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The RNC is launching an effort to gin up early-vote turnout in 2024, seeking to curtail a Democratic advantage and put more distance with Trump's past criticism The Republican National Committee on Wednesday launched an effort to increase early-vote turnout in 2024, seeking to curtail a Democratic advantage and to put more distance between the GOP and former President Donald Trump's past criticism of mail and early ballots. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel announced "Bank Your Vote," which the party said in a news release will "encourage, educate, and activate Republican voters on when, where, and how to lock in their votes as early as possible, through in-person early voting, absentee voting, and ballot harvesting where legal." The effort will have voters sign up at BankYourVote.com, triggering digital reminders from the RNC on early voting options. The party will also activate its volunteer network -- which the RNC said has made more than 300 million volunte...

By Colleen Slevin , The Associated Press A man accused of tampering with a voting machine during Colorado’s primary Election is mental ly incom Pet ent and cannot continue with court proceedings, a judge ruled Thursday. At the request of Richard Patton’s lawyer and prosecutors, Judge William Alexander also ordered that Patton undergo outpatient mental health treatment in hopes of making him well enough so he can be prosecuted. The judge’s ruling followed an evaluation by an expert who found that Patton was mental ly incom Pet ent. To be considered legally com Pet ent to proceed, people accused of crimes must be deemed able to understand proceedings and help in their own defense by being able to communicate with their lawyers. Patton’s lawyer had requested the evaluation but no details about why have been released. Patton has not been asked to enter a plea yet and the case against him will not resume until he...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday again rejected Alabama Republicans' push not to have to add a second majority Black district in their election map The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday again rejected Alabama's push not to have to add a second Black district to their election map, with the justices refusing a request to halt a lower court order that outside experts will draw new district s for the 2024 elections. The brief order did not note any dissents from the court. The state, led by Republicans, had sought an emergency stay. In September, a three-judge federal panel found that that a GOP-drafted plan likely did not comply with the Voting Rights Act as it did not create a second district in which Black voters would likely be able to elect their preferred candidate. The federal ruling that originally struck down Alabama's map in 2022 ordered the Legislature to draw "two districts in which Black voters either comprise a voting-age majority or something quite close ...

Republicans are backing voting and election regulations as Trump continues to baselessly claim the 2020 race was fraudulent As former President Donald Trump has made election denialism a central part of his campaign, many other GOP politicians have followed suit and the party, more broadly, has focused on increasing regulations around the ballot box that they say are designed to make it "easier to vote and harder to cheat." Voting rights activists, however, have challenged those laws in court and accused Republicans of seeking to limit access to elections while claiming to promote "election integrity." Voting, elections and election security have already come up on the 2024 trail and are likely to be frequently discussed by the field. Here’s a brief look at where the major candidates stand on the issue. Joe Biden Joe Biden has called out efforts to overturn the 2020 election, when he defeated Trump, and has made defending democracy a cornerstone of his presidency ...

Republicans will meet again Thursday and there could be a third vote. After Wednesday's failed speaker vote, Rep. Jim Jordan remained defiant , and insisted he still had a path to win the speaker 's gavel even after losing more votes than the day before. "We're gonna keep talking to members. Speaker McCarthy had like a two-month runway from when he was nominated until he became speaker," he told ABC Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott. "We're at 200 votes, we got a cross section of the conference who is supporting us, so we'll continue to talk and listen to our colleagues." Jordan, R-Ohio, answered "nope" when asked if he had considered dropping out and argued that he's still best positioned to bring Republicans together. Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, talks to reporters as he leaves a meeting at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 18, 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP MORE: House speaker ...

Rep. Mike Turner accused House Republican renegades of "voting with Nancy Pelosi" as they continue to rebuff Kevin McCarthy in his efforts to avoid a government shutdown. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, on Sunday accused House Republican renegades of " voting with Nancy Pelosi" as a handful of conservatives in the chamber continue to rebuff Speaker Kevin McCarthy's approach to the government budget in his efforts to avoid a shutdown at month's end. "The holdouts keep saying to Kevin McCarthy, 'Don’t bring bipartisan bills to the floor, we don't want to use Democrat votes to try to avert a shutdown ,' but they're using Democrat votes to try to cause a shutdown . And these individuals, these Republican holdouts , are voting with Nancy Pelosi against Republican bills that have been brought to the floor that will -- could trigger a shutdown ," Turner told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz, invoking the name of the sp...

With only a few days until the start of early voting in Virginia’s high-stakes election, both parties are making one last push to encourage early and absentee voting. With only a few days until the start of early voting in Virginia's high-stakes election, Republicans and Democrats are making one last push to encourage early and absentee voting in the commonwealth. Every seat in both the House of Delegates and state Senate are up for grabs this fall -- a total of 140 General Assembly seats, and this week, the parties and candidates are hosting multiple events across Virginia ahead of the first day of early voting on Friday, Sept. 22. "What's clear is that this will be an immensely expensive and hard-fought campaign," said Stephen Farnsworth, a political analyst at the University of Mary Washington. MORE: Virginia congresswoman won't seek reelection after new health diagnosis Kristine Kozlowski, C, assistant chief of elections, guides voters through the process as...