Category Archives: Politics
Counting presses ahead 2 days after Election Day
Donald Trump and Joe Biden. (photo via pool CNN/ABC) By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Election officials in key battlegrounds pressed forward T...
Nov 05, 2020
EXPLAINER: States still in play and what makes them that way
By BRIAN SLODYSKO, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - A handful of pivotal states remained in play Wednesday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race. Here, The Associated Press reviews the...
Nov 05, 2020
Trump sues in 3 states, laying ground for contesting outcome
AP pool photo WASHINGTON (AP) - As Democrat Joe Biden inched closer to the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House, President Donald Trump's campaign put into action the legal strate...
Nov 05, 2020
Biden rebuilding ‘blue wall’ in race for the White House
Photo via CNN Newsource. By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER, JILL COLVIN and ALEXANDRA JAFFE, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrat Joe Biden was pushing closer to the 270 Electoral College vot...
Nov 05, 2020
Rhode Island voters flock to the polls
Democratic House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello (at left) and Republican challenger Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung voted at the Hope Highlands Middle School in Cranston in one of the higher profile RI political ...
Nov 03, 2020
REAL TIME RI VOTER TURNOUT TRACKER
Nov 03, 2020
Rhode Islanders deciding speaker’s fate, state name change
A carpet in the State Room of the Rhode Island State House bears the official state seal with the state’s full name, which voters are being asked to shorten from “State of Rhode Island and...
Nov 03, 2020
Trump, Biden cede stage to voters for Election Day verdict
Photo Credit: Saul Loeb/Leigh Vogel/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource By JONATHAN LEMIRE, ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE, The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - After a campaign marked by ran...
Nov 03, 2020
Massachusetts voters to decide ballot questions, Senate race
Protections against coronavirus are observed during early voting at Government Center in Fall River October 17, 2020. Photo by Steve Klamkin WPRO News BOSTON (AP) - Massachusetts voters will be decidi...
Nov 02, 2020
RI to start releasing mail-ballot results on election night
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The Rhode Island Board of Elections has unanimously approved a plan to start releasing mail ballot counts at 11 p.m. on election night. Board Chairman Robert Rapoza said...
Oct 27, 2020
