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New Yorkers line up for hours in 2nd day of early voting
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Voters across New York waited in long lines for hours to cast their ballots in the second day of early voting in the presidential election on Sunday. “I heard that there was a tremendous number of people voting, which is very exciting,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday...
Wisconsin GOP's voting restrictions impact Black residents
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Melody McCurtis and Danell Cross start their day early on a recent sunny Sunday going door to door in their neighborhood northwest of downtown Milwaukee. Leaders of the nonprofit Metcalfe Park Community Bridges, the mother and daughter make their way slowly along the route wearing...
Trump campaign sues in Nevada to stop Vegas-area vote count
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Trump campaign and Nevada Republicans asked a state judge on Friday to stop the count of Las Vegas-area mail-in ballots, alleging that “meaningful observation” of signature-checking is impossible in the state’s biggest and most Democratic-leaning county. A lawsuit...
Trump campaign loses again in suit over Philly voter offices
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania appeals court delivered another defeat Friday to efforts by President Donald Trump’s campaign to let its campaign representatives monitor people registering to vote or filling out mail-in ballots in election offices in the battleground state. A three-judge...
Vice President Pence casts absentee ballot in Indianapolis
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has voted in the general election in Indianapolis. Pence and his wife, Karen, cast absentee ballots about 8:15 a.m. Friday, shortly after the polls opened in the Indianapolis City-County Building. They voted in a drop-off ballot box outside the county...
Trump campaign tapes voters at drop boxes, threatens lawsuit
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Trump campaign has been videotaping people as they deposit ballots in drop boxes in Philadelphia in what it says is an attempt to catch violations, surveillance that the battleground state’s Democratic attorney general suggested could amount to illegal intimidation. The...
In deep-red Oklahoma, GOP fights to regain lost seat
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn, a lawyer from Oklahoma City, accomplished the most stunning political upset in the nation two years ago when she ousted a two-term GOP incumbent and captured a seat that had been held by Republicans for four decades. But in this year's election cycle,...
Vermont secretary of state continues to urge early voting
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos is urging people to cast their ballots early, ahead of the Nov. 3 general election. In a statement Wednesday, Condos said voters should make their early voting plan and return their voted ballot using the safe, secure early voting option of their...
Editorial Roundup: Kentucky
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: ___ Oct. 19 The State Journal on racial diversity at workplaces in Frankfort, Kentucky and Kentucky's Franklin County: As a whole the United States may be a racially diverse country, but that doesn’t necessarily mean there is evidence of “the melting...
Editorial Roundup: North Carolina
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Oct. 19 The Greensboro News & Record on a decision to delay in-person classes for some public school students in North Carolina's Guilford County: After initially tapping the brake on school reopenings in Guilford County, Superintendent Sharon Contreras...
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