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Explaining Election 2020
EXPLAINER: Trump’s election challenges falling flat in court
While President Donald Trump vows to press ahead with efforts to overturn the election, judges across the country have consistently swatted down his legal challenges.
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EXPLAINER: A look at Trump’s long-shot legal challenges
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EXPLAINER: How does election certification usually work?
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EXPLAINER: Why poll watcher complaints don’t amount to fraud
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EXPLAINER: Why AP called Georgia for Biden
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EXPLAINER: What to watch for in the post-Election Day mix
The U.S. election is over. Democrat Joe Biden is president-elect, and incumbent Donald Trump has not acknowledged that.
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EXPLAINER: Is Georgia’s upcoming ballot ‘audit’ a recount?
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia says it’s going to be tallying — by hand — nearly 5 million ballots that were cast in its very close presidential election on Nov. 3.
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EXPLAINER: Why do the media call races in US elections?
Fifty-one separate elections — one in each state and one in Washington, DC. Each with different rules and regulations, and no national elections commission to tell the world who wins.
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AP Explains: Election’s validity intact despite Trump claims
The U.S. presidential election was not tainted by widespread voter fraud or irregularities in how ballots were counted, despite a huge effort by President Donald Trump to prove otherwise.
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What’s next? Saturday’s election verdict isn’t last step
WASHINGTON (AP) — Saturday’s election verdict isn’t the last step in selecting an American president.
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EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: How AP called the race for Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday when The Associated Press declared him the victor in his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. EST.
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EXPLAINER: Why AP called the 2020 election for Joe Biden
WHY AP CALLED THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FOR BIDEN:
As Election Day ground on into “election week,” it became increasingly clear that Democrat Joe Biden would oust President Donald Trump from the White House.
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EXPLAINER: Why AP called Pennsylvania for Biden
WHY AP CALLED PENNSYLVANIA FOR BIDEN:
Four years ago, President Donald Trump breached the Democrats’ “blue wall,” narrowly winning Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — a trio of Great Lakes states that had long served as a bulwark against Republican presidential candidates.
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EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner of his native Pennsylvania on Saturday, and by extension of the tightly contested U.S. presidential race against President Donald Trump.
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EXPLAINER: Slow U.S. election count mostly for good reasons
WASHINGTON (AP) — The slow pace of this year’s U.S. election count is fueling a lot of criticism, but it’s mostly a reflection of laudable things: greater voter enthusiasm and steps that states took to protect their residents from COVID-19.
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EXPLAINER: Why ballot-counting in Nevada is dragging on
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The pace of vote-counting in Nevada is being criticized for taking too long and it’s even become fodder for online jokes.
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EXPLAINER: Why AP called Nevada for Biden
WHY AP CALLED NEVADA FOR BIDEN:
The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of Nevada’s presidential contest Saturday, after a batch 15,000 ballots released by state election officials gave the former vice president a more than 2 percentage point lead over President Donald Trump.
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EXPLAINER: What would a recount in Georgia look like?
They’re still counting votes across Georgia, and it’s really, really close. While Democrat Joe Biden surpassed President Donald Trump early Friday, his lead is very narrow, and under Georgia law a candidate can request a recount if the margin is within 0.5 percentage points, which is the case here.
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EXPLAINER: What is a ‘cured’ ballot?
Across the country, any uncounted ballots cast by Election Day are being verified and tabulated as election officials work toward reporting results of the 2020 presidential election.
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EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way
WASHINGTON (AP) — A handful of states remained in play Friday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race.
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EXPLAINER: What does a smaller majority in the House mean?
The counting isn’t over yet, but Democrats in Congress are already asking what went wrong. That’s because it’s looking like their expected gains in the House aren’t happening.
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EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn’t called Georgia’s close race
WHY AP HASN’T CALLED GEORGIA’S CLOSE RACE
A razor-thin margin and ongoing vote count are what’s making the Georgia contest between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden too early to call.
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EXPLAINER: What effect could lawsuits have on the election?
Two days later, an uneasy United States is still waiting to hear who will be its next president. With Democrat Joe Biden pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win, President Donald Trump’s campaign has attacked the integrity of the voting process with lawsuits in three key stat
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EXPLAINER: How much misinformation is kicking around?
They go together all too closely these days: momentous events — and bad information that tells an inaccurate story about how they’re happening.
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EXPLAINER: Have election-related protests materialized?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two days after Election Day, protests across the United States are scattered, happening in places from Portland, Oregon and Seattle to Washington, D.C.
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EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way
WASHINGTON (AP) — A handful of states remained in play Thursday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race.
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EXPLAINER: Why AP called Wisconsin for Biden
WHY AP CALLED WISCONSIN FOR BIDEN:
Democrat Joe Biden has flipped the state of Wisconsin, a crucial presidential battleground that President Donald Trump carried by less than a percentage point in 2016.
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EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way
WASHINGTON (AP) — A handful of pivotal states remained in play Wednesday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race.
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EXPLAINER: A day later, what is the US waiting for?
Anxious Americans woke up Wednesday to an election aftermath that has yet to deliver any clear answer.
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EXPLAINER: Why AP called Michigan for Biden
WHY AP CALLED MICHIGAN FOR BIDEN:
Democrat Joe Biden has won the electoral battleground of Michigan, the third state that President Donald Trump carried in 2016 that the former vice president has flipped.
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EXPLAINER: Why AP hasn’t called Georgia
WHY AP HASN’T CALLED GEORGIA:
The Associated Press has not declared a winner in Georgia’s presidential contest because the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden is too early to call, with ballots yet to be counted in counties where Biden has performed well.
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EXPLAINER: Why AP called North Carolina for Trump
WHY AP CALLED NORTH CAROLINA FOR TRUMP
The Associated Press declared Donald Trump the winner in North Carolina on Friday after concluding there were not enough ballots left to be counted that would allow Joe Biden to overtake his lead.
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EXPLAINER: A closer look at Arizona
A CLOSER LOOK AT ARIZONA
State officials said Friday there are 150,000 votes still to be counted in Arizona, a Western presidential battleground state where Democrat Joe Biden had a .92 percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump, an advantage of about 29,861 votes.
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EXPLAINER: A long night, or more, before president is known
The main reason?
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EXPLAINER: With no outcome yet, why does a candidate talk?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden addressed his supporters early Wednesday. It was not an acceptance speech or a concession speech.
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