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News Articles: Elections

The FEC finally has a quorum.

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  • Politics

The Federal Election Commission Can Finally Meet Again. And It Has A Big Backlog

The FEC has not been able to operate since July, and there's a lot to do. Complaints against the Trump campaign and Mike Bloomberg are among the cases awaiting action.

December 25, 2020
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By:
  • Brian Naylor
A sample ballot is shown via the Dominion Voting Systems that Georgians use to vote.

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  • Elections

The Toll Of Conspiracy Theories: A Voting Security Expert Lives In Hiding

The head of security for a voting equipment vendor speaks out from an undisclosed location where he's living after threats or harassment were directed to him and his family — even ex-girlfriends.

December 24, 2020
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By:
  • Bente Birkeland and
  • Miles Parks
COVID-19 ads that Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl planned to run on Facebook got caught in the social network's ban on political advertising.

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  • Technology

Mask Up! How Public Health Messages Collide With Facebook's Political Ads Ban

Nearly two months after Election Day, Facebook still prohibits political ads. The ban is frustrating some elected leaders who say it makes it harder to get out information about the pandemic.

December 24, 2020
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal attorney, with lawyer Sidney Powell last month in Washington. They, the Trump campaign and others face a lawsuit by an employee of Dominion Voting Systems, a vendor that has been the subject of disinformation from Trump and his allies.

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  • Elections

Dominion Voting Systems Employee Sues Trump Campaign And Allies, Alleging Defamation

Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell are among those named in the suit by Eric Coomer, Dominion's product security director, who is in hiding over threats stemming from conspiracy theories about his work.

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Bente Birkeland
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) wears a protective face mask as he makes his way to attend the swearing-in ceremony of his new government, at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in May. The Knesset has dissolved and Israel is headed to new elections for the fourth time in two years.

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  • Middle East

Israel To Hold 4th Election In 2 Years As Coalition Fails To Pass Budget

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing trial on corruption charges, has a difficult path to another term. He is Israel's longest-serving prime minister.

December 23, 2020
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By:
  • Daniel Estrin
Matthew Masterson, then a senior cybersecurity adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing in 2019. He left his post on Friday.

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  • Elections

Former Election Security Official Says It Will Take 'Years' To Undo Disinformation

In his first interview out of office, Matthew Masterson, a top deputy to Christopher Krebs at the Department of Homeland Security, called 2020 "as smooth a presidential election as I've ever seen."

December 22, 2020
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By:
  • Pam Fessler
Colorado state Rep. Julie McCluskie, a Democrat, is surrounded by protective plastic barriers in the House chambers at the Colorado State Capitol during an emergency legislative session on November 30. Lawmakers there are planning to move their 2021 session back by at least a month.

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  • National

Despite COVID, Thousands Of Lawmakers Plan To Gather In State Capitols Next Month

Delaying session or meeting remotely aren't options that have necessarily appealed to Republican state lawmakers who, for the most part, aren't shy about gathering in large numbers in 2021.

December 22, 2020
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By:
  • Shaylee Ragar,
  • Sonja Hutson,
  • and 4 more
President Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Republican candidates Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Sen. David Perdue on Dec. 5 in Valdosta, Ga. Their runoff elections on Jan. 5 will determine U.S. Senate control.

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  • Elections

Trump Drives A Wedge Among Georgia Republicans, Risking A Larger GOP Split

The president's push to overturn the election is turning GOP voters against Republican state leaders in Georgia, just before close runoff elections that could have lasting national implications.

December 21, 2020
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By:
  • Emma Hurt
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Biden Announces Climate Team, Including 1st-Ever National Climate Adviser

Former EPA chief Gina McCarthy is President-elect Joe Biden's pick for domestic climate adviser. She'll have a big role pushing for aggressive climate action across the government.

December 21, 2020
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By:
  • Jennifer Ludden
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Rift Between Georgia Republicans Grows As Runoff Elections Approach

President Trump's pressure campaign against officials in Georgia has caused a major rift within the Republican party. It could have major implications if the Senate runoffs don't go the GOP's way.

December 21, 2020
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By:
  • Emma Hurt
Jon Ossoff, a Georgia Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, greets a supporter with an elbow bump at a drive-through event to pick up yard signs last month in Alpharetta, Ga. Ossoff is in a runoff with Republican David Perdue, the incumbent, for the U.S. Senate.

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  • Health

In Georgia Runoffs, Dems Are Running Hard On Health Care. Republicans? Not So Much

The two Democratic challengers for the U.S. Senate believe focusing on health care during a pandemic will motivate voters for the Jan. 5 runoff. If both win, their party will control the U.S. Senate.

December 20, 2020
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By:
  • Sam Whitehead
Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., delivers remarks after being introduced as President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be the next secretary of interior.

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  • Politics

Biden Unveils His Climate Team, Promising To Fight 'With The Urgency It Demands'

President-elect Joe Biden says the people he has selected will lead his administration's "ambitious plan to address the existential threat of our time, climate change."

December 20, 2020
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By:
  • Juana Summers and
  • Alana Wise
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Biden Team, Trump Defense Officials Spar Over Transition Meetings

The two camps on Friday publicly disagreed on whether there had been an agreement to postpone about a dozen transition meetings.

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • Alana Wise
The Cobb County Board of Elections declined to move forward with several challenges to the eligibility of several thousand voters Friday, Dec. 18, 2020.

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  • Elections

Cobb County Elections Board Declines Challenge To Voter Registrations

A parade of election-related defeats for Republicans continues in Georgia, as the Cobb County elections board declined to move forward with a challenge to thousands of voter registrations on Friday.

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Hundreds of voters wait in line at State Farm Arena in Atlanta during the first day of in-person early voting Oct. 12, 2020.

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  • Elections

Another Federal Judge Denies Last-Minute Georgia Election Lawsuit

A federal judge in Brunswick has denied a request seeking to stop some newly registered voters from casting a ballot in the Jan. 5 runoff, ruling that the plaintiffs lacked standing to proceed with the "extraordinary relief" sought.

December 18, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
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