The Virginian-Pilot

Virginia Beach to vote on support of charter change for district-only election system

VIRGINIA BEACH — More than 53% of Virginia Beach voters supported a charter change to codify a district-only based election system. On Tuesday, the City Council will vote to join in support of the ...
The Hill

Massie predicts a ‘deluge’ of House Republicans will vote to release Epstein files

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) predicted “100 or more” House Republicans could vote in favor of releasing files and documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein this week. “I think we ...
Wired

Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Plan to Make Mobile Voting Happen

Joe Kiniry, a security expert specializing in elections, was attending an annual conference on voting technology in Washington, DC, when a woman approached him with an unusual offer. She said she ...
Austin American-Statesman

TAMU Regents will vote to ban classes in race, gender ideology without prior approval

Texas A&M University System regents will vote Thursday to ban classes on “race” and “gender ideology” unless they are approved by the institution’s president or a designee — the latest escalation in a ...
KVUE

Texas A&M System to vote on requiring prior approval for lessons on 'race and gender ideology'

(The Texas Tribune) The Texas A&M University System's board of regents will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 12 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those ...
kristv

Inner Harbor Desalination Project returns to Council agenda after September vote

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni is recommending the city pursue a new approach to revive the controversial Inner Harbor Desalination Project, according to a memo dated ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Opponents of ranked choice voting say they have gathered 48,000 signatures in effort to repeal it

A group seeking to repeal Alaska’s ranked choice voting and open primary system says it has gathered enough signatures to put the repeal question on the 2026 ballot. The group formed after the 2024 ...
Columbus Dispatch

Columbus City Council candidate Jesse Vogel dominated his district. He still lost the race

Jesse Vogel won the vote within Columbus City Council District 7, but lost the citywide election. Columbus's unique system allows the entire city to vote for every district's representative. Tiara ...
SFGate

Proposition 50 passes in a landslide, setting the stage for Calif. redistricting

In a landslide election, California voters approved Proposition 50, a ballot measure that reconfigures the state’s U.S. House map temporarily in response to Republican gerrymandering efforts in other ...
New York Post

Let’s get real — a vote for Sliwa is a vote to make Mamdani mayor

A vote for Curtis Sliwa is a vote for a New York City that the majority of New Yorkers don't want. Michael Nigro New York City stands on the edge of the precipice, whether to barrel headfirst into the ...
Forbes

Using A Weighted Voting System for Equitable Estate Distribution

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. When an estate includes tangible personal property such as artwork, ...