Former Democratic presidential candidate Bloomberg to spend at least $100M to help Biden campaign in Florida
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is committing at least $100 million to help Joe Biden’s presidential campaign in the crucial battleground state of Florida.
Fulton County votes to change 40 polling locations for November
No one wants a repeat of Georgia’s June Primary Election debacle especially voters in Fulton County.
Georgia officials tweak standard for marks to count as votes
Election officials in Georgia approved a new rule Thursday that changes the standard for how much an oval needs to be filled in on an absentee ballot to count as a vote.
Images of 9/11 attack, porn interrupt voting machine hearing
A federal hearing on a challenge to Georgia’s voting machines was interrupted Friday when someone began posting video and symbols during the live Zoom session, including images from the Sept. 11 attacks, a swastika and pornography.
Judge: Voters can’t abolish embattled GA police department
Voters can’t try to abolish an embattled Georgia police department that was wrapped in controversy even before the department oversaw the initial investigation into the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, a judge ruled Friday.
Democratic opponent of GOP QAnon supporter drops out of Georgia U.S. House race
Kevin Van Ausdal, the Democratic candidate for the open U.S. House District 14 seat in northwest Georgia announced Friday he is dropping out of the race against controversial Republican businesswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
Trump, Biden commemorate 9/11 at Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania
The two men vying to lead the nation next year will mark the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at the same memorial.
Target among major corporations paying employees to serve as poll workers in 2020 election
Major retailers are offering paid time off to vote, as well as to serve as an election worker, in the upcoming presidential election.
14 states ask federal judge to reverse changes at US Postal Service
A group of states suing over service cuts at the U.S. Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake.
Rev. Warnock holds in-person campaign events
Reverend Raphael Warnock says Georgia deserves a U.S. senator who will stand up for workers. Those remarks were made at the IBEW Building in Atlanta on Thursday.
Twitter says it will label or remove misleading claims on election results
The new rule includes attempts at undermining people's faith in the process itself, such as false claims about election rigging or ballot tampering, or about the outcome of the election.
Biden-Harris campaign seeks to win over Animal Crossing island voters
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris see a potential target market in the popular Nintendo game, which had sold more than 22.4 million copies as of August.
Political science professor talks impact of Woodward book on 2020 election
Brian Smith believes that although this book reveals Trump told one person one thing and then turned around and told the American people another about how dangerous this virus is, this information will not be a make or break for the president in this election.
Another showdown set this week over Georgia voting machines
Voting integrity activists will try this week to convince a federal judge that Georgia should scrap its brand new touchscreen voting machines in favor of hand-marked paper ballots. The state, meanwhile, will ask her not to order any changes, especially with an election looming.
Bob Woodward says Trump told him of COVID-19: ‘I wanted to always play it down’
President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting that the U.S. government had it totally under control, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward.
South Lawn, Rose Garden under repair after White House stages RNC events
The White House South Lawn and its iconic Rose Garden are undergoing extensive re-sodding and other work after last month’s Republican National Convention turned them into a muddy mess.
‘Purple’ Colorado could go blue in 2020 election as younger voters flock to state, experts say
Experts say Colorado’s electorate has been slowly turning from red to purple over the last 30 years and will likely turn completely blue if it continues on its current trajectory with younger, college-educated people moving into the state.
Mail-in and absentee ballots: How to ensure yours is properly filled out and doesn’t get rejected
Political experts are predicting the rejection of thousands of absentee ballots this fall. Here’s what you need to know to make sure yours is filled out properly and counted.
1,000 people double-voted in Georgia primary, secretary of state says
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday that 1,000 Georgians voted twice in the state’s June 9 primary, a felony that he said will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Absentee ballot rejections could triple in battleground states
An Associated Press analysis of absentee ballot rejections found the number of ballots that could go uncounted this year in some key battleground states could be up to three times higher than during the last presidential election four years ago.