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Election chaos renews focus on gutted Voting Rights Act
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/tn-state-wire-courts-supreme-courts-tx-state-wire-election-2020-f3beb94b851e2d413b2f5f3e18719606Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/tn-state-wire-courts-supreme-courts-tx-state-wire-election-2020-f3beb94b851e2d413b2f5f3e18719606Click to copyRelated topicsATLANTA (AP) — When some Georgia voters endured a pandemic, pouring rain and massive waits earlier this month to cast their ballot, President Donald Trump and other Republicans blamed local Democrats for presiding over chaos. “Make no mistake, the reduction in polling places is a result of a concerted...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/tn-state-wire-courts-supreme-courts-tx-state-wire-election-2020-f3beb94b851e2d413b2f5f3e18719606Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/tn-state-wire-courts-supreme-courts-tx-state-wire-election-2020-f3beb94b851e2d413b2f5f3e18719606Click to copyRelated topicsATLANTA (AP) — When some Georgia voters endured a pandemic, pouring rain and massive waits earlier this month to cast their ballot, President Donald Trump and other Republicans blamed local Democrats for presiding over chaos. “Make no mistake, the reduction in polling places is a result of a concerted...WW…
Biden's notes: ‘Do not hold grudges’ against Kamala Harris
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-ap-top-news-ca-state-wire-politics-d3fc8b88cde56bac9f1e7b5e494fb019Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-ap-top-news-ca-state-wire-politics-d3fc8b88cde56bac9f1e7b5e494fb019Click to copyRelated topicsWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden was uncharacteristically tight-lipped on Tuesday about the final stretch of his search for a vice president. But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee seemed prepared to talk about at least one leading contender: California Sen. Kamala Harris.As he took...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-ap-top-news-ca-state-wire-politics-d3fc8b88cde56bac9f1e7b5e494fb019Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-ap-top-news-ca-state-wire-politics-d3fc8b88cde56bac9f1e7b5e494fb019Click to copyRelated topicsWILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Joe Biden was uncharacteristically tight-lipped on Tuesday about the final stretch of his search for a vice president. But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee seemed prepared to talk about at least one leading contender: California Sen. Kamala Harris.As he took...WW…
Basement-bound Biden campaign worries some Democrats
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/campaigns-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-elections-40f5b192c91a10574596b0b26ec1eb7cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/campaigns-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-elections-40f5b192c91a10574596b0b26ec1eb7cClick to copyRelated topicsJoe Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning amid a pandemic that is testing whether a national presidential election can be won by a candidate communicating almost entirely from home.The virtual campaign Biden is waging from Wilmington, Delaware, is a stark contrast with President Donald...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/campaigns-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-elections-40f5b192c91a10574596b0b26ec1eb7cClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/campaigns-virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-elections-40f5b192c91a10574596b0b26ec1eb7cClick to copyRelated topicsJoe Biden has no foreseeable plans to resume in-person campaigning amid a pandemic that is testing whether a national presidential election can be won by a candidate communicating almost entirely from home.The virtual campaign Biden is waging from Wilmington, Delaware, is a stark contrast with President Donald...WW…
Biden draws distinction on Black, Latino political diversity
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/united-states-election-2020-joe-biden-florida-race-and-ethnicity-48df51c43f72d75a86d461c8e9d7fbfbClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/united-states-election-2020-joe-biden-florida-race-and-ethnicity-48df51c43f72d75a86d461c8e9d7fbfbClick to copyRelated topicsATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden faces new scrutiny over how he discusses race and ethnicity after drawing distinctions between Black and Hispanic populations in the United States. “By the way, what you all know but most people don’t know, unlike the African American...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/united-states-election-2020-joe-biden-florida-race-and-ethnicity-48df51c43f72d75a86d461c8e9d7fbfbClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/united-states-election-2020-joe-biden-florida-race-and-ethnicity-48df51c43f72d75a86d461c8e9d7fbfbClick to copyRelated topicsATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden faces new scrutiny over how he discusses race and ethnicity after drawing distinctions between Black and Hispanic populations in the United States. “By the way, what you all know but most people don’t know, unlike the African American...WW…
Democratic chair: Primaries should replace caucuses by 2024
