A leading elections expert told a federal judge on Friday that the evidence the FBI used to justify a recent seizure of 2020 election ballots from Fulton County, Georgia, “doesn’t make sense.” Ryan Macias, a former U.S. Election Assistance Commission official, testified that the list of irregularities the FBI identified didn’t represent a … Read more

14-year-old running for governor 1st teen to get on Vermont’s general election ballot

STOWE, Vt. — Looking back, gubernatorial candidate Dean Roy says his political ambitions started in the eighth grade. And by that he means, last year. After working as a legislative page at the Vermont Statehouse, the 14-year-old freshman at Stowe High School now has his sights set on the corner office. In November, he’ll be … Read more

Trump-endorsed effort to repeal Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law fails to make the ballot

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s new congressional map, which gives Democrats a high likelihood of picking up a U.S. House seat in the Salt Lake City area, is likely to remain in place beyond this election cycle because a Republican-led initiative to repeal the state’s anti-gerrymandering law failed to make the November ballot. The GOP … Read more

Trump explains why he cast a mail ballot in Florida’s election: ‘Because I’m president’

Just days after calling mail-in voting, “mail-in cheating,” President Donald Trump on Thursday explained why he decided to cast a mail ballot in a recent Florida special election. “You know what, because I’m president of the United States, and because of the fact that I’m president of the United States, I did a mail-in ballot … Read more