Javier Milei promised pain for the people of Argentina, and they elected him president anyway, with the highest share of votes since Argentina’s return to democracy. One year removed from his resounding victory, are Argentines already running out of patience with Milei? He’s still the most popular political leader in the inflation-ravaged nation, but popularity is…

In Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona, Donald Trump won the presidential vote while the Republican Senate candidate lost. This is going to have a big impact on the balance of power in Washington. How did it happen? Straight Arrow News Political Correspondent Ray Bogan interviewed Professor Daron Shaw of the University of Texas at Austin,…

Former President Donald Trump defeated current Vice President Kamala Harris in the U.S. 2024 presidential elections, and will return to the White House in 2025. Trump’s win, which included an important surprise victory in the national popular vote, may set the stage for a GOP “trifecta” if Republicans can win a majority in the U.S.…

The famous “I Voted” sticker has become part of the voting process. It all started with a sketch on a dining room table 37 years ago. Janet Boudreau of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, was the mastermind the sticker design. In a recent interview with AARP, Boudreau explained that she thought of the design in 1987 shortly…

More than 163,000 veterans and military family members are set to serve as poll workers for the upcoming November election, marking a significant increase from the 63,500 who participated in the 2022 midterms, according to the Vet the Vote coalition. This coalition, comprising 43 advocacy organizations, aims to bolster the election workforce with veterans and…

An Arizona county supervisor pled guilty to failing to canvass, or certify, the results of the 2022 midterm election. Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd, R, entered a plea agreement with the Arizona Attorney General’s office in which she admitted to refusing to perform her duty as an election officer, a misdemeanor.  In the plea agreement’s…

Social media platforms TikTok and Facebook are under scrutiny for failing to detect harmful disinformation advertisements ahead of the U.S. presidential election. A new investigation by Global Witness reveals that these platforms are still allowing misleading content to slip through their moderation systems. In a report, Global Witness tested the election integrity commitments of TikTok,…

A western Michigan community has agreed to pay $20,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a woman who was denied a ballot in the 2022 midterm election despite being registered to vote. Ashleigh Smith of Muskegon County was repeatedly turned away from her polling place after officials failed to find her name in the voter…

Voter registration numbers are breaking records, particularly among young people. On National Voter Registration Day, Sept. 17, more than 150,000 individuals registered through Vote.org, the highest number ever recorded for that day. This figure represents more than half of the total voters registered by the site in all of last year. Of the newly registered…

More than one-third of top election officials across the country have resigned or retired since the 2020 presidential election, according to a CBS News investigation. This turnover rate, the highest in over two decades, raises significant concerns about potential impacts as the next major election approaches. Here are a few examples of the election worker…