2020 Elections

SCOTUS Revives Witness Rule For SC Absentee Ballots

The New York Times reports: The Supreme Court on Monday mostly reinstated a South Carolina law that requires absentee ballots to be accompanied by a witness’s signature. Lower courts had blocked the law, saying it interfered with the right to vote during a pandemic. The Supreme Court made an exception for ballots cast before it acted and received by election …

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New Arizona Poll Shows Joe Biden +8, Mark Kelly +11

The New York Times reports: Joseph R. Biden Jr. has established a steady lead over President Trump in Arizona, a traditionally Republican but fast-changing state that is tilting increasingly Democratic, according to a new New York Times-Siena College poll. Mr. Biden leads Mr. Trump 49 percent to 41 percent in Arizona, with just 6 percent of likely voters saying they …

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Joe Biden +14 In NBC/WSJ Post-Debate National Poll

NBC News reports: Joe Biden’s national lead over President Donald Trump nearly doubled after Tuesday’s presidential debate, with voters saying by a 2-to-1 margin that Biden has the better temperament to be president, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The poll was conducted in the two days after the unruly and insult-filled Sept. 29 debate, but before …

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Dem NC Senate Candidate Cal Cunningham Admits To Sexting With Woman, Says He Won’t Drop Out Of Race

The Raleigh News & Observer reports: North Carolina Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham, a married father of two, sent text messages of a sexual nature to a woman who is not his wife, his campaign confirmed Friday night. The text messages between Cunningham and Arlene Guzman Todd, a public relations strategist from California, were first reported Thursday night by …

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Biden Team Raises Safety Objection Over VP Debate

Politico reports: The Biden campaign has raised a health and safety objection with the Commission on Presidential Debates ahead of next week’s vice presidential match-up between Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, arguing the two would not be spaced far enough apart to abide by medical guidelines. The two campaigns and the commission were negotiating the terms on Friday when the …

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Texas Gov Sued Over Removal Of Ballot Drop Boxes

The Wall Street Journal reports: Civil-rights and voter-advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block an order by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott that dramatically reduced the number of drop-off locations for mail ballots. The lawsuit filed late Thursday could be the first of many legal challenges against Mr. Abbott’s order that assigns just one drop-off location in each …

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REPORT: Biden Has No Plans To Scale Back Campaign

The Hill reports: Joe Biden has no plans to scale back his campaign events so long as the former vice president and those around him test negative for COVID-19, according to sources close to the Democratic nominee. Biden is undergoing a test for coronavirus on Friday morning, a source told The Hill, after news broke that President Trump and first …

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Greenfield +12 Over Ernst In New Iowa Senate Poll

Sioux City’s ABC News affiliate reports: Results from the recently conducted Nexstar Iowa 2020 RABA Research Poll are in, along with results from our two Iowa-based sister stations. Polling was done shortly after President Donald Trump announced he would fill the empty Supreme Court seat left by the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Poll takers were asked the question: Would …

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GOP Super PAC To Dump $10M Into SC Senate Race

McClatchy reports: A Republican super PAC is preparing a massive ad blitz in South Carolina, hoping to boost GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham in a re-election campaign that has become unexpectedly competitive despite the state’s rightward lean. Senate Leadership Fund plans to spend $10 million over three weeks starting Saturday on TV and radio ads in the state, an enormous late …

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South Carolina GOP Petitions SCOTUS To Reinstate Witness Signature Requirement For Mail-In Ballots

The Washington Post reports: South Carolina Republicans asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to reinstate the witness signature requirement for mail ballots ahead of the November election, extending the legal turmoil over the rule even as tens of thousands of ballots have been sent to voters across the state. The request to the high court comes after the U.S. Court …

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Texas Gov Closes Multiple Ballot Dropoff Locations

The Austin Statesman reports: Gov. Greg Abbott issued an order Thursday requiring counties to close multiple locations where voters can drop off completed mail-in ballots. As an election security measure, counties will be limited to one dropoff site where poll watchers — designated by political parties and candidates — must be allowed to observe ballot deliveries by voters, Abbott said. …

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Biden +13 Over Trump In Post-Debate National Poll

CNBC reports: Joe Biden has opened up a 13-point lead over President Trump in the wake of the first presidential debate, according to a new CNBC/Change Research survey released on Thursday. The poll shows Biden garnering 54 percent of the vote to Trump’s 41 percent, with 53 percent of likely voters surveyed saying that the Democratic nominee performed better than …

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POLL: 75% Of LGBTQ Voters Say They Back Joe Biden

NBC News reports: With the presidential election a little more than a month away, a new poll finds 75 percent of LGBTQ voters are supporting Democratic candidate Joe Biden. According to GLAAD’s State of LGBTQ Voters report, released Thursday, just 17 percent of the respondents said they were pulling the lever for President Donald Trump. Five percent said they plan …

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GOP To Dump $9 Million Into Michigan Senate Race

Roll Call reports: A Republican super PAC, aligned with the party’s Senate leadership, will infuse $9 million into the Senate race in Michigan where incumbent Democrat Gary Peters faces GOP challenger John James. The Senate Leadership Fund is placing the buy Thursday, and the spots will air statewide beginning Saturday on TV and radio. Though Peters has held the edge …

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Joe Biden +8 Over Trump In New Michigan Poll

ABC News reports: Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) holds a steady lead over President Trump in Michigan, a state that Trump won four years ago, according to a poll released Wednesday. Biden leads Trump by eight percentage points in an ALG Research survey of likely voters with those leaning towards the two candidates are factored in. The former vice …

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Dead Heat: Biden Closes Gap In South Carolina Poll

Just in from Quinnipiac: In this pre-debate poll, President Trump receives 48 percent support among likely voters, while former Vice President Joe Biden receives 47 percent support. This compares to a September 16th poll when Trump had 51 percent to Biden’s 45 percent. Both candidates receive similar favorability ratings as likely voters are roughly divided on both. Forty- nine percent …

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Biden +8 Over Trump In New Rasmussen National Poll

Just in from conservative pollster Rasmussen: Following President Trump’s announcement of a U.S. Supreme Court nominee just weeks before Election Day, Democrat Joe Biden has jumped out to an eight-point lead in Rasmussen Reports’ weekly White House Watch survey. The latest national telephone and online survey finds Biden leading President Trump 51% to 43% among Likely U.S. Voters. Three percent …

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GOP Panicked Over Avalanche Of Dem Mail Ballots

The Washington Post reports: Democratic voters who have requested mail ballots — and returned them — greatly outnumber Republicans so far in key battleground states, causing alarm among GOP party leaders and strategists that President Trump’s attacks on mail voting could be hurting the party’s prospects to retain the White House and the Senate this year. Of the more than …

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Biden Team Launches Debate Fact-Checking Account

The Washington Post reports: Joe Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee have a new weapon in their arsenal against President Trump: @Truth. The campaign and the party’s “War Room” have acquired the Twitter handle, which they plan to wield for fact-checking the president during Tuesday’s highly anticipated debate. A video promoting the @Truth account features a clip of the …

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Rafael Warnock +8 Over Loeffler In GA Senate Poll

The Associated Press reports: Former President Jimmy Carter, along with former first lady Rosalynn Carter, on Tuesday endorsed Democrat Raphael Warnock. Warnock, pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached. Carter is the second former president to back Warnock, joining Barack Obama, who announced his endorsement on Friday. Rep. Doug …

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