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News Articles: Elections

Seen through a glass window, presidential candidate Rodrigo Chaves reacts after marking his ballot during a runoff presidential election, at a polling station, in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Sunday.

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  • Latin America

Ex-finance minister wins runoff to be Costa Rica's president

Rodrigo Chaves wins an election that political analysts said was marked by a lack of voter enthusiasm due to the multitude of personal attacks that characterized the campaign.

April 04, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Commerce, Ga., last Saturday with candidates he's backing in the state's May primary elections.

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  • Elections

Trump is struggling again in Georgia, with 2022 endorsements driven by his 2020 loss

Donald Trump is embracing longshot candidates and seeking to oust incumbents that did not overturn his defeat. Many of his chosen GOP candidates are struggling in Georgia and other states.

April 01, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a press conference in 2018. Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, donated hundreds of millions of dollars to local election officials leading up to the 2020 election.

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  • Elections

Private funding saved the 2020 election. Now, some GOP-led states are banning it

One study found that the U.S. government spends as much maintaining parking facilities across the country as it does running elections.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Miles Parks

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  • Elections

The 2022 midterms are underway. Here's the calendar of primary elections

After Texas kicked off the midterms on March 1, the next contests are in May, when voters in a number of states cast primary ballots.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Benjamin Swasey
Then-President Donald Trump speaks to supporters near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021. Hundreds of Trump supporters later stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of President Biden's victory.

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  • Investigations

Trump 'likely' committed crime trying to stay in power, judge says in records dispute

A judge ordered lawyer and Trump ally John Eastman to give records to Congress' Jan. 6 committee, saying that Trump and Eastman's plan amounted to a "coup in search of legal theory" on Jan. 6.

March 29, 2022
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Ohio Republican U.S. Senate candidates Mike Gibbons (left) and Josh Mandel exchange heated words at a forum put on by FreedomWorks on March 18 outside of Columbus. The two have polled atop the contested GOP primary.

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  • Elections

In Ohio's GOP Senate race, there are Trump wannabees — but no Trump endorsement

The lack of a Trump endorsement hasn't stopped individual Republican candidates from selling themselves to voters as the most Trump-like in the primary.

March 27, 2022
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  • Don Gonyea
Former President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd on March 12, 2022 in Florence, S.C. On Thursday he filed lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, the DNC and others.

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  • Law

Trump files lawsuit against Clinton, Democrats for Russia claims

It alleges that Trump, as a result of defendants' actions, has sustained losses of at least $24 million "and continuing to accrue, as well as the loss of existing and future business opportunities."

March 24, 2022
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during a rally, Saturday, March 5, 2022, in Rome, Ga. A group of Georgia voters is challenging Greene’s eligibility to run for reelection, saying she helped facilitate the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s presidential election victory. The challenge filed Thursday, March 24, with the Georgia secretary of state’s office says it’s being brought by a group of registered voters in Greene’s congressional district.

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  • Elections

Voters challenge Greene's eligibility to run for reelection

A group of Georgia voters is challenging U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's eligibility to run for reelection, saying she helped facilitate the riot that disrupted Congress from certifying Joe Biden's presidential election victory.

March 24, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Hundreds of local elections officials attended an annual training in Athens, Ga. to prepare for upcoming elections.

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  • Elections

Georgia elections officials optimistic and energized heading into 2022 cycle

Hundreds of local officials, including many new faces, received training, networking and advice during a conference in Athens.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
A procedure room at Planned Parenthood in Meridian, Idaho, one of the few clinics in the state to offer abortions. Access to abortion is about to become even less available in the state as a six-week ban became law.

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  • National

Idaho prepares to ban most abortions in the state as governor signs Texas-style law

Barring legal challenges, Idaho's law is scheduled to take effect in about a month. It bans most abortions after about six weeks and allows health care providers to be sued.

March 24, 2022
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
After narrowly losing the governor's race in 2018, Democrat Stacey Abrams is running again in 2022 under a platform of "One Georgia."

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | Stacey Abrams is ready for a rematch (and Medicaid expansion)

On this week's episode, we follow Democrat Stacey Abrams' campaign for governor as she launches a "One Georgia" tour.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Advocates rally outside the Ohio Supreme Court on Dec. 8, 2021, in Columbus. Justices have struck down three versions of Republican-drawn state legislative maps for being unconstitutional.

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  • National

With 6 weeks until Ohio's primary, many voting districts still haven't been decided

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected legislative maps three times. With weeks to go until the primary, voters don't know who their candidates are and candidates don't know where their districts are.

March 23, 2022
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By:
  • Andy Chow (Statehouse News Bureau)
Stacey Abrams

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  • Elections

Stacey Abrams sues to get unlimited fundraising committee

Georgia Democratic candidate for governor Stacey Abrams wants a federal judge to let her immediately begin raising and spending unlimited sums. Abrams sued on Monday, challenging as unconstitutional new fundraising committees created by Georgia lawmakers last year.

March 21, 2022
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  • Associated Press
Voters at Park Tavern precinct in Atlanta

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  • Elections

Latest election overhaul on state Senate agenda as poll supervisors fret more change

County election office directors, Democratic lawmakers, and a coalition of voting rights groups say the most troubling aspect of House Bill 1464 is that it gives the Georgia Bureau of Investigation the ability to initiate election investigations, a significant change that would divert jurisdiction from the Secretary of State’s Office and State Election Board to the crime fighting agency.

March 21, 2022
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
A person wears an “I’m a Georgia Voter” sticker after voting on Election Day in Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.

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  • Elections

Some GOP states seek new police units for election probes

Republicans promoting claims of widespread voter fraud in at least two politically important states are turning to a new tactic to appease voters who falsely believe the 2020 presidential election was stolen. Efforts in Georgia and Florida would establish special law enforcement units dedicated to investigating possible voting or election crimes.

March 18, 2022
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  • Associated Press
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