Nearly 100 million Americans had cast their ballots by the time polls opened this morning for in-person voting. If you’re voting in person today, tell us how things went. If you hear about issues in places other than your own polling station, tell us about that too. We’ll have another open thread this afternoon and likely several tonight after the …
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Trump Moves Election “War Room” To WH Grounds
Axios reports: The Trump campaign will run its election night war room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located steps from the West Wing, the campaign confirmed to Axios. The decision to move the main political operation from the campaign’s headquarters in Arlington, Va., to the White House complex is the latest example of the Trump administration blurring the lines …
Read More »Court Orders USPS To Sweep For Undelivered Ballots
Reuters reports: A judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service to sweep some mail processing facilities on Tuesday afternoon for delayed ballots and immediately dispatch them for delivery in election battlegrounds such Pennsylvania and Florida among other places. Affected by the order are central Pennsylvania, northern New England, greater South Carolina, south Florida, Colorado, Arizona, Alabama and Wyoming as well as …
Read More »Joe Biden Begins Election Day With Morning Mass
Bloomberg News reports: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden kicked off Election Day by heading to morning mass at his family’s church in Delaware. Biden, his wife Jill and their granddaughters Finnegan and Natalie were spotted by reporters entering St. Joseph on the Brandywine in Wilmington just after 7 a.m. Afterward, the former vice president will travel to Pennsylvania in a …
Read More »Superspreader Election Night Party Planned For WH
The New York Daily News reports: President Trump will end his reelection campaign how he began the home stretch: by hosting a crowded event in defiance of health precautions in the midst of a raging pandemic. Trump plans to entertain about 400 people on Election Night at the White House. The move comes as the president considers proclaiming himself the …
Read More »55% Say Tomorrow Will Be Most Stressful Day Of Year
StudyFinds.org reports: As if the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t giving Americans enough anxiety already, you may have heard there’s a presidential election this November. With political divisions reaching historical highs, a survey finds a majority of the country believe their most stressful day of 2020 hasn’t even arrived yet. The poll examining mental health reveals 55 percent of Americans think Election …
Read More »Virginia Moves To Make Election Day A State Holiday By Removing The Holiday Honoring Confederate Generals
Richmond’s CBS News affiliate reports: The Virginia Senate passed a bill that would eliminate Lee-Jackson Day as a state holiday in favor of making Election Day a state holiday. Celebrated on the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day each January, Lee-Jackson Day honors Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. SB 601, introduced by Sen. Louise Lucas [photo], …
Read More »Black Texas Voter Suffers Racist Rant From Poll Worker: “If You Call The Police, You’ll Go To Jail, Cuz I’m White”
The Houston Chronicle reports: Rolanda Anthony went to vote at her polling location before 8 a.m. at Iglesia Bautista Libre in north Houston where a poll worker, Evelyn Tillman, told her there was an issue with her address in the system and she needed to fill out a residency verification form. Anthony told her, “Ma’am, I’ve been living here for …
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