Election 2020

Everything you need to know about the local, state and federal elections in 2020.

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October 27, 2020 3:42 PM

Appeals court considers Minnesota ballot cushion

Minnesota’s plan to give absentee voters a seven-day counting period after Election Day is being weighed by a federal appeals court. A hearing came a day after the U.S. Supreme Court held back an extended count of Wisconsin ballots.

by Brian Bakst

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October 27, 2020 3:30 PM

Electionland: Help MPR News, ProPublica track election problems

MPR News is partnering with ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative news organization, to track voting problems and election integrity. You can help — tell us if you experienced or witnessed any problems when casting your ballot.

by MPR News Staff

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October 27, 2020 2:41 PM

Supreme Court ruling spurs Wisconsin to get early votes in

With just a week to go until Election Day and 320,000 outstanding absentee ballots in hotly contested battleground Wisconsin, the push is on to get all ballots returned.

by The Associated Press

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October 27, 2020 1:30 PM

A procrastinator’s guide to the 2020 election

Election Day is a week away. On Tuesday’s MPR News with Kerri Miller, Secretary of State Steve Simon spent the 9 a.m. hour taking your calls and last-minute questions.

by Kerri Miller and Marcheta Fornoff

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October 27, 2020 12:00 PM

‘La vanguardia’: Latinx youth lead a movement to get Minnesota Latinos voting

Young Latinos are becoming more politically active as the state’s Latino population grows rapidly. The presidential election has sharpened their focus and their desire to get their voices heard.

by Kathryn Styer Martinez

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October 27, 2020 11:27 AM

Fraught election puts faith leaders through a political test

The unavoidable nature of presidential politics has left some clergy counseling divided families and others fielding attempts to nudge them left or right.

by The Associated Press

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October 27, 2020 11:00 AM

Voter guide: Where the 8th District candidates stand on the issues

Here’s what you need to know about where candidates running for Congress in Minnesota’s 8th District stand on top issues for Minnesotans.

by Darian Leddy

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October 27, 2020 7:13 AM

Biden goes on offense in Georgia while Trump targets Midwest

Joe Biden plans to use the final week before Election Day to go on offense, heading Tuesday to Georgia and planning travel that may put President Donald Trump on defense in other states he won four years ago.

by The Associated Press

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October 27, 2020 6:51 AM

Worst place, worst time: Trump faces virus spike in Midwest

The Upper Midwest is bearing much of the brunt of new infections surging across the U.S. That includes Wisconsin, where President Donald Trump is fighting to catch Joe Biden in a state Trump narrowly won in 2016. Also seeing a surge is Iowa, where Trump is now in a toss-up race with Biden after carrying the state by 9.4 percentage points four years ago.

by The Associated Press

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October 27, 2020 6:31 AM

From COVID to QAnon, church makes disinformation training a question of faith

What does it mean to be a Christian and navigate disinformation in the digital age? A Minneapolis church has been exploring this question in a pivotal election year, when falsehoods and conspiracy theories have dominated the political discourse and divided friends and family.

by Catharine Richert

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