elections

4:58pm Jul 22, 2021

National National Politics & Government

All Eyes On Ohio: People, Money And Energy Are Flooding Into A Cleveland Area Primary

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Democrats around the United States are busily focusing on an upcoming race. From across the country, people and money and energy are flooding into one democratic primary in the Cleveland area.
10:21am Jul 20, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Gov. Cooper Makes County Election Board Chairpersons Picks

by Paul Garber

Gov. Roy Cooper has made his picks for who will lead the county boards of elections in the state.
Eric Gay / AP

7:34pm Jul 19, 2021

National National Politics & Government

In Texas, Efforts To Make Voting Harder Have Some Worried In Harris County

by Andrew Schneider / Houston Public Media

Harris County, which includes Houston, has more than 4.7 million people. Many of the voting rights innovations installed last year are at risk of being eliminated by the Republican-led legislature.
10:06am Jul 16, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government

State GOP Members Want Voting Machines Examined

by Rusty Jacobs, WUNC

A group of conservative Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly wants access to voting machines to clear up what they call public concern over election integrity.
Penguin Press

7:26pm Jul 15, 2021

Books Books Arts Politics & Government

How It Went Down: Authors Go Deep Into Doomed 2020 Trump White House

by Ron Elving

By haranguing all who will listen, in interviews or rally rants, Donald Trump even now is demonstrating his abiding and preternatural confidence in his own persuasiveness.
7:00pm Jul 12, 2021

National National Politics & Government

Right To Vote: How Republican Lawmakers Used Trump's Big Lie To Restrict Voting

by Ari Shapiro

Former President Trump's false claims about voter fraud sparked a movement to restrict voting access. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice about the new laws.

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10:29am Jul 12, 2021

Sports Sports Politics & Government

The Battle For The U.S. Senate Will Be On Display During Baseball's All-Star Game

by Becky Sullivan

A new attack ad targeting Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock blames a "radical left woke crowd" for moving the game out of Atlanta. It will air during the Home Run Derby and All-Star Game.
8:50am Jul 11, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government

Latino Voters Are Leaving The Democratic Party

New information about the 2020 election reveals a growing shift among Latino voters away from the Democratic party. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with OpenLabs R&D researcher David Shor about it.
Jen Rice / Houston Public Media

4:53pm Jul 09, 2021

National National Politics & Government

A Houston Man Is Arrested For Alleged Illegal Voting As Texas GOP Seeks Tighter Laws

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is prosecuting Hervis Rogers, who allegedly voted before his parole ended. Paxton has made prosecuting alleged cases of voter fraud a core mission of his office.
Tamir Kalifa / Getty Images

11:44am Jul 09, 2021

National National Politics & Government

Texas Republicans Have A New Voting Bill. Here's What's In It

by Ashley Lopez

The latest bills include new identification requirements for people voting by mail and prohibit local election officials from sending vote-by-mail applications to someone who hasn't requested one.
7:58am Jul 04, 2021

National National Politics & Government

New Pew Study Explains Joe Biden's 2020 Presidential Victory

by Danielle Kurtzleben

New data gives us a clear picture of how President Joe Biden won in 2020, and reveals the voter groups Donald Trump improved with. That data might be encouraging to Republicans heading into 2022.
Megan Varner / Getty Images

4:31pm Jul 02, 2021

Politics & Government Politics & Government

How Pro-Trump Local News Sites Keep Pushing 2020 Election Misinformation

by Stephen Fowler

A small news site founded days after the 2020 election has become a go-to source for Republicans eager to claim that former President Donald Trump actually won the state of Georgia last fall.