Supreme Court Hands Down Several Decisions On Ballots, Days Ahead Of Election Night
Several important legal decisions were made this week on election laws in crucial states as millions of voters have already cast their ballots.
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News Brief: Final Electoral Map, Hidden Coronavirus Data, Stock Market
NPR's final electoral map still shows plenty of uncertainty. Federal agencies are not sharing key hospitalization data with the public. And, Wall Street weighs in on the election and the stock market.
'No Pandemic Exception To The Constitution': Court Rejects Minn. Ballot Extension
The three-person panel on the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed an extension by Secretary of State Steve Simon to accommodate voters who may have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.
What It's Like To Be A Conservative Gen Z Voter In California
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with two conservative members of Generation Z in California about how it feels to have conservative political views in an overwhelmingly blue state.
Black And Latino Voters Flooded With Disinformation In Final Days Before Election
In 2016, Black voters were the top target of foreign disinformation campaigns. In 2020, there are both foreign and domestic efforts to dissuade Black and Latino voters from casting ballots.
North Carolina And Virginia Voters Share Their Thoughts On Trump's 1st Term
At the end of President Trump's first term, NPR revisits people it talked with before his inauguration. He confirmed the worst fears of some and the greatest hopes of others.
'Guns, Protests And Elections Do Not Mix': Conflict Experts See Rising Warning Signs
If no clear winner emerges on election night, experts in global conflict warn conditions are ripe for potential violence in the U.S.
Poll Worker Numbers Have Many Election Officials Breathing Sigh Of Relief
In many key counties, volunteers have stepped up to fill poll worker shortages. But elsewhere staffing concerns continue.
Within The Early Voting Boom, Youth Turnout Seems To Be Surging
More than 6 million voters under 30 have cast early ballots, compared with roughly 2 million at the same time in 2016. The number of first-time voters in that group has doubled in four years.
What Might Happen To U.S.-Brazil Relations Under A President Biden
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been called the Trump of the Tropics. His environmental and other policies are expected to face closer scrutiny if Joe Biden is elected the next president.