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News Articles: Elections

Demonstrators opposed to partisan gerrymandering hold up representations of congressional districts from North Carolina (left) and Maryland (right) outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2019.

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  • Elections

Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states

A North Carolina court's unusual ruling has highlighted the fact that some states allow voting districts to be drawn in ways that make elections less competitive and help one political party win.

May 20, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
An event goer holds a pamphlet for U.S. entrepreneur and 2024 presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy during the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Victory Conference at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa, on April 22, 2023.

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  • Elections

Who is Vivek Ramaswamy, the 37-year-old entrepreneur and GOP presidential hopeful?

He spoke to The NPR Politics Podcast about his political identity as a nationalist and expanding Donald Trump's "America First" message to a new audience.

May 19, 2023
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By:
  • Susan Davis and
  • Asma Khalid
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., questions former executives of failed banks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on May 16.

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  • Elections

Sen. Tim Scott files paperwork to run for president in the 2024 election

Tim Scott has a major announcement Monday in his home state of South Carolina. He is expected to announce a run for the White House and an official FEC filing Friday makes that even more likely.

May 19, 2023
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  • Washington Desk
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a luncheon on April 28 in Salt Lake City.

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  • Elections

Mike Pence might run for president. So supporters are launching a super PAC to fund it

As former Vice President Mike Pence weighs whether or not to run for president in 2024, his backers are putting money up to fund a run.

May 16, 2023
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By:
  • Kelsey Snell
A voter fills out his ballot at an early voting location in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 26, 2022.

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  • Elections

Virginia becomes the latest GOP-governed state to quit a voter data partnership

Virginia is the eighth state to leave the bipartisan ERIC compact amid fringe conservative reports and conspiracy theories attempting to connect the system to liberal activists.

May 12, 2023
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By:
  • Ben Paviour and
  • Miles Parks
Former President Donald Trump speaks at the National Rifle Association Convention in Indianapolis on April 14.

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  • Elections

Trump continues lies about election and lashes out after N.Y. verdict in town hall

Trump was found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. But Trump, to be expected, dismissed all that in a CNN town hall and continued his conspiracy about the 2020 election he lost.

May 11, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Former President Trump at the annual New Hampshire Republican State Committee meeting in January. Trump has promised to crack down on the Mexican cartels by instituting the death penalty for drug dealers and smugglers.

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  • Elections

Trump wants the death penalty for drug dealers. Here's why that probably won't happen

The former president is pledging to wage war against Mexico's drug cartels if reelected in 2024. His plan includes pushing Congress to institute the death penalty for drug dealers and smugglers.

May 10, 2023
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By:
  • Dustin Jones and
  • Devin Speak
CNN host Kaitlan Collins is shouldering added pressure for her network, as its town hall event with former President Donald Trump Wednesday evening takes on even greater stakes. On Tuesday, Trump was found liable for battery and defamation in E. Jean Carroll's civil suit against him.

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  • Media

CNN's town hall with Donald Trump takes on added stakes after verdict in Carroll case

CNN's transformation away from an anti-Trump lineup includes a live town hall featuring Donald Trump. That comes with its own challenges.

May 10, 2023
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By:
  • David Folkenflik
Democratic state Sen. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (right) stands and applauds as Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs gives the state address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 9.

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  • National

An Arizona lawmaker (who is also a minister) is under investigation for a Bible prank

An ethics inquiry is examining whether Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, a Presbyterian minister, broke Arizona House rules when she hid Bibles from the members' lounge in a protest.

May 09, 2023
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By:
  • Ben Giles
Julie Chávez Rodríguez at the White House on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Chávez Rodríguez is leaving her job as a senior adviser to run President Biden's reelection campaign.

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  • Elections

Julie Chávez Rodríguez grew up in the labor movement. Now she runs Biden's campaign

Chávez Rodríguez is the granddaughter of labor leader César Chávez. President Biden has chosen her to run his reelection campaign.

May 05, 2023
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
People vote in the midterm elections on Nov. 8, 2022, at a fire station in Hialeah, Fla.

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  • Elections

Advocates in Florida clamor for a fix for the formerly incarcerated who want to vote

There's no easy way for Floridians returning from prison to figure out what's needed to regain their voting rights. And advocates are critical of language set to be added to voter registration cards.

May 05, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger delivers a press conference Nov. 4, 2020.

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  • Politics

When is Georgia’s 2024 presidential primary? March 12

It's later than Democrats hoped and early enough to affect the Republican nomination process.

May 04, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023.

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  • Analysis

There's a toxic brew of mistrust toward U.S. institutions. It's got real consequences

Republicans are lambasting Democrats' attempts at uniform ethics standards at the Supreme Court as partisan politics. It's just the latest chapter in a decline in national unity.

May 04, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Montana state Rep. SJ Howell speaks on the House floor during a motion to discipline Rep. Zooey Zephyr at the Montana Capitol in Helena on Wed., April 26, 2023. Howell is a Democrat who identifies as transgender nonbinary.

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  • National

These states are narrowly defining who is 'female' and 'male' in law

LGBTQ advocates say these bills are another attempt to restrict transgender rights. Republicans sponsoring the bills say the definitions are important to keep sex from being conflated with gender.

May 03, 2023
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By:
  • Shaylee Ragar,
  • Blaise Gainey,
  • and 1 more
The line to vote at the board of elections in Macon, Ga. stretched around the corner from the front door and into a half hour wait by around 1pm on the final day of early voting Friday.

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  • Politics

Kemp signs near-total ban on outside money for Georgia elections offices

The further ban comes after DeKalb County received a grant by following new restrictions that changed in 2021.

May 03, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
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