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    Gary Sheffield, ex-Dodgers climb in 2023 HOF voting

    Author: Juan Toribio Published on: 2023-01-24 18:13:18 Click HERE to read the entire MLB story Andruw Jones and Gary Sheffield came the closest, with Jones receiving 58.1...
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    Oscars voting is about to begin. Who’s on track for a nomination?

    We’re a week away from the beginning of Oscar nominations voting. Motion picture academy members presumably spent the holidays unwrapping tamales, spiking the eggnog...
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    Manny Machado finishes second in 2022 NL MVP award voting

    Author: AJ Cassavell Published on: 2022-11-17 16:39:00 Click HERE to read the entire MLB story SAN DIEGO -- No Padre in the past 26 seasons has come...

    Dave Roberts second 2022 NL Manager of Year voting

    Author: Juan Toribio Published on: 2022-11-15 18:08:00 Click HERE to read the entire MLB story LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts finished second behind the Mets’...

    U.S. Attorney Names District Election Officer to Oversee the Handling of Complaints of Election...

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced today that Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Khasigian will serve as the District Election Officer (DEO)...

    NLMUSD Votes 7-0 to Move to By-Trustee Voting Districts

    Click HERE To See The Story at the Los Cerritos News Site August 29, 2022 At tonight’s special meeting, the Norwalk-La Mirada School Board voted...

    Attorney General Bonta Joins Multistate Coalition in Support of Voting Rights for Previously Incarcerated...

    OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general in an amicus brief in Community Success Initiative v....

    MLB All-Star Ballot Phase 1 voting ends for 2022

    Author: Published on: 2022-06-30 11:00:00 Click HERE to read the entire MLB story Read our FAQ on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan...
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    All Star Ballot Voting Guide

    Author: Brian Murphy Published on: 2022-06-08 09:59:00 Click HERE to read the entire MLB story Beginning today, you can make your picks for which position players should be...
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    Oscars voting explained: How does a movie win best picture?

    How does a movie win the Oscar for best picture? Since 2009, when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences expanded the number...
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    Oscar voting has begun. Here’s what our critic would put on his fantasy ballot

    What will the Oscars look like? After last...
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    How the Oscar best picture race stands as voting begins

    Oscar nominations voting begins this week, with the results to be revealed on Feb. 8. Film academy members have had plenty of time to...

    Attorney General Bonta Joins Multistate Coalition Opposing Florida Law Restricting Access to Voting |...

    As part of national effort to defend voting rights, files friend-of-the-court brief supporting three separate challenges to SB 90 OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob...
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    Fernando Tatis Jr. finishes 3rd in 2021 NL MVP Award voting

    Author: AJ Cassavell Published on: 2021-11-18 15:43:00 Click HERE to read the entire MLB story The Padres' superstar shortstop finished third in voting for the National League...

    Big-business pushback against voting measures gains momentum

    Big business has ratcheted up its objections to proposals that would make it harder to vote, with several hundred companies and executives signing a...

    Kansas fight shows how election ‘reforms’ may favor one side

    TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Charley Crabtree was looking to help voters in nursing homes get absentee ballots delivered on time last year, so he...

    Leaders of GM, Ford among objectors to voting restrictions

    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The leaders of three-dozen major Michigan-based companies, including General Motors and Ford, on Tuesday objected to Republican-sponsored election bills that...

    Will Smith film departs Georgia over voting restrictions

    NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua have pulled production of their runaway slave drama “Emancipation” from Georgia over the state's...

    CEOs gather to speak out against voting law changes

    More than a hundred top executives and corporate leaders gathered online this weekend to discuss their response to restrictive voting laws under consideration in...

    Ecuador goes with conservative banker in presidential vote

    QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Voters in Ecuador appeared to turn to a conservative businessman in Sunday's presidential runoff election, rebuffing a leftist movement that...

    Business faces tricky path navigating post-Trump politics

    WASHINGTON (AP) — For more than a half-century, the voice emerging from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s monolithic, Beaux Arts-styled building near the White...

    Trump goes after Pence, McConnell in speech to party donors

    PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It was supposed to be a unifying weekend for a Republican Party at war with itself over former President...

    Georgia governor: Loss of All-Star game will hurt minorities

    MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — Georgia's Republican governor on Saturday stepped up his attack on Major League Baseball's decision to pull this summer's All-Star Game...

