Skip to main content

vote

data-content-type="article"
Campus

BYU students decide who to support in presidential election

By Joshua Carr
October 15, 2024 11:15 AM
The presidential election is less than 30 days away and polls say college students may make the difference the election's outcome.
1 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Campus Events

BYU Engineering hosts Lego-building competition

Emily May
By Emily May
June 24, 2024 12:00 AM
The BYU College of Engineering is challenging students, alumni and the community in June to build the best Lego creation.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Featured

Provo residents flock to in-person voting location

By Josh Carter
November 04, 2020 12:00 AM
Editor’s note: As the Nov. 3 election draws near, the Daily Universe is exploring different national and local issues impacting voters in a series of stories.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Local

Vice presidential candidates face off in Salt Lake

By Taylor Nelson
October 08, 2020 12:00 AM
The vice presidential debate between Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence took place on Wednesday night in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah.
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Nation

Overheating machines complicate Florida's recount battle

By Associated Press
November 14, 2018 12:00 AM
Employees at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office feed ballots through a machine as they count votes during a recount, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
4 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Nation

Democrats seize House control, but Trump's GOP holds Senate

By Associated Press
November 07, 2018 12:00 AM
Voters cast their ballots at Robious Elementary School in Chesterfield, Va., on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
6 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Nation

Puerto Rico votes to become 51st U.S. state

By Associated Press
June 12, 2017 12:00 AM
Gov. Ricardo Rossello, right, and Congresswoman representing Puerto Rico Jennifer Gonzalez celebrate the results of a referendum on the status of the island in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 11, 2017. The governor announced that the U.S. territory overwhelmingly chose statehood on Sunday in a non-binding referendum held amid a deep economic crisis that has sparked an exodus of islanders to the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Nation

Mormon civic engagement driven by calls to action

By Sarah Averett Harris
January 24, 2017 12:00 AM
Editor’s note: This story pairs with another titled 'Snapshots of US Mormon civic engagement.”
5 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Local

Trump team attempts to block vote recount after concern about "rigged" election overstated

By Brandon Klatskin
December 02, 2016 12:00 AM
President-elect Donald Trump's attorneys are now attempting to block a recount of votes in three states less than a month after his highly-publicized series of complaints that the presidential election was 'rigged' before he won the presidency on Nov. 8.
4 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Local

Was the presidential election rigged?

By Brandon Klatskin
December 02, 2016 12:00 AM
Donald Trump won the presidency.
5 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Nation

Hillary Clinton favored in international poll

By Haley Hilton
November 02, 2016 12:00 AM
Confidence around the world is relatively high for Hillary Clinton and relatively low for Donald Trump according to a June Pew Research Center study.
7 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
State

Get to know Utah's Republican, Democratic candidates before state primary

By Christian Clark
June 27, 2016 12:00 AM
Citizens of Utah will select their party's political candidates during the state primary election on Tuesday, June 28. Primary winners will then compete against the opposing party in November's Lieutenant Governor Election.
3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Metro

Out-of-state students can still vote without registering in Utah

By Christian Clark
June 16, 2016 12:00 AM
Texas state Sen. Juan 'Chuy' Hinojosa looks at maps on display before a Senate Redistricting committee hearing in Austin, Texas. Many BYU students are from Texas and can vote by registering for an absentee ballot through their state's website. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
1 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Metro

The special session Bears Ears debate concludes

By Christian Clark
May 19, 2016 12:00 AM
Mark Maryboy speaks as Utah Diné Bikéyah (UDB) and Tribal leaders stand in support of protecting the Bears Ears at a rally in the Utah State Capitol Rotunda in Salt Lake City. Attendees at the rally called for President Obama to protect sacred sites and honor ancestral lands by designating Bears Ears National Monument. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
3 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Nation

Trump's nomination a curveball for Utah voters

By Jordan Comstock
May 09, 2016 12:00 AM
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in Hickory, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Local

Franklin Graham advocates political participation, group prayers

By Kayla Goodson
March 30, 2016 12:00 AM
Evangelist Franklin Graham is visiting all 50 states to hold Prayer Rallies. (Kayla Goodson)
2 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
State

Cruz, Sanders took huge victory from under Trump, Clinton's feet

By Chris Larson
March 23, 2016 12:00 AM
Texas senator Ted Cruz and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders won big in Utah's caucuses Tuesday night.
1 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"
Local

Local organization seeks to get students to the caucuses

By Chris Larson
March 12, 2016 12:00 AM
Many forces are combining to get BYU students to caucus meetings on March 22.
4 Min Read
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= overrideTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection= overrideCardHideByline= overrideCardHideDescription= overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= overrideTextAlignment=
Next