Oct 24 Watch 7:22 In a redistricting battle, Missouri voters asked to reverse their 2018 decision By Zachary Green In 2018, Missouri voters passed the “Clean Missouri” amendment, which took redistricting out of the hands of politically appointed commissioners and gave it to a single nonpartisan demographer. But this year Missouri’s legislature added a new option on the ballot… Continue watching
Oct 24 Trump votes in Fla. before rallies; Biden focusing on Pa. By Jill Colvin, Will Weissert, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Trump, who spent the night at his Mar-a-Lago resort after campaigning Friday in Florida, stopped at an early voting polling site set up at a public library. The president last year switched his official residence from New York to his… Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 4:32 Ohio voted decisively for Trump in 2016. In 2020, it’s back to being a swing state By PBS NewsHour Ohio, a swing state which Obama won in 2012, voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2016. This election, the Biden campaign seems to have made some inroads in winning some of that lost support, reverting the state to a swing state. Continue watching
Oct 17 Watch 5:48 Economy, racial injustice: Young Ohioans are turning out the vote By Ivette Feliciano, Laura Fong For the first time, young people, all born after 1980, make up more than half the U.S. population, according to a Brookings Institute analysis of the U.S. census -- making them a significant share of eligible voters. Ivette Feliciano spoke… Continue watching
Oct 17 Headwinds for Trump in bid to repeat Upper Midwest victories By Brian Slodysko, Jill Colvin, Associated Press The Trump campaign has largely retreated from the TV advertising in the Midwest, shifting much of its money to Sun Belt states such as Florida, North Carolina, Arizona and Georgia, as well as Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Oct 06 Kyrgyzstan cancels parliament election results after unrest By Daria Litvinova, Associated Press The Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan declared the results of the weekend's parliamentary election invalid on Tuesday after mass protests erupted in the Kyrgyz capital. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 4:12 Why Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis may be a ‘body blow’ to his supporters With only a month left for the elections,the President, First Lady, a few top aides including his campaign manager and several Senators have tested positive for COVID-19, redirecting the Trump re-election campaign. Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 2:49 Louisiana Dems are trying to redefine the party in the deep red state By PBS NewsHour Our ongoing series “Roads to Election 2020” looks at the deep red state of Louisiana where the Democratic party has elected a new leader with the hope of energizing its base and bringing back voters who left the party as… Continue watching
Sep 01 Belarus poll workers describe fraud in Aug. 9 election By Kostya Manenkov, Daria Litvinova, Associated Press Even before the Aug. 9 presidential election in Belarus ended, a poll worker in Minsk said she was asked to sign a document summing up its result, with the vote totals left blank. Continue reading
Aug 25 Ranked voting in presidential election put on hold in Maine By David Sharp, Associated Press A state judge has cleared the way for a GOP-led referendum aimed at nullifying ranked choice voting in presidential races in Maine, meaning the voting system cannot be used in the presidential contest this November. Continue reading