The Latest: Supreme Court will decide whether states can keep counting late mail ballots
Read full article: The Latest: Supreme Court will decide whether states can keep counting late mail ballotsThe U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments on whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots — an election issue targeted by President Donald Trump.
Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump target
Read full article: Supreme Court sounds skeptical of late-arriving ballots, a Trump targetThe Supreme Court’s conservative majority sounds skeptical of state laws that allow the counting of late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.
Cast a ballot and wait for the plane. In Alaska, a grace period for ballots is seen as a necessity
Read full article: Cast a ballot and wait for the plane. In Alaska, a grace period for ballots is seen as a necessityVoting rights advocates in Alaska are worried that a case set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court could end a long-standing practice of the state accepting ballots after Election Day.
Many states count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. Those grace periods could go away
Read full article: Many states count mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. Those grace periods could go awayThe U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over a Mississippi law that allows counting late-arriving mail ballots after Election Day.
Here’s how to vote in Texas’ May 26 primary runoff elections
Read full article: Here’s how to vote in Texas’ May 26 primary runoff electionsVoters will decide over 30 races, including a nationally watched battle between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton. The registration deadline is April 27, and early voting is May 18–22.
Voting in the March 2026 primary election? Share your ‘I Voted’ stickers on KSAT Connect
Read full article: Voting in the March 2026 primary election? Share your ‘I Voted’ stickers on KSAT ConnectIt’s Election Day, and while the focus is often on the races, let’s not forget the fun part—collecting those coveted “I Voted” stickers
2026 Texas primaries voter guide: Where to vote in Bexar County and what to bring on Election Day
Read full article: 2026 Texas primaries voter guide: Where to vote in Bexar County and what to bring on Election DayTuesday is Election Day, the last chance for voters to make their voices heard in the midterm primaries.
‘We’ve got to win the midterms’: President Trump talks energy, primary races in Corpus Christi
Read full article: ‘We’ve got to win the midterms’: President Trump talks energy, primary races in Corpus ChristiPresident Donald Trump arrived Friday in Corpus Christi and offered remarks on energy and important Republican primary races four days before Election Day.
Iowa, naturalized citizens settle lawsuit over voter eligibility ahead of 2024 election
Read full article: Iowa, naturalized citizens settle lawsuit over voter eligibility ahead of 2024 electionIowa’s top election official and a group of naturalized citizens have settled a federal lawsuit that will prevent the state from relying exclusively on driver’s license records for citizenship data in the three months before an election.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Read full article: Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majorityDemocrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
Under new postal service guidance, Texans shouldn’t wait to send voter registrations or mail-in ballots
Read full article: Under new postal service guidance, Texans shouldn’t wait to send voter registrations or mail-in ballotsThe U.S. Postal Service warns it may not postmark mail the same day it takes possession of it. The deadline to register for the March 3 primary is Feb. 2.
Senators worry that US Postal Service changes could disenfranchise voters who cast ballots by mail
Read full article: Senators worry that US Postal Service changes could disenfranchise voters who cast ballots by mailA group of U.S. senators is voicing concern over U.S. Postal Service processing changes and what those could mean for voting with mail ballots.
Texas Senate race heats up as candidates campaign across the state ahead of Democratic primary
Read full article: Texas Senate race heats up as candidates campaign across the state ahead of Democratic primaryWith early voting starting on Feb. 17, Democratic Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is traveling across the Lone Star State to reach voters directly.
Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump target
Read full article: Supreme Court will decide whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a Trump targetThe Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether states can continue their practice of counting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.
Major statewide propositions will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. Here are your voting rights in Texas.
Read full article: Major statewide propositions will be on the Nov. 4 ballot. Here are your voting rights in Texas.Learn more about all the ways you can register to vote, cast your ballot and protect your rights at the polls.
Trump and GOP target ballots arriving after Election Day that delay counts and feed conspiracy fears
Read full article: Trump and GOP target ballots arriving after Election Day that delay counts and feed conspiracy fearsPresident Donald Trump and other Republicans have long criticized states that take weeks to count their ballots after Election Day.
Voters favored casting early and mail ballots in last year's presidential election, report shows
Read full article: Voters favored casting early and mail ballots in last year's presidential election, report showsCasting mailed ballots remained popular among voters in last year’s presidential election, even as President Donald Trump has tried to undercut the process through a wide-ranging executive order.
Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreach
Read full article: Judge blocks Trump’s election executive order, siding with Democrats who called it overreachThe attorneys general for California and New York are praising a federal judge's decision to block President Donald Trump’s executive order on elections.
Texas bill creating more weekend early voting could boost turnout, but delay election results
Read full article: Texas bill creating more weekend early voting could boost turnout, but delay election resultsA bill headed for Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk may not go into effect until 2027. Election administrators say the changes could create staffing challenges.
San Antonio runoff: Mayor and council seats on ballot, what to know about early voting
Read full article: San Antonio runoff: Mayor and council seats on ballot, what to know about early votingSan Antonio voters will head to the polls once again to cast their ballots for mayor and several City Council seats.
What to know about voting early in the May 3, 2025, election in Bexar County
Read full article: What to know about voting early in the May 3, 2025, election in Bexar CountyBexar County voters will head to the polls with nearly 50 locations available for early voting ahead of the general election on May 3, 2025, where key decisions on local leadership, including the San Antonio mayoral race, await.
Kansas has among the shortest windows for voting by mail in the US. It will get shorter next year
Read full article: Kansas has among the shortest windows for voting by mail in the US. It will get shorter next yearKansas is shrinking what already was among the nation’s shortest windows for voting by mail.
Stock market today: Wall Street drifts to a mixed close in thin trading following a holiday pause
Read full article: Stock market today: Wall Street drifts to a mixed close in thin trading following a holiday pauseStock indexes drifted to a mixed finish on Wall Street as some heavyweight technology and communications sector stocks offset gains elsewhere in the market.
Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower, with most world markets closed for Christmas
Read full article: Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower, with most world markets closed for ChristmasShares are lower in Tokyo and Shanghai, two of only a handful of world markets open on Christmas day.
From outsider to the Oval Office, bitcoin surges as a new administration embraces crypto
Read full article: From outsider to the Oval Office, bitcoin surges as a new administration embraces cryptoBitcoin burst on the scene after trust had withered in the financial system and Washington’s ability to protect people from it.
Attorneys want the US Supreme Court to say Mississippi's felony voting ban is cruel and unusual
Read full article: Attorneys want the US Supreme Court to say Mississippi's felony voting ban is cruel and unusualMississippi's practice of removing voting rights for certain felonies is cruel and unusual.
Brazos County election officials feel the strain of unrelenting scrutiny from right-wing skeptics
Read full article: Brazos County election officials feel the strain of unrelenting scrutiny from right-wing skepticsVoting went well in the presidential election, but Trudy Hancock and her staff are still fielding questions. And the answers don’t seem to matter.
Gold is suddenly not so glittery after Trump's White House victory
Read full article: Gold is suddenly not so glittery after Trump's White House victoryAfter ripping higher for much of this year, the price of gold has suddenly become not so golden since Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election.
Many uncalled House races are in California. This is why it takes the state weeks to count votes
Read full article: Many uncalled House races are in California. This is why it takes the state weeks to count votesControl of the U.S. House rests on just over a dozen races where winners have not yet been determined.
Judge strikes down New York law intended to protect minority groups' voting power
Read full article: Judge strikes down New York law intended to protect minority groups' voting powerA judge has struck down a state law that made it easier for New Yorkers to sue over electoral divisions and voting rules that weakened the political voice of minority groups, saying its special protections based on race and ethnicity are unconstitutional.
The US election was largely trouble-free, but a flood of misinformation raises future concerns
Read full article: The US election was largely trouble-free, but a flood of misinformation raises future concernsA relatively trouble-free presidential election was good news for those working to restore faith in the system.
Certain absentee ballots in one Georgia county will be counted if they're received late
Read full article: Certain absentee ballots in one Georgia county will be counted if they're received lateCertain voters in Georgia’s third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late will have their votes counted as long as their ballots were postmarked by Election Day and are received by Friday.
NASCAR trucks driver Ty Majeski fined $12,500 for missing media session to vote in Wisconsin
Read full article: NASCAR trucks driver Ty Majeski fined $12,500 for missing media session to vote in WisconsinNASCAR Truck Series championship contender Ty Majeski was fined $12,500 for missing his media session to go vote in his home state of Wisconsin on Election Day.
Nearly 800,000 votes cast on Election Day in Bexar County, officials say
Read full article: Nearly 800,000 votes cast on Election Day in Bexar County, officials sayNearly 800,000 votes were cast in Bexar County on Election Day, which saw Donald Trump secure the presidency and strengthen Texas’ status as a red state.
