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ELECTION DAY


TUCKER CARLSON: Democrats, Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney lied about Jan 6

Fox News host Tucker Carlson reacts to released footage of the Capitol breach on January 6 and calls out lawmakers for lying about the incident on "Tucker Carlson Tonight."

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Liz Cheney to serve as professor of practice at UVA

Former Rep. Liz Cheney is taking on the role of professor of practice at the University of Virginia Center for Politics, the center announced Wednesday.

Polls are now open in Chicago — and a record number of early votes have already been cast

Lightfoot seeking second term. A runoff will take place April 4 if no one gets over 50 percent of Tuesday's vote.

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Daywatch: Election Day is here

Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.

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An Arizona official has a plan to speed up election results. Not everyone is on board

Arizona's Maricopa County faced criticism as it took days to count its votes in 2022. The county's Republican recorder has a proposal to try to fix the problems he sees.

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Arizona judge's decision on election misconduct challenged by Kari Lake

Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is filed two appeals on Wednesday, challenging a judge's decision on widespread election misconduct.

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Kari Lake's bombshell goes pffft

Something was proved without a shadow of doubt in Kari Lake's trial, all right. And it should be followed up with sanctions.

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Kari Lake vows to 'burn it to the ground' as a judge considers her election lawsuit

My guess - after watching Monday's hearing on a motion to dismiss Kari Lake's lawsuit - is that Lake may as well reach for her matches.

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After midterms, GOP reconsidering antipathy to mail ballots

After disappointing results in this year's elections, Republicans are reevaluating their antipathy to mail voting.

GOP knows it has a problem with relying on Election Day voting

But former President Donald Trump has disparaged early voting and voting by mail.

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Takeaways from Warnock's win over Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate runoff

How Warnock did it, plus what it adds to our understanding of the 2022 election (and of Trump).

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Georgia Secy. Of State Speaks To Newsy Ahead Of Senate Runoff Election

This year, Brad Raffensperger won re-election by the largest margin of victory in any of Georgia's midterm races.

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Nonprofits strain to support voters in Georgia Senate race

Nonprofit organizations in Georgia are digging deep to ramp up their operations again after Election Day to inform voters about the closely watched runoff race for one of the state's Senate seats.

Barack Obama heads to Georgia as Raphael Warnock seeks big early vote advantage

The former president will campaign with Warnock on the eve of the final day of early voting.

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Obama Heads To Georgia As Warnock Seeks Big Early Vote Advantage

Democrat Rafael Warnock is facing a U.S. Senate runoff against Republican Herschel Walker in Georgia.

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Obama urges Georgia Democrats to push turnout for Warnock

Barack Obama is urging Georgia Democrats to keep pushing voting turnout for Sen. Raphael Warnock.

Maricopa County says printer glitches didn’t prevent anyone from voting

A report issued Sunday to the Arizona attorney general’s office blames Republicans for stoking doubts about a secure alternative available to voters.

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Donald Trump Drags Kari Lake Into His Latest Conspiracy Spiel

The claim comes as Lake has refused to concede in the state’s gubernatorial race despite her opponent Katie Hobbs’ win earlier this month.

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Midterms free of feared chaos as voting experts look to 2024

Fears of aggressive poll watchers sowing chaos at polling stations or conservative groups trying to intimidate votes didn't materialize on Election Day as many election officials and voting rights experts had feared.

Republicans try to stop Saturday voting in Georgia runoff

Republican groups have filed an appeal with Georgia's highest court in an attempt to prohibit early voting this Saturday in the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.

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Arizona attorney general’s office demands answers to ‘myriad’ voting issues in Maricopa County

Arizona Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Wright sent a letter Saturday to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office demanding answers to "myriad" Election Day issues.

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Kari Lake Claims Her Voters Were Disenfranchised. Her Voters Tell a Different Story.

When he stepped inside a Phoenix polling place on the morning of Election Day on the way to work, Kevin Bembry was told that the tabulation machines were not functioning properly and he might want to vote somewhere else. “I’ve never had that happen before,” Bembry, 57, a security officer, said in a video later posted online. His testimony was one of many circulated on social media by activist groups, right-wing media outlets and Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for governor, whose campaign po

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Arizona county board delays certifying election results

The board overseeing a southeastern Arizona county whose Republican leaders had hoped to recount all Election Day ballots on Friday delayed certifying the results of last week's vote after hearing from a trio of conspiracy theorists who alleged that counting machines were not certified. The three men, or some combination of them, have filed at least four cases raising similar claims before the Arizona Supreme Court since 2021 seeking to have the state's 2020 election results thrown out.

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Colorado election results: Boebert race likely heading to recount

Conservative Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., leads her Democratic challenger Adam Frisch by just 551 votes, within the margin for an automatic recount.

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Kari Lake travels to Mar-a-Lago fresh off projected loss in Arizona

The pilgrimage to Trump’s club shows how the failed Republican candidate for governor is seeking to maintain her profile in the former president’s orbit.

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Lengthy vote counts frustrate, but don't signal problems

Lengthy vote counts in states such as Arizona or California can frustrate candidates and their supporters, but they don't indicate anything is wrong with the voting or the tallying of ballots.

