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    Elections
    Arizona presidential election results from MSNBC are displayed during Democratic Senate candidate Mark Kelly's Nov. 3 election-night event in Tucson, Ariz. Like many other news organizations, NBC held off on calling Arizona for Joe Biden, while The Assoc
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    AP Explains Calling Arizona For Biden Early, Before It Got Very Close

    Nov 19, 2020
    Fox News and The Associated Press, which NPR relies on, were the earliest to call Arizona for Biden. Other networks didn't follow for days, as Biden's lead shrank dramatically and some doubted the AP.
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    November 12, 2020

    Nov 20, 2020
    Meme's the Word | Cooking on Water (Street) | Media Sommelier | Searchlight
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    Investigations
    An election worker uses an electronic pollbook to check voters at a polling station in the Echo Park Recreation Complex in Los Angeles on March 3, 2020.
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    Voter Websites In California And Florida Could Be Vulnerable To Hacks, Report Finds

    Oct 22, 2020
    Cyber experts told the Department of Homeland Security in July that voter registration systems in California and Florida could be vulnerable to a hack, a closely-held report obtained by NPR reveals.
    Fifth Street

    October 22, 2020

    Oct 22, 2020
    Voting During the Apocalypse | Remembering Rhonda | The Challenges of Police Reform | My Kitchen Gadget Addiction
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    Politics
    A federal appeals court is allowing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's limit of one absentee ballot drop-off spot per county to stand, saying voters have many options. Here, a worker puts a ballot into a lockbox at a drive-through mail ballot hand delivery center
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    U.S. Appeals Court Sides With Texas On One-Per-County Ballot Drop-Off

    Oct 13, 2020
    The court says Gov. Greg Abbott's rule is a refinement of an expansion of voting options, not a restriction or burden on voter rights. Voting rights groups have spoken out against limiting the sites.
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    Are Voter Suppression Efforts Underway For The November Election?

    Sep 23, 2020

    When people think of voter suppression, most people likely think of the efforts in the 40s and 50s to stop Black Americans from voting.

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    The Ballot and the Bird

    Aug 28, 2020

    Strange omens in the mail -- and from the sky

    Fifth Street

    August 27, 2020

    Aug 27, 2020
    Desert Refuge | National Parks | Moby Grape | The Ballot and the Bird
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    2020 Election: Secure Your Vote
    A man checks to cast his ballot in Kenosha, Wis., on April 7. A new study suggests that in-person voting in that Wisconsin primary did not produce a surge of new coronavirus cases.
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    New Research Suggests In-Person Voting May Be Less Risky Than Previously Thought

    Aug 21, 2020
    The report concludes Wisconsin voters who braved the pandemic and went to the polls in April did not see a surge in COVID-19 infections, although another study reaches the opposite conclusion.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has started a voting rights organization, and is urging NBA teams to offer their large venues as polling sites during the pandemic.
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    Need A Polling Place With Social Distancing? 3 NBA Teams Offer Venues

    Jul 02, 2020
    The offers come as many NBA players have upped their involvement in social causes. Superstar LeBron James has a new group aimed at protecting Black citizens' voting rights.
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    America Reckons With Racial Injustice
    Howard University law students, from left, Chanel Sherrod, Domonique Dille and Temitope Aladetimi brought handmade signs to a protest near the White House last Saturday.
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    Young Activists Pour Energy Into Protests, But What About The Election?

    Jun 14, 2020
    With a presidential campaign and historic demonstrations unfolding, the country's youngest voters and activists are navigating the power of direct action versus electoral politics in real time.
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    As Mail Voting Pushed, Some Fear Loss Of In-Person Option

    Apr 20, 2020

    ATLANTA (AP) — Election officials in some states are scaling back or eliminating opportunities for people to cast ballots in person in favor of voting exclusively by mail, as an effort to address concerns about voting during a global pandemic.

