What is a “swing state” — a place like Michigan, Arizona or Pennsylvania that’s super important every four years to people running for president? And why do votes in those states seem to mean more ...

For an explainer on today’s process, click here. To see the times each state will vote, click here. To see a list of legislatures live-streaming Electoral College voting, click here. It’s the first ...

A new organic law governing elections now allows the composition of electoral colleges to be determined through a Presidential Order instead of being fixed in the law itself, a move officials say is ...

Early in-person voting begins for California Proposition 50 in Los Angeles, California, on Oct. 25, 2025. Momentum is growing behind a push to elect U.S. presidents by the national popular vote after ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Virginia is joining the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an ...

For the last couple of decades, the Electoral College has been under increasing scrutiny. Though controversy around it dates to our nation’s founding, it was the 2000 election that really reignited a ...

The Commonwealth of Virginia is poised to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, an agreement already joined by 17 other states and Washington, DC, in an attempt to effectively eliminate ...

Ballots await unsealing during a joint session of Congress to certify the electoral college votes of the 2024 presidential election on Jan. 6 last year. (Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post) A ...