Election Day Brings High-Stakes Races and Ballot Measures

Election Day features high-stakes state and congressional contests, with voters also deciding ballot measures. In California, the Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to set aside about 20,000 ballots, and an East Bay member of Congress who was the first Afghan American elected to the House is defending her seat. More than 2 million Michigan voters had already voted, and eligible residents can register and vote at their local clerk’s office until polls close at 8 p.m.; Connecticut also offers Election Day registration at designated locations, with more than 508,000 early or absentee ballots recorded. Oregon voters can return ballots to drop boxes or election offices by 8 p.m., and ballots mailed in time and postmarked by Election Day may arrive within seven days and still count. Hawaii officials urged voters to use drop boxes before the 7 p.m. deadline amid possible long lines, with Oahu drop-box use up and mailed ballots down compared with 2022.