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  • Elections

Bloomberg Adds $16 Million To A Fund That Helps Florida Felons Get Chance To Vote

This week, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg donated nearly $16 million to a fund that is paying fines and court fees of felons in Florida so they can vote in the upcoming election.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Greg Allen
In this image from video, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention.

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  • Politics

Bernie Sanders Says Americans Must Prepare To Stand Up For Democracy

The onetime presidential hopeful responded to a suggestion by President Trump that he might not accept the results of an election in which he lost; the White House later sought to modify that stance.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
President Trump speaks holds a press conference at the White House on Wednesday night.

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  • Elections

Trump Declines To Promise Peaceful Transfer Of Power After Election

Earlier in the day, the president said he expects this year's election results to go to the Supreme Court, defending his push to swiftly replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Alana Wise
People wait in a line to vote in the Georgia's primary election at Park Tavern on Tuesday, June 9, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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  • Elections

GPB Podcast Tackles Georgia's Complicated Voting System

Georgia has been the epicenter for the national conversation about who gets to vote and how those votes are counted. GPB's Rickey Bevington talks with political reporter Stephen Fowler about his new podcast on voting rights in Georgia. It's called "Battleground: Ballot Box."

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Rickey Bevington and
  • Stephen Fowler
Tanisha Long founded an unofficial Black Lives Matters chapter in Pittsburgh. She is actively campaigning for Joe Biden to win Pennsylvania, a key swing state in the election.

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  • Elections

Outside The Focus Of Major Parties, Black Pittsburghers Vow To Get Out The Vote

Both the Trump and Biden campaigns are competing for voters in key swing states like Pennsylvania. But is either of the major parties trying to engage Black voters in cities like Pittsburgh?

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Simone Popperl,
  • Steve Inskeep,
  • and 1 more
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at the Black Economic Summit at Camp North End in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday. In a letter, nearly 500 national security experts have endorsed Joe Biden for president.

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  • National Security

Nearly 500 National Security Experts Endorse Biden For President

In a letter addressed to "Our Fellow Citizens," the 489 signees, which include 22 four-star officers, state the "current president" is not up to "the enormous responsibilities of his office."

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Tom Bowman
Absentee ballot drop box

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  • News

Drop Boxes Roll Out Ahead Of Nov. 3 Elections

Drop boxes to deposit absentee ballots ahead of the Nov. 3 general election have been set up by the dozens across Georgia as an option for voters who prefer not to show up in-person at a polling place during the COVID-19 pandemic.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Beau Evans
Supporters of President Trump rally on June 14 in Miami. His campaign is pushing a message in Florida warning of socialism.

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  • Elections

With Warnings Of Socialism, Trump Seeks To Boost Support Among Young Florida Latinos

The Trump campaign is testing the narrative that younger Latinos in the state, who are likely less affected by the scars of Latin American autocrats than older generations, lean Democratic.

September 24, 2020
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
A worker prepares absentee ballots for mailing at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C., earlier this month.

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  • Elections

Rule Changes In Swing States Mean More Votes Will Count, Results May Take Longer

Changes in Wisconsin and North Carolina mean absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day will count, if received within six and nine days of the election, respectively.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • Miles Parks
Joe Biden, center, his son Hunter Biden and his sister Valerie Biden Owens in 2016. Hunter Biden is the subject of a new GOP report.

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  • Politics

GOP Report: Hunter Biden's Ukraine Job 'Problematic,' Effect On Policy 'Unclear'

Senate Republicans released their investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden's son, who was paid by a Ukrainian company as his father handled Ukraine affairs under President Obama.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., is leading an effort to ensure climate is addressed at every presidential debate this cycle.

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  • Elections

Democrats Criticize Upcoming Debate For Not Including Climate Change

Three dozen senators have signed a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates asking for the topic to be examined in every debate. The first 2020 presidential debate is Tuesday.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Republican Sen. John McCain's Widow Endorses Joe Biden

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Cindy McCain, the widow of Republican senator and presidential candidate John McCain, about her endorsement of Joe Biden for president.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Trump Is Gaining Ground Among Latino Voters In South Florida

Latino voters in South Florida like a lot of what they're hearing from President Trump's campaign. That has Democrats in the critical swing state fretting and Joe Biden working to shore up support.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Poll workers at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department deposit returned mail-in ballots into an official ballot drop box on primary election day on Aug. 18 in Doral, Fla.

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  • Politics

How A Florida Elections Official Is Leaning On Creativity During A Complicated Year

Chris Anderson, supervisor of elections in Seminole County, Fla., talks about finding the solution to an equipment problem at Dollar Tree and other challenges of running an election during a pandemic.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • Christianna Silva
Cindy McCain, wife of the late U.S. Sen. John McCain, has endorsed Joe Biden for president.

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  • Elections

Cindy McCain, Widow Of Onetime GOP Nominee, Endorses Biden For President

Cindy McCain, whose late husband, Sen. John McCain, once was Republicans' nominee for president, says she's supporting their friend — a Democrat — this year rather than the GOP incumbent.

September 23, 2020
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
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