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News Articles: Elections

A Clark County Election Department worker sorts ballots on Nov. 9, 2022, in North Las Vegas, Nev. Nearly 60% of the state's county voting officials are new since 2020, according to a new report.

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  • Elections

In some states, more than half of the local election officials have left since 2020

Election conspiracies have fundamentally changed the job of local voting officials, and many don't want to take it anymore.

September 26, 2023
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By:
  • Miles Parks
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block enforcement of an Alabama voting rights decision.

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  • Law

Supreme Court rejects Alabama's defiance in voting case

In June, the court ruled that Alabama's Republican-drawn congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.

September 26, 2023
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Rapid City, S.D., on Sept. 8.

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  • Elections

5 things to know about the 14th Amendment effort to block Trump from the presidency

Some legal scholars and activists say an obscure provision of the Constitution, dating back to just after the Civil War, should disqualify Donald Trump from a second White House term.

September 25, 2023
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Vice President Harris speaks about the victims of the mass shooting in Monterey Park, Calif. in front of a makeshift memorial at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio on Jan. 25, 2022.

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  • Politics

Biden is creating a new White House office focused on gun violence prevention

Gun safety measures have stalled in Congress. Advocates have long pushed for a White House office to elevate the issue and coordinate efforts. Vice President Harris will oversee the new office.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Asma Khalid and
  • Elena Moore
President Biden went to four fundraisers while he was in New York City attending the U.N. General Assembly, including this one at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Broadway on Sept. 19.

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  • Elections

Biden is telling his donors that Trump is out to destroy democracy

President Biden isn't doing a lot of campaign events yet. But when he meets donors, he is spending a lot of time talking about the Republican frontrunner, former President Donald Trump.

September 21, 2023
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
In this file image, then-President Donald Trump and then-former Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speak during the first presidential debate on Sept. 29, 2020, in Cleveland.

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  • Elections

Tired of the Republican primary, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump shifts focus to Biden

Former President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on President Biden in another sign his campaign is looking past the Republican primaries — and focusing more on the general election ahead.

September 20, 2023
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks to reporters in the spin room after a Republican presidential primary debate on Aug. 23.

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  • Elections

GOP presidential hopeful Doug Burgum says he'd leave abortion laws up to the states

In an NPR Politics Podcast interview, the North Dakota governor shares his views on wide-ranging issues, including the role of the federal government in regulating abortion and transgender issues.

September 20, 2023
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By:
  • Susan Davis and
  • Asma Khalid
Carl Day is a pastor at Culture Changing Christians in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood.

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  • Politics

Philly's 'pastor of the hood' Carl Day weighs in on the 2024 election

Carl Day joined NPR to weigh in on the Biden campaign in 2020. We caught up with him to hear what he's thinking heading into 2024.

September 20, 2023
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By:
  • Kai McNamee
Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama wears a mask that says "VOTE" at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in 2022. On Tuesday, Sewell is reintroducing a House bill that would restore the Voting Rights Act after the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled key parts of the landmark civil rights law.

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  • Elections

Restoring the Voting Rights Act is still on this Alabama Democrat's agenda

Despite a divided Congress, Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama is still pushing to shore up the Voting Rights Act after the U.S. Supreme Court dismantled key parts of the landmark law.

September 19, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Former President Donald Trump's indictment in Georgia has opened up an already-deepened rift in the state GOP.

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  • Elections

Battleground: Ballot Box | The push to punish DA Fani Willis widens a Republican rift

On this episode, we look at how Georgia's indictments are deepening the Republican rift between Trump’s biggest supporters and the rest of the GOP.

September 19, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler and
  • Chase McGee
People rally to end fossil fuels in New York Sunday ahead of the 78th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Ambition Summit.

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  • Politics

Young people think climate change is a top issue but when they vote, it's complicated

Climate change is a major issue for young voters, but so far, it has not been a major mobilizing force in U.S. elections. Some environmental action groups see that changing.

September 18, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters about launching an impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Sept. 14, 2023.

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  • Politics

In the tale of 5 presidential impeachments, how will the latest one stack up?

House Republicans have launched an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. But this case is different — both in substance and in process — than those of former presidents Nixon, Clinton and Trump.

September 18, 2023
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
A person puts their ballot in a drop box on Oct. 27, 2020, at a library in Seattle. Under Washington state's primary system, the top two vote getters advance to the general election in November, regardless of party.

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  • Elections

The U.S. has a 'primary problem,' say advocates who call for new election systems

There's a lot of discontent with America's political system, including with party-based primary elections. So reform advocates are urging states to move to nonpartisan primaries.

September 18, 2023
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, at a Department of Justice office in Washington. Federal prosecutors in the case charging Trump with scheming to overturn the 2020 election are seeking an order that would restrict the former president from "inflammatory" and "intimidating" comments about witnesses, lawyers and the judge.

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  • Politics

Prosecutors in D.C. election case are seeking a partial gag order for Trump

Special counsel Jack Smith's team asked for a "narrow, well-defined" order restricting the former president from "inflammatory" and "intimidating" comments about witnesses, lawyers and the judge.

September 16, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison is seen in 2018. Two votes there Thursday are tied to Republican efforts to shape election rules before 2024.

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  • Elections

2 controversial votes at Wisconsin's state Capitol show GOP efforts to shape elections

Two votes in the Wisconsin Capitol Thursday demonstrate Republicans' controversial efforts to shape election rules in the battleground state going into the 2024 election cycle.

September 15, 2023
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  • Anya van Wagtendonk
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