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News Articles: Elections

A Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy guards the entrance to the county's election preparation warehouse after an alarm elsewhere in the building was triggered over the weekend.

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  • Elections

Fulton County Investigating Alarm At Election Warehouse As Conspiracy Theories Grow

The Fulton County Sheriff's office is investigating why an alarm went off over the weekend at a warehouse that stores election equipment, the latest bizarre twist in an ongoing lawsuit seeking to prove thrice-counted absentee ballots were marred by fraud. 

June 01, 2021
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
About a year after two women accused him of sexual assault, Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax makes comments during a debate on a bill during the state Senate session at the state Capitol in Richmond in March 2020. Fairfax denies the allegations against him.

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  • National

Accused Of Assaults He Denies, Justin Fairfax's Run For Va. Governor Tests #MeToo

Two years after Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax was accused of sexual assault, he remains in office and is campaigning to be the state's next governor, raising big questions about race and #MeToo.

May 31, 2021
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By:
  • Ben Paviour
In this May 6, 2021 file photo, a group opposing new voter legislation gather outside the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin. Texas Republicans dug in Saturday, for a final weekend vote on some of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S., finalizing a sweeping bill.

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  • National

Texas GOP's New Voting Restrictions On Verge Of Approval

Republicans in the Texas Senate muscled one of the most restrictive new voting laws in the U.S. to the cusp of the governor's desk early Sunday.

May 31, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Outgoing Georgia elections director Chris Harvey.

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  • Elections

For Georgia's Outgoing Elections Director, Evidence And Communication Are Keys To Success

Georgia's outgoing elections director Chris Harvey said the secret to successful elections lies with more proactive work with local officials and that the keys to both rebuilding confidence and shutting down conspiracies is showing evidence of things that go right.

May 28, 2021
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  • Stephen Fowler
Workers sort through ballots in Fulton County's election warehouse.

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  • Elections

What Is Happening With Fulton County's Absentee Ballots?

A Henry County judge is allowing a conspiracy theorist and other voters to review copies of Fulton County's 147,000 absentee ballots for evidence of fraud — despite three previous counts of the vote, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation examination of absentee ballot envelopes and every election being certified.

May 25, 2021
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  • Stephen Fowler
Fulton County workers count absentee ballots on Nov. 6, 2020, in Atlanta. A judge's order marks the latest challenge for the county in a seemingly never-ending election cycle.

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  • Elections

Why 2020 Mail-In Ballots From One Georgia County May Be Scanned Again

A judge ordered Fulton County to make plans to unseal at least 142,000 mail-in ballots it received in the election, clearing the way for another potential review of the ballots.

May 21, 2021
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By:
  • Johnny Kauffman
Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., is weighing a run for the U.S. Senate.

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  • Politics

Rep. Stephanie Murphy Considers Senate Run Against Rubio

The Florida Democrat says she believes her position as a political moderate and her family history as a refugee from Vietnam could help Democrats win a Senate seat. She has not yet decided on a run.

May 21, 2021
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  • Kelsey Snell
Voting machines

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  • Law

Here Are All The Lawsuits Challenging Georgia's New Voting Law

Eight separate federal lawsuits, including one by the Justice Department, say parts of Georgia's new 98-page voting law violate the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act by discriminating against nonwhite voters and making unnecessary changes.

May 19, 2021
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  • Stephen Fowler
Rep. Val Demings, D-Fla., is said to be considering a run for the U.S. Senate in a race that would pit her against Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican.

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  • Politics

Rep. Val Demings Considers Run For U.S. Senate Against Marco Rubio

The Florida Democrat was on President Biden's shortlist for a running mate in the 2020 presidential election. Demings, a former Orlando police chief, was first elected to the House in 2016.

May 18, 2021
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  • NPR Staff
State Farm Arena early voting

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  • Politics

Conservative Heritage Group Takes Credit For Georgia Voting Overhaul

The director of the conservative Heritage Action for America claims the lobbying organization played a pivotal role in some of the most controversial provisions in Georgia’s sweeping new voting overhaul.

May 17, 2021
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Then-Carlyle Group President Glenn Youngkin is seen during a 2017 panel. The first-time political candidate is the Republican nominee for governor in Virginia.

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  • Elections

Virginia GOP Chooses Political Newcomer Youngkin As Nominee For Governor

Virginia Republicans have chosen businessman Glenn Youngkin to be their nominee for governor. The GOP hasn't won a statewide election in Virginia since 2009.

May 10, 2021
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  • Ben Paviour
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference in Oakland, Calif., on Monday where he announced a new round of $600 stimulus checks residents making up to $75,000 a year. Newsom also announced a projected $75.7 billion budget surplus compared to last year's projected $54.3 billion shortfall.

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  • National

Facing A Recall And A Massive Surplus, Gov. Newsom Proposes More Stimulus Checks

Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a plan to send billions in state surplus dollars back to residents. Republicans who support recalling Newsom from office are questioning his timing.

May 10, 2021
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  • Nicole Nixon / CapRadio
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured Friday, celebrated his party's victory in a local election. Johnson's Conservatives fared well in local and regional elections.

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  • Europe

U.K. Elections: Conservatives Make Gains; Pro-Independence Parties Win In Scotland

Voters in Scotland gave a majority to parties supporting a push for independence from the U.K. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson's Conservatives won in local elections in England.

May 08, 2021
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  • Marisa Peñaloza and
  • James Doubek
Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted Thursday by contractors hired by the Republican-led Arizona Senate.

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  • Elections

In Response To Justice Dept., Arizona Senate Says Plan To Canvass Voters Is On Hold

The U.S. Justice Department had said that plans for door-to-door canvassing, as part of the controversial GOP-led election review, may violate federal laws aimed at preventing voter intimidation.

May 07, 2021
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  • Ben Giles
Joe Lamson, a Democrat on Montana's districting commission, is particularly fond of this map showing the state's legislative districts as drawn in the early 2000s. Lamson says Montana historian Harry Fritz called it, "The best map drawn in Montana since Lewis and Clark came through."

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  • National

Montana GOP Pushes For More Redistricting Power After State Gains Congressional Seat

For the first time in decades, Montana will have more than one congressional district. After the news came, GOP lawmakers rushed a bill to set new rules for the state's districting commission.

May 07, 2021
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  • Shaylee Ragar
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