Election 2020

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January 4, 2021 7:12 AM

Ga. election officials reject Trump call to 'find' more votes

President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election.

by The Associated Press

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January 4, 2021 1:00 AM

Intelligence Squared debate: Are identity politics a way to win?

As Georgia faces two runoff elections Tuesday, former Georgia state House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams and other voting-rights advocates have focused on identity politics as a way to prevail in the electoral process. Is it a winning strategy? Michael Eric Dyson and John McWhorter, experts on race and identity in America, sit with Intelligence Squared host and moderator John Donvan to debate.

by MPR News Staff

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January 3, 2021 8:57 PM

Extraordinary warning to Trump by 10 former Pentagon chiefs

In an extraordinary rebuke of President Donald Trump, all 10 living former secretaries of defense cautioned Sunday against any move to involve the military in pursuing claims of election fraud, arguing that it would take the country into “dangerous, unlawful and unconstitutional territory.”

by The Associated Press

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January 3, 2021 5:17 PM

Some Republicans condemn GOP 'scheme' to undo election for Trump

The extraordinary Republican effort to overturn the presidential election was condemned Sunday by an outpouring of current and former GOP officials warning the effort to sow doubt in Joe Biden's win and keep President Donald Trump in office is undermining Americans’ faith in democracy.

by The Associated Press

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January 3, 2021 2:44 PM

Here's a look at Congress' incoming freshman class

A record number of women, racial minorities and members of the LGBTQ community make the 117th Congress the most diverse in history.

by Barbara Sprunt

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January 3, 2021 2:01 PM

Trump, on tape, presses Georgia official to 'find' Trump votes

President Donald Trump pressured Georgia's Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden's win in the state's presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of “criminal offense" if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation.

by The Associated Press

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January 3, 2021 7:44 AM

Congress opening new session as pandemic, Biden's win dominate

Congress is preparing to convene for the start of a new session, swearing in lawmakers during a tumultuous period as a growing number of Republicans work to overturn Joe Biden's victory over President Donald Trump, and as the coronavirus surge forces limits at the Capitol.

by The Associated Press

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January 2, 2021 1:33 PM

More GOP lawmakers enlist in Trump effort to undo Biden win

A growing number of Republican lawmakers are joining President Donald Trump's extraordinary effort to overturn the election, pledging to reject the results when Congress meets next week to count the Electoral College votes and certify President-elect Joe Biden's win.

by The Associated Press

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January 2, 2021 7:19 AM

Texas judge dismisses suit aimed at overturning election

A federal judge on Friday dismissed a last-gasp lawsuit led by a House Republican that aimed to give Vice President Mike Pence the power to overturn the results of the presidential election won by Joe Biden when Congress formally counts the Electoral College votes next week.

by The Associated Press

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December 31, 2020 6:00 AM

A 2020 surprise: Fewer absentee ballots rejections than expected

With many more people voting by mail this fall, election officials feared that millions of ballots would be rejected in the general election. Instead, rejection rates went down across the country.

by Pam Fessler

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