Nov 04 Watch 5:56 What we know about vote counting and election-related lawsuits President Trump has made it clear he is willing to challenge the results of state vote counts that have not yet been completed. What legal recourse do candidates have in this situation? Amna Nawaz talks to Tammy Patrick, an expert… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch 4:23 Michigan’s secretary of state on the process of counting votes Former Vice President Joe Biden was declared the winner of Michigan’s electoral votes Wednesday evening by the Associated Press. Although some votes are still being counted, Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s secretary of state, said she has been impressed by the efficiency… Continue watching
Nov 04 Nevada will release more mail-in ballot results on Thursday By Associated Press Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe Gloria said at a news conference Wednesday afternoon that he did not yet know how many ballots had been received but uncounted in the Las Vegas area. Continue reading
Nov 04 Biden wins Michigan, nears 270 electoral votes By Associated Press Democrat Joe Biden has carried Michigan and its 16 electoral votes, further dismantling Donald Trump’s Rust Belt wall of support that helped deliver him the presidency four years ago. Continue reading
Nov 04 Voters strip ‘Providence Plantations’ from Rhode Island’s formal name By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Officially, Rhode Island was incorporated as The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations when it declared statehood in 1790. Calls to cut "Plantations" out of the state's name have intensified as protesters nationwide demand racial justice. Continue reading
Nov 04 With presidency in reach, Democrats grapple with disappointment By Bill Barrow, Steve Peoples, Associated Press More than 12 hours after polls closed, Biden held a narrow lead in some key states with hundreds of thousands of votes yet to be counted. But as of midday Wednesday, there was no clear Democratic wave. Continue reading
Nov 04 WATCH: Trump campaign falsely claims victory in Pennsylvania before all votes have been counted By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Members of the Trump campaign spoke from Philadelphia today. Continue reading
Nov 04 Oregon leads the way in decriminalizing hard drugs By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press In a first in the nation, Oregon has rejected charging drug users with criminal offenses, with voters passing a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other hard drugs. Continue reading
Nov 04 Did social media actually counter election misinformation? By Matt O'Brien, Mae Anderson, Associated Press Ahead of the election, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube promised to clamp down on election misinformation, up to and including unsubstantiated charges of fraud and premature declarations of victory by candidates. Continue reading
Nov 04 Trump team says it’s suing to stop Pennsylvania count By Associated Press Justin Clark, Trump’s deputy campaign manager, said in a statement Wednesday that the campaign is “suing to stop Democrat election officials from hiding the ballot counting and processing from our Republican poll observers.”… Continue reading