Election 2020

Election 2020

Everything you need to know about the local, state and federal elections in 2020.

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Key takeaways from night 3 of the Democratic convention
Democrats’ persistent theme: President Donald Trump is unsuited for the White House both in skills and temperament. And no one, not even former President Barack Obama, held back Wednesday night.
Trump, while attacking mail voting, casts mail ballot again
He voted by mail in Tuesday's Florida primaries, but avoided the Postal Service, instead opting to give his ballot to a third party to turn in, a practice Republicans call "ballot harvesting."
Listen: Jill Biden and other notable speeches at day 2 of the DNC
Speech highlights from Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention, including Jill Biden’s keynote address.
Harris seizes historic moment in accepting VP nomination
In her acceptance speech Wednesday, the California senator mixed her polish as a former prosecutor with deeply personal tales of her upbringing to argue that she and Joe Biden can rejuvenate a country ravaged by a pandemic and deeply divided by partisan bitterness.
Trump wants suburban voters. Do they want him?
Voters in the suburbs helped deliver the White House to Donald Trump in 2016. But this year, support is evaporating. Here’s why.
Postmaster general backs down, but Democrats press for answers and assurances
Democrats did not claim victory after the head of the Postal Service suspended changes to service. Instead, they said they want guarantees about mail delivery and to hear more about how this happened.
Howard University shaped Kamala Harris' path to political heights
Sen. Kamala Harris accepts the Democratic vice presidential nomination on Wednesday. Her education at a historically Black university seen as the center of Black intellectual life helped pave the way.
Elections panel staff: Keep Kanye West off Wisconsin ballot
Staff for the Wisconsin Elections Commission determined Tuesday that West and running mate Michelle Tidball missed a 5 p.m. deadline on Aug. 5, the last day for independent presidential candidates to submit the required 2,000 signatures of Wisconsin voters to get on the ballot.