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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
John Metz projected to be next mayor of Rogersville: unofficial results
ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) – The unofficial results are in for the Rogersville mayoral election. John Metz is projected to become the next mayor of Rogersville. According to the unofficial results, Metz gained almost 66% of the votes. Metz said he is thankful to the Rogersville community for turning out. He said he wants to bring about positive changes to the town of Rogersville. 'We're going to provide change, but it's going to be meaningful, methodical change, not just change for the sake of change,' Metz said. 'I greatly appreciate everyone that turned out to vote. Phenomenal.' Hawkins Co. resident hosts meeting about NewEarth 'micronation' 'I'm very proud of our town, and we're going to work so very hard.' Metz said he and his team are taking some time to decompress, but then they will be back in action. 'We're going to build from the ground up,' said Metz. 'We want to do things that are going to be long-lasting and effective.' This election marks the first new mayor in Rogersville in 48 years. The results will be certified on June 13. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Washington Post
5 days ago
- Business
- Washington Post
Another Oval Office showdown?
Good morning, Early Birds. Anyone else want to see the U.S. announce election results like they do in South Korea? Send tips to earlytips@ Thanks for waking up with us. In today's edition … We have a price tag for the House-passed GOP tax and spending bill … The secretaries of commerce and labor will face a grilling in Congress … but first …
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ottawa alcohol issue, Leipsic renewal levy pass in Putnam County
May 6—OTTAWA — The two local issues on the ballot passed in Putnam County on Tuesday, according to unofficial results from the Putnam County Board of Elections. More than 65 percent of voters in Ottawa approved of an ordinance to allow the sale of beer and intoxicating liquor in downtown Ottawa. Ottawa resident John Moore, 89, was one that voted against the sale of beer seven days a week. "I just don't like it," he said. In Leipsic, nearly 80 percent of voters approved a 0.5% income tax renewal. It's earmarked for the retirement of debt of reservoir for municipal water supply and purchase and cleanup of blighted properties. There were 1,991 Election Day and absentee ballots cast out of 24,101 voters, resulting in a 8.26 percent voter turnout in Putnam County, according to the bard of elections. There were 1,560 voters at the polls on Election Day, and 431 absentee ballots were cast, meaning 78.35 percent were present during Election Day and 21.65 percent cast their votes ahead of time. ONLY ON Find more coverage of the election at Reach Cade Higgins at 567-242-0351 Featured Local Savings
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
North Carolina Supreme Court 2024 race finally over: Republican concedes to Democrat
May 7 (UPI) -- The Republican candidate for North Carolina's state Supreme Court on Wednesday ended his six-month effort to overturn the election result against a Democrat. On Tuesday, the state elections board will certify the election's result, which shows Associate Justice Allison Riggs won by 734 votes over Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin out of more than 5.5 million cast and after two recounts. Griffin conceded two days after Richard E. Myers II, the federal chief judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, rejected his legal challenges in a 68-page ruling. "As a judge, I believe everybody, myself included, has a right to their day in court," Griffin said in a statement. "This effort has always been about upholding the rule of law and making sure that every legal vote in an election is counted. "While I do not fully agree with the District Court's analysis, I respect the court's holding -- just as I have respected every judicial tribunal that has heard this case. I will not appeal the court's decision." Riggs will serve an eight-year term on the 7-2 Republican-majority court after being appointed in 2023 by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper to fill a vacancy after serving on the court of appeals. She continued to serve as a justice during the challenge. Griffin's seat on the court of appeals is through 2029. Griffin and the state Republican Party had challenged more than 65,000 votes in six Democratic-leaning counties, saying they were unlawfully cast. "After millions of dollars spent, more than 68,000 voters at risk of losing their votes, thousands of volunteers mobilized, hundreds of legal documents filed and immeasurable damage done to our democracy, I'm glad the will of the voters was finally heard, six months and two days after Election Day," Riggs said Wednesday. "It's been my honor to lead this fight -- even though it should never have happened -- and I'm in awe of the North Carolinians whose courage reminds us all that we can use our voices to hold accountable any politician who seeks to take power out of the hands of the people." Riggs' campaign and fund spent nearly $100,000 in legal fees , according to independent North Carolina journalist Bryan Anderson, citing election data. Griffin appealed before the state elections board, throughout the state system and then in federal court. The state high court in a 4-2 decision upheld the validity of more than 60,000 ballots cast in race, required thousands of others to be cured and almost 300 ballots to be discarded. The federal judge had delayed implementing his order in case Griffin wanted to ask the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review his decision. "You establish the rules before the game," Myers said in his ruling. "You don't change them after the game is done." There were two categories of contested ballots. Most ballots were from military or overseas voters who didn't provide copies of photo identification or an ID exception form with their absentee ballots. The appeals courts gave them a 30-day "cure" process. The other one was overseas voters who have never lived in the United States but whose parents were declared North Carolina residents. State law allows them to vote in state elections, but state appeals courts said it violated the state Constitution. It was the last election decided in the United States. North Carolina is considered a battleground state with Republicans Ted Budd and Thom Tillis holding both U.S. Senate seats, but Democrat Josh Stein was elected governor in November. Democrats and voting rights groups called the challenges an attack on democracy. "For 200 days, Republicans in North Carolina sought to overturn the will of the people, hijack a state Supreme Court seat, and systematically undermine basic faith in our elections," Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said in a statement. "May this saga be a lesson to Republicans everywhere: If you try to undermine the will of the voters, you will lose."
Washington Post
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Republican concedes in N.C., ending effort to change election rules after the fact
A Republican who narrowly lost a North Carolina Supreme Court election ended his challenge to the results Wednesday, clearing the way for the Democratic incumbent to be sworn in six months after she won the race. Justice Allison Riggs, who was appointed to the court by a Democratic governor in 2023, won the November election by 734 votes out of 5.5 million cast. Two recounts confirmed her victory. Jefferson Griffin, the Republican appeals judge who ran against Riggs, went to court to challenge tens of thousands of votes to try to reverse the results.
