Old news clip shared with electronic voting machine 'tampering' claim as India votes in 2024 Footage of Indian election officials pressing buttons on an electronic voting machine does not show fraud in the 2024 polls, contrary to social media posts that claimed it showed the ruling Bharatiya ... 04/28/2024 - 8:45 pm | View Link
SC rejects suspicion over EVM manipulation, terms it ‘secure’, ‘tamper-proof’ Terming the suspicion of manipulation of the EVMs “unfounded”, the Supreme Court on Friday rejected the demand for reverting to the old paper ballot system, saying the polling devices were “secure” ... 04/26/2024 - 1:29 pm | View Link
Court rules sufficient evidence to proceed with charges in Bradford County murder case Pennsylvania State Police at Towanda charged the Parkers, who are reportedly married but separated, with criminal homicide, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence in the March 8 ... 04/26/2024 - 9:17 am | View Link
Supreme Court affirms sanctity of EVMs, paper trail system Supreme Court dismisses pleas for 100% EVM-VVPAT cross-verification, affirms credibility of EVMs, highlights safeguards by ECI, rejects return to ballot paper system. 04/26/2024 - 7:30 am | View Link
Supreme Court dismisses PILs seeking 100% cross-verification of EVM votes with VVPAT slips A Bench Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta had on Wednesday ruled out going back to the ballot paper system. The Supreme Court will on ... 04/25/2024 - 12:02 pm | View Link
“Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) did not directly answer multiple questions about whether he’d accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, regardless of who wins,” NBC News reports.
Said Scott: “At the end of the day, the 47th president of the United States will be President Donald Trump.”
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds Joe Biden edging Donald Trump among registered voters, 46% to 45%.
Among likely voters, it’s Biden 49%, Trump 45%.
In a five way race, Trump edges Biden, 42% to 40%, followed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. At 12%, Cornell West at 2% and Jill Stein at 1%.
“Donald Trump is privately trashing South Dakota’s MAGA Gov. Kristi Noem for executing her puppy and writing about it in her forthcoming memoir — a matter that appears to have closed the book on the idea of selecting her as a vice presidential nominee,” Rolling Stone reports.
“During conversations with close political allies and other confidants, sources say, the former president has repeatedly brought up the incident, including as recently as in the past couple days, to criticize Noem and question her political acumen.”
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
On the evening of August 8, hours after a wildfire ravaged West Maui, Maui County’s top emergency management official, Herman Andaya, texted his secretary to ask about the status of other fires across the island.
“Still burning,” she replied.