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News Articles: Elections

State abortion initiatives have proved to be major voter mobilizers since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in 2022.

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  • Elections

A next big ballot fight over abortion could come to Arizona

Abortion access advocates are collecting signatures needed to put a measure on Arizona's 2024 ballot. Democrats hope the initiative could drive turnout in the swing state.

December 23, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Migrants huddling for warmth at an unofficial detention camp in Jacumba, Calif. A record number of people have arrived at the southern U.S. border in the past year.

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  • Politics

An unprecedented year in immigration, and in anti-immigration rhetoric

2023 saw a record number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The issue is front and center in the Republican presidential campaigns.

December 22, 2023
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
The Colorado Supreme Court in Denver hears arguments on Dec. 6 regarding former President Donald Trump's eligibility for the state's primary ballot.

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  • Politics

Violent online rhetoric heats up after Colorado ballot ruling on Trump

Far-right users online have reacted to a Colorado court ruling that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on that state's primary ballot. They're calling for "civil war."

December 22, 2023
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By:
  • Odette Yousef
Former President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump at a campaign event in Iowa on Tuesday.

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  • Law

What's next after Colorado? Here's where other challenges to Trump's candidacy stand

Lawsuits in more than a dozen states are looking to follow a Colorado court's lead in declaring former President Donald Trump ineligible for election in 2024 due to his role in the Jan. 6 attack.

December 21, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump's actions on and around Jan. 6 disqualify him from the presidency and from appearing on the state's 2024 primary ballot.

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  • Elections

Colorado's Supreme Court disqualified Trump from the state ballot. What happens now?

Trump's team vowed to appeal the decision. If it's in front of the U.S. Supreme Court by Jan. 5, Trump's name will stay on the ballot. Legal experts say the question is likely to keep coming up.

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Anthony Pacheco, left, and James Woo work at the nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta.

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  • Elections

Georgia redistricting tests if the Voting Rights Act protects 'coalition districts'

Democrats and civil rights groups in Georgia say Republicans' newly revised political maps still violate the Voting Rights Act. One key issue in this fight: so-called "coalition districts."

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
Former President Donald Trump greets supporters as he arrives at a rally on Tuesday in Waterloo, Iowa.

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  • Elections

Read the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that kicked Trump off the state primary ballot

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Donald Trump is not eligible to become president again after engaging in insurrection. Read the Colorado justices' full ruling.

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • NPR's Washington Desk
Perhaps no presidential candidate has leaned more into talking about schools than Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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  • Politics

How schools (but not necessarily education) became central to the Republican primary

GOP candidates talk about schools a lot on the campaign trail. But that doesn't mean they are talking a lot about education, instead focusing on culture war issues on the battleground of K-12 schools.

December 20, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
Voters cast their ballots during the midterm elections at the Detroit Fire Station 17 on Nov. 8, 2022.

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  • Elections

New Michigan law means people leaving prison will automatically be registered to vote

Michigan will be the first state in the nation to automatically register incarcerated people to vote upon their release. State officials say it's another step in helping people get back into society.

December 16, 2023
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  • Michelle Jokisch Polo
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  • Law

Rudy Giuliani is ordered to pay $148 million to former Georgia election workers

Former Trump campaign attorney Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay a staggering $148 million to two former Georgia election workers he spread lies about following the 2020 election.

December 15, 2023
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By:
  • Miles Parks,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 2 more
Rudy Giuliani arrives at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday for a trial to determine how much he will have to pay two 2020 Georgia election workers who he falsely accused of fraud.

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  • Elections

Giuliani is ordered to pay $148 million to Georgia election workers he defamed

The former mayor of New York helped Donald Trump try to overturn his 2020 election loss, and in the process spread lies about election workers in battleground states.

December 15, 2023
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By:
  • Miles Parks
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks to supporters after receiving the endorsement of New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Tuesday in Manchester, N.H.

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  • Elections

As 2024 nears, DeSantis, Haley remain opening acts to Trump

Even as Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis make frequent trips to Iowa and New Hampshire, their events can feel like opening acts in comparison to the throngs of interest the former president receives.

December 15, 2023
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By:
  • Clay Masters and
  • Josh Rogers
Clockwise, from top left: former N.J. Gov. Chris Christie, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump.

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  • Politics

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on immigration

Immigration has become one of the cornerstone issues of the 2024 campaign as GOP presidential hopefuls try to stand out as the toughest on both illegal and legal immigration.

December 15, 2023
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
Stanley Piper talks with Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., at the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton, N.H. on Dec. 8, 2023.

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  • Elections

The New Hampshire primary is a little unusual for Democrats this year

Rep. Dean Phillips sees an opening for his long-shot presidential bid because President Biden won't be on the New Hampshire primary ballot.

December 14, 2023
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
A clerk hands a ballot to a voter on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022, in Lewiston, Maine. The state is one of 50 American voting jurisdictions to have moved to a ranked choice voting system, and more places may follow next year.

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  • Politics

Ranked choice is 'the hot reform' in democracy. Here's what you should know about it

Roughly 50 American voting jurisdictions have now moved to a ranked choice voting system, and it's shaping up to be one of the political subplots of 2024.

December 13, 2023
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By:
  • Miles Parks
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