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    Things I Learned Covering the Nevada Democratic Caucus

    Feb 24, 2020

    When you get outside your bubble to experience raw democracy, you learn interesting things about the election process — and human nature

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    Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signs bill honoring the state's pioneering women suffragists on Wednesday. He's surrounded by state senators and representatives, and his wife, who are all wearing the yellow rose symbolizing suffrage.<em> </em>
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    Power Of The Past: Retelling Utah's Suffragette History To Empower Modern Women

    Feb 14, 2020
    Women in Utah became the first in America to vote under an equal suffrage law on Feb. 14, 1870. There are celebrations, but it means confronting the state's uncomfortable polygamy history, too.
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    Technology
    The ACLU is urging Puerto Rico's governor to veto a plan to introduce online voting on the island, warning it increases risks of election tampering.
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    Puerto Rico's Internet Voting Plan Threatens Election Security: ACLU

    Jan 30, 2020
    The civil liberties group is urging the U.S. territory's governor to veto a bill that could shift all voting to the Internet by 2028.
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    Politics
    President Trump smiles behind Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin during a rally at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., on Nov. 4. Both Trump and Bevin have made unsubstantiated claims about election fraud.
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    Skeptics Urge Bevin To Show Proof Of Fraud Claims, Warning Of Corrosive Effects

    Nov 10, 2019
    Elections specialists worry that politicians' scurrilous claims about voter fraud — when it seldom has a decisive effect on outcomes — erode confidence in democracy.
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    County Explores Drone To Carry Vote Tallies From Tribal Land

    Aug 01, 2019

     

    FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Coconino County officials hope to use a drone to make it easier to get vote tallies from tribal land deep within the Grand Canyon.

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    Democrats Vow To Increase Accessibility For February Caucus

    Jul 18, 2019

    Nevada is the first in the West in the presidential election process, but unlike other states, the Silver State uses a caucus system -- not a primary.

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    Politics
    Kanesha Adams stands in the parking lot outside of Jim Clyburn's World-Famous Fish Fry on June 21 in Columbia, S.C. The event featured appearances by 21 Democratic presidential candidates seeking voters in the early primary state.
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    Black Women, Motivated To Oust Trump, Aren't Convinced Of Any Democrat Yet

    Jun 26, 2019
    While former Vice President Joe Biden has a commanding lead in early polling for the Democratic nomination, black women interviewed by NPR all say they are still weighing their options.
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    Politics
    Kimbrely Brock sits on the steps of a friend's trailer that was destroyed by Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla., in October. President Trump holds a political rally in Panama City Wednesday.
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    As Hurricane Relief Stalls In D.C., Trump To Rally Base In Florida Panhandle

    May 08, 2019
    The president is holding a rally in Florida on Wednesday, as the 2020 campaign accelerates. Officials in the region are not happy that funding to help rebuild after Hurricane Michael has been held up.
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    National
    Commissioners in Sandusky, Ohio, have voted to make Election Day a city holiday, in place of Columbus Day. Sandusky resident Moses Croom is seen here voting at a polling station at a local library in November 2008.
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    Sandusky, Ohio, Makes Election Day A Paid Holiday — By Swapping Out Columbus Day

    Feb 08, 2019
    Officials have been "thinking a lot about voter access and democracy," says City Manager Eric Wobser, "and so we thought it was a really natural switch."
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    Politics
    In mentioning voting in her Democratic response to the State of the Union, Stacey Abrams, pictured on election night in 2018, voiced what was already becoming increasingly clear: Elections will be a key part of Democratic messaging in the coming years.
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    Ahead Of 2020 Election, Voting Rights Becomes A Key Issue For Democrats

    Feb 08, 2019
    Whether the party's focus on voting issues has an effect on the nuts and bolts of the next presidential election remains to be seen.
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    Politics
    Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Md., speaks during a news conference to unveil House Democrats' anti-corruption bill, the For the People Act, at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.
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    House Democrats Introduce Anti-Corruption Bill As Symbolic 1st Act

    Jan 05, 2019
    Democrats say the bill is for people who "feel left out and locked out from their own democracy." It addresses voting, political money, redistricting and ethics.
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    Politics
    A woman sets up tables for hand-counting ballots in Palm Beach County on Thursday.
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    Hand Recounts Progress In Florida Senate Race

    Nov 16, 2018
    The state is tasked with hand-counting more than 50,000 ballots. Some counties finished quickly Friday morning, with official results due on Sunday. Lawsuits are still working through the courts.
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    Politics
    U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, has filed a lawsuit to overturn Maine's ranked-choice voting system. Votes are still being counted in Poliquin's race, but it's possible he will lose a recount under the recently approved system.
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    In Tight Race, Maine Republican Sues To Block State's Ranked-Choice Voting Law

    Nov 13, 2018
    Rep. Bruce Poliquin's lawsuit claims the state's ranked-choice voting law violates the U.S. Constitution because the candidate who gets the most votes may not ultimately be declared the winner.

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