Bomb threats in swing states disrupt a mostly smooth Election Day
Read full article: Bomb threats in swing states disrupt a mostly smooth Election DayA series of bomb threats across multiple battleground states and baseless claims of wrongdoing by former President Donald Trump disrupted an otherwise smooth Election Day in a tumultuous presidential election.
Federal agencies say Russia and Iran are ramping up influence campaigns targeting US voters
Read full article: Federal agencies say Russia and Iran are ramping up influence campaigns targeting US votersThe nation’s federal law enforcement and election security agencies are debunking two new examples of Russian election disinformation on the eve of Election Day.
TEXAS RESULTS MAP: Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump, Ted Cruz vs Colin Allred, Congress in 2024 presidential election
Read full article: TEXAS RESULTS MAP: Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump, Ted Cruz vs Colin Allred, Congress in 2024 presidential electionVoters in Bexar County and beyond headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide who they will elect as the next president of the United States.
Election results 2024: Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump. Who is winning swing states?
Read full article: Election results 2024: Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump. Who is winning swing states?The Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigns believe the race is extremely close across the seven swing states that are expected to decide the election, barring a major surprise: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places
Read full article: Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling placesSome Republican-led states say they they will block Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws.
Texas Secretary of State, US Department of Justice on opposing sides ahead of Election Day
Read full article: Texas Secretary of State, US Department of Justice on opposing sides ahead of Election DayWith just a couple of days until Election Day, Texas and the United States Department of Justice are butting heads over who can and can not be inside a polling location legally.
Stock market today: Wall Street drifts ahead of Election Day and a manic week for markets
Read full article: Stock market today: Wall Street drifts ahead of Election Day and a manic week for marketsU.S. stock indexes drifted lower ahead of a momentous week full of potential flashpoints in Washington, D.
State Representative election results in Texas on Nov. 5, 2024
Read full article: State Representative election results in Texas on Nov. 5, 2024Among the most competitive races on the Bexar County ballot for Texas House include District 118, which features Republican incumbent John Lujan and Democrat Kristian Carranza. The other Texas House race that’s expected to be competitive is District 121 between Marc LaHood and Laurel Jordan Swift.
Early voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day 'ghost town'
Read full article: Early voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day 'ghost town'Record levels of early voting are making it so polls in Georgia might be a “ghost town” on Election Day.
When will Texas election results come in? Here’s how the process unfolds.
Read full article: When will Texas election results come in? Here’s how the process unfolds.By state law, Election Day totals must be submitted to the state within 24 hours after polls close. Meeting that deadline requires careful but quick work.
Americans are anxious and frustrated about the presidential campaign, an AP-NORC poll finds
Read full article: Americans are anxious and frustrated about the presidential campaign, an AP-NORC poll findsMost Americans are feeling a lot of emotions heading into Election Day, but excitement is not one of them.
Court says Mississippi can't count late ballots but the ruling doesn't affect Nov. 5 vote
Read full article: Court says Mississippi can't count late ballots but the ruling doesn't affect Nov. 5 voteA conservative federal court says Mississippi cannot count mail-in ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day.
More Republicans are voting early, helping break records. Nearly 19 million ballots cast so far
Read full article: More Republicans are voting early, helping break records. Nearly 19 million ballots cast so farWith Donald Trump's encouragement, Republicans are joining Democrats at the polls to cast their ballots early this year.
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arizona on Election Day
Read full article: AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arizona on Election DayVoters in Arizona have no shortage of competitive races to decide in the Nov. 5 general election, with control of the White House, the U.S. Senate and House and both chambers of the state Legislature in the balance.
What to know about voting in the 2024 November General Election in Bexar County
Read full article: What to know about voting in the 2024 November General Election in Bexar CountyVoters can participate early from October 21 to November 1 at nearly 50 locations, or on Election Day, November 5, when polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Information on voting locations, candidates and election results can be accessed through KSAT's Vote 2024 page.
FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the US
Read full article: FBI arrests Afghan man who officials say planned Election Day attack in the USThe FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S. That's according to a Justice Department announcement Tuesday.
AP Elections Top 25: The people, places, races, dates and things to know about Election Day
Read full article: AP Elections Top 25: The people, places, races, dates and things to know about Election DayAmericans will cast roughly 160 million ballots by the time Election Day comes to a close — in several different ways, including many cast a few weeks before polls even open.