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Washington Post:
USPS disregards court order to conduct ballot sweeps in 12 postal districts after more than 300,000 ballots cannot be traced — A federal judge ordered mail service and law enforcement agents to comb processing plants for votes as delays continue — The U.S. Postal Service turned …
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Dinah Voyles Pulver / USA Today:
USPS Service blows deadline to check for missing ballots. About 300,000 can't be traced … The U.S. Postal Service blew a court-ordered deadline Tuesday to sweep mail-processing facilities in more than a dozen states for missing election ballots that could number in the hundreds of thousands.
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John Kruzel / The Hill:
Federal judge orders USPS to rush delivery of mail ballots as deadlines near
Federal judge orders USPS to rush delivery of mail ballots as deadlines near
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David Shepardson / Reuters:
U.S. judge orders sweep for any outstanding ballots at some Postal facilities
U.S. judge orders sweep for any outstanding ballots at some Postal facilities
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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Judge orders Postal Service to sweep facilities for undelivered mail-in ballots
Judge orders Postal Service to sweep facilities for undelivered mail-in ballots
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Daily Kos, Politico and The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Election Needles: President — If Joe Biden wins one of these three states, he is likely to win the presidency. — If President Trump wins all three, it could be days or more before a winner is declared.
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New York Times:
Presidential Election Results — Editors at The Times will take into account a number of factors before declaring a winner, including race calls made by The Associated Press and Edison Research, as well as analysis of the votes that have been reported so far.
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Kevin Stankiewicz / CNBC:
GOP pollster says the Trump-Biden race comes down to 3 states and Biden only needs to win 1 — North Carolina, Florida and Ohio are key bellwethers in determining the election outcome between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, according to GOP pollster Frank Luntz.
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Axios:
Scoop: Biden's plan to assert control — If news organizations declare Joe Biden the mathematical president-elect, he plans to address the nation as its new leader, even if President Trump continues to fight in court, advisers tell Axios. — Why it matters: Biden advisers learned the lesson of 2000 …
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Alayna Treene / Axios:
Trump campaign to run election night war room on White House grounds — The Trump campaign will run its election night war room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, located steps from the West Wing, the campaign confirmed to Axios. — Why it matters: The decision to move …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden campaign believes it has 8-point battleground early vote lead — Joe Biden's campaign said Tuesday that it believes it has at least an 8-point advantage in battleground states after analyzing the nearly 100 million ballots that were cast early. — Why it matters: The campaign …
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FiveThirtyEight:
2020 Election: Live Results And Coverage — INTERACTIVES — Biden's Favored In Our Final Presidential Forecast, But It's A Fine Line Between A Landslide And A Nail-Biter — NEWSLETTER — Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information/Your California Privacy Rights/Children's Online Privacy Policy are applicable to you.
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Washington Post:
Election 2020 live updates and results: Trump, Biden rack up wins as attention turns to swing states
Election 2020 live updates and results: Trump, Biden rack up wins as attention turns to swing states
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Election 2020 Live Updates: Polls Have Closed in Multiple Swing States
Election 2020 Live Updates: Polls Have Closed in Multiple Swing States
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Michael Ruiz / Fox News:
Hillary Clinton retweets her own message from the day after Election Day 2016 — The failed 2016 Democratic presidential nominee wrote, ‘Do not lose heart... (Vote)’ — Fox News Go — Hillary Clinton resurfaced some of her own tweets this Election Day - messages she originally shared …
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway says Trump may lose ground in Electoral College from 2016 — The president earlier on Tuesday predicted he would outperform his prior electoral vote count. — Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said that President Donald Trump was “feeling great” …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell wins reelection
McConnell wins reelection
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Associated Press:
AP VoteCast: Voters say pandemic top issue in election — WASHINGTON (AP) — With the coronavirus now surging anew, voters ranked the pandemic and the economy as top concerns in the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to AP VoteCast, a national survey of the electorate.
