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News Articles: Elections

Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer demonstrates signature verification for early voting ballots to a tour group of Republican women on June 3 in Phoenix. Richer himself faces primary challengers this month.

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  • Elections

Arizona's Maricopa County prepares to be in the election spotlight once again

Maricopa County has been a hotbed of false election claims since 2020. Officials there have some changes planned this year to try to improve election administration and tamp down on misinformation.

July 10, 2024
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By:
  • Ben Giles
Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a news conference suspending her presidential campaign on March 6 in Charleston, S.C.

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  • Politics

Ahead of the Republican Convention, Nikki Haley tells her delegates to vote for Trump

Even though she wasn't invited to the RNC in Milwaukee, Haley called for unity in the party on Tuesday, urging her convention supporters to vote for former President Donald Trump.

July 09, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
 First lady Jill Biden speaks to supporters in Columbus on Monday as part of a three-stop swing in battleground states to launch Veterans and Military Families for Biden-Harris. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

Jill Biden rejects calls for president to step aside at rally near Georgia’s largest military base

First lady Jill Biden rallied Democrats in a west Georgia community that’s home to one of the country’s largest military bases Monday as the Biden-Harris campaign works to tamp down concerns after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance in Atlanta more than a week ago.

July 09, 2024
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By:
  • Jill Nolin
President Biden in Harrisburg, Pa., on Sunday. As lawmakers returned to Washington, Biden sent them a two-page letter telling them to stop speculating about his departure, because he's not leaving.

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  • Elections

Biden tells Democrats he's not leaving the race, and it's time to stop talking about it

President Biden told Democratic lawmakers and donors in no uncertain terms that he's not ending his reelection bid after he faltered in the debate — and that they needed to stop talking about it.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Asma Khalid
President Biden attends Mount Airy Church of God in Christ in Philadelphia on July 7 as he campaigns to salvage his reelection bid. Senior Democrats are meeting to talk about the race.

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  • Elections

Biden campaigns in Pa. as some Democrats plead with him to consider dropping out

President Biden has said only the Lord Almighty could convince him to step aside. On Sunday, he spoke at a church in Philadelphia as some Democrats publicly pled with him to consider dropping out.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Chesapeake, Va., on June 28.

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  • Politics

With just one mention of abortion, Republican Party lays out its 2024 policy platform

Despite failing to unveil a new platform in 2020, the Republican Party Monday released its policy goals and aims in its official 2024 platform, where the languages sticks close to Trump.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Megan Pratz
Vice President Harris walks onstage at the 2024 Essence Festival in New Orleans on July 6.

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  • Elections

Biden’s in trouble. That puts more scrutiny on Harris too

Vice President Harris, 59, would be a leading contender if President Biden steps aside from the 2024 race. Even if he stays in, Republicans are making her an issue.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid,
  • Deepa Shivaram,
  • and 1 more
Democrats from across the country are weighing in on whether President Joe Biden should remain the party's nominee for president.

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  • Politics

Who is backing Biden? We're keeping track

NPR is tracking elected Democrats who have weighed in on whether President Biden should remain in the race for re-election.

July 07, 2024
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By:
  • Jeongyoon Han and
  • Hilary Fung
President Biden speaks with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Friday.

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  • Politics

6 takeaways from Biden's high-stakes interview

In an effort to quell calls for him to quit the race, Biden sat for a network TV interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos Friday night. Did it work?

July 06, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
In this handout photo provided by ABC, President Biden speaks with George Stephanopoulos on July 5 in Madison, Wis.

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  • Elections

Defiant Biden says 'only the Lord Almighty' could convince him to leave the 2024 race

Democrats and donors wanted to see how President Biden handled unscripted questions after a disastrous debate fueled party anxiety about whether he should stay on the ticket.

July 05, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Elena Moore
Wisconsin residents deposit mail ballots in a drop box outside of a library in Milwaukee on Oct. 20, 2020.

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  • Elections

Wisconsin voters can once again return ballots by drop box, state high court rules

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has reversed a 2022 ruling banning the use of ballot drop boxes in the swing state.

July 05, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Lehr
A person holds a sign that says "VOTING RIGHTS NOW" during a peace walk in Washington, D.C., on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2022.

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  • Elections

After controversial court rulings, a Voting Rights Act lawsuit takes an unusual turn

Civil rights groups decided not to ask the Supreme Court to review a court ruling that could help end a key way of enforcing the Voting Rights Act, raising questions about the landmark law’s future.

July 04, 2024
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
President Biden, seen here at a watch party in Atlanta, Ga. on June 27, told campaign staffers on Wednesday that he is staying in the presidential race.

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  • Politics

'I'm not leaving,' Biden says in a fundraising email

President Biden has been under pressure from some of his fellow Democrats to withdraw from the race. Three governors who met him said they still backed him.

July 03, 2024
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales,
  • Tamara Keith,
  • and 2 more
David Sumrall, chair of the Bibb County Republican Party, presented a spreadsheet and some voter registration records to the county elections board on Monday, July 2, 2024. He accused hundreds of voters of fraud. Jesse Fraga/The Telegraph

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  • News

Dozens of Bibb voters have to prove residency after accusations of false addresses, fraud

Dozens of Macon voters will have to explain to the elections board why their registered voting address was listed as a post office and not their home after the chair of the Bibb County Republican Party challenged hundreds of voter registrations.

July 03, 2024
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By:
  • Jesse Fraga
The U.S. Supreme Court has found that former President Donald Trump is partially immune from prosecution.

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  • Law

Supreme Court says Trump has absolute immunity for core acts only

The decision likely ensures that the case against Trump won’t be tried before the election, and then only if he is not reelected.

July 03, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
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