 Those dates are not used to verify a person's eligibility to vote. But in March, a panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with the lower court and found the materiality provision does not apply to how a voter casts their ballot in order for it to be counted. Anzela Wong, NPR News. Search engine company Google says it's coming up short on meeting its climate change goals this year. And one reason for that is power-hungry AI applications.