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Supporters of a ballot measure to legalize abortion in Michigan gathered on Monday, after submitting hundreds of thousands of signatures to qualify for the November ballot.

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  • Health

In Michigan, the future of abortion rights could soon be up to voters

Abortion rights advocates in Michigan are hoping a wave of newly-motivated activists will turn out this year to override an abortion ban and put broad reproductive rights in the state constitution.

July 13, 2022
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By:
  • Kate Wells
Cassidy Hutchinson, who was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, stands up in a public hearing of the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, at the Capitol, in Washington, U.S., June 28, 2022. Photo by Mandel Ngan/Pool via REUTERS

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Surprise January 6th hearing; voter registration yields gains for Republicans

Wednesday on Political Rewind: Will Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony at the January 6th Hearings have any effect on voters this November? Plus, the AP reports that a million voters have switched to the Republican Party. Meanwhile, more DAs say they will not enforce laws that restrict abortions.

 

June 29, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
  • and 1 more
President Biden showed off a chart comparing strong job creation during his first year to that of previous presidents. But economists say surging inflation is top of mind to voters.

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  • Politics

The economy is strong but voters aren't feeling it. That's a problem for Biden

President Biden's first year in the White House has been marked by record GDP growth and job gains, so why do voters keep giving him poor marks on the economy?

February 10, 2022
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By:
  • Asma Khalid
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured Friday, celebrated his party's victory in a local election. Johnson's Conservatives fared well in local and regional elections.

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  • Europe

U.K. Elections: Conservatives Make Gains; Pro-Independence Parties Win In Scotland

Voters in Scotland gave a majority to parties supporting a push for independence from the U.K. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson's Conservatives won in local elections in England.

May 08, 2021
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  • Marisa Peñaloza and
  • James Doubek
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden kicks off a small business tour at the Carpenters Local Union 1912 in Phoenix on Oct. 8.

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  • National

3 Big Reasons Why Biden Is Winning Over Arizona Voters

Grassroots Latino voter energy, changing demographics and the urban-rural divide explain why a Democratic presidential campaign is expected to win Arizona for only a second time since 1948.

November 06, 2020
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  • Kirk Siegler
Navajo voters casting their ballots after riding 10 miles on horseback through Navajo County, Ariz.

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  • National

In Indian Country, COVID-19 Yet Another Obstacle To Casting A Vote

People who live on America's 326 Indian reservations often have a harder time voting due to bad roads and lack of formal addresses. The pandemic is adding challenges.

November 02, 2020
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  • Savannah Maher
Demonstrators hold placards reading "BLACK LIVES MATTER," "Walter Wallace JR." and DEFUND PPD" as they gather in protest near the location where Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man, was killed by two police officers in Philadelphia. Police officers said he was armed with a knife.

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  • National

Policing Reform, Civilian Oversight And More: After Months Of Protest, Voters Decide

Months of protests over police brutality has brought some change, but major reform has so far eluded many communities.

October 31, 2020
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  • Cheryl Corley
Monica Scott, a Biden supporter, said she hopes President Trump's positive coronavirus test will cause more Americans to take the virus seriously.

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  • Politics

'Too Obnoxious' To Be Stopped By The Virus: People React To Trump's Coronavirus Test

Americans woke up Friday to news that the president and first lady both had tested positive for the coronavirus. For many, reactions to the news fell along political lines.

October 03, 2020
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  • Sarah McCammon and
  • Piper McDaniel
Joe Biden is making a big appeal to the older white voters who helped elect Donald Trump in 2016 with ads like "Donna" that focus on fears about the pandemic.

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  • National

Older White Voters Who Helped Trump Win May Be In Play

Polls suggest movement in this key demographic toward Joe Biden, but some white seniors in battleground states tell NPR they're sticking with the president.

August 23, 2020
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By:
  • Brian Mann
Georgia's new secretary of state released a list of 313,000 voter registrations that will soon be removed as part of federally-required list maintenance.

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  • Politics

Georgia's Voter Registration Purge Raises Eyebrows

Voting in Georgia has remained a prickly subject after last year's midterm elections. The governor's race between Republican Secretary of State Brian...

November 06, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Stephen Fowler
A smiling President Harry S. Truman (left) holds a copy of the famous Chicago Daily Tribune paper declaring "Dewey Defeats Truman." Truman, in fact, defeated Dewey, but the Tribune sent its paper to press before the final results came in.

How Election Night News Discounts Voters — 'Without Even Knowing It'

More than a week after Election Day, the drama over Georgia's gubernatorial race is mounting . Police arrested demonstrators Tuesday at the state...

November 15, 2018
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By:
  • Leighton Rowell and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Today on the show, we heard from the first black flight dispatcher for Delta, Joe Jackson. He retired this year after a career spanning 50 years with...

November 14, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 3 more
Voters at New Griswoldville Baptist Church in Macon on election day, November 6, 2018.

Court Rulings Put Time Back On Georgia Election Clock

A flurry of legal actions are extending the deadline for the end of the contentious Georgia gubernatorial race . In a Federal decision from Georgia’s...

November 13, 2018
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship
Voters at the Vinings Public Library waited over 2 hours Tuesday morning to cast their ballot.

Georgia Voters Tell GPB Why They Went To The Polls

Georgia is one of the most-watched states nationwide for the 2018 midterm elections. The state has already hit record early voting numbers, and overall...

November 06, 2018
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By:
  • Sophia Saliby ,
  • Elena Rivera ,
  • and 1 more
"I'm a Georgia Voter" stickers with peaches are handed out to residents as they vote during Georgia's primary election at their polling station at South Lowndes Recreation Complex in Lake Park, Ga., Tuesday, March 1, 2016.

Black Georgia Lawmakers Blast Trump Panel On Voting Fraud

Black lawmakers in Georgia blasted President Donald Trump's election fraud commission for requesting extensive personal voter information Thursday,...

July 06, 2017
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