Elections

A Georgia election official examines a ballot during that state's hand-count audit in 2020.

Politics & Government

Hand-counting ballots may sound nice. It's actually less accurate and more expensive

5:01am October 07, 2022

by Miles Parks

Republicans in some states are pushing to count ballots the old-fashioned way — which experts say would bring a level of chaos to elections not seen in decades.

Construction crews make repairs to a bridge on the island of Matlacha, in Florida's Lee County, on Wednesday. Lee County's election officials are scrambling to figure out plans for this fall's election.

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Florida officials are scrambling to limit Hurricane Ian's impact on the election

5:05pm October 06, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

Election officials in Florida say they are meeting a Thursday deadline to send out mail ballots, despite the hurricane. But in-person voting sites remain a concern.

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How accusations from Herschel Walker's past affect his chances with Georgia voters

4:25pm October 06, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Axios reporter Emma Hurt about how recent allegations against Georgia's senate candidate Herschel Walker are affecting his chances with voters.

Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott warned colleagues not to "give the crazies an inch" after then-President Donald Trump and his allies pressured the network. Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems indicate they to use Scott's words against Fox in its $1.6 billion defamation suit against the network.

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Fox News CEO warned against 'crazies' after 2020 election, Dominion says

4:25pm October 06, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott warned colleagues not to "give the crazies an inch" after the 2020 elections. Dominion Voting Systems revealed her words in its $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox.

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President Biden participates in a meeting on Feb. 22. Biden's approval rating is up to 44%, which marks a third straight month of increases to Biden's approval rating.

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NPR poll shows Biden's approval rating is up but there are warning signs for Democrats

11:56am October 06, 2022

by Domenico Montanaro

The president's approval rating is up to 44%, but 7-in-10 people say the country is going in the wrong direction, and young and Black voters are among the least likely to vote this fall.

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case involving the Voting Rights Act.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court conservatives may strike another blow to landmark Voting Rights Act

8:41pm October 04, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

At issue in Tuesday's case was Alabama's congressional redistricting plan, adopted by the Republican state legislature after the 2020 Census.

Politics & Government

The landmark Voting Rights Act faces further dismantling at the Supreme Court

5:54am October 04, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The law is once again on the chopping block — this time on the question of how state legislatures may draw congressional district lines when the state's voters are racially polarized.

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In Utah, independent Evan McMullin poses a challenge for Trump-backed Sen. Mike Lee

9:49pm October 02, 2022

The Utah Senate race is tight, like so many this year. Incumbent Sen. Mike Lee faces a credible threat from independent Evan McMullin after Lee strongly aligned himself with former President Trump.

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Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, shown here addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2017, has been placed at the center of a $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems over false claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential elections.

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Fox's Jeanine Pirro is back in the hot seat in $1.6 billion election defamation case

7:08pm September 30, 2022

by David Folkenflik

Dominion Voting Systems' lawyers want to question the Fox News star again over texts they got just hours before she sat for a sworn deposition. Dominion sued Fox over false claims of election fraud.

The fate of the Amazon rainforest may rest on the results of Brazil's vote on Sunday

5:58pm September 30, 2022

by John Otis

After record deforestation and environmental deregulation in the past few years, the result of the Brazilian election could very well determine the fate of the Amazon rainforest.

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