Lawmakers Delay Proposal To Make Election Day A Holiday
Lawmakers voted Thursday to delay the proposal to make Election Day a statewide holiday.
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Lawmakers voted Thursday to delay the proposal to make Election Day a statewide holiday.
Polling places in California may need to be open for more than just Election Day.
Election Day may become a holiday in California, meaning schools would close and state employees would get a paid day off.
Three generations of Maria Valles de Bonilla's family came to support her during her citizenship ceremony.
Election Day is here! Not only does it mean it's time to flex your rights, it's also time to take advantage of some special deals for showing off your "I voted" sticker bling.
Vote-by-mail ballots will start showing up in California mailboxes today.
Dave, Kayte and Nate bring you the Election Day edition of The Drive.
Voters are turning out in high numbers across the country to choose between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
With no divisive ballot initiatives or high-profile races on the ballot Tuesday, California's top-two primary election was expected to be a sleepy affair that draws little interest from voters.
Election Day 2012 coverage updated continuously throughout the day and night.
Today, Republicans feel a combination of confusion, disbelief, and anger as to how a slim majority of Americans can possibly want four more years of the Obama administration in the White House. To many, it seems inconceivable that people want to take a chance on more of the same.
After months of hard campaigning by candidates and weeks of negative ads funded by record political spending, millions of California voters are finally having their say.
Obama plays basketball and Romney campaigns on Election Day
While Mitt Romney talks about binders full of women, Democrats have ballots full of women.
Unfortunately, political poll after political poll reveals that the presidential election of 2012 has much to do – in fact, more to do – with the race of the presidential candidate than most anything else.
From Florida and Ohio early vote disasters with long lines to power outages in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York there are doubts that some people will have the opportunity to participate in this election.
On Friday, President Barack Obama told his supporters at a campaign rally – inside a public high school, no less – to vote for revenge!
If you're still looking for a reason to decide on which candidate to vote for, think about Obamacare and the fact that one report after another clearly shows that it's going to cost the nation much, much more than originally stated by President Obama and his administration.
Now, the question is: Is the country better off than it was four years ago? Anyone – including you – can answer that question.
Now, this early voting trend that is sweeping the country is getting as ridiculous as being gifted for Christmas or one's birthday 35 days in advance. There is much "shifty" benefit for the Democrats since they're pushing for it.
We are currently seeing two very different approaches to the post-debate push from the two Presidential campaigns – Obama has a much stronger opening to the two week push.
Though the polls give political junkies a rush – and can put them on a natural high for a time or sink them into the bowels of depression – they mean absolutely nothing on Election Day. The poll taken on Election Day at the nation's polling booths is obviously the only one that counts.
If Election Day were a holiday, would that boost voter turnout?
