Thousands of Virginia voters already hit the polls in the first few hours of early voting. Get caught up on this morning’s news: Early voting begins, Shohei Ohtani launches 50/50 club and more in today’s edition of The Yodel newsletter

The battle between Eugene Vindman (D) and Derrick Anderson (R), both Army veterans turned lawyers, is one of the country’s most closely watched House races.

Virginia becomes the first state to allow in-person early voting in the 2024 election cycle, learn if your home state has absentee ballots available and if there are restrictions.

While the general election is on Nov. 5, early in-person voting begins today at all general registrar’s offices and will continue until Nov. 2.

Election officials across the country, including Virginia, have raised concerns with the U.S. Postal Service about the timely delivery of mail-in ballots ahead of the November election.

Early voting is underway in Virginia – the first state in the nation to allow in-person early voting in the 2024 presidential election.

Numerous congressional races are being contested in Virginia, including two key contests in the 2nd and 7th districts.

At a polling site in Minneapolis, Jason Miller, a 37-year-old house painter, arrived well before the polls opened at 8 a.m. and was first in line. He was among roughly 75 people who cast ballots in the first hour at the city’s early voting center. “Why not try to be first? That’s kind of fun, right?” he said.

Candidates for City Council in Districts 3 and 7, as well as School Board candidates in District 4, were printed in the wrong order on the mail-in ballots. In-person early voting is not impacted,

As early voting gets underway Friday in Virginia, a new poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in a dead heat in