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Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Trump summons Michigan Republicans for extraordinary meeting as he seeks to overturn votes
Trump’s campaign is openly floating the notion of trying to get friendly state legislatures to appoint electors who would overturn the will of the voters.
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Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Trump targets vote certification in late bid to block Biden
Some in the president’s orbit hope that by delaying certification, GOP-controlled state legislatures will get a chance to select different electors.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory
Trump and his allies are continuing to try to stop state certifications of the election.
Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Trump pursues recount of 2 liberal Wisconsin counties
His campaign has paid $3 million for a recount of two heavily Democratic Wisconsin counties, saying that they were the site of the ‘worst irregularities.’
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Ethics commission to review records of Maine legislative ‘leadership PACs’
While commissioners stress that the reviews will be conducted ‘without any suggestion of impropriety,’ findings of problems could lead to proposals for regular audits of the political action committees.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, Politics
A rusty Rudy Giuliani returns to the courtroom on Trump’s behalf
The former New York City mayor tried to make a case in Pennsylvania that there was a nationwide conspiracy by Democrats to steal the election, but he had no evidence.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump pays $3 million for recount of 2 Wisconsin counties
Democrat Joe Biden received 577,455 votes in those counties, to 213,157 for Trump. No evidence of illegal activity has been presented.
Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Nation & World, Politics
Georgia must finish hand tally of presidential race today
The hand count is meant to ensure that the state’s new election machines accurately tabulated the votes and isn’t expected to change the overall outcome, state election officials have repeatedly said.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Business, Local & State, Politics
Maine legislators back unionization effort at Portland Museum of Art
The 40 lawmakers urge the PMA, which opposes the effort, to ‘not engage in any anti-union tactics’ before the employees vote in December.