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The Latest: Many states deciding control of the Senate are seeing a big boost in early voting
Yahoo • • nation
Key Points:
- Early voting turnout is significantly higher than the last midterms in key Senate battleground states, signaling strong voter engagement ahead of Election Day.
- New voter ID measures requiring driver's license or partial Social Security numbers on mail-in ballots are on ballots in California, Colorado, and Nevada, driven by conservative activists bypassing Democratic legislatures.
- A federal judge ordered Donald Trump to sit for a deposition in his defamation lawsuit against the BBC by December 11, warning of possible sanctions if he fails to comply.
- Vice President JD Vance is actively campaigning in Kansas to support GOP Sen. Roger Marshall, with Republicans and Democrats collectively spending over $70 million in the state's highly competitive Senate race.
- The U.S. Pentagon banned troops from using nonpublic information for betting on prediction markets, citing national security risks, following a case involving a soldier charged with using classified info for gambling.
