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Zeta barrels across Southeast after battering weary coast
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Zeta sped across the Southeast on Thursday, leaving a trail of damage and more than 2 million homes and businesses in the dark in Atlanta and beyond after pounding New Orleans with winds and water that splintered homes and were blamed for at least two deaths. A Category 2 hurricane when...
Letters, texts, caravans, parades: Advocates mobilize voters
Sometimes her hand hurt, but Nancy Gehman kept writing. Every evening from July until mid-October, the 85-year-old retiree sat with a gel pen, writing notes imploring fellow Americans to find a way to vote. Then she mailed them: All 1,260 letters. “It was comforting to know that I was doing something...
GOP campaigns asks that late absentee ballots be separated
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The campaigns for President Donald Trump and Republican state legislative candidates are petitioning the Minnesota Supreme Court to separate all mailed ballots received after Election Day in case of legal challenges to their validity. The petition filed Wednesday is the latest challenge...
Tanzania's opposition says vote 'spit in face of democracy'
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s leading opposition candidate on Thursday rejected Wednesday's presidential vote after alleging widespread irregularities, saying that whatever happened wasn't an election and was like “spitting in the face of democracy." The other main opposition party said...
Deadline for casting early ballots in Virginia is Saturday
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — The deadline for casting early ballots in person for this year's presidential election is fast approaching. The Roanoke Times reports that the deadline is Saturday. To vote early, voters can visit their general registrar’s office or a satellite voting site. Hours and locations...
Election 2020 Today: Wooing Florida, getting out the vote
Here’s what’s happening Thursday in Election 2020, five days until Election Day: HOW TO VOTE: AP’s state-by-state interactive has details on how to vote in this election. ON THE TRAIL: President Donald Trump will be in Florida and North Carolina; Democratic challenger Joe Biden will be in...
Taking a stand has new meaning in heavily litigated election
In the most litigious presidential election in memory, court fights are even happening over where poll watchers may stand as the votes are tallied. Lawsuits by the hundreds already have been filed — with the prospect of many more before and after Tuesday's voting — as both Democrats and Republicans...
Trump, Biden to appeal to last-minute voters in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are set to chase votes in Florida, a state all but essential to the Republican's pathway to another term as both nominees turn their focus to encouraging voters to turn out on Election Day. More than 73 million Americans have already...
Tennessee's early voting period ends Thursday
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Thursday marks the last day in Tennessee to vote early in person for the Nov. 3 presidential election. Secretary of State Tre Hargett’s office says more than 1.8 million Tennesseans have voted as of the close of polls Monday, already surpassing the previous record of nearly...
Myanmar leader Suu Kyi casts her vote in November elections
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi cast her ballot Thursday in advance voting for general elections that are taking place during a surge of coronavirus illnesses. The Southeast Asian country confirmed almost 1,500 new cases of infection on Wednesday alone. Suu Kyi, whose title is...
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