Fight over election tally threatens Arizona certification

The two Republicans who control the elected board in a rural Arizona county have sued their own election director to force her to conduct a greatly expanded hand-count of ballots cast in the Nov. 8 election.

Fight over election tally threatens Arizona certification

The two Republicans who control the elected board in a rural Arizona county have sued their own elections director to force her to conduct a greatly expanded hand count of ballots cast in the Nov. 8 election, a standoff that could affect certification of the results. The county's attorney warned the private lawyers representing the two GOP board members that taking ballots without authorization could subject their clients to felony charges. At a raucous board meeting Tuesday, several members of the public berated the two Republicans on the three-member board for pursuing the hand count.

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Here's how a recount in Arizona's gubernatorial race might play out

Under Arizona law, an election recount will automatically trigger if the margin of victory is less than 0.5 percent of the vote. Hobbs leads Lake by just 0.78 percent.

foxnews.com

WAITING GAME: What is the status of California's ballot counting one week after Election Day?

As the nation awaits the results of the ongoing ballot counting in California, a deep look into the state's election processes provides insight into the delay in results.

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Why AP Called The Arizona Governor's Race For Katie Hobbs

Vote counting had gone on since last Tuesday's election as officials continued to tally massive amounts of late-arriving ballots.

newsy.com

Arizona GOP Rep. Schweikert defeats Democratic challenger as Republicans inch closer to House majority

The six-term Congressman currently serving Arizona's 6th district has won election to Arizona's 1st House seat in a key win for Republicans.

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Why AP called the Arizona's governor race for Katie Hobbs

The Associated Press called the Arizona governor’s race for Democrat Katie Hobbs on Monday after the latest round of vote releases gave her a lead that the AP determined she would not relinquish.

Inside Kari Lake’s war room, where Republicans prepare for likely loss

The subdued mood marks a reversal from just days earlier, when the Republican gubernatorial nominee in Arizona was readying a transition team.

washingtonpost.com

Texas Gov. Abbott calls for investigation into Harris County's Election Day problems

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for an investigation into Election Day problems in Harris County, where voting hours had to be extended last Tuesday.

foxnews.com

Supreme Court rejects another bump stock ban case

The Supreme Court has again declined to hear a lawsuit involving a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, the gun attachments that allow semi-automatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns.

Across the US, a return to democratic order. Will it last?

There was no violence in the midterm elections last week, and many election deniers lost and quietly conceded.

Across the US, a return to democratic order. Will it last?

The post-election narrative was instead focused on each party's electoral fate: Republicans were disappointed that sweeping victories didn't materialize, while relieved Democrats braced for the possibility of a slim House GOP majority. At least for now, the serious threats that loomed over democracy heading into Election Day — domestic extremist violence, voter intimidation and Republican refusal to respect election outcomes — did not materialize in any pervasive way. “It was a good day, I think, for democracy,” President Joe Biden said, even as he acknowledged his party might lose one chamber of Congress.

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Arizona precincts with voting problems were not overwhelmingly Republican

Data analysis by The Washington Post undercuts claims pushed by Kari Lake and former President Donald Trump, among others.

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Democrats celebrate election results as rejection of GOP extremism

Republicans despair as Democrats retain control of the Senate despite the polarized political climate.

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What happened in the midterm elections? Breaking down 2022's "election influencers"

Key groups of voters like pressured parents held sway on Election Day,

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Why the AP hasn't called control of the House yet

Republicans' wait for a majority in the U.S. House dragged into another day Tuesday.

DAN BONGINO: Midterm results show things haven't gotten bad enough to wake people up

Dan Bongino shares how things need to get worse before voters elect Republicans because "this bad stuff just ain't bad enough" to vote out Democrats on "Unfiltered."

foxnews.com

Why the AP hasn't called the Arizona governor's race

The Associated Press has not yet called the governor's race in Arizona between Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and Republican former TV broadcaster Kari Lake.

Why is Arizona still counting votes?

"This is very, very common,” a Maricopa County leader said. “I know people are very anxious to get the results but there is nothing out of the ordinary here.”

washingtonpost.com

Key vote count update for Kari Lake, Katie Hobbs expected in Arizona governor's race

The election was still too close to call Friday, with 31,000 votes separating Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs from GOP opponent Kari Lake.

news.yahoo.com

Why the AP called the Arizona Senate race for Mark Kelly

Blake Masters wasn’t posting the numbers of votes he needed in Election Day ballots as they were counted and released days later by officials in Arizona’s biggest county.

100% ballot hand-count blocked; Arizona county plowing ahead

The board of supervisors in a southern Arizona county will meet next week to consider counting nearly all the ballots cast in-person on Election Day.

100% ballot hand-count blocked; Arizona county plowing ahead

The board of supervisors in a southern Arizona county will meet next week to consider counting nearly all the ballots cast in-person on Election Day, despite an earlier court order limiting the hand-count driven by unfounded distrust in machines that tabulate votes. The actual count may start before Tuesday's planned meeting of the Cochise County board, and the local prosecutor is warning starting it at any time may lead to criminal charges. The moves come just days after a judge ruled that state law bars expanding the normal small hand-count audit of early ballots.

