Election 2020

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Rhode Island Votes to Change State's Name

'Plantations' will be stripped from official name

(Newser) - Voters have agreed to strip the words "and Providence Plantations" from Rhode Island’s formal name, approving a statewide referendum that had been revived amid the nation’s reckoning with racial injustice. A similar ballot question was defeated a decade ago. Although the word "Plantations" in Rhode Island’...

Media Rejects 'Conspiracy' in Arizona

'Sharpiegate' theory comes to life on social media

(Newser) - As states across the US release vote totals for the presidential election, some social media users are falsely claiming that ballots are being invalidated in Arizona. The supposed culprit: Sharpie markers, the AP reports. In what's come to be known as #Sharpiegate, social media posts suggest that election officials...

Chaos Erupts at Ballot-Counting Center

Challengers claim they are barred from vote-counting room

(Newser) - A chaotic scene broke out Wednesday in Detroit when dozens of poll challengers claimed they were being barred from a ballot-counting area, the Detroit Free Press reports. Told the room at TCF Center had hit capacity, people banged on windows and doors, and some chanted "Stop the vote."...

Biden Flips Michigan, Closes in on 270

Democrat is closing in on 270 EC votes

(Newser) - Joe Biden has flipped another one of the Blue Wall battleground states, putting him within reach of 270 Electoral College votes, The AP called the Michigan race for Biden early Wednesday evening. The Washington Post , CNN , Fox , and other outlets had already projected Biden as the winner, while the Trump...

Kanye West Calls It a Day
Kanye West
Calls It a Day
Nov 4, 2020 4:23 PM CST

Kanye West Calls It a Day

The rapper says he didn't win the 2020 election

(Newser) - A 2020 election shocker: Kanye West has admitted defeat after garnering roughly 60,000 votes, Entertainment Tonight reports. The rapper and designer conceded with a simple tweet: "WELP." That tweet is down now, but he posted another with an image of himself in front of a multi-colored election...

Biden: It's 'Clear' That 'We Will Be the Winners'

Democrat stops short of declaring victory

(Newser) - Joe Biden didn't declare victory in a speech in Delaware Wednesday afternoon—but he declared it was "clear" that he would end up the winner after all the votes are counted. "I’m not here to declare that we’ve won, but I am here to report...

Judge: USPS Will Pay Price for Ignoring Ballot Search Order

At least 8K ballots weren't processed on time

(Newser) - A federal judge who ordered the United States Postal Service to sweep its facilities for undelivered ballots Tuesday afternoon is furious about the service's decision to treat the order as optional. "Someone may have a price to pay for that," US District Judge Emmett Sullivan said in...

Trump Sues to Halt Michigan, Pennsylvania Counts

Campaign manager says team hasn't been given 'meaningful access'

(Newser) - President Trump’s campaign says it has filed lawsuits trying to halt the vote counts in battlegrounds Michigan and Pennsylvania. The latest Michigan count gives Joe Biden a small lead, but the race is still too early to call. Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien said in a statement Wednesday that...

Why the Polls May Have Got It Wrong
It's Another 'Disaster
for the Polling Industry'
THE RUNDOWN
Nov 4, 2020 2:09 PM CST

It's Another 'Disaster for the Polling Industry'

Pundits point to social desirability bias

(Newser) - With six states still to be called , much about the 2020 election is up in the air. What is clear is that President Trump did far better than most polls suggested he would, as also was the case in 2016. Surveys gave the impression of "an easy win for...

Trump Campaign Says It Wants Wisconsin Recount
Biden Wins Wisconsin,
Trump Team Wants Recount
UPDATED
Nov 4, 2020 1:35 PM CST

Biden Wins Wisconsin, Trump Team Wants Recount

Trailing candidate can request one if they aren't more than 1 percentage point behind

(Newser) - President Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien says the president plans to "immediately" request a recount in the battleground state of Wisconsin, which the Associated Press called for Joe Biden Wednesday afternoon. Stepein spoke about a recount before the call, when Joe Biden was 20,000 votes ahead with...

Where Things Stand in the 5 States We're Waiting On

Trump's lead is shrinking in Pennsylvania

(Newser) - Both candidates remain shy of 270 electoral college votes with five states yet to be called: Alaska, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Wisconsin, which had been on that list for much of Wednesday, was called for Joe Biden in the afternoon . Michigan was called for Biden hours later . Here'...

