President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are poised to move much closer to winning their parties’ nominations Tuesday during the biggest day of the primary campaign, despite many voters preferring something other than a November rematch from four years ago.
Super Tuesday elections are being held in 16 states and one territory — from Alaska and California to Vermont and Virginia. Hundreds of delegates are at stake, the biggest haul for either party on any single day.
While much of the focus is on the presidential race, there are also important down-ballot contests. California voters, for example, will choose candidates who will compete to fill the Senate seat long held by Dianne Feinstein.
Here is the latest news on Super Tuesday:
Donald Trump wins Virginia Republican primary
NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Virginia Republican primary.
Joe Biden wins Virginia Democratic primary
NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Virginia Democratic primary.
Mistake leads to emergency robocalls in North Carolina county to correct misleading information
A North Carolina county launched emergency robocalls to correct some false election information that had been broadcast by a local radio station, NBC News reported.
Patrick Gannon, public information director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, said in a statement that it appeared to have been an honest mistake by the radio station.
“After election officials learned of the incorrect information being shared on the radio in Yancey County, the county board of elections immediately called the radio station to correct the information,” Gannon said. “Then, the county’s emergency management office used its public safety mass messaging system, called Rave, to issue correct information within an estimated 30 minutes of when the incorrect information was heard on the radio.”
Gannon noted that accurate information was also posted on county government websites and social media platforms.
So far on Tuesday, there have been scatter reports of issues at polling places, though nothing out of what is considered ordinary for a major election day.
Colorado Secretary of State weighs in on the Supreme Court’s Trump ballot ruling
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold sat down with NBC News this afternoon to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to keep Trump on the ballot as well as turnout in this year’s primary election.
Griswold said she’s glad the justices handed down the ruling ahead of Super Tuesday, but she’s worried that a gridlocked Congress might have trouble enforcing the Constitution’s insurrection clause going forward.
“One of my concerns about this case is logistically how it plays out. This case isn’t only about precedent, it’s about all candidates for federal office. The Supreme Court said states do not have the authority to enforce Section 3 of the 14th amendment to bar oath-breaking insurrectionists from our ballots ourselves, that Congress has that authority,” Griswold said.
She added, “But the current Congress is nearly nonfunctioning, so I do not believe that this Congress will take any action, which in logistical terms means that any candidate for federal office that is an oath-breaking insurrectionist will be able to be on the ballot without consideration or application of the Constitution.”
Voters are heading to the polls in 16 states across the country for Super Tuesday, including California, Texas and Virginia.
California voters express confusion over fringe Democratic candidate President R. Boddie
Voters in the California Democratic Primary took to social media to express their confusion over the presence of candidate “President R. Boddie” on the presidential primary ballot above Biden, who is listed without his title, NBC News reported. Some expressed concern that this could cause older voters or those with poor vision to confuse the two…
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