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News Articles: Elections

Voters cast ballots in Georgia's primary election at a polling location on May 21, 2024 in Atlanta. Many officials and researchers worry that audio deepfakes of politicians could be used to sway elections this year.

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  • Technology

It’s quick and easy to clone famous politicians’ voices, despite safeguards

Most of the tools tested by researchers at the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate could be used to successfully clone a wide range of voices belonging to European and American politicians.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Former President Donald Trump sits at the defendant's table Thursday inside the courthouse at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City.

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  • Law

Legal experts say Trump's conviction is unlikely to lead to a prison sentence

Former President Donald Trump is now a convicted felon, but legal experts have told NPR that it's unlikely he will face incarceration.

May 31, 2024
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  • NPR, Washington Desk
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent presidential campaign has drawn supporters who don't see themselves represented by Democrats or Republicans. Although he likely won't win the 2024 presidential election, who shows up to vote for him could help determine if President Biden or former President Donald Trump do.

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  • Politics

RFK's voters know they're not electing the next president. They're with him anyway

The winner of this year's presidential race could be decided by who shows up to support independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and who that means they aren't voting for.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Trump supporters and their opponents spar outside of the criminal court where the former president is on trial on Wednesday in New York City.

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  • News

Trump verdict would likely move only a small number of votes, poll finds

A guilty or not-guilty verdict wouldn't change many voters minds, but it could make a difference for a smaller, crucial group of voters this election.

May 31, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
President Biden stands on stage as Vice President Kamala Harris introduces him during a campaign rally Wednesday at Girard College in Philadelphia.

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  • Elections

Biden’s problems with younger voters are glaring, poll finds

Younger voters have been a crucial voting bloc for Democrats, but President Biden is facing real challenges — and it's part of why his race with former President Donald Trump is so tight.

May 30, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
The line to vote at the Bibb County Board of Election at 3pm on Monday, October 24, 2022.

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  • News

Election board member in Georgia's Fulton County abstains from certifying primary election

The election board in Georgia's largest county has voted to certify its May 21 election results. But one of the board's Republican-appointed members abstained Tuesday. The abstention by Republican-appointed Fulton County election board member Julie Adams aligns with a lawsuit she has filed.

May 30, 2024
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  • Associated Press
Supporters of presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez shout her name at her campaign rally in Los Reyes la Paz just outside of Mexico City, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Mexico's general election is set for June 2.

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  • Latin America

Violence clouds the last day of campaigning before Sunday's elections in Mexico

Some 27 candidates, mostly running for mayor or town councils, have been killed so far this year. But criminals have taken to mass shootings rather than targeted attacks as they have in the past.

May 30, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
GPB  NPR

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  • Politics

The abortion debate is headed to the ballot box. Here's where voters will decide

From Florida to Arizona, reproductive rights supporters seek to add abortion access to state constitutions after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.

May 29, 2024
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  • The NPR Network
Demonstrators came to the Nebraska Capitol in Lincoln last year to protest plans to revive an abortion ban last year. They were prompted by the sentencing of an 18-year-old woman to 90 days in jail for burning and burying a fetus after she took medication given to her by her mother to end her pregnancy.

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  • National

Nebraska activists seek to put opposing abortion questions on the ballot

Opposing petition drives in Nebraska could present voters with competing choices on abortion. The one with the most votes wins.

May 29, 2024
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By:
  • Elizabeth Rembert
GPB  NPR

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  • Elections

Biden will hold a rally to launch his campaign’s Black voter outreach effort

The Biden campaign wants to win North Carolina. Improving turnout among Black voters will be key.

May 29, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
American politician Nikki Haley (R) and Parliament member Danny Danon (L) visit a kibbutz Monday that was damaged during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Nir Oz, Israel.

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  • Politics

After Trump said she'd probably be in his administration, Haley heads to Israel

After a speech where she pledged her support - and her vote - to former President Donald Trump, Nikki Haley heads to Israel where she can flex her foreign policy experience.

May 28, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
President Biden greets supporters and volunteers during a campaign event at Mary Mac's Tea Room in Atlanta on May 18.

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  • Elections

In Georgia, Biden’s coalition has frayed since his narrow win in 2020

President Biden eked out a win in Georgia last time, a victory that helped take him over the top in the Electoral College. But there are some warning signs it could be hard to do it again in 2024.

May 25, 2024
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  • Asma Khalid
David Sumrall, second from right, presents his case to purge nearly 800 voters from Bibb County voter rolls in May.

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  • Elections

New software is designed to challenge voter rolls. Developers want it to vet those challenges, too.

Software developed by doubters of election security is aimed at both challenging voter lists and vetting the same challenges.

May 24, 2024
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said she'd vote for Donald Trump in the November election, though she urged him to reach out to her supporters.

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  • Politics

Nikki Haley says she'll vote for Trump

The former South Carolina governor's remarks were her first on the matter since she dropped out of the presidential race. But she stopped short of formally endorsing her former rival.

May 22, 2024
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  • Sarah McCammon
Located less than an hour outside Madison, Wis., Columbia County has both city commuters and people in more rural, small towns. Portage, with a population of around 10,000, is the largest town in the county.

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  • Politics

One voted Biden. One picked Trump. It's a tale of two counties in pivotal Wisconsin

Wisconsin is one of a handful of pivotal states in the 2024 presidential election. Within the swing state, there are swing counties that could decide the election — even as people remain divided.

May 22, 2024
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  • Elena Moore and
  • Jeongyoon Han
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