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  • Elections

Democrats lifted GOP opponents in the primaries. Some of those races now look close

In the blue states, buying ads for GOP candidates who could be easier to beat looks to be paying off. But in purple states, some races appear much closer.

September 21, 2022
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  • Laura Benshoff
Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock raised $17.2 million for his Senate reelection bid in 2022′s second quarter, while Republican challenger Herschel Walker raised $6.2 million. Georgia will be a key battleground in these 2022 midterm elections to determine which party controls the U.S. Senate.

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  • Elections

Monmouth poll finds Georgians divided on trusting Walker, Warnock to handle key issues in Senate

A new survey of Georgia voters finds Sen. Raphael Warnock is viewed more favorably than Herschel Walker in the tight race.

September 21, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
Catherine Engelbrecht, seen here in 2015, founded the controversial nonprofit True the Vote. A new lawsuit alleges that Engelbrecht and True the Vote defamed a small company that makes software for election workers.

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  • Investigations

Prominent election deniers are facing growing legal trouble

The group True the Vote, which executive produced Dinesh D'Souza's "2,000 Mules" election denial film, is facing a defamation lawsuit brought by a small company that makes election software.

September 20, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, greets supporters during a rally on May 2, 2022 in Lorain, Ohio.

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  • Elections

How abortion may be reshaping the close Ohio Senate race

The race for an open U.S. Senate seat in Ohio has put abortion rights and women voters in the national spotlight.

September 20, 2022
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  • Danielle Kurtzleben
In this Jan. 7, 2021, image taken from Coffee County, Ga., security video, Cathy Latham (right) appears to take a selfie with a member of a computer forensics team inside the local elections office. Latham was the county Republican Party chair at the time. The computer forensics team was at the county elections office in Douglas, Ga., to make copies of voting equipment in an effort that documents show was arranged by Sidney Powell and others allied with then-President Donald Trump.

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  • Elections

Video shows 'unauthorized access' to Georgia election equipment

A court filing says a Republican Party official in Georgia told a computer forensics team to copy components of the voting system at a rural elections office two months after the 2020 election and spent nearly all day there, contradicting her deposition testimony. 

September 20, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Gwinnett County elections supervisor Zach Manifold looks over boxes of voter challenges on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Lawrenceville, Ga. Manifold estimated his office has a month to log and research the challenges, before mail ballots go out for the November elections. “It is a tight window to get everything done,” he said.

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  • Elections

Voter challenges, records requests swamp election offices

Election conspiracy theorists are flooding local election offices with voter challenges and public records requests. The wave of inquiries is adding to the already heavy workload those offices face as they scramble to prepare for November's elections.

September 19, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a press conference announcing expanded toll relief for Florida commuters, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Miami, Fla.

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  • National

Flying migrants to Massachusetts was political, critics say. But was it legal?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is running for reelection, said the flights from Texas were voluntary. But if migrants were lured, some argue they could now be victims of a crime.

September 18, 2022
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  • Valerie Crowder
A worker returns voting machines to storage at the Fulton County Election preparation Center on Nov. 4, 2020 in Atlanta, Ga. The list of security breaches at local election offices since the 2020 election keeps growing, with investigations ongoing in at least three states, Colorado, Georgia and Michigan. Security experts say the breaches by themselves have not necessarily increased threats to the November elections, but say they increase the possibility that rogue election workers could access election equi

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  • Elections

Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for midterms

The revelation earlier this week that federal prosecutors are involved in investigations of suspected voting system breaches across the U.S. is fueling questions about the security of voting machines just two months before the midterm elections.

September 16, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Many people have concerns that the Supreme Court ruling that overturned <em>Roe v. Wade</em> and the right to abortion could jeopardize other rights, such as same-sex marriage.

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  • Politics

This GOP strategist is calling on Republican senators to safeguard same-sex marriage

With the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, many are concerned that same-sex marriage could be next. Will Republicans band together to protect this right for Americans?

September 16, 2022
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  • Manuela López Restrepo and
  • Sarah McCammon
Election workers sort absentee ballots at the Lansing city clerk's office on Nov. 3, 2020, in Lansing, Mich. This fall, Michigan voters will weigh in on an expansive ballot question that would change the voting process.

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  • Elections

Voters in these states could make big changes to how their elections are run

The battlegrounds of Michigan and Nevada are among the states where voters this fall are set to decide ballot measures relating to the elections process.

September 15, 2022
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  • Benjamin Swasey
The qualifying period for Georgia candidates seeking to run in 2022 elections began Monday. Democrats and Republicans, including Senate candidate Herschel Walker, arrived at the state Capitol to fill out their required paperwork.

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  • Elections

Walker, Warnock finally agree on U.S. Senate debate in Savannah

Georgia voters will have an opportunity to see both major U.S. Senate candidates face off after months of angst over debates.

September 14, 2022
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  • Stephen Fowler
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

25-year-old former Trump aide wins GOP primary in New Hampshire

Republican Karoline Leavitt has defeated Matt Mowers in a race to face off against vulnerable Democrat Rep. Chris Pappas this November.

September 14, 2022
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  • Elena Moore
Mary Peltola did media interviews Monday in front of the U.S. Capitol. An aide says they're receiving more than 100 media requests a day.

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  • Politics

Mary Peltola, first Alaska Native elected to Congress, will be sworn in today

Peltola is drawing an unusual amount of national media attention as the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, and even more because of her special election win over Republican Sarah Palin.

September 13, 2022
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  • Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media
Douglas City Commissioner Olivia Coley-Pearson (center) holds a voting rights demonstration in Coffee County, Ga.

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  • News

The fight against an age-old effort to block Americans from voting

A third of Olivia Coley-Pearson's neighbors in Coffee County struggle to read at a basic level, and she wants to make sure they have help navigating their ballots. It's an effort that runs counter to other efforts to block help at the voting booth for people who struggle to read — a group that amounts to about 48 million Americans, or more than a fifth of the adult population.

September 13, 2022
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  • Aliyya Swaby and
  • Annie Waldman
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan speaks during a campaign canvas kickoff event on Saturday in Dover, N.H. Hassan is running for reelection and her Republican opponent will be chosen in the upcoming GOP primary.

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  • Politics

Tuesday is the final day for primary contests before November. Here's what to watch

The 2022 primary season comes to a close as voters in Delaware, New Hampshire and Rhode Island choose their nominees. In New Hampshire, a slate of Republicans wants to take on U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan.

September 13, 2022
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  • Josh Rogers and
  • Ian Donnis
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