The INDIA bloc’s Congress-AAP alliance will come to the fore on Thursday to win the elections to the Chandigarh mayor’s post, with the main Opposition BJP eyeing to bag the seat with cross-voting.

A House bill that bans the act of “ballot harvesting,” or gathering of ballots, passed easily through a House committee Wednesday morning on a 6-1 vote. Rep. Steve Johnson, R-Cheyenne, is the sponsor ...