Decision 2024

Election Day is not a federal holiday, which means most banks will be open. Some local branches may close, though, so be sure to check a specific location before heading out. Here’s a list of what’s open and closed on Election Day. Only five states, including New York, recognize Election Day as a public state holiday and mandate employers allow...

Pennsylvania voters are almost sure to play a pivotal role in the Nov. 5 general election, with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress and the state Legislature in the balance. With its 19 electoral votes, the commonwealth is the largest prize among the battleground states and an important piece of both campaigns’ path to victory. Both…

The Electoral College is the unique American system of electing presidents. It is different from the popular vote, and it has an outsize impact on how candidates run and win campaigns. Republicans Trump and Bush lost the popular vote during their presidential runs but won the Electoral College to claim the nation’s top office. Some Democrats charge that the system...

Pennsylvania is set to be a decisive state in the 2024 election on Tuesday. Polls open at 7 a.m. ET in Pennsylvania, a “blue wall” state. This year, it’s the spot where Harris and Trump met for the first time at their sole debate in September in Philadelphia. Polls close at 8 p.m. ET in the state with more electoral votes, 19,...

Experts say election results likely won’t be known on Election Day.

These sleeper congressional races could determine which party wins a majority in the House or Senate, which will have a substantial impact on the next president’s agenda.

About forty-percent of states allow same-day voter registration, including on Election Day, according to The National Conference of State Legislatures. Among the states allowing same-day voter registration are the battleground states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Nevada. In the tri-state area, only Connecticut allows same-day registration. New Jersey and New York do not. Here is a list of states that allow…

Election Day in the United States is now often considered Election Week, as each state follows its own rules and practices for counting ballots — not to mention the legal challenges — that can delay the results. But the truth is, nobody knows how long it will take for the winner to be announced this time. In 2020, The Associated…

Election Day is nearly upon us. In a matter of hours, the final votes in the 2024 presidential election will be cast. It is not a federal holiday, however. Only five states, including New York, recognize Election Day as a public state holiday and mandate employers allow employees paid time off to vote. Another nine states, including New Jersey, recognize Election…

There are only a few hours left to cast your vote for this year’s hotly-contested elections. More than a million people across the tri-state had already gone to the polls early to vote ahead of Election Day. That tally is expected to climb even further by the time voting sites close their doors on Tuesday evening. The outcome of...

Election Day is nearly upon us. In a matter of hours, the final votes in the 2024 presidential election will be cast.

A political video reminded women that they can vote for Vice President Kamala Harris without telling their husbands, enraging prominent conservatives and reigniting a fiery discourse that highlights the central role of gender in this year’s election.

News 4’s Andrew Siff reports. 

Former President Donald Trump said Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would have a “big role in the administration” if he wins Tuesday, telling NBC News in a phone interview that he is open to some of his more controversial ideas.

On the final Sunday of a rollercoaster presidential contest, Republican nominee Donald Trump is asking voters in Pennsylvania again to make him leader of a “failed nation” while also unleashing a profane, conspiracy-laden rant asserting U.S. elections are not legitimate in the first place.

Donald Trump’s campaign has faced backlash for several controversial remarks in the final days of his campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Officials are bracing for “constitutional sheriffs,” who believe they can seize voting machines and patrol polling places, to try to interfere in the elections.

There has been just shy of $1 billion spent on political ads in the last week, close to one-tenth of the more than $10 billion spent since the start of 2023.

With just three days until the election, former President Donald Trump’s campaign remains unsettled about his prospects in North Carolina, a Sun Belt state that he’s claimed in two consecutive presidential elections.

Neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has campaigned in Iowa since the presidential primaries. It is not considered a swing state in the election.