    Protest near Masters pushes back against Georgia voting law

    AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — About two dozen protesters turned out near Augusta National on Saturday, objecting to Georgia's new voting law during the third...

    Senate filibuster’s racist past fuels arguments for its end

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Once obscure, the Senate filibuster is coming under fresh scrutiny not only because of the enormous power it gives a single...

    Bowing to Trump? GOP brings leaders, donors to his backyard

    PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — There will be no reckoning at the Republican National Committee. ...

    Senate filibuster’s racist past fuels arguments for its end

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Once obscure, the Senate filibuster is coming under fresh scrutiny not only because of the enormous power it gives a single...

    AP Interview: Stacey Abrams on voting rights, her next move

    ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is at the forefront of the partisan fight over voting rights and election law. ...

    Wisconsin Supreme Court says don’t purge voters from rolls

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state elections commission should not remove from the rolls voters flagged as...

    No one in small southwest Missouri town voted on Tuesday

    LA RUSSELL, Mo. (AP) — Local elections in April generally attract few voters but a small southwest Missouri town hit a new low this...

    Georgia Lt. Gov. unlikely to run again after taking on Trump

    ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s lieutenant governor is unlikely to run for a second term, his chief of staff said Thursday, after he was among...

    Gov. Inslee signs bill to restore voting rights to parolees

    SEATTLE (AP) — Gov. Jay Inslee on Wednesday signed a bill automatically restoring voting rights to people who have been released from prison after...

    Augusta National plays through debate over Ga voting law

    AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — While a tempest brews outside Magnolia Lane over Georgia’s voting rights law, Augusta National would prefer to keep the focus...

    California elections chief’s daughter leads in early voting

    SAN DIEGO (AP) — The daughter of California Secretary of State Shirley Weber was leading Tuesday in a special election to fill Weber's vacant...

    Attorney Lin Wood: Blasting South Carolina’s top Republicans

    Lin Wood, the pro-Trump attorney seeking a GOP leadership role in South Carolina, took on two of the state's most notable Republicans on Tuesday...

    McConnell warns biz off political speech, says it’s ‘stupid’

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday it's "quite stupid” for corporations to speak out against the Georgia voting law, intensifying...

    Georgia voting fight sets the stage for Kemp’s 2022 run

    ATLANTA (AP) — A controversial new election law may help Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp rebuild his relationship with a broad swath of Republicans as...

    Abbott won’t throw pitch, rebuffing MLB voting-rights stance

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that he wouldn’t throw the ceremonial first pitch as planned at the Texas Rangers’...

    Groups: Census privacy tool could hurt voting rights goals

    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A new method being used for the first time by the U.S. Census Bureau to protect people's privacy in 2020...

    After new law, McConnell warns CEOs: ‘Stay out of politics’

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says it's a “big lie” to call the new voting law in Georgia racist and...

    Corporations gave over $50M to voting restriction backers

    WASHINGTON (AP) — When executives from Coca-Cola and Delta Air Lines spoke out against Georgia's new voting law as unduly restrictive last week, it...

    Exit polls point to first place for Bulgarian leader’s party

    SOFIA, Bugaria (AP) — The center-right GERB party led by Bulgaria's longtime prime minister appeared the likely winner of Sunday's parliamentary elections, with several...

    Georgia governor vows a fight after MLB yanks All-Star Game

    News of Major League Baseball’s decision to pull this summer’s All-Star Game from Georgia over its sweeping new voting law reverberated among fans Saturday,...

    Pressure mounts on corporations to denounce GOP voting bills

    ATLANTA (AP) — Liberal activists are stepping up calls for corporate America to denounce Republican efforts to tighten state voting laws, and businesses accustomed...

    Moderation, sometimes, for Georgia GOP despite voting law

    ATLANTA (AP) — Amid a supernova of criticism over Georgia's new voting law, Republicans are still trying to appeal to swing voters in a...

    MLB All-Star Game yanked from Georgia over voting law

    NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta lost Major League Baseball’s summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting...

    EXPLAINER: What does Georgia’s new GOP election law do?

    ATLANTA (AP) — The sweeping rewrite of Georgia's election rules represents the first big set of changes since former President Donald Trump's repeated, baseless...

    Amid glow open day, cloud looms over MLB All-Star Game

    ATLANTA (AP) — Amid the glow of baseball's opening day, there is a cloud looming over the All-Star Game still more than three months...

