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Pins are pictured at a counter during a cultural meeting at the Comanche Nation fairgrounds in Lawton, Okla., in September 2023.

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  • Politics

Why more Native Americans are on U.S. ballots than ever before

At least 170 Native American, Native Hawaiians, and Native Alaskans are on ballots this fall, an all-time high. But a group tracking Indigenous candidates says more work needs to be done.

November 04, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Voters in Dearborn cast ballots Tuesday, during Michigan's early voting period. Elon Musk recently surfaced a baseless claim about the state's voter rolls.

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  • Elections

A simple truth is at the root of many false election claims: Voter rolls are imperfect

At the heart of many election conspiracy theories is a simple truth: America’s voter rolls are imperfect. The U.S. doesn’t have a central voting list. It has a bunch of different lists.

November 03, 2024
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By:
  • Miles Parks
Voters line up to cast their ballots at the Stamford Government Center on the first day of early voting on Oct. 21 in Stamford, Conn.

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  • Elections

10 key demographic groups that could decide the presidential election

From voters young and older to the potentially very wide gender gap, here's what to watch for as the election results come in.

November 03, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Maya Rudolph and Vice President Harris in the cold open comedy sketch on <em>Saturday Night Live</em> at NBC studios in New York City on Nov. 2, 2024.

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  • Politics

Live from New York, it's Kamala Harris: the VP has a cameo on 'Saturday Night Live'

Vice President Harris is the latest in a long line of politicians to appear on the sketch comedy show over its 50 seasons. In 2015, Donald Trump hosted the show.

November 03, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
With three days until the election, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground state of North Carolina, shown here at a rally in Greensboro on Saturday, where recent polls have the former president and his opponent, Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead heat.

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  • Politics

It's all about North Carolina on the campaign trail with Trump and Harris Saturday

The key state, that wasn't expected to be in play this election, enjoyed visits from both presidential candidates — two from former President Donald Trump — as he and Harris make their final pitches.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
People wait in line to cast their votes during in New York on October 26, 2024. Online, social media users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral.

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  • Politics

Crowdsourced voting fraud claims could become grist for Republican lawsuits

One hub for rumors and conspiracies about voting is X, the social media site once known as Twitter. There, users are floating unverified and false claims about voting that can quickly go viral.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
A voter enters the Bucks County Administration building in Doylestown, Pa. on Oct. 31, 2024.

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  • National

An influencer thought someone dropping off ballots was ‘suspect.’ It was the postman

Even before Election Day, unsubstantiated rumors about voter fraud are beginning to focus on specific public servants and voters, leading to harassment and threats.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Lisa Hagen
Arizona Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego (center) joins community members in a traditional dance at the Supai Tribe village in the Grand Canyon on Oct. 14.

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  • Politics

On Arizona's campaign trail, there are 22 tribal lands. He set out to visit them all

Democrat Ruben Gallego says his party has often taken Native American voters for granted. As he competes for an open Senate seat, he has vowed to visit all of Arizona’s federally recognized tribes.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Ben Giles
North Carolina's state fair featured rides, fried food and plenty of politics.

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  • Elections

We talked politics at the North Carolina state fair — and learned 3 key things

As election day nears, the races loom large over the state fair in North Carolina, where voters are expressing both apathy and anxiety over their top issues and the candidates.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Scott Detrow,
  • Tyler Bartlam,
  • and 2 more
Left to right: Tha Vin, Emily Lillystone, Eric Alston, Sydney Craddock, and Judy Zhu and Wei Kang Ding.

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  • Politics

The election in Georgia is tight. Meet 5 groups of voters who will shape the outcome

In a state decided recently by tiny margins, subtle shifts among any demographic can matter. These five groups could be key in determining who wins Georgia — and possibly the presidency.

November 02, 2024
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Fiserv Forum, the same place that hosted last summer's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Friday.

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  • Politics

Harris and Trump enter the home stretch with rallies in 2 key Midwest swing states

The campaigns crisscrossed Michigan and Wisconsin. Trump tried to woo Arab Americans and zeroed in on Friday's jobs data as Harris criticized the GOP nominee for violent comments about Liz Cheney.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo,
  • Stephen Fowler,
  • and 2 more
poll worker inspects absentee ballot

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  • Elections

Election skeptics are targeting voting officials with ads that suggest they don’t have to certify results

The ads, which have been placed in swing states like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, come from a new group with deep ties to activists who have challenged the legitimacy of recent elections.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Doug Bock Clark and
  • ProPublica
Voters are seen exiting the polling station, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Stockbridge, Ga.

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  • News

Early voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day 'ghost town'

Record levels of early voting are making it so polls in Georgia might be a "ghost town" on Election Day. Republicans tried to avoid voting early in the last two election cycles because Donald Trump cast doubt on the practice.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022.

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  • News

US officials say video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia linked to ‘Russian influence actors’

A video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia by a man who claims to be from Haiti is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors,” U.S. intelligence officials said Friday.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press
A woman holds up her sticker that signifies that she has officially voted in the state of Georgia, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Atlanta.

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  • News

Georgia county says more than 3,000 absentee ballots being mailed late just days before election

Election officials in Georgia's third-largest county say they're late in mailing more than 3,000 absentee ballots to voters just a few days before the election. Election officials in Cobb County north of Atlanta say they're using express mail and UPS overnight delivery in an effort to deliver the ballots on time.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Associated Press
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