Nearly 2.1 million Georgians have cast their votes through early in-person voting or absentee voting for the Georgia Senate runoff election taking place January 5, according to data provided by the state on Thursday. The number represents more than a quarter of the state’s 7.7 million registered voters, and, as measured by the Georgia Votes […]

November 5, 2020 President Donald Trump‘s press secretary Thursday afternoon tweeted out a statement from him in which he appears to discredit ballots that are still being counted and still arriving at election clerk offices, claiming that they are illegal and don’t help him win if they are counted. The all-caps statement in the tweet […]

November 3, 2020 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says people who test positive for COVID-19 can still vote in person, according to a recent advisory on voting safely amid the pandemic. “Voters who are sick or in quarantine should take steps to protect poll workers and other voters,” the advisory reads. The instructions will […]

October 27, 2020 Election Day is one week away and it could not come any sooner. The election itself, however, is far from over. More likely than not, we will not know the victor on Election Night. This is because there is an unprecedented amount of absentee and mail-in ballots being sent this year and, […]

October 20, 2020 More likely than not, we will not know the winner of the 2020 presidential election on Election Night, and likely not for weeks after that. This is because of the unprecedented amount of mail-in and absentee ballots that have been requested this election cycle due to voters concerned about going to a […]

November 11, 2020 Shutterstock A new Rasmussen Reports survey released Wednesday found that most likely voters this election knew who they were going to vote for a month ago. 58% of likely voters reportedly decided their candidate a month ago, while 18% made up their minds within the final month of the election, 22% within […]

November 4, 2020 The Trump campaign has declared victory in Pennsylvania while the swing state continues to count millions of ballots. This comes as the incumbent President Donald Trump’s team has filed lawsuits in this state, Michigan, and Wisconsin to halt the counting of ballots. No independent authorities have declared a victor in Pennsylvania yet. […]

November 2, 2020 The Texas Supreme Court has struck down Monday an effort led by Republicans to toss out 127,000 ballots in the Lone Star State’s largest county. The court, comprised entirely of Republicans, according to The Hill, decided to strike down an attempt by GOP candidates and activists, who were the plaintiffs, to toss […]

October 26, 2020 So far, this series of explainers has visited the swing states of Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—looking at when each might release their election results. Now let’s visit the Land of 10,000 Lakes: Minnesota. For an explanation about the difference between mail-in and absentee ballots, check out this piece here by Ben […]

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) said Saturday in a tweeted video of herself supposedly congratulating Joe Biden and celebrating a joint victory, “We did it, Joe. You’re going to be the next president of the United States.” We did it, @JoeBiden. pic.twitter.com/oCgeylsjB4 — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 7, 2020 Harris, the Democrat vice presidential nominee, tweeted […]

November 3, 2020 In the lead-up to Tuesday, Election Day, there were numerous reports of absurdly long lines at polling stations across New York City. I had the opportunity today to explore Manhattan and visit some of its polling sites. What I found was that, during the daytime, there were zero people waiting in line […]

Pop star Lady Gaga, donning a collection of her most outrageous outfits, urged Americans that they must get involved in the election, go out, and vote if they “want the country to be different than it is.” “So. The election. This coming Tuesday. We’re almost there. We need to talk,” the singer, who backed and […]

October 23, 2020 Shutterstock At this point, it is common knowledge that the full results of the 2020 presidential election will not be known on Election Night. The pandemic has pushed voters to overload state election systems as well as the United States Postal Service with tens of millions of postal ballot (both “mail-in” and […]

November 5, 2020 Listen to “Rep. Andy Biggs: Don’t be surprised if this election goes to the SCOTUS” on Spreaker. Pennsylvania’s chief election official has suggested that the “overwhelming majority of ballots” have already been counted but that more need to be tallied in order to get a clearer sense of who the winner in […]

November 3, 2020 Today is Election Day and this presidential election has set itself up to be one like no other. One thing, however, that this election has in common with elections past is that the swing states still play a crucial role—for different reasons though. Let’s go over what will make this election challenging […]

October 27, 2020 While New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, were waiting in line to vote on Tuesday in their former neighborhood of Park Slope, Brooklyn, a few individuals lobbed some heckles at the unpopular mayor, the New York Post reported. “Get to work!” shouted a cyclist. And after […]

October 22, 2020 Shutterstock The victor of the 2020 presidential election won’t be known on Election Night. Postal ballots (both “mail-in” and “absentee”) and in-person votes, early voting mean that many states will have a backlog of uncounted ballots on Election Day, placing additional strain on state election systems that are already under unprecedented stress. […]