New Jersey residents report confusion after receiving ballots for deceased, former homeowners

FOX 29 has been receiving calls and messages surrounding mail-in ballots in New Jersey.  Some have been getting duplicate ballots, parents report getting ballots for kids who no longer live there. People have also received ballots for former homeowners or ballots for the deceased. 

Pennsylvania high court to settle voter signatures fight

The fight over signatures is one of many partisan battles being fought in the state Legislature and the courts over mail-in voting in Pennsylvania, amid warnings that a presidential election result will hang in limbo for days on a drawn-out vote count in Pennsylvania.

Group of prosecutors says they’ll refuse to press charges for abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned

Dozens of elected prosecutors and attorneys general from across the country issued a joint statement saying that they will not criminalize abortion even if Roe v. Wade were to be overturned.

Dueling political displays cause divide on Hatboro street

The dueling displays have seemingly caused a division on the Hatboro street and created an unwelcome uptick in visitors.

More than 14M Americans have voted early in 2020 presidential election, data shows

According to data collected by the United States Election Project, over 14 million Americans have already cast their vote for the presidential election.

Facebook reducing distribution of Hunter Biden story in New York Post

Facebook is limiting the distribution of a story in the New York Post about a purported email between Hunter Biden and an adviser to a Ukrainian energy company.

Billboard calls Trump's Iowa rally a 'COVID superspreader' event

As President Donald Trump's fans head to his campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday afternoon, they'll pass a large billboard that criticizes the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling the rally a "superspreader event."

PA high court to settle voter signatures fight

Pennsylvania’s highest court granted a request Wednesday from the state’s top elections official to take up the question of whether counties should count mail-in ballots when a voter’s signature doesn’t necessarily match the one on their registration.

Pennsylvania county says 29K wrong ballots were mailed out

Allegheny County officials blamed the contractor hired to handle the printing, collating and mailing of ballots, calling it a “ballot image mapping error.” They were alerted to the mistake on Friday, when voters started contacting them to complain that their ballot showed contests for other districts, they said.

Florida municipal worker suspended for flying Trump flag from government truck

A Florida municipal worker was suspended without pay for flying a flag supporting President Donald Trump's re-election from his government truck.

Pennsylvania becomes a battleground over election security

Election officials in Philadelphia have been sued by President Donald Trump’s campaign, blasted by the president as overseeing a place “where bad things happen” and forced to explain security measures after a theft from a warehouse full of election equipment.

Mail-in ballot requests pass 2.6M in Pennsylvania

Of the applicants, more than 1.7 million are registered Democrats and about 641,000 are registered Republicans, according to state data.

‘The Simpsons’ spoofs 2020 presidential election in upcoming Halloween episode

A clip from the upcoming Halloween episode of “The Simpsons” shows Homer inside a voting booth, trying to decide which candidate deserves his support.

Lawsuit filed in Virginia after cut wire shuts down voter registration portal for several hours

An accidentally severed fiber optic cable that shut down Virginia's online voter registration system for several hours Tuesday, the last day to register before the November general election, has prompted a lawsuit from a civil rights organization.

Pennsylvania mail-in ballot requests surpass 2.6M

More than 2.6 million registered Pennsylvania voters have applied for a mail-in ballot as of Tuesday, three weeks before the Nov. 3 presidential election.

Supreme Court halts census count after Trump administration filing

The U.S. Supreme Court has stopped the once-a-decade head count of every U.S. resident from continuing through the end of October.

Heavy turnout reported across the state as Texas begins early voting

Long lines were reported at several Texas polling places across the state as early voting got underway three weeks before election day.