2 State Constitutions Allowed for Slavery. But No More
2 State Constitutions Allowed
for Slavery. But No More
ELECTION 2020
Nov 4, 2020 1:23 PM CST

2 State Constitutions Allowed for Slavery. But No More

Utah, Nebraska outlaw the practice, without exemptions

(Newser) - A person convicted of a crime in Utah or Nebraska could technically be punished with slavery under the state constitution, but no longer. Voters in both states chose to remove language describing the possible punishment on Tuesday. With passage of Amendment C, Article I, Section 21 of Utah's constitution—...

AOC Loses &#39;Youngest Member in Modern History&#39; Title
Youngest House
Member in Centuries:
'Cry More, Lib'
ELECTION 2020
Nov 4, 2020 11:51 AM CST

Youngest House Member in Centuries: 'Cry More, Lib'

Madison Cawthorn, 25, elected in NC's 11th Congressional District

(Newser) - "Cry more, lib." So reads the first post-election tweet from Madison Cawthorn, who will become the youngest House member in centuries. The 25-year-old Republican defeated Democratic opponent Moe Davis to take North Carolina's 11th Congressional District seat, vacated by White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, per...

Amanda Knox's Cringey Joke Draws Backlash

Maybe she should've left her own history out of it

(Newser) - With tensions high on election night, many people were making anxiety-induced posts and jokes online, and Amanda Knox was one of them. But while her late-night tweet received some thumbs-up, it also drew backlash for what many say was insensitivity to both other voters and to the woman she was...

If Biden Pulls This Off, He Won&#39;t Have It Easy
If Biden
Pulls This Off,
He Won't Have
It Easy
OPINION
Nov 4, 2020 9:30 AM CST

If Biden Pulls This Off, He Won't Have It Easy

He needed that landslide, writes Ryan Lizza

(Newser) - So much for that landslide, writes Ryan Lizza at Politico. He does some quick math and says Joe Biden's most realistic best-case scenario puts him in the White House with 290 electoral votes—down from Donald Trump's 304 in 2016 and Barack Obama's 365 and 332 in...

Trump Team Was Reportedly Not Happy With This Fox Call

Network made an early projection of Arizona for Biden

(Newser) - Fox News was among the first media outlets to call Arizona for Joe Biden on Election Night—and President Trump's team was reportedly quite peeved at that decision. Fox had pledged to follow the projections of its nonpartisan, non-ideological “decision desk," reports NPR , which notes that the...

Trump Accused of &#39;Castrating the Facts&#39; in False Victory Claim
Trump's False Victory Claim
Met Swift Rebukes
THE RUNDOWN
Nov 4, 2020 7:53 AM CST

Trump's False Victory Claim Met Swift Rebukes

News anchors, Joe Biden's camp, and prominent GOPers all pushed back on president's remarks

(Newser) - Just before 2:30am Wednesday, during a still-undecided election, President Trump gathered supporters at the White House to let them know he thought a "major fraud" was occurring, because he hadn't yet been declared the winner. "As far as I'm concerned, we already have won it,...

Uber, Lyft Spent a Wild Amount, Came Out on Top in California

Proposition 22 passes, so workers can remain independent contactors

(Newser) - There was at least one clear winner on election night: Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and other delivery and ride-share companies, which can stick with classifying their California workers as independent contractors. Voters in the state came out 58% to 42% in favor of Proposition 22, which allows the companies to skirt...

He Died From COVID, Won North Dakota Race Anyway
Candidate Who Died
of COVID Wins Race
ELECTION 2020
Nov 4, 2020 7:19 AM CST

Candidate Who Died of COVID Wins Race

It was too late to remove North Dakota's David Andahl from the ballot

(Newser) - A Republican candidate for North Dakota's state legislature won on Tuesday—despite the fact that he died of COVID-19 last month. David Andahl won one of two seats awarded in the Bismarck-area district, Fox 9 reports. But the 55-year-old died Oct. 5 after a battle with the coronavirus; the...

What Trump Had to Say at 2:30am
What Trump Had
to Say at 2:30am
election 2020
Nov 4, 2020 6:37 AM CST

What Trump Had to Say at 2:30am

President addresses supporters from packed White House room

(Newser) - President Trump addressed a crowd that appeared to be largely maskless inside the White House just before 2:30am Wednesday, noting as he came out, "This is without question the latest news conference I have ever had." He thanked Americans for their support and quickly rolled out his...

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