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News Articles: Elections

A man holds a sign that says "VOTE" outside Mankato Regional Airport as President Trump makes a campaign stop on Aug. 17 in Mankato, Minn. Both Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden visit the state Friday.

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  • Elections

Biden And Trump Visit Minnesota As The State Begins Early Voting

The contested state's opening of early voting underscores the extent to which Election Day has become election season.

September 18, 2020
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy arrives to testify during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in August.

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  • Elections

In 'Tense' Call, DeJoy Tells Election Officials That USPS Can Handle Mail Ballots

The postmaster general spoke to dozens of the nation's top election officials Thursday, ahead of an election season that will see record numbers of mail ballots.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Miles Parks
President Trump holds a Constitution Day proclamation after speaking Thursday during the White House Conference on American History at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Trump Announces 'Patriotic Education' Commission, A Largely Political Move

Trump decries what he says are a "twisted web of lies" being taught in U.S. classrooms about systemic racism in America. But the federal government does not have jurisdiction over school curriculum.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Alana Wise
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Presidential Campaigns Prepare For Potential Election Result Delay

The 2000 election remained undecided for more than a month. NPR discusses how the presidential campaigns are gearing up for potential legal challenges to this year's election results.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Audie Cornish
Battleground

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  • Elections

GPB Launches 2020 Voting Podcast 'Battleground: Ballot Box'

Ahead of a pivotal election, GPB political reporter Stephen Fowler hosts a new podcast that looks at the good, the bad and the complicated of voting in Georgia.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Colorado Sues Postal Service For Alleged Misinformation In Flyers On Mail-In Voting

Colorado sued the U.S. Postal Service for sending voters a nationally distributed flyer that reportedly includes misinformation on mail-in voting. A judge has issued a restraining order.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Paolo Zialcita
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies Thursday before a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on threats to the homeland.

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  • Elections

Biggest Worry On Election Security Is Americans' Loss Of Confidence, Wray Says

The FBI director told members of Congress his greatest fear isn't so much that a foreign nation might achieve some coup, but that too many citizens might no longer trust their own democratic process.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Philip Ewing
UGA and Merial win the Phoenix Award for their collaberation in animal health care and human health care innovations.

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  • Education

Facing Backlash, UGA Reverses Course, Announces Basketball Arena As New Voting Site

Facing an uproar from students, professors and alum, the University of Georgia on Thursday reversed course and announced it would allow in-person early voting on campus for the upcoming election.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Wayne Drash
An anti-abortion-rights activist demonstrates in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in June. Many Trump voters (or potential Trump voters) bring up abortion in explaining their voting rationale.

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  • Politics

The Complicated Importance Of Abortion To Trump Voters

As Americans think about recession, a pandemic, racial justice, climate change and policing, many Trump voters (or potential Trump voters) bring up abortion in explaining their voting rationale.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Thursday.

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  • National Security

Wray: Russian Interference Heavy On Agitation, Less So State Cyberattacks

FBI Director Christopher Wray says that Russian influence-mongers are trying to agitate the body politic in the same way they did in 2016, but not attacking state election systems in the same way.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Philip Ewing
Voters inside of a polling location.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Women In The Voting Booth – And On The Ballot

Thursday on Political Rewind, our focus returns to a crucial bloc of voters: the women of Georgia.

Where are women running for office, and where could women voters make the biggest impact?

And while most polling suggests that the Trump campaign isn’t making much headway with its “Law and Order” messaging in American cities, could it be persuasive with women voters in Georgia?

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
The Georgia Secretary of State's office has launched a new online absentee ballot request portal for the November election.

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  • Elections

1.1 Million Georgians Have Already Requested Absentee Ballots For November

While the secretary of state's office has not mailed absentee applications to 7 million Georgians again, increased interest in absentee voting because of the coronavirus pandemic continues ahead of November.

September 17, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
The Senate and House intelligence committees say the director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, has agreed to resume face-to-face briefings on threats to the November election. Ratcliffe said last month he was canceling the briefings because the information was leaked to the media. He's shown here at his confirmation hearing in May.

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  • Elections

After Complaints, Trump Administration Agrees To In-Person Election Threat Briefings

The nation's top intelligence official caused a stir last month when he canceled face-to-face updates for Congress. The Senate and House intelligence committees say he's agreed to resume them.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • Greg Myre
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks about coronavirus vaccines after a briefing with public health experts in Wilmington, Del., on Wednesday.

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  • Elections

'I Trust Vaccines. I Trust Scientists. But I Don't Trust Donald Trump,' Biden Says

In remarks, Joe Biden details his plan to distribute a vaccine for the coronavirus, which he said must be based solely on science.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas and
  • Barbara Sprunt
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Trump's Remarks About Military Service Could Play A Role In Swing States

President Trump's alleged comments disparaging service members is giving Democrats hope they can attract the military vote. Some key states in the election have large military bases.

September 16, 2020
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales
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