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
NBC News Exit Poll: Fewer than half of voters approve of Trump's job performance
NBC News Exit Poll: Fewer than half of voters approve of Trump's job performance
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Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Kentucky to Trump, Vermont for Biden
EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: Kentucky to Trump, Vermont for Biden
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Axios, New York Times, Associated Press and Mercury News
Politico:
These races will tell you who's winning — HOW TO NERD OUT TONIGHT — The Nightly asked POLITICO reporters across the country how they will be watching election returns tonight, as we wait to learn whether President Donald Trump will win reelection or Joe Biden defeats him. Here are their answers:
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Dartunorro Clark / NBC News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene, QAnon supporter, wins House seat in Georgia — Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia businesswoman who has expressed support for the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon and been criticized for a series of racist comments, has won her House race for the state's 14th Congressional District, NBC News projects.
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Alex Rogers / CNN:
QAnon promoter Marjorie Taylor Greene wins seat in Congress
QAnon promoter Marjorie Taylor Greene wins seat in Congress
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Washington Times and Reason
David Lim / Politico:
Hickenlooper beats Gardner, gives Senate Dems pickup in Colorado — Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper captured GOP Sen. Cory Gardner's seat Tuesday night, giving Democrats a pickup they were counting on in their drive to flip the Senate. — Hickenlooper, who entered the race after bowing …
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Alyssa Newcomb / NBC News:
In pizza we crust: On an Election Day like no other, pie delivery remains a constant
In pizza we crust: On an Election Day like no other, pie delivery remains a constant
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Anna North / Vox:
Live results for 2 key abortion ballot initiatives
Live results for 2 key abortion ballot initiatives
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Katherine Miller / Here are some links:
Election Day links — Bonus, practical stuff — When you've had the real pleasure and delight of dealing with a lot of elections, you end up appreciating the value of some practical election-related material. Here is some: — Links — First off: The New York Times helpfully put …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Feline poll watcher in Kentucky — Early vote tops 100 million, doubles total from 2016 — More than 100 million Americans cast early ballots this election cycle, doubling the total who did so in 2016. — As the U.S. nears the conclusion of Election Day, upwards of 100.7 million voters …
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Paul Heintz / News + Opinion, Seven Days:
Phil Scott, Vermont's GOP Governor, Says He Voted for Joe Biden — Gov. Phil Scott speaking to reporters after voting — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott told reporters Tuesday afternoon that he cast his presidential ballot for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. That makes him the only incumbent …
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RT:
‘Any time they want’: If Biden wins, Democrats themselves could oust him at whim, Trump's lawyer Giuliani tells RT — The Democratic Party would be in a position to easily force Joe Biden out of office if he is elected president, and has been openly laying the ground for it, Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani believes.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Over the course of 48 hours, most of Trump's favorite conspiracy theories get hammered
Over the course of 48 hours, most of Trump's favorite conspiracy theories get hammered
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The Daily Caller, Metro.co.uk, Slate and Mercury News
Ben Brasch / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton election results delayed after pipe bursts in room with ballots — Fulton County's absentee-by-mail processing operation at State Farm Arena was delayed at least two hours today after a water pipe burst in a room with ballots. — No ballots were harmed thanks to the slant of the room, voting officials said Tuesday night.
Albert Samaha / BuzzFeed News:
Voters In Battleground States Are Getting Robocalls Discouraging Them From Going To The Polls — As Americans across the country make their way to the polls on Election Day, registered voters in states across the country have reported receiving robocalls discouraging them from casting their ballot.
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Roger Sollenberger / Salon:
Trump's top campaign strategist, Jason Miller, is hiding payments from Steve Bannon — Miller's child-support battle with the mother of his son has raised many questions about his murky finances — President Trump's top campaign strategist, Jason Miller, has been paid tens of thousands …
NPR:
A note about this election — To find out who wins this year's contests up and down the ballot will require patience. The pandemic has transformed how this election is being run in many states. The vast number of ballots cast by mail before Election Day could lengthen the amount of time it takes to count all the votes.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Generals privately brief news anchors, promise no military role in election — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley held an off-the-record video call with top generals and network anchors this weekend to tamp down speculation about potential military involvement …
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