    AP-NORC poll: Majority in US back easier voter registration

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats’ proposals to overhaul voting in the U.S. won solid -- although not overwhelming -- support from Americans in a new...

    Virus pandemic overshadows Bulgarian parliamentary election

    SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — After months of nationwide anti-government protests over corruption, stalled reforms and a stagnating economy in the European Union’s poorest member...

    The Latest: FDA authorizes 2 changes to Moderna’s vaccine

    WASHINGTON— The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized two changes to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine that can provide extra doses from each vial. ...

    Corporate criticism of GOP-led voting bills spreads to Texas

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The ranks of big corporations now criticizing GOP efforts to restrict voting access spread Thursday to Texas as measures that...

    Judge tosses some claims in old Georgia election lawsuit

    ATLANTA (AP) — A wide-ranging lawsuit filed more than two years ago and challenging the way Georgia's elections were run has been pared down...

    Biden says Rangers making mistake by allowing full capacity

    President Joe Biden told ESPN on Wednesday it was a mistake for the Texas Rangers to allow full capacity at their ballpark for their...

    Under pressure, some Ga. corporate leaders slam voting bill

    ATLANTA (AP) — Some of Georgia's most prominent corporate leaders on Wednesday began to more forcefully criticize the state's sweeping new election law, acknowledging...

    Iowa Democrat drops bid for House seat she lost by 6 votes

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A defeated Democrat abruptly dropped her bid Wednesday to overturn her six-vote loss for a House seat from Iowa, abandoning what...

    Latest graphic novel about John Lewis coming in August

    NEW YORK (AP) — The award-winning series of graphic novels about congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis will continue a year after his...

    Georgia’s new GOP election law draws criticism, lawsuits

    ATLANTA (AP) — Critics of Georgia's new Republican-backed election law issued fresh calls Monday to boycott some of the state’s largest businesses for not...

    Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting

    Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states are considering postponing their 2022 primaries or turning to other population estimates to start...

    Court fight against Georgia voting overhaul no sure thing

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Court challenges to Republican-led election restrictions in Georgia and elsewhere face an uncertain road in a legal system that has grown...

    Myanmar forces kill scores in deadliest day since coup

    YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — As Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday in the country's capital, soldiers and...

    GOP lawmakers seek greater control over local elections

    Partisan takeovers of election boards. Threats to fine county election officials and overturn results. Even bans on giving water to voters while they stand...

    Democrats assail Georgia law, make case for voting overhaul

    Democrats have seized on new voting restrictions in Georgia to focus attention on the fight to overhaul federal election laws, setting up a slow-building...

    Modi’s party seeks big win as 2 key Indian states vote

    NEW DELHI (AP) — Two Indian states with sizeable Muslim populations began voting in local elections Saturday in a test of strength for Prime...

    Attorney for Georgia lawmaker calls charges ‘overreach’

    ATLANTA (AP) — An attorney for a Georgia lawmaker who was charged with two felonies after knocking on the door to the governor’s private...

    Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, arguing the cable news giant, in an...

    Democrats assail Georgia law, make case for voting overhaul

    Democrats on Friday seized on new voting restrictions in Georgia to focus attention on the fight to overhaul federal election laws, setting up a...

    Health concerns block some Texans from testifying on voting

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As Texas legislators gathered Friday to consider sweeping changes to who in the nation's second-largest state can cast a ballot...

    Georgia Gov. Kemp signs GOP election bill amid an outcry

    ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp drew protests Thursday as he signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes...

    Voting rights, hate crimes on Senate’s ‘big, bold’ agenda

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Wrapping up the most tumultuous Senate start in recent memory, new Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took stock of accomplishments including the...

    Biden leaves door open for Senate changes to advance agenda

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden at his first news conference left the door open to backing fundamental changes in Senate procedure to muscle...

    EXPLAINER: Varying views on how to keep accurate voter rolls

    ATLANTA (AP) — A key element of voting restrictions pushed by Republican state lawmakers this year focuses on cleaning voter rolls to ensure only...

    Lawmakers press Big Tech CEOs on speech responsibility

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEOs of tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google faced a grilling in Congress Thursday as lawmakers tried to draw them...

    Georgia governor signs GOP election bill adding new restrictions for voting by mail, giving...

    ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia governor signs GOP election bill adding new restrictions for voting by mail, giving legislature more influence.

    Bungled hearing delays GOP voting restriction bill in Texas

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A procedural gaffe on Thursday forced the abrupt end of a Texas House hearing on a Republican-backed voting restrictions bill...

    Federal officials: Voters’ rights violated in NY House race

    UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said county officials in central New York who failed to process thousands of registration applications...

    Sweeping GOP election bill adding new requirements for mail voting wins final passage in...

    ATLANTA (AP) — Sweeping GOP election bill adding new requirements for mail voting wins final passage in Georgia, heads to governor.

    Biden leaves door open for Senate changes to advance agenda

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden at his first news conference Thursday left the door open to backing fundamental changes in Senate procedure to...

    Albanian parties break some virus rules to launch campaigns

    TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s opposition on Thursday defied virus restrictions to hold a rally in the capital of Tirana to launch its electoral...

    Voting rights, hate crimes on Senate’s ‘big, bold’ agenda

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Wrapping up the most tumultuous Senate start in recent memory, new Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took stock Thursday of accomplishments including...

    The Latest: Biden aims to check China’s growing ambitions

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Joe Biden's first news conference since taking office Jan. 20 (all times local): ...

    Democrats launch Senate battle for expanded voting rights

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are renewing their efforts to muscle through the largest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation, setting up a fight...

    Democrats launch Senate battle for expanded voting rights

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats renewed their efforts Wednesday to muscle through the largest overhaul of U.S. elections in a generation, setting up a fight...

    No clear winner in Israeli election, signaling more deadlock

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli parliamentary elections on Tuesday resulted in a virtual deadlock for a fourth time in the past two years, exit polls...

    Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence

    DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Shafiqul Islam was studying business at Dhaka College in 1971 when a bloody and brutal war for independence ravaged Bangladesh....

    Slower mail, fewer office hours part of Postal Service plans

    Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday announced plans to slow mail delivery standards and cut hours at some post offices as part of a...

    Far-right party set to gain new influence after Israeli vote

    JERUSALEM (AP) — An alliance of far-right groups including openly racist and homophobic candidates appears poised to enter Israel's parliament, possibly as an indispensable...

    EU targets 11 Myanmar officials over coup, crackdown

    BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the United States imposed sanctions Monday on a number of Myanmar officials accused of involvement in the...

    Trump endorses challenger against Georgia elections chief

    ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed a conservative Georgia congressman in his bid to unseat the Republican secretary of state...

    ‘Speak out:’ Biden, Harris decry racism during Atlanta visit

    ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris offered solace to Asian Americans and denounced the scourge of racism at times...

    Biden, Harris offer solace, denounce racism in Atlanta visit

    ATLANTA (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris offered solace to Asian Americans and denounced the scourge of racism at times...

    Biden to meet with Stacey Abrams on trip to Georgia

    During his visit to Atlanta on Friday, President Joe Biden will meet with former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who has been widely credited...

    Agents found no evidence of backdated ballots, report says

    HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Postal Service investigators did not find evidence of any backdated presidential election ballots in the post office in Erie,...

    Caretaker PM Rutte seen as winning most seats in Dutch vote

    THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch voters pushed Prime Minister Mark Rutte toward a fourth term in office in Wednesday’s general election that bolstered...

    Warnock: GOP voting restrictions resurrect ‘Jim Crow era’

    Sen. Raphael Warnock, whose election as Georgia’s first Black senator gave control of the chamber to Democrats, used his first floor speech on Capitol...

    US: Putin approved operations to help Trump against Biden

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized influence operations to help Donald Trump in last November's presidential election, according to a declassified intelligence...

    US: Putin approved operations to help Trump against Biden

    Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized influence operations to help Donald Trump in last November's presidential election, according to a declassified intelligence assessment that found...

    Dutch parties make last push for votes in general election

    AMSTERDAM (AP) — The leaders of the top eight parties in the Dutch general election made a final pitch for votes Tuesday night in...

    Voter outreach led to big drop in rejected mail ballots

    ATLANTA (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic triggered an unprecedented surge in mailed ballots last year, raising concerns that a flood of first-time absentee voters...

    Correction: Georgia Election-Investigation story

    ATLANTA (AP) — In a story February 10, 2021, about an investigation into potential attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia, The Associated...

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