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Explaining Election 2020
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?
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EXPLAINER: Why do the media call races in US elections?
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AP Explains: Election’s validity intact despite Trump claims
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What’s next? Saturday’s election verdict isn’t last step
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EXPLAINER: Why AP called Florida for Trump
WHY AP CALLED FLORIDA FOR TRUMP:
In Florida, one of 2020′s most crucial battleground states, President Donald Trump’s strength in his recently adopted home state delivered a victory over Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
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EXPLAINER: Where AP stands on calling House races
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats remained favored to retain control of the House as votes were being counted Tuesday night, but it may be hours or days before the outcome is certain.
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EXPLAINER: Widespread Election Day unrest not materializing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Election Day ushered in skirmishes near the White House and relatively minor demonstrations in California and elsewhere on the West Coast, but none of the widespread unrest that some had feared in the hours after the polls began closing around the country.
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EXPLAINER: Why AP called Virginia for Biden
WHY AP CALLED VIRGINIA FOR BIDEN:
The AP declared Democratic nominee Joe Biden the winner of Virginia at 7:31 p.m.
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EXPLAINER: Postal Service, judge at odds over ballot search
WHAT HAPPENED:
The U.S. Postal Service says it can’t meet a federal judge’s order to sweep processing centers for undelivered mail-in ballots.
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EXPLAINER: 1876 election holds record for highest turnout
The voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election was massive by recent standards. But it didn’t come close to surpassing the record set in 1876.
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EXPLAINER: The unprecedented early voting, and what it means
WASHINGTON (AP) — An unprecedented 103.2 million people cast their ballots early in this year’s presidential election.
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EXPLAINER: Looking at Election Day misinformation
WASHINGTON (AP) — One key concern about Election Day 2020 in the United States: misinformation, disinformation, and how they could affect the way Americans vote.
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EXPLAINER: What’s happening with Election Day ‘robocalls’?
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Election officials in a handful of states are warning voters to disregard “robocalls” urging them to stay home rather than go to the polls.
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EXPLAINER: When do Electoral College votes need to be in?
IS THERE A DEADLINE BY WHICH THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE MUST OFFICIALLY HAVE ALL ITS VOTES IN?
Election Day is only one point in the process of the Electoral College, which decides who wins a U.S. presidential race.
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EXPLAINER: On Election Day, patience a necessary virtue
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans in the 21st century aren’t always the most patient of people — and a deeply anticipated nail-biter of a 2020 election is certainly no exception.
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EXPLAINER: Long lines to vote on Election Day aren’t unusual
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long voting lines on Election Day aren’t unusual or necessarily a sign of that something nefarious is afoot.
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EXPLAINER: States to watch on election night
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden each has a path to win the White House.
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AP Explains: The election result may be delayed. That’s OK.
Patience, America.
We may not know who won the presidential election on Tuesday night. And if so, it does not necessarily mean anything is broken, fraudulent, corrupted or wrong.
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EXPLAINER: Calling a race is tricky: How AP does it
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the 2020 U.S. general election, The Associated Press will declare winners in more than 7,000 races – starting with the White House and reaching down the ballot to every seat in every state legislature.
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EXPLAINER: US vote is 51 elections, one in each state and DC
A major misconception about the vote for U.S. president is that it is a national election. It’s not.
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EXPLAINER: Pandemic to factor into inauguration planning
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every four years at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20, the president-elect or the reelected president of the United States takes the oath of office for a four-year term.
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EXPLAINER: They lost the popular vote but won the elections
Five times in U.S. history, candidates have lost the popular vote but won the presidency — most recently in 2016. Could Donald Trump be the first to do it twice?
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EXPLAINER: What’s 270? The math game behind the US election
WASHINGTON (AP) — What’s all this hubbub about 270?
It’s not about the 270 whales stranded this fall on Australia’s island state of Tasmania.
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EXPLAINER: For election winner, much transition work ahead
WASHINGTON (AP) — No matter who wins on Tuesday, Republican President Donald Trump or Democrat Joe Biden each will have their work cut out for them during the weeks between the presidential election and the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20, 2021.
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EXPLAINER: From 1800, a lesson in delayed election results
The tempestuous election of 2020 has been rife with predictions of confusion and cataclysm, with warnings that a contested battle could last well into December.
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Show your work: AP plans to explain vote calling to public
NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press, one of several news organizations whose declarations of winners drive election coverage, is pulling back the curtain this year to explain how it is reaching those conclusions.
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EXPLAINER: Election unprecedented some ways, in others not
The election of 2020 has been called many things: extraordinary, bizarre, unprecedented.
It’s all true, in some ways, though the election is still being held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, and a Democrat or a Republican will win it.
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Counting the vote: Will we know who won on election night?
HOW WILL VARIOUS BALLOTS BE COUNTED, AND WHAT RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN ON ELECTION NIGHT?
Millions of Americans have already voted, but each state has different rules on when it’s allowed to actually start counting those ballots.
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‘We don’t speculate': How AP counts votes and calls races
As it has for more than 170 years, The Associated Press will count the nation’s vote in real time on Election Day and report the results of presidential, congressional and state elections on Nov. 3 and beyond.
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Will mailed-in ballots be delivered on time?
CAN YOU TRUST THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE TO DELIVER YOUR BALLOT ON TIME?
If you plan on voting by mail, election officials say it’s best to do it as early as possible so your ballot gets to its destination well before Election Day, which is Nov. 3.
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How does early voting work in the US election?
WASHINGTON (AP) — WHAT STATES VOTE EARLY, AND WHEN ARE THOSE VOTES COUNTED?
All states allow some form of early voting, be it by casting votes in person at polling places, voting by mail, or both.
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Can a voter fix a problem on a mail-in ballot?
WASHINGTON (AP) — If a ballot is tossed because of some issue — maybe a missing signature or it got damaged — will the voter be notified that the ballot’s been invalidated?
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Are absentee votes and mail-in votes different?
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ABSENTEE VOTING AND MAIL VOTING?
There really isn’t any difference. Both refer to the practice of filling out ballots that are sent to voters through the mail and returned either that way or at drop boxes or other designated places.
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Are the nation’s voting systems secure?
WHAT STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PROTECT THE NATION’S ELECTION SYSTEMS FROM POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE BY FOREIGN POWERS LIKE RUSSIA?
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