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N.J. and Pa. among best-represented states on Election Day, according to report
The states are among the top 10 that reflect the voter population of their electorates based on race, age and gender, says a report by the personal finance site WalletHub.
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Listen 1:08Why some conservative women are keeping their votes for Kamala Harris a secret
Democrats are reminding conservative women: votes are a secret and they can vote for who they want, including Vice President Harris.
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Trump vows to use local police to deport migrants. Could he do it?
Trump says he would use local law enforcement to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. But this tactic is unpopular with many sheriffs in border counties.
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Under lock and key: How ballots get from Pennsylvania precincts to election offices
Pennsylvania election officials take a variety of measures to secure ballots when they are transported from polling places to county facilities.
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Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge says
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner had called the sweepstakes a scam that violates state election law and asked that it be shut down.
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The race for the Senate: Here are the top races to watch
Republicans are favored to take control of the chamber thanks to a 2024 map of races that tilts disproportionately in the GOP’s favor. Here are the races to watch.
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How to avoid sharing election misinformation
As we’re waiting to learn the final results, it can be easy to be duped by false or misleading information.
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Trump and Harris are in Reading, Pa., today, thanks to a bad joke about Puerto Rico
The candidates are both spending time on the last day of the campaign in Reading — a majority-Latino city — where that bad joke about Puerto Rico has resonated.
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Harris and Trump set sights on Pennsylvania in final push before Election Day
The election is likely to be decided across seven states. Trump won Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin in 2016 only to see them flip to Biden in 2020.
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Here’s what to watch as Election Day approaches in the U.S.
In a deeply divided nation, the election is a true toss-up between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
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Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91
Over the past 60 years, it was hard to find someone in the music, television or movie industries who did not have some connection to Jones.
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Jefferson University researchers are illuminating a chapel to research the healing power of light
Bitmapped video projections in Ravenhill Chapel are experiments in the healing powers of light.
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Did Philadelphia’s soda tax have an impact on people’s health?
A new study shows the soda tax made a small difference in slowing down weight gain, which researchers argue is still important.
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Listen 1:44A simple truth is at the root of many false election claims: Voter rolls are imperfect
In the decentralized U.S., voter lists are maintained at the state and local level, which leaves election officials trying to keep up with a population that changes every day.
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Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn’t have left White House after 2020 loss
On the last Sunday before the election, Donald Trump asked Lancaster County voters to make him leader of a “failed nation” while casting doubt on U.S. elections.
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