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  • Elections

Election Officials Work To Ease Fears Over Voting In A Pandemic

Reports of mail slowdowns are forcing election officials to scramble. They're installing drop boxes and trying to reassure voters they won't have to cast their vote in person amid the pandemic.

August 23, 2020
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By:
  • Lucy Perkins
President Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 19 in Phoenix.

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  • Elections

The Republican National Convention Starts Monday. Here's What You Need To Know

A small number of Republican leaders will be physically present in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, but most of the convention will be virtual.

August 23, 2020
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Joe Biden is making a big appeal to the older white voters who helped elect Donald Trump in 2016 with ads like "Donna" that focus on fears about the pandemic.

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  • National

Older White Voters Who Helped Trump Win May Be In Play

Polls suggest movement in this key demographic toward Joe Biden, but some white seniors in battleground states tell NPR they're sticking with the president.

August 23, 2020
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By:
  • Brian Mann
President Trump speaks on the South Lawn of the White House, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, on July 4. He'll deliver his main convention speech from the same location on Thursday.

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  • Elections

Convention Gives Trump A Chance To Explain How He'll Make America Great Again, Again

The last three presidents won reelection, not just on their past achievements, but with a vision of where they would take the nation in the future. So far, President Trump has been vague about that.

August 23, 2020
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By:
  • Mara Liasson
Convention attendees must get a coronavirus test upon arrival and carry badges that record their movements.

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  • Elections

Hundreds Of GOP Delegates Journey To Charlotte Semi-Bubble For Scaled-Down Convention

Republicans kept a small part of their convention in Charlotte there to satisfy contractual obligations. The smaller event includes measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

August 23, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Harrison
The House passed legislation Saturday to provide $25 billion to the Postal Service to help safeguard voting by mail ahead of the November election.

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  • Elections

House Approves Bill That Blocks Changes At Postal Service Until After The Election

The bill, which provides $25 billion in aid, was passed in a rare Saturday session and requires the Postal Service to prioritize mail-in ballots this November. It's unlikely to advance in the Senate.

August 23, 2020
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By:
  • Jason Slotkin
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

What To Expect At The Upcoming Republican National Convention

A look at what's in store as Republicans gather in person and virtually this week to hear from President Trump and other party officials making the case for a second term.

August 23, 2020
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By:
  • Ayesha Rascoe
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Politics Chat: Republicans Gear Up For National Convention

We look ahead to the Republican National Convention to see how the party will respond to last week's Democratic National Convention and what its vision for the future will look like.

August 23, 2020
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By:
  • Mara Liasson
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Ohio Delegate Prepares For Republican National Convention

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks delegate Dimitrious Stanley of Columbus, Ohio, what he's expecting from the Republican National Convention.

August 23, 2020
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  • GPB Newsroom
A man checks to cast his ballot in Kenosha, Wis., on April 7. A new study suggests that in-person voting in that Wisconsin primary did not produce a surge of new coronavirus cases.

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  • Elections

New Research Suggests In-Person Voting May Be Less Risky Than Previously Thought

The report concludes Wisconsin voters who braved the pandemic and went to the polls in April did not see a surge in COVID-19 infections, although another study reaches the opposite conclusion.

August 22, 2020
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By:
  • David Welna
Ballots are stored at the Franklin County Board of Elections in Columbus, Ohio, on April 28, the final day of that state's primary election. An NPR analysis finds that more than 500,000 absentee ballots were rejected in primaries this year.

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  • Elections

More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016

Tens of thousands of ballots have been rejected in key battleground states, where the outcome in November for the presidency and other races could be determined by a small number of votes.

August 22, 2020
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By:
  • Pam Fessler and
  • Elena Moore
From left, on stage, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris,and Doug Emhoff , wave to supporters connected virtually after Biden spoke Thursday night.

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  • Analysis

Shedding Big Hats and Hoopla, Democrats Find Love Online

Thanks to swift pacing and high production values, viewers got a compact and highly watchable two hours of political messaging each night. It was, in fact, remarkably slick.

August 22, 2020
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By:
  • Ron Elving
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Republicans To Host In-Person National Convention Next Week In North Carolina

Republicans finally settled on Charlotte, N.C for a small in-person gathering to formally nominate President Trump for a second term. And it will be unlike like any political convention before it.

August 22, 2020
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By:
  • Steve Harrison
GPB News NPR

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  • Politics

Postmaster General Says USPS Will Be Able To Handle This Year's Election

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the U.S. Postal Service is fully capable of handling mail-in ballots for the upcoming elections even after he ordered the removal of mailboxes and sorting machines.

August 22, 2020
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By:
  • Susan Davis
Democrats say they want Postmaster General Louis DeJoy not only to halt the changes made this summer but also to work to reverse them.

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  • Politics

Louis DeJoy Vows Post Office Can Handle Mail-In Ballots, In Senate Hearing

The postmaster general committed to delivering the nation's election mail securely, at his first public remarks since stopping the operational changes he instituted this summer at the Postal Service.

August 21, 2020
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By:
  • Miles Parks and
  • Barbara Sprunt
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