Tag Archives: 2020 elections

Pelosi Formally Seeks Another Term As House Speaker

Politico reports: Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants another two-year term running the House, cementing her role — for now — as the most powerful woman in Washington. The 80-year-old Pelosi is coming off a disappointing Election Day, where her party lost at least five seats so far in the House, but the California Democrat intends to stay in the speaker’s chair …

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GA Secretary Of State: There Will Be Recount [VIDEO]

CBS News reports: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger told reporters on Friday that the state will head to a recount due the small margin between former Vice President Joe Biden and President Trump. Biden pulled ahead in the state by a narrow margin of just over 1,000 votes as of Friday morning. “This process is and will remain open …

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Philly Cultists Met With “Radical Joy” Dance Party

Mother Jones reports: Amanda Mcillmurray, sporting a yellow “Voters Decide” mask on Thursday, has seen her fair share of protests as political director of Reclaim Philadelphia, an activist organization founded in 2016 by former Bernie Sanders campaign staffers. But even she imagined that the scene outside of the Pennsylvania Convention Center, pitting flag-waving Trump supporters against a sea of progressive …

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McConnell Pressures Networks Not To Call Election

NPR reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says “every legal vote should be counted” and “any illegal ballots must not,” as President Trump continues to make baseless claims alleging fraud in the election. “Here’s how this must work in our great country: Every legal vote should be counted. Any illegally-submitted ballots must not. All sides must get to observe …

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Biden Takes Narrow Lead In PA, Call May Come Soon

USA Today reports: Democratic nominee Joe Biden edged ahead of President Donald Trump in the all-important battleground of Pennsylvania for the first time Friday, adding to a sense of inevitability that the Scranton native would reach the 270 electoral votes he needs to capture the presidency. Biden leads the president by 5,594 votes as of Friday morning, a difference of …

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Biden Takes Slim Lead In GA, Ballots Deadline Is Today

The Washington Post reports: Joe Biden has taken a narrow lead over Trump in Georgia, a state Trump must carry to maintain a pathway to an electoral college win and that no Democrat has carried since 1992, on the strength of absentee ballots. As of 6 a.m., Biden was leading by 1,096 votes out of nearly 4.9 million cast. The …

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Georgia To Audit Results Before Certifying Election

NBC News reports: Another wrinkle to the closely watched tabulation in Georgia: Before certifying results, Georgia election officials, under a new state law, will begin Friday what they’re calling a risk-limiting audit to ensure the votes were accurately counted. Under a risk-limiting audit (RLA), a statistically meaningful sample of ballots are examined by hand to see whether the declared winner …

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LIVE VIDEO: Trump Comments On Vote Counting Battle

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump will deliver remarks in about thirty-five minutes amid a highly contested presidential race, the White House has announced in an updated schedule. Two days after the election, votes in a handful of battleground states are still being counted with election officials saying the race between Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden is …

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International Observers Praise US For Orderly Election And Condemn Trump’s “Baseless Allegations” Of Fraud

The Washington Post reports: A group of international election observers on Wednesday praised the U.S. vote as calm and orderly but condemned President Trump’s “baseless allegations” of fraudulent ballot counts and suggestion that the tally be stopped midstream, saying he had undermined public confidence in democratic institutions. “Nobody — no politician, no elected official, nobody — should limit the people’s …

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CNN Projects That Joe Biden Will Win Michigan

CNN reports: Joe Biden will win Michigan, CNN projects. There are 16 electoral votes at stake in Michigan. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election.Who won in 2016: President Trump carried the state and won the general election. Joe Biden is speaking now from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, the same place he accepted the …

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LIVE VIDEO: Joe Biden Speaks On Election Results

CBS News reports: Joe Biden is expected to speak Wednesday, as the presidential race remained too close to call. All eyes are on a handful of battleground states where Biden appears to be making gains against President Trump. A senior Biden campaign adviser says that the former vice president’s comments this afternoon, whenever they occur, are set to serve as …

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Rhode Island Drops “Plantations” From Official Name

The Associated Press reports: A statewide referendum that would shorten Rhode Island’s official name was approved by voters on Election Day. With 100-percent of precincts reporting, nearly 53-percent of voters approved a ballot question to remove Providence Plantations from its name. Advocates say the word plantation evokes images of slavery in the state. Opponents argued that the word instead is …

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OPEN THREAD: Five Four States Left To Decide WH

USA Today reports: Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. These are the remaining key states that have not yet been called for President Donald Trump or Former Vice President Joe Biden as of Wednesday morning. The outcome will hinge on securing the states above, although the results may take a while to filter in because of processing times for …

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CNN Projects That Joe Biden Will Win Wisconsin

CNN reports: Joe Biden will win Wisconsin, CNN projects. There are 10 electoral votes at stake in Wisconsin. It takes 270 electoral votes to win the 2020 presidential election. Who won in 2016: President Trump carried the state and won the general election. The Trump campaign says it will “immediately” request a recount in the battleground of Wisconsin. But under …

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Trump Campaign To Demand Recount In Wisconsin

“Despite ridiculous public polling used as a voter suppression tactic, Wisconsin has been a razor thin race as we always knew that it would be. There have been reports of irregularities in several Wisconsin counties which raise serious doubts about the validity of the results. The President is well within the threshold to request a recount and we will immediately …

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Major Ohio County Elects Openly Lesbian Sheriff

Cincinnati’s ABC News affiliate reports: Democrat Charmaine McGuffey defeated challenger Republican Bruce Hoffbauer to become the county’s first openly gay sheriff.  McGuffey had a little more than a 17,000 vote lead on her opponent Bruce Hoffbauer, but she’ll be the first to tell you this election has been quite the climb for her to win. “To help me on that …

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ND Elects Republican State Rep Who Died Of COVID

Bismarck’s Fox News affiliate reports: A Republican candidate for the state legislature in North Dakota who died from COVID-19 in October won his election Tuesday night. Election results in North Dakota showed the Bismarck-area district going to David Andahl and Dave Nehring. The district chooses two representatives. According to the Associated Press, Andahl died due to complications from COVID-19 at …

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New York City Sees Protest-Free Election Night

The New York Daily News reports: As Election Day updates slowed to a trickle into Wednesday morning, most New Yorkers appeared to have stayed home rather than take to the streets. The NYPD had braced for protests Tuesday night over the outcome of a contentious presidential race between President Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden, dispatching officers throughout the five …

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Montana Voters Approve Legal Weed Initiatives

Marijuana Moment reports: Montana voters have approved a pair of marijuana legalization initiatives. The main statutory reform measure will establish a legal system of marijuana production and sales for adults in the state, while a separate constitutional amendment will stipulate that only those 21 and older can participate in the market. Opponents of the legalization attempted to quash the proposal …

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Oregon Is First State To Decriminalize Hard Drugs

Portland’s NBC News reports: Fifty years after the War On Drugs began in the 1970s, Oregon voters decided on an alternative path: decriminalization for user-amounts of illicit substances and accompanying recovery treatment options instead of jail time. Oregonians have approved Measure 110, which decriminalizes possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, LSD, oxycodone and some other drugs, according to the …

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