election 2020
Arizona Republicans fight back against election fraud claims
PHOENIX (AP) — The top Republicans in Arizona’s largest county gave an impassioned defense of their handling of the 2020 election Monday, calling on fellow members of the GOP and business leaders to speak out against an unprecedented partisan election audit. The GOP-dominated Maricopa County Board of Supervisors cast the audit as a sham that’s …
Whose ‘Big Lie’? Trump’s proclamation a new GOP litmus test
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year’s election was stolen from him. On Capitol Hill, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the No. 3 Republican …
Ossoff vows more virus relief if Dems win Senate
ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on the Senate runoffs in Georgia (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff is promising rapid passage of $2,000 stimulus checks for coronavirus relief if Georgia voters flip control of the Senate to Democrats. Ossoff told reporters outside an Atlanta polling site Tuesday that “history is unfolding …
Trump’s legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — As they frantically searched for ways to salvage President Donald Trump’s failed reelection bid, his campaign pursued a dizzying game of legal hopscotch across six states that centered on the biggest prize of all: Pennsylvania. The strategy may have played well in front of television cameras and on talk radio. But it …
Breaking Down What’s Going on With the USPS and Missing Ballots
Photo: The Toidi (Shutterstock) I was really hoping that I would be done writing about election mail on Election Day, but as you can see, I don’t always get what I want. The United States Postal Service keeps on generating controversy, mainly due to early data that shows the USPS may have not delivered up …
Philadelphia Police Release Surveillance Video Of Suspect Accused Of Breaking Into Warehouse Holding Election Equipment – CBS Philly
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police have released surveillance video in the hopes of finding the suspect who broke into a city-owned warehouse used to store election equipment. Investigators say this man allegedly stole an election-related laptop and eight USB drives with information about city voting machines. It happened on the 3500 block of Scotts Lane …
Parkview referendum covers staffing, busing, technology | Spring 2020 General Election
A referendum on the April 7 ballot asks Parkview School District voters for additional money for technology and curriculum upgrades, educational programming, busing and staffing costs. The question requests $825,000 for the 2020-21 school year, $1.025 million in 2021-22 and $1.15 million in 2022-23. The referendum comes on the heels of a three-year referendum for …
It’s smart to dumb down election technology. Just look at Iowa.
Nati Harnik | AP Want to make people more uneasy about the integrity of elections in this country? Turns out, there’s an app for that. The chaos of the Iowa Democratic Caucus reinforces at least two facts about election security: new technology isn’t always a good thing, and poor communication from election administrators is …
Sanders gets pushback on health care from some union workers
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bernie Sanders faced some pushback Tuesday from members of Nevada’s powerful Culinary Union who don’t want to give up their existing health insurance under his Medicare for All plan. Sanders, appearing before about 350 union workers in Las Vegas, explained his plan, which would switch the country to a government-run system …
Democrats tussle on health insurance, economy, immigration in first debate
Ten Democrats faced off in a prime-time fight Wednesday night in the first debate of the 2020 presidential campaign, the unofficial starting line for the party’s quest to wrestle the White House from Donald Trump and deny him a second term. Read below for a real-time recap of what happened on the debate stage (all …
