Politics Oct 25 GOP slowly gaining as early vote total surpasses 2016 With nine days before Election Day, more people already have cast ballots in this year’s presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in big states led to a surge…
Politics Oct 20 Republicans see bright spot in 2020 voter registration push The Republican Party has cut into Democrats' advantage in voter registration tallies across some critical presidential battleground states, a fact they point to as evidence of steady — and overlooked — enthusiasm for President Donald Trump and his party.
Nation Oct 16 More than 17 million Americans have already voted in the 2020 election Americans' rush to vote is leading election experts to predict that a record 150 million votes may be cast and turnout rates could be higher than in any presidential election since 1908.
Politics Sep 18 Majority plan to vote before Election Day, poll finds A majority of President Donald Trump's supporters plan to cast their ballot on Election Day, while about half of Joe Biden's backers plan to vote by mail, a sign of a growing partisan divide over how best to conduct elections…
Nation Sep 04 North Carolina kicks off mail voting as requests spike Mail voting has started in the presidential election as North Carolina begins to send out about 600,000 ballots to voters who have requested them. Those voters are overwhelmingly Democrats and independents.
Nation Aug 15 Q&A: What’s happening at the US Postal Service, and why? The U.S. Postal Service is warning states it cannot guarantee that all ballots cast by mail for the Nov. 3 election will arrive in time to be counted, even if ballots are mailed by state deadlines. That's raising the possibility…
Politics Aug 11 GOP ramps up effort to monitor voting after restrictions eased The Republican Party heads into its first presidential contest this November free from decades-old legal constraints on the use of volunteers to monitor the polls on Election Day.
Politics May 27 Will mail-in voting turn Election Day into Election Week? The public may not know the winner of the presidential race on election day because of a massive shift to voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic.
Politics May 21 Trump slams mail-in balloting promoted by his own campaign President Donald Trump is railing against mail-in balloting that in some cases has been promoted by his own reelection campaign.
Politics May 21 Trump threatens funds for states easing voting in pandemic President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to hold up federal funds for two election battleground states that are trying to make it easier and safer to vote during the coronavirus pandemic.