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West Virginia voters can request absentee ballots online
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia voters who want to vote by absentee ballot in the November election are now able to submit their requests either online or by contacting their county clerks, Secretary of State Mac Warner said. The online option can be accessed at GoVoteWV.com. Absentee applications...
Dems have wide lead in voter registrations in Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Democrats in Maine have a large lead over Republicans in registering voters in the state, though both parties have more members than they've had in at least three decades. The Maine Secretary of State's Office has compiled data that show Democrats have 386,786 members and Republicans...
Lawsuit: Illinois expanded mail voting is partisan 'scheme'
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago-area Republicans filed a federal lawsuit Monday alleging Illinois’ expanded vote-by-mail program is a “partisan scheme” to help Democrats get votes and could open the door to election fraud. The lawsuit is the latest GOP effort to curb mail-in voting, which...
NH GOP sends wrong return address on absentee request forms
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The Republican party in New Hampshire mailed absentee ballot registration request packets to voters across the state but printed an incorrect return address on the form. Voters in New Hampshire can request an absentee ballot or an absentee registration form from their town clerk to...
Chiefs star Mahomes having 2020 nobody will soon forget
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The world is in the grips of the worst pandemic in more than a century, the country is going through the kind of social upheaval unseen in decades, and the vast majority of people would prefer 2020 just grind to an end. Patrick Mahomes might be having the best year of anyone. The...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's smoke and mirrors on executive orders
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump isn't telling the full story when it comes to executive orders on coronavirus relief payments and health care. Over the weekend, the president suggested that his move to bypass Congress with executive action calling for up to $400 in weekly unemployment assistance...
Doctors, hospitals launch voter registration efforts
BOSTON (AP) — An emergency room doctor in Boston is assembling thousands of voter registration kits for distribution at hospitals and doctor's offices. Later this month, students at Harvard and Yale’s medical schools are planning a contest to see which of the Ivy League rivals can register the most...
Deadline to register for Rhode Island's primary is Sunday
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The deadline to register to vote in Rhode Island's Sept. 8 primary is Sunday. Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea said eligible residents can register online at vote.ri.gov. They can also download the form, print it out, and submit it to their local board of canvassers or other...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump misleads on mail ballots, virus vaccine
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a week of relentless attacks by President Donald Trump and his allies on mail-in voting for the November election, and truth took a beating at every turn. Fearing a pandemic-induced surge in such voting will work against him, Trump persisted in arguing that fraud is rampant for...
Ohio may purge 120K inactive voters from rolls post-election
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — About 120,000 inactive Ohio voter registrations will be purged from state voter rolls after the November election, the state elections chief announced Friday, while saying that number could go down if people on the list simply vote in the election. The removal, required under state...
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