The Supreme Court justice’s suggestion that ballots arriving after Election Day could “flip the results” left voting rights activists concerned about how the court might rule in postelection fights.
Republicans have controlled the state government since 2003. An anti-Trump surge could give Democrats a crucial boost.
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Nick CorasanitiAfter a generation under unified Republican control, Texas is a battleground at every level of government this year.
Read @mannyNYT@reidepstein from the Fort Worth burbs
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President Trump’s campaign has been videotaping voters at ballot drop boxes, a tactic that could amount to illegal voter intimidation, Pennsylvania’s attorney general says.
President Trump’s campaign has been videotaping voters at ballot drop boxes, a tactic that could amount to illegal voter intimidation, Pennsylvania’s attorney general says.
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Nick CorasanitiNew: President Trump’s campaign has been videotaping voters at ballot drop boxes in Philadelphia, a tactic that could amount to illegal voter intimidation, Pennsylvania’s attorney general says.
w/ @dannyhakim
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It’s not a partisan or cultural symbol, not a sign of weakness or virtue.
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Nick Corasaniti.@govchristie pens WSJ op-ed: "I Should Have Worn a Mask"
"Yet the message will be broadly heeded only if it is consistently and honestly delivered by the media, religious leaders, sports figures and public servants."
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One of the emails, obtained by The Times, seemed to suggest that it was sent by an American far-right group, but its metadata showed that it originated from an Estonian server.
Short on money and under enormous pressure, many swing states are still trying to shore up a democratic process challenged daily by court cases, new laws and surges in the coronavirus.
President Trump pleaded with suburban women to back him as Joe Biden courted older voters in Florida. The candidates will hold dueling televised town hall events Thursday night.
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Nick CorasanitiNew: Bridgett Floyd, one of George Floyd’s sisters, cut a new ad for @JoeBiden, calling him “the change we need.”
The ad, released on what would have been Mr. Floyd’s 47th birthday, also comes as the George Floyd Foundation is planning a day of action
nytimes.com/live/2020/10/1…pic.twitter.com/R1OG1Endxc
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In a year when absentee ballots are surging, not all states are providing election officials enough time to process them before Election Day, and some do not allow them time at all.
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Nick CorasanitiWhen can states start processing mail in ballots? When can they start tabulating results?
We're here to help wade through this highly variable technical set of rules.
w/ @DeniseDSLu (and guided by @haeyoun)
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President Trump will hold a rally on Monday, his first since being diagnosed with the coronavirus. Joe Biden campaigned in Pennsylvania over the weekend, driving an economic message and dodging questions about the Supreme Court.
In Wisconsin, about 146,000 people voted by mail in the 2016 general election. This fall, about 647,000 people have already voted absentee, many in Democratic strongholds.
Jim Dwyer, a friend and competitor to Mike McAlary, the subject of Nora Ephron’s “Lucky Guy,” recalls the circumstances behind the play.
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Nick CorasanitiI have so many Dwyer favorites, but for some reason, his essay on "Lucky Guy," the Nora Ephron penned Broadway play about, well, Jim and his cohort of columnists in 1988 stands out
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The Republican National Committee has unleashed its biggest digital push to date to get voters to cast their ballots — even if it means by mail.
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Nick CorasanitiNew: the @GOP is spending $60 million on a digital get out the vote operation.
The big budget digital GOTV is a major shift for the party, who spent just $2.9 million on digital GOTV in 2016.
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In Philadelphia, officials are encouraging voting in person. In Wisconsin, there are ballot-return events in city parks. They reflect an unease over President Trump’s war on mail-in voting.