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Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting in Las Vegas could end up at the Supreme Court
Nov 02, 2020 11:04The Trump campaign and Nevada Republicans have asked a state court to stop Nevada from counting its mailed-in ballots in the diverse Las Vegas/Clark County jurisdiction. The suit joins a wide range of GOP attempts to shut down the counting of such votes in swing states like Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida.
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Experts warn more than 1 million US mail-in ballots could be rejected in 2020 races
Nov 02, 2020 10:57More than 1 million US mail-in ballots could be rejected in the 2020 election if recent trends hold up, experts say, raising fears that the rejections could swing close races. The U.S. Postal Service and voting rights advocates have also warned that ballots mailed after Oct. 27 may not arrive in time to be counted.
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Is Trump trying to suppress votes by saying he’ll disregard election results?
Nov 01, 2020 09:35US President Donald Trump has been casting doubt on the results with veiled warnings like, “The only way we’re going to lose this election is if the election is rigged.” He panders to law enforcement at his rallies and has earned the endorsement of the largest police union in the country, causing worries that the president may be angling for their extralegal support on Election Day.
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Trump aims to convince supporters that a loss means election is “rigged”
Oct 28, 2020 14:31According to Reuters-Ipsos poll, more than four in 10 voters on Republican and Democrat sides will not accept the results of the US 2020 Presidential election. It doesn’t go into details, except to say that 22% of Biden supporters and 16% of Trump supporters say they would engage in street protests or violence if the other side prevailed.
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Noam Chomsky: Trump is willing to dismantle democracy to hold on to power
Oct 23, 2020 09:20While it’s still too early to predict the likely outcome of the US 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump continues to fall behind in national polls while pulling dirty electoral tricks in the hope of defeating Democratic challenger Joe Biden.
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Poll shows voters prefer Biden over Trump on almost all major issues
Oct 22, 2020 14:18According to a national poll of likely voters conducted by The New York Times and Siena College, former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. holds a nine-point lead over President Donald Trump amid widespread public alarm about the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic and demand among voters for large-scale government action to right the economy.
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The three biggest myths about battleground states
Oct 11, 2020 10:22An aura of political mystery swirls around swing states in the US. Like trade winds for ancient sailors, swing states are pivotal but seem unpredictable. Millions of political onlookers every four years ask "Where will they go this time?" The very word "swing" suggests vacillation and a propensity to move independently from other, more consistently partisan populations, but the political orientations among voters in swing states are not so different from deeply red and blue states.
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Trump campaign sought to deter millions of black Americans from voting in 2016
Oct 05, 2020 15:55Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign reportedly sought to deter millions of Black Americans from voting by targeting them with misleading advertisements on Facebook, according to an investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News in London.
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New Jersey Homeland Security assessment warns violent unrest could follow US 2020 election
Oct 05, 2020 15:45In the lead up to the 2020 presidential election, potential civil unrest and worse has been predicted by multiple governmental agencies and assorted federal outfits, including the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness.
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A bizarre election: American democracy at dead end
Oct 04, 2020 09:43U.S. presidential election will be on the line this November, but what about the American democracy? President Donald Trump's wrong policies and statements not only have dangerously made America's democratic health hang in the balance but also the country's integrity as a whole.