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-iowa-ia-state-wire-nh-state-wire-e888a8c7620d5ed51110f9b8838f52b1Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-iowa-ia-state-wire-nh-state-wire-e888a8c7620d5ed51110f9b8838f52b1Click to copyRelated topicsDemocratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez said Monday that this year’s handful of presidential caucuses should be the last the party ever holds.“I think by 2024 we ought to have everyone being a primary state,” Perez told The Associated Press in an interview on the opening day of the Democratic National...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-iowa-ia-state-wire-nh-state-wire-e888a8c7620d5ed51110f9b8838f52b1Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-iowa-ia-state-wire-nh-state-wire-e888a8c7620d5ed51110f9b8838f52b1Click to copyRelated topicsDemocratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez said Monday that this year’s handful of presidential caucuses should be the last the party ever holds.“I think by 2024 we ought to have everyone being a primary state,” Perez told The Associated Press in an interview on the opening day of the Democratic National...WW…
Five takeaways from first night of the Democratic convention
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-ap-top-news-democratic-national-convention-politics-467579aeea46a34420440a04c41207feClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-ap-top-news-democratic-national-convention-politics-467579aeea46a34420440a04c41207feClick to copyRelated topicsIn another profound way that the coronavirus pandemic has upended American life, the Democratic National Convention started Monday with no convening. Instead, Democrats opted for the first virtual convention as the party begins the formal process of nominating Joe...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-ap-top-news-democratic-national-convention-politics-467579aeea46a34420440a04c41207feClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-election-2020-ap-top-news-democratic-national-convention-politics-467579aeea46a34420440a04c41207feClick to copyRelated topicsIn another profound way that the coronavirus pandemic has upended American life, the Democratic National Convention started Monday with no convening. Instead, Democrats opted for the first virtual convention as the party begins the formal process of nominating Joe...WW…
Biden tops Trump in June, 2nd-quarter cash; GOP still flush
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-politics-4bb1150fd4342b51a89c2769201c2ce6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-politics-4bb1150fd4342b51a89c2769201c2ce6Click to copyRelated topicsATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden outpaced President Donald Trump’s campaign fundraising juggernaut in June and in the second quarter of this election year, continuing a stunning reversal of fortune from his threadbare primary campaign.The joint GOP effort still has considerably more cash left to...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-politics-4bb1150fd4342b51a89c2769201c2ce6Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-elections-donald-trump-campaigns-politics-4bb1150fd4342b51a89c2769201c2ce6Click to copyRelated topicsATLANTA (AP) — Democratic presidential challenger Joe Biden outpaced President Donald Trump’s campaign fundraising juggernaut in June and in the second quarter of this election year, continuing a stunning reversal of fortune from his threadbare primary campaign.The joint GOP effort still has considerably more cash left to...WW…
Democrats warn against overconfidence in fight against Trump
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-elections-barack-obama-joe-biden-donald-trump-e3cc9b13eb360578188c8905e509102fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-elections-barack-obama-joe-biden-donald-trump-e3cc9b13eb360578188c8905e509102fClick to copyRelated topicsPresident Donald Trump is entering the final four-month stretch before Election Day presiding over a country that faces a public health crisis, mass unemployment and a reckoning over racism. His Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, is raking in cash. And a series of national and battleground polls suggests growing...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-elections-barack-obama-joe-biden-donald-trump-e3cc9b13eb360578188c8905e509102fClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/ap-top-news-elections-barack-obama-joe-biden-donald-trump-e3cc9b13eb360578188c8905e509102fClick to copyRelated topicsPresident Donald Trump is entering the final four-month stretch before Election Day presiding over a country that faces a public health crisis, mass unemployment and a reckoning over racism. His Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, is raking in cash. And a series of national and battleground polls suggests growing...WW…
Pressure mounts on corporations to denounce GOP voting bills
AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/mlb-legislature-arizona-baseball-voting-rights-d27c2190c615663f2a621a86a9b9f168Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/mlb-legislature-arizona-baseball-voting-rights-d27c2190c615663f2a621a86a9b9f168Click to copyRelated topicsATLANTA (AP) — Liberal activists are stepping up calls for corporate America to denounce Republican efforts to tighten state voting laws, and businesses accustomed to cozy political relationships now find themselves in the middle of a growing partisan fight over voting rights. Pressure is mounting on leading companies in , Arizona and...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/mlb-legislature-arizona-baseball-voting-rights-d27c2190c615663f2a621a86a9b9f168Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/mlb-legislature-arizona-baseball-voting-rights-d27c2190c615663f2a621a86a9b9f168Click to copyRelated topicsATLANTA (AP) — Liberal activists are stepping up calls for corporate America to denounce Republican efforts to tighten state voting laws, and businesses accustomed to cozy political relationships now find themselves in the middle of a growing partisan fight over voting rights. Pressure is mounting on leading companies in , Arizona and...WW…