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Georgia Officials, Organizations React to Insurrection At U.S. Capitol

Georgia officials and organizations have issued mixed reactions, from a strong condemnation by the Governor to silence in some cases, to Wednesday's siege of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump extremists.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they try to storm the Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. Demonstrators breached security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 electoral vote certification.

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  • Politics

Trump Supporters Storm U.S. Capitol, Clash With Police

After the president addressed the crowd gathered to protest President-elect Joe Biden's win, Trump supporters pushed past barriers onto the Capitol grounds.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Marisa Peñaloza
Vice President Pence came under pressure from President Trump to reject the Electoral College results in a ceremony where he is constitutionally bound to announce that President-elect Joe Biden won.

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  • Elections

Trump Lashes Out After Pence Refuses To Overturn Election Results

The vice president was presiding as the Electoral College vote count is tallied. As violence broke out at the Capitol, President Trump rebuked Pence for following the law.

January 06, 2021
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is among those promising to challenge the Jan. 6 vote to certify the Electoral College results.

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  • Elections

Pence Backs Republican Lawmakers' Plan To Object To Electoral College Results

Eleven senators and senators-elect said they would reject electors "from disputed states" without an investigation into the votes in those states. They did not provide evidence for their concerns.

January 03, 2021
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By:
  • Jason Slotkin

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  • National

COMIC: How Your State Gets Power Via The Census (And What Trump Wants To Change)

A little-known process determines your state's representation in Congress and the Electoral College. Trump wants to try to change it by excluding unauthorized immigrants for the first time in history.

January 01, 2021
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By:
  • Connie Hanzhang Jin and
  • Hansi Lo Wang
President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him president Monday.

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  • Analysis

As Democracy Holds, Trump Finds Himself Increasingly Isolated

The Electoral College reaffirmed that Joe Biden is president-elect, but the current president continues to not accept it, threatening to undermine Biden's legitimacy.

December 15, 2020
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Russian President Vladimir Putin told U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, "For my part, I am ready for interaction and contacts with you," according to the Kremlin.

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  • Politics

Putin And Bolsonaro Congratulate Biden On His Victory Over Trump

The Russian leader contacted U.S. President-elect Joe Biden after the Electoral College affirmed his victory. Putin was one of the last major world leaders to do so.

December 15, 2020
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
The line for early voting at the Lucas Senior Center in Macon stretched out the front door on the first day of early voting Monday.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Changing Political Landscape, Electorate Make For Unprecedented Ga. Runoffs

Tuesday on Political Rewind: The Electoral College officially cast their votes for President-elect Joe Biden on Monday. It’s the first time in nearly three decades a Democratic candidate has won Georgia’s support in the presidential contest.

Monday also marked the first day of in-person early voting for the Jan. 5 runoffs. With the nation's eyes on Georgia, how do the state's broad and diverse coalitions factor into this election, which will determine control of the U.S. Senate? 

December 15, 2020
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By:
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
Pennsylvania electors arrive in December 2016 to cast their votes for president. Then, their 20 votes went for President Trump. This time, they are slated to go for President-elect Joe Biden.

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  • Elections

Who Are Electors And How Do They Get Picked?

Electors are picked by state parties, and in most states they are bound to follow the popular vote and made to sign pledges or be threatened with fines and even criminal action.

December 14, 2020
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Former vice president Joe Biden made a closing pitch to voters casting himself as a healing and unifying force for America at a campaign stop in Warm Springs, Ga. one week before Election Day.

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  • Politics

Electors Meeting To Formally Choose Biden As Next President

538 electors in all 50 states and the District of Columbia will cast their votes for president, marking a key next step for Joe Biden as he gets closer to officially becoming the 46th president of the United States.

December 14, 2020
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By:
  • Associated Press
D.C. Circuit Judge Gregory Katsas joined another Trump-appointed federal judge in voting to dismiss a Washington, D.C.-based lawsuit over President Trump's efforts to omit unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers that set up the next Electoral College map.

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  • National

Federal Court Rejects Challenge To Trump's Push To Alter A Key Census Count

In a 2-1 vote, the court tossed out a lawsuit, one of several working through the courts, that challenged a memo on excluding unauthorized immigrants from numbers that reset the Electoral College map.

November 26, 2020
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang

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  • National

Americans Worry About Transfer Of Power: 'We Need Our Country To Come Together'

As President Trump still refuses to concede, some Americans are fearful he's trampling democratic norms, while others trust the election process but fear lasting political extremism.

November 20, 2020
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By:
  • Piper McDaniel
A Joe Biden supporter holds up a phone displaying the Electoral College map in Philadelphia on Nov. 7.

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  • National

Census 'Anomalies' Could Thwart Trump's Bid To Alter Next Electoral College

The Census Bureau has found routine irregularities in the 2020 census that require more quality checks and determined it cannot deliver a key set of numbers to President Trump before his term ends.

November 19, 2020
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Nebraska's longest serving state Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha addresses supporters on the stairs of the Capitol in Lincoln, Neb., on Aug. 13. Chambers helped keep Nebraska's electoral votes split.

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  • Politics

How State Sen. Ernie Chambers Helped Keep Nebraska's Electoral College Votes Split

Longtime progressive state Sen. Ernie Chambers has been instrumental in keeping Nebraska's Electoral College votes split by district. Joe Biden won one Electoral College vote in Nebraska.

November 09, 2020
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By:
  • James Doubek
Protesters demonstrate four years ago against Donald Trump, then the president-elect, outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Trump won the Electoral College but lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes.

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  • Elections

As Presidency Hinges On A Handful Of States, Some Have Made A Popular Vote Pact

What would a national popular vote mean? Instead of watching days of livestreams of swing state poll workers, the result would have been settled on Tuesday night.

November 06, 2020
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
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