Amid unhinged attacks from Donald Trump last year, Gabriel Sterling, a top Republican election official in Georgia, was forced to have police protection at his home. Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state, also received threats, as did his wife. But what really got Sterling’s blood pressure up—the “straw that […]
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Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims
The election infrastructure company Dominion Voting Systems sued Powell for defamation after she pushed lawsuits and made appearances in conservative media on behalf of then-President Donald Trump to sow doubt about the 2020 election results. Dominion claims that Powell knew her election fraud accusations were false and hurtful to the […]
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Democrats to determine leaders after disappointing election
House Democrats on Wednesday will launch the delicate affair of choosing their leadership team in the next Congress, a routine exercise that’s taken on outsized significance following the party’s battering at the polls two weeks ago. Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiMcConnell wants deal this week on fiscal 2021 spending figures Business […]
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Belarus: Will Lukashenko make it to another election? | Europe News
On October 11, Belarusian security forces charged at a large anti-government demonstration in Minsk. Mariya Shakuro did not run. She felt she had done nothing wrong by joining the protest so there was no need to flee. The 29-year-old, who works in furniture manufacturing, was arrested, along with dozens of […]
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Get the latest California legislative election results
Good morning! California election results are still trickling in. Here’s the latest. WHAT WE STILL DON’T KNOW The following ballot measures have not been called: Proposition 14, the measure to to issue $5.5 billion in bonds for stem cell research. The measure is leading slightly, 51.1% to 48.9%. Proposition 15, […]
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Election canvassing on Hinge, Tinder, Bumble, and other dating apps: advice from Dear Prudie.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by max-kegfire/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Danny is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat. Q. Catfishing: My daughters have been phone banking, calling Arizona and Michigan and so on to get out the vote. I didn’t want to […]
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Election workers carried on vote count under historic scrutiny
Water splattering on the floor halted counting for two hours on Election Day, but it didn’t damage any ballots. And it was nothing compared to the seemingly Augean task of processing nearly 150,000 mail ballots, the unfounded accusations of fraud, the physical threats and the online harassment — and the […]
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Japanese TV Is Covering the US Election Like a ‘Game Show’
Photo: Courtesy of Melanie Brock News this week has been dominated by the United States election. For the first time in years, results weren’t clear within hours of polls closing. Now, three days after the Tuesday polls, people are still plugged into the news, awaiting the outcome. Coverage has been […]
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Trump steps to podium, baselessly attacks election
A Marine is posted outside the West Wing of the White House, signifying the President is in the Oval Office, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Washington. Evan Vucci AP WASHINGTON For 40 hours, President Donald Trump fumed in private and tweeted his grievances in all caps. When he at last […]
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Kylie Jenner Promoted Her Makeup on Election Day, and Instagram Didn’t Want to Hear It
Kylie Jenner took some backlash from fans on social media for promoting her make-up brand on Tuesday — the day of the 2020 presidential election. While all eyes were on the polls, Jenner dropped in on Instagram to announced that the Kendall Collection from Kylie Cosmetics was back in stock. […]
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How newspapers treated the morning after Election Day 2020
In the eyes of Julie Moos, executive director of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, the Republic’s front page was among the strongest displays, capturing the facts — no result — and the feeling of a nation at odds with itself. Large photos of President Trump and Democratic candidate Joe […]
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CA election results: State Legislature, Senate, Assembly
We did it! We made it through Election Day! Of course, here in California it’ll be some time before we have final results. But let’s get into the news. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES Via Hannah Wiley… It wasn’t all about the White House last night. Or at least in my orbit it […]
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California election results: Latest on Prop 20, 25 cash bail
California voters considered three criminal justice-related ballot measures Tuesday, including one that would end the practice of requiring many defendants to post cash bail as a condition of leaving jail before trial. While millions of votes have yet to be tallied, the outcome of the three ballot measures will have […]
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CA election results: Prop 21 rent control ballot measure
California rent control initiative Proposition 21 failed Tuesday, with 59.3% of the 10.1 million votes recorded rejecting the measure before the Associated Press called the race around 10:45 p.m. It was the second time in two years that California voters rejected a rent control measure at the ballot box. Proposition […]
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MN U.S. House 2 Election Results
EAGAN, MN — First-term Congresswoman Angie Craig is hoping that the voters of Minnesota’s Second District re-elect her over Republican challenger Tyler Kistner. This is the third time Craig has run to represent her district in the U.S. House. In 2016, Craig — a Democrat — narrowly lost to Republican […]
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Joe Biden Is Projected Winner Of Minnesota: Election Results
MINNESOTA — Democrat Joe Biden is the projected winner of Minnesota’s 10 electoral votes, the Associated Press reports. Biden currently leads President Donald Trump in the state by about 10 percentage points; 1,184,898 votes to 960,809 votes. MINNESOTA — President Donald Trump has made it his own personal mission to […]
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Law Enforcement On Heightened Alert For Election Day; LAPD On Tactical Alert
Share this article: Police across the Southland were on heightened alert Tuesday as voting wraps up in a highly contentious presidential election that has led to fears of large demonstrations — regardless of whether President Donald Trump wins or if Democrat Joe Biden unseats him. The Los Angeles Police Department […]
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Pennsylvania emerges as early focus of online Election Day misinformation
The most prominent topic being discussed concerns allegations, which are for the most part either unsubstantiated or just plain false, of perceived unfairness toward Republican poll-watchers, with the implication that something untoward may be going on that people don’t want the poll-watchers to see. There have been no substantiated reports […]
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How Wolf Blitzer and other news anchors are preparing for Election Day
We spoke to anchors about their routines and plans in preparation for Election Day. Here’s how they’re getting ready. “I’ll spend an hour on the treadmill, have a very healthy breakfast, and there’s a few light bulbs I need to change around the house. And yes, I will trim my […]
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2020 Election Results: North Carolina voting counts, electoral college votes
RALEIGH, North Carolina — North Carolina is a key battleground state for both the presidency and control of the Senate in the 2020 election. NORTH CAROLINA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS *Counties are colored red or blue when the % expected vote reporting reaches a set threshold. This threshold varies by state […]