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New Hampshire officials confident they’ll avoid Iowa chaos

By HOLLY RAMER | February 6, 2020

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire voters rarely rubber-stamp the results of the Iowa caucuses. And they won't follow the lead of Iowa's chaotic caucuses when votes are counted and reported from the state's first-in-the-nation primary, state officials...

The Latest: Iowa Democrats release additional caucus results

February 5, 2020

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Latest on the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses (all times local):11 p.m.The Iowa Democratic Party has released additional results from Monday night’s presidential caucuses.After a daylong delay, the party has now made...

Iowan voters converge on Paris, and make electoral history

By ANGELA CHARLTON | February 3, 2020

PARIS (AP) — This was a caucus like Iowans had never seen before: Voters from Egypt, Italy, Amsterdam and beyond descended on a Paris town hall Monday to choose their Democratic candidate for the 2020 election.Some are serving at U.S military bases,...

Bloomberg backed by DC mayor, Biden endorsed by Richmond’s

January 30, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates Michael Bloomberg and Joe Biden on Thursday announced endorsements from prominent African American mayors as next week's leadoff Iowa caucuses near.Muriel Bowser, the mayor of Washington, D.C., is...

The guillotine: Brexit ends election roles for expat Britons

By JOHN LEICESTER | January 30, 2020

SAINT-MARTIAL-SUR-ISOP, France (AP) — For many Britons living in towns and villages across Europe, the stroke of midnight Friday will mean losing the right to vote and run for office, with Brexit acting as an electoral guillotine on those privileges.From...

Illinois discloses fresh problems with voter registration

By SOPHIA TAREEN | January 29, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois elections officials disclosed fresh problems Wednesday with the state's automatic voter registration program, including at least one eligible voter who said she registered to vote but ended up on an opt-out list.The program is...

Dog and goat vie for honorary mayor of Vermont town

By LISA RATHKE | January 28, 2020

FAIR HAVEN, Vt, (AP) — It's Lincoln the goat versus Sammy the dog in the race for honorary mayor of one Vermont town.The Nubian goat had won the post in Fair Haven, Vermont, last year after the town manager came up with the pet mayor election to raise...

Progressive mayor Ted Terry exits Georgia US Senate race

January 26, 2020

A young, progressive mayor of an Atlanta-area city on Sunday dropped out of the Democratic race to challenge Republican Sen. David Perdue in a contest that could dictate the fate of the Senate in 2020.Ted Terry told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that...