The 2023 United States elections were held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. The off-year election included gubernatorial and state legislative elections in a few states, as well as numerous citizen initiatives, mayoral races, and a variety of other local offices on the ballot. The voting season is now over as the general day to vote was on November 7th. As we high school students get older we should know more information on voting so we can one day join everyone and have an opinion on what’s going on in our world. 

At least three special elections to the United States Congress were scheduled as either deaths or vacancies arose. The Democratic Party retained control of the governorship in Kentucky, flipped the Wisconsin Supreme Court and held a seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, gained five seats in the New Jersey General Assembly, and won back unified control of the Virginia General Assembly, while Republicans also flipped the governorship in Louisiana and narrowly retained Mississippi’s governorship. The election cycle also saw Ohio voting to enshrine abortion rights to the state constitution and legalized cannabis. The results were widely seen as a success for the Democratic Party.

If you would like to know more about voting and how the elections work and why we have them, then you can go visit the following website for more information. 

https://www.nj.gov/state/elections/vote.shtml