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Georgia high court says absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day, even in county with delay

Georgia high court says absentee ballots must be returned by Election Day, even in county with delay

ATLANTA (AP) — Thousands of voters in Georgia's third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late will not get an extension to return them, the state's highest court decided on Monday.
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'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray Sinclair

'Beam of light that cut through injustice': Tributes for TRC chair Murray Sinclair

WINNIPEG — Murray Sinclair, a former judge, senator and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into residential schools, died Monday in Winnipeg. He was 73.
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Appeals court says Arizona should release list of voters with unverified citizenship

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a decision by a lower court that required the Secretary of State’s office to release a list of tens of thousands of voters who were mistakenly classified as having access to Arizona’s ful
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Supreme Court 'signed my son's death warrant,' mother says of refusal to hear plea

Supreme Court 'signed my son's death warrant,' mother says of refusal to hear plea

OTTAWA — The mother of a Canadian man detained in Syria says the Supreme Court of Canada has signed her son's death warrant by closing the door on a plea to hear his case.
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Ohio sheriff's lieutenant apologizes for 'won't help Democrats' post, blames sleep medication

Ohio sheriff's lieutenant apologizes for 'won't help Democrats' post, blames sleep medication

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio sheriff's patrol commander who declared on Facebook that he would not help Democrats and would require proof of who a person voted for before providing them aid has apologized, blaming prescribed sleep aids for causin
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Windsor sues federal government over costs of 2022 Ambassador Bridge blockade

Windsor sues federal government over costs of 2022 Ambassador Bridge blockade

The City of Windsor is suing the federal government over the costs incurred due to the so-called Freedom Convoy blockade at the Ambassador Bridge in early 2022.
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Quebec plans to force new doctors to stay in the province and work in public system

Quebec plans to force new doctors to stay in the province and work in public system

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is planning to force new doctors trained in the province to work in Quebec's public health-care system for the first few years of their practice, in a bid to slow the loss of physicians to the private sector and to ot
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Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. That's highly unlikely

Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. That's highly unlikely

Former President Donald Trump is stepping up his demands that the winner of the presidential race be declared shortly after polls close Tuesday, well before all the votes are counted.
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Nova Scotia Liberals release four-year, $2.3-billion election platform

Nova Scotia Liberals release four-year, $2.3-billion election platform

HALIFAX — An ambitious target for housing and a replacement for federal carbon pricing are among the major promises contained in the Nova Scotia Liberals' election platform, which commits to $2.3 billion in spending over four years.
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Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places

Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Republican-led states say they will block the 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 fed
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