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Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., arrive to speak at a news conference at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Biden introduces VP nominee Kamala Harris at Delaware high school

A few hundred people turned out at a high school near Wilmington, hoping to catch a glimpse of the newly minted Biden/Harris ticket.

5 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Monday, March 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Politics & Policy

Watch: Biden and Harris make first appearance as running mates in Delaware

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his vice presidential pick Sen. Kamala Harris will make their first public appearance as running mates in Wilmington.

5 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris
NPR
Politics & Policy

5 takeaways on the new Biden-Harris presidential ticket

Beyond making history, Biden showed his vision for the future, opened a window into his decision-making and picked someone who will likely stand up well in a debate.

5 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif. stand on the stage before the start of a Democratic primary debate, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami.  (Alberto E. Tamargo/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images and Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Democrats celebrate Kamala Harris as historic VP pick

Sen. Kamala Harris is the first Black woman, and the first woman of Asian descent, to be on a major party ticket.

5 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Politics & Policy

Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

It’s a move that fulfills the wish of Democrats clamoring to see a woman of color on the presidential ticket.

5 years ago

Election poll monitor
Politics & Policy

Constraints gone, GOP ramps up effort to monitor voting

The GOP heads into its first presidential contest this November free from decades-old legal constraints on the use of volunteers to monitor the polls on Election Day.

5 years ago

A voter inserts a ballot in a drive-up drop box last week in Renton, Wash., in that state's primary. With more states expanding absentee voting due to the pandemic, the use of drop boxes is growing and leading to legal challenges from some Republicans.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ballot drop boxes become latest front in voting legal fights

One voting option that's gaining popularity — and attracting controversy — is the use of drop boxes, where voters can deposit their absentee ballots to be collected later.

5 years ago

Voters wait in line outside a polling place in Philadelphia.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Poor People’s Campaign bolstered by 2016 data as it urges voter participation in 2020

In Pennsylvania, if 55% of low-income eligible voters who didn’t turn out in 2016 had voted, the outcome could have been different for the state’s 20 Electoral College votes.

5 years ago

Mail-in ballot
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. legislature’s delays could result in chaos for election officials and voters in November

“If they get too far into the weeds or attempt to drop in other fixes now, my fear is nothing will get done.”

5 years ago

A voter places his mail-in ballot in a box outside City Hall.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

How to vote by mail in Philadelphia — and make sure your ballot counts

Can the USPS handle the onslaught? Here’s everything you need to know.

5 years ago

After she contracted COVID-19, Linda Harrison, right, was able to cast an emergency ballot in Texas' primary with the help of an intern and a doctor's note. Her husband, Vernon Webb, was also sick and wasn't able to vote.
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘It’s ridiculous’: States struggle to accommodate COVID-19 positive voters

While COVID-19 positive voters may pose specific challenges to localities in some states, they are just the tip of the iceberg.

5 years ago

Letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility
Politics & Policy

Postal Service emerges as flash point heading into election

The success of the 2020 presidential election could hinge on a most unlikely government agency, the U.S. Postal Service. The current signs aren't promising.

5 years ago

Geraldine Ferraro joined Democrat Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign when he was trailing President Reagan badly in the polls. (Sonia Moskowitz/Images/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

In 2020, a female running mate won’t be a ‘Hail Mary’

There are many contrasts between Biden's impending pick and past elections when women were VP candidates. One that's easy to overlook: Biden is ahead in the polls.

5 years ago

Alister Martin, an emergency room doctor at Massachusetts General Hospital, poses outside the hospital, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, in Boston. Martin founded the organization
Politics & Policy

Doctors, hospitals launch voter registration efforts

Amid the dual public health crises of COVID-19 and racism, some in the medical community are prescribing a somewhat nontraditional remedy: voting.

5 years ago

Attorney General William Barr appears before the House Judiciary Committee on July 28. (Matt McClain/Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Democrats worry attorney general has an ‘October surprise’ in the making

This time around, Democrats said they're suspicious of Barr. They said he misrepresented findings of an earlier investigation, by Robert Mueller, to benefit Trump.

5 years ago

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