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Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground

Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt wears a mask while sitting at a table
Politics & Policy

‘An extraordinary election’: Nearly 750K votes later, Philly’s ballot counting is officially over

The unofficial total, which eclipsed the final tally in 2016, was effectively an even split between mail ballots and votes cast at the polls. 

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks Monday in Wilmington, Del.
NPR
Education

Biden wants to help pay some student loans, but there’s pressure to go further

The president-elect called for immediate action to help borrowers who are "having to make choices between paying their student loan and paying the rent."

5 years ago

Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Director Christopher Krebs seen on Capitol Hill last year. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

CISA Director Chris Krebs fired after trying to correct voter fraud disinformation

President Trump, who has refused to accept the results of the White House race, tweeted that Krebs had been terminated "effective immediately."

5 years ago

The United States Courthouse is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Williamsport, Pa. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
Courts & Law

In court, Giuliani argues to block Biden win in Pennsylvania

The court case is over the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results.

5 years ago

Matt Henrich waits in line to vote in West Philadelphia on Nov. 3. (Layla A. Jones/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Philadelphia turnout for the 2020 election was the highest in 25 years

With counting complete, about 65% of the city’s voters cast a ballot, compared to 59% four years ago.

5 years ago

Election workers scan ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Officials anticipate that the task of scanning mail and absentee ballots will be completed Thursday.
Politics & Policy

Pa. Supreme Court rules against Trump campaign

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court dealt yet another blow to President Donald Trump’s faltering legal challenges over the 2020 election.

5 years ago

Voters practice social distance while lining up at polling place in Northern Liberties in Philadelphia on Election Day. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Spanish speakers in Pa. faced confused poll workers, lack of interpreters on Election Day

Latino advocacy groups across Pennsylvania said there were only a handful of incidents in which Spanish-speaking voters had trouble with language assistance.

5 years ago

In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 is Obama 2012 deputy campaign manager Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, at the Chicago headquarters. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Politics & Policy

Biden filling top White House team with campaign veterans

Biden is drawing from the senior ranks of his campaign and some of his closest confidants to fill out an increasingly diverse White House leadership team.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden walks by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘More people may die’: Biden chides Trump for blocking presidential transition

The comments are Biden's most stark to date about the impact that a delayed transition could have on his ability to hit the ground running after he takes office.

5 years ago

A sign hangs in front of an American flag, as a handful of supporters of President Donald Trump continue to protest outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Courts & Law

A cheat sheet for the Trump election lawsuits still alive in Pa.

Two weeks after Election Day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is still engaged in bitter litigation over several lawsuits contesting Pennsylvania’s results.

5 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford, a pediatric surgeon, holds COVID-19 testing materials outside the mobile testing site of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus outbreak hits nearly a dozen Philly election staffers

There’s no evidence so far of a large outbreak at the Pa. Convention Center vote-counting site.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Biden seeks unity to resurrect economy, derides Trump aide’s call to ‘rise up’ against pandemic restrictions

The President-elect met with corporate executives and union leaders and said they must cooperate to resurrect the coronavirus-ravaged economy and create jobs.

5 years ago

Quairah Tucker of Upper Darby, Delaware County, voted by provisional ballot on Nov. 3 -- and then had her ballot challenged by the Trump campaign as it sought to invalidate some ballots in Pennsylvania. The campaign ultimately withdrew its challenge to her ballot. (Emily Previti / WITF)
Politics & Policy

Trump campaign presses election cases in Pennsylvania as attorneys abandon key claims, courts deny legal challenges that initially targeted millions of votes across several states

"It's kind of game over.”

5 years ago

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally
NPR
Politics & Policy

Obama calls Trump’s refusal to concede another ‘breach of basic democratic norms’

In an interview with NPR, the former president offers some of his most wide-ranging remarks on the outcome of the election and says Trump will fail in "denying reality."

5 years ago

Election workers scan ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Officials anticipate that the task of scanning mail and absentee ballots will be completed Thursday.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

The inside story of Philly’s ballot-counting site: What the workers saw

The sometimes frenetic election operation at the Pa. Convention Center was powered by everyday Philadelphians.

5 years ago

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