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[voht] / voʊt /




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“I just tried to vote anti-data center for every single candidate,” said Wendi Deschamps, a Peltola voter and environmental scientist in Girdwood, Alaska, a small town surrounded by seven glaciers about 45 minutes from Anchorage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

The BBC understands government whips have discussed holding a debate and vote by then, but no date has been scheduled.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

"But we don't call them that. We call them the Yo Si Voto generation" -- meaning "yes, I vote."

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s seat, which Hahn won outright in the primary with nearly three-fifths of the vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

One of them asks the group what happens when they are victorious and are actually able to vote without fear of retaliation.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Budget bills in Canada are confidence votes and last year Carney's government needed opposition support and abstentions to survive, but his Liberals have since secured a parliamentary majority.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

Latinos will look to how their votes translate into policy changes that benefit those who trusted the leaders they helped elect.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

But a former Democrat is also running as an independent candidate and has already won about 20,000 votes, so this will be a photo finish either way.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

Speaking before the votes in America were counted, the Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband reflected on this when I spoke to him on BBC Newscast, external.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The celebrations were tempered, however, by the fact that Harrison had lost by the narrowest of margins, fewer than four thousand votes.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

One member voted for a bigger increase, to 4.25%.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Hours before the board voted to go into administration, Scentre - which owns Westfield - said the retailer had not paid its rent for October and was "therefore in breach" of its tenancy agreement.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

UnidosUS on Wednesday released findings from a poll, conducted by the Los Angeles-based analytics firm BSP Research, of more than 3,000 Latinos who voted in the midterm elections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The changes are certified as urgent, allowing them to be debated and voted on quickly, and they are expected to easily pass later on Wednesday by the legislature dominated by the ruling People's Action Party.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

“Let’s start playing something. Elena already voted against Twister.”

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks

On this week’s episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Ari Berman, the national voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones.

From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2026

This year's voting season has been marked by intense campaigns that have included politicians spinning cars, watching grannies knit and even wading through giant-sized potholes.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

We’ve reached the final hours for voting in California, but there’s still time to cast your ballot in the midterm election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

In Alaska, one thing is already clear: Plenty of voters spent confusing moments in the voting booth, including contemplating two Senate candidates named Dan Sullivan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

So the teachers had stood aside and watched as others fought for voting rights.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman


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