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  • Elections

GOP Senator Under Fire In Maine For Supporting Law To Overhaul The Postal Service

In a tight Senate race in Maine, opponents of Republican Sen. Susan Collins are focusing on her role in crafting a 2006 law that they allege has crippled the Postal Service's finances.

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Mistler
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

North Carolina Becomes 1st State To Send Out Mail-In Ballots For November Election

In a tight Senate race in Maine, opponents of Republican Sen. Susan Collins are focusing on her role in crafting a 2006 law that they say has crippled the U.S. Postal Service's finances.

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • Pam Fessler
Voters wait in an hours-long line to cast their ballot at Park Tavern in Atlanta.

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  • Politics

Fulton County Adds, Changes Polling Places Ahead Of November

Nearly a quarter of Fulton County's 800,000 voters are assigned to vote at a different location from the June primary as officials seek to ease congestion at larger polling places.

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Workers prepare absentee ballots for mailing Thursday at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh. Other states will soon follow North Carolina in sending out ballots as the general election voting season gets underway.

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  • Elections

Voting Season Begins: North Carolina Mails Out First Ballots

Other states will begin doing the same over the next few weeks in an election that's expected to break all records in the number of ballots cast early and by mail.

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • Pam Fessler
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks Thursday at Grace Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wis.

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  • Elections

Biden Meets With Jacob Blake's Family In Kenosha, Wis.

Joe Biden's trip follows President Trump's, though Trump did not meet with the family. Biden said Blake, who was shot by police, told the presidential candidate he "was not going to give up."

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • Alana Wise
GPB News NPR

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  • National

News Brief: Portland Shooting Suspect, Rochester Protests, Trump's Pennsylvania Visit

The suspect in a fatal shooting of a protester in Portland was killed by law enforcement. Protests against police violence continue in Rochester, N.Y. And Trump holds a Pennsylvania rally.

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Trump Energizes Voters At Rally In Pennsylvania

President Trump traveled to Latrobe, Pa. to rev up his supporters in a large rally. It's become a central part of Trump's electoral strategy this year but his strategy carries a lot of risk.

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • Scott Detrow
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

'Poll Hero Project' Aims To Recruit Younger Poll Workers For Election Day

A much younger generation of Americans will be working the polls this presidental election. An even younger group is helping recruit those poll workers.

September 04, 2020
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
President Trump visited Wilmington, N.C., on Wednesday and urged supporters to try to vote in person after sending in a mail-in ballot — actions that would be both illegal and disruptive.

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  • Politics

Trump Urges Supporters To Go To Polls Even After Voting By Mail

Facebook and Twitter have both flagged content about Trump's suggestion that supporters should visit polling stations to "make sure" their mailed ballots count. Voting twice is illegal.

September 03, 2020
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By:
  • Brian Naylor
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Former Republican Governor Of Michigan On Why He Is Endorsing Biden For President

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with former Gov. Rick Snyder, R-Mich., about why he's planning to vote for Joe Biden for president.

September 03, 2020
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By:
  • GPB Newsroom
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Michigan Swing Town Voters Share Their Thoughts On The Election

In one of the most closely divided parts of one of the most closely divided states in the U.S., Williamston, Mich., voters weigh in on the election and their worries about the future.

September 03, 2020
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By:
  • Abigail Censky
For election night 2016, Gretchen Sisson had a sheet cake made for her friends, expecting to celebrate the election of the first woman president of the United States. Things didn't turn out as she expected.

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  • Politics

2020 Is The Year Of The Woman Donor: Campaign Contributions Surge

The share of female donors has surged to more than 43% this year, and it could make a big difference in some of this year's closest political races.

September 03, 2020
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By:
  • Jim Zarroli
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a briefing Thursday as a video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi entering a San Francisco hair salon plays in the background.

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  • Politics

Hair On Fire: White House Uses Pelosi Salon Scandal To Undercut Democrats

At a Thursday White House briefing, a video clip of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi played on loop as press secretary Kayleigh McEnany noted that indoor salon services are not allowed in San Francisco.

September 03, 2020
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By:
  • Kelsey Snell
Voters wait in line at Park Tavern in Atlanta.

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  • Elections

State Investigates Fulton County's Election Day Woes

The Georgia State Election Board voted again to refer an investigation of Fulton County's voting processes to the attorney general, this time focusing on problems with Election Day.

September 03, 2020
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
On the left, a grainy black and white image of women suffragettes marching and holding up banners from a 1917 march; in the middle, a black and white photo of female marchers holding up a "women strike for peace and equality" banner from a 1970 women's liberation march in New York City, where a woman pushes a stroller with a child in the foreground; on the right, an image from the 2020 women's march in Washington D.C. with a group holding up a yellow, pink and blue banner reading "rise up"

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  • History

The Evolving Power Of The Women’s Vote — And How Intersectional Storytelling Can Continue To Grow It

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, GPB hosted a panel discussion with storytellers, activists and scholars on the meaning and power behind the women's vote — and the importance of intersectional storytelling. 

September 03, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan
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