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Voters line up at Philadelphia City Hall to drop off their mail ballots
The Why
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Voting anxiety? Here’s what you need to know

How to properly fill out and send in a mail in ballot (make sure it isn't naked!), what's up with Philly's satellite election offices, security of in-person voting and more.

Air Date: October 8, 2020

Listen 16:56
(Tim Tai/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Lawmakers mount new push to give Pa. counties more flexibility in counting mail-in ballots

County election officials say it’s the number one issue standing between them and a timely counting of votes: allowing them to begin processing mail-in ballots before Nov. 3.

5 years ago

The entrance to the editorial offices of the New England Journal of Medicine in Boston
NPR
Elections
Medicine
National

In rare step, esteemed medical journal urges voters to oust Trump

'Our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent," the medical journal's editors say in a scathing editorial.

5 years ago

Pa. Rep. Martina White; challenger Mike Doyle
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly Dems stop infighting, unite to flip Pa. House seat in the Northeast

Party leaders are backing Democrat Mike Doyle’s bid to oust GOP state Rep. Martina White.

5 years ago

The governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer
Delaware
Public Safety

Del. resident among 13 charged in plots against Michigan governor, police

Four of the six men had planned to meet Wednesday to “make a payment on explosives and exchange tactical gear,” the FBI said in the court filing.

5 years ago

Boxes of remdesivir
NPR
Medicine
Public Health

Ironic twist: In spring, Trump halted research key to COVID-19 drug he’s now taken

The drug, Remdesivir, emerged in part because researchers had previously tested it in China through a project whose grant was abruptly ended by the NIH.

5 years ago

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence answer questions during the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
Radio Times

Pence v. Harris: reaction and analysis

We get analysis of the vice presidential debate and how it might impact the election? Also, the latest on the Covid outbreak in the White House.

Air Date: October 8, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:45
An election worker hands a sheet of
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Procrastinator’s guide to the 2020 general election in Philadelphia

A cheat sheet for what you need to know to cast your vote.

5 years ago

Donald Trump, Joe Biden
Elections
National
Public Health

Next Trump-Biden debates uncertain, though Oct. 22 is likely

With less than four weeks until Election Day and with millions of voters casting early ballots, pressure is building on Trump to turn around a campaign that is trailing Biden.

5 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the vice presidential debate with Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.
NPR
Elections
National

4 takeaways from the Pence-Harris vice presidential debate

Wednesday's debate between Pence and Harris, by 2020 standards, was normal. The candidates ignored questions, defended Biden's and Trump's records, but a fly created the buzz.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg
Environment
Pennsylvania

Environmental groups to spend $2M to flip Pa. legislature

Several Pa. environmental groups plan to pour millions into closely contested State House and Senate races to flip the General Assembly in Democrats’ favor.

5 years ago

Officers stand at 52nd and Chestnut streets as protests continue across the city.
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Policing

West Philly recalls police siege of rubber bullets, tear gas as City Council moves to ban tactics

“This kind of police violence and disregard for an entire residential neighborhood does not happen in a white neighborhood,” said Rev. Abbey Tennis.

5 years ago

With more people voting by mail this year, Facebook and other social media companies are preparing for a potential delay in election results. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Media
Technology

Facebook vows to crack down on voter intimidation in election

Facebook announced new measures to prevent misinformation, threats and confusion surrounding the election, but let Trump Jr's call for an 'army of poll watchers' stand.

5 years ago

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens as Vice President Mike Pence answers a question during the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
Elections

Pence, Harris spar over COVID-19 in vice presidential debate

The first and only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election kicks off tonight in Salt Lake City, where incumbent Vice President Mike Pence meets Sen. Kamala Harris.

5 years ago

Operation Warp Speed's Moncef Slaoui, seen here at the White House in May, says clinical trials of experimental COVID-19 vaccines will soon reveal if they work. Meanwhile, manufacture of the vaccines is picking up speed. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Health

Latest COVID-19 vaccine timetable doesn’t include Election Day

Large-scale safety and efficacy trials of experimental vaccines in tens of thousands of volunteers are underway. Answers about the trials are likely to come late this year.

5 years ago

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