Election Day

Election Day saw Tennessee vote in favor of prohibiting slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for crime, bot not everyone said yes.

NEW YORK (AP) — Election Day is over, but Michelle Obama is still trying to get out the vote. The former first lady announced that Selena Gomez, Liza Koshy, Shonda Rhimes, Megan Rapinoe, Tracee Ellis Ross and Kerry Washington have signed on as co-chairs of the national organization When We All Vote . Obama is already a co-chair, along […]

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Voters in Virginia and New Jersey gave Democratic gubernatorial candidates large victories Tuesday and sent a clear message of rebuke to Republican President Donald Trump. In Virginia’s hard-fought contest, Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie. In New Jersey, front-running Democrat Phil Murphy overcame Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno […]

11/7/17-“Wake up everybody you got an extra hour of sleep, go vote,” says Huggy. He gives a hilarious but truthful PSA to get everybody out to exercise their rights to vote. Huggy approves this message! Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

11/7/17- It’s election day and Chris wants you out there! It’s important for Black people to get out and vote if they want to see a change in their community. Like BlackAmericaWeb.com on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — Rigged elections. Vigilante observers. Angry voters. The claims, threats and passions surrounding the presidential race have led communities around the U.S. to move polling places out of schools or cancel classes on Election Day. The fear is that the ugly rhetoric of the campaign could escalate into confrontations and even violence […]

It’s only fitting: Check in with voters at Our Mother of Sorrows church in Louisville, Kentucky, to get a sense of the sour mood rippling across the country this Election Day. Seventy-four-year-old Jim Brinley, casting his ballot for Republicans, thinks an over-reaching government is “ruining us” and wants to “get back to government as it […]

This is what you’d expect from this year’s spokesperson for Rock the Vote – a flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta for the sole purpose of casting a ballot. Lil Jon tweeted this morning: “6AM FLIGHT TO ATL TO VOTE BECAUSE GA NEVA SENT MY BALLOT AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS!!!” the rapper wrote in a post […]

As Election Day approaches, a new national survey shows that President Barack Obama is already winning America’s favor. A new Pew Research Center poll found that President Obama has a three-point lead over Republican nominee Mitt Romney among undecided voters. The results gave President Obama a 50-to-45 lead among voters after three-percent of voters were […]