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FACT FOCUS: Did late night Michigan voting lines show fraud?

Michigan saw record turnout for a midterm election this week, with control of the governor’s office and referendums on abortion and voting rights in the balance. Elections officials, government watchdog groups and other experts, however, said the election process was carried out according to state law. CLAIM: City officials in Ann Arbor were registering new voters and allowing them to vote long after the polls closed on Election Day.

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Voter behavior and election rules contribute to slower counting in Arizona

One big reason: Arizona voters dropped off hundreds of thousands of mail ballots on Election Day. Now comes the arduous task of processing and tallying those ballots.

npr.org

Pennsylvania county's Election Day paper shortage was an 'embarrassment,' says local GOP chairman

Local officials are hungry for answers after a paper shortage at various polling locations in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania caused issues for voters.

foxnews.com

Republican victory in midterm elections a first step toward national economic turnaround

Republicans did what they needed to do on Election Day and will be a bulwark against destructive Biden policies.

foxnews.com

As Arizona counts votes, Republicans seize on Election Day glitches

Election officials, who long expected the vote count to take as many as 12 days, say ballot printer issues are not slowing results.

washingtonpost.com

In battle for the Senate, the focus is on three states

All eyes are on Arizona, Nevad and Georgia, where Democratic incumbents need to win at least two of those states to retain power.

washingtonpost.com

Why Arizona election results are taking days

Polls closed three days ago in Arizona, but counting votes for the 2022 midterm elections continued into the weekend.

Arizona remains epicenter for post-election misinformation

Two days after the midterm elections, misinformation about the results remains focused on Arizona and Pennsylvania.

Afternoon Briefing: Another candidate enters Chicago mayor’s race

Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.

chicagotribune.com

Midterm elections: Hawley slams 'Washington Republicanism' after red wave fizzles

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri blamed compromises on insulin caps, gun control and infrastructure spending for the GOP's mixed Election Day results.

foxnews.com

Harris County, Texas, election official promises to get to bottom of paper ballot shortages, delayed openings

Harris County Election Administrator Clifford Tatum said he would get to the bottom of the issues Texans experienced when heading to the polls on Election Day.

foxnews.com

Dems maintain narrow leads in Arizona Senate, governor races

Democrats are holding on to narrow leads in key Arizona contests, but the races for U.S. Senate and governor are still too early to call.

Arizona's Maricopa County election officials address ballot issues amid Kari Lake, Blake Masters lawsuit

A statement addressing Election Day voting machine delays in Arizona has been released by Maricopa County Elections Department officials, amid a lawsuit from Republican candidates.

foxnews.com

A day after Election Day, here's where things stand

We're now in the post-Election Day phase of election season — with House and Senate control unknown. Here's what we know — and don't know — about some key races.

npr.org

Trump called a protest. No one showed. Why GOP efforts to cry foul fizzled this time.

Poll workers educated voters about the process and deescalated conflict, state officials said, which kept allegations of wrongdoing from sparking unrest.

washingtonpost.com

Post-election misinformation targets Arizona, Pennsylvania

A day after the midterm elections, misinformation about the results is zeroing in on the states of Arizona and Pennsylvania.

Democratic edge shrinks in Arizona Senate, governor races

Margins between Democrats and Republicans in key Arizona races narrowed considerably Wednesday as election officials chipped away at counting more than half a million mail ballots returned on Election Day and shortly before. Democrats maintained small but dwindling leads in key races for U.S. Senate, governor and secretary of state, while Republicans were optimistic the late-counted ballots would break heavily in their favor, as they did in 2020. With Republicans still in the hunt, it remained unclear whether the stronger-than-expected showing for Democrats nationally would extend to Arizona, a longtime Republican stronghold that became a battleground during Donald Trump's presidency.

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Republicans may have won the House months ago — through redistricting

The party might offer its gratitude to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and to the conservatives on the Supreme Court.

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US vote counting unaffected by cyberattacks, officials say

No digital intrusions are known to have affected the counting of the midterm vote.

Why some races in Arizona still haven't been called

Hundreds of thousands of votes are still being tallied in Arizona, where contested races including Senate and gubernatorial contests remained undeclared.

Maricopa County, Arizona officials apologize for vote tabulator problems, say 7% of ballots affected

Maricopa County Supervisor Bill Gates apologized for vote tabulation machine errors that caused problems on Election Day, but insisted that there was no foul play.

foxnews.com

Control of Congress: Why the AP hasn't called Senate, House

Neither party has reached the necessary threshold to win control in the House or Senate as of early Friday.

Luke Priddy projected to win Roanoke City Council special election

Luke Priddy is projected to win the Roanoke City Council special election race, defeating Peg McGuire.

Show us your ‘I Voted’ sticker

In case you’ve been living under a rock these last few weeks, today is election day!

🗳️Election Day: Have you voted yet? Show us your ‘I Voted’ sticker

Election Day has officially arrived, and it’s time to cast your vote in this year’s general election if you haven’t already!

Back to reality: Typical November air settles in before Nicole’s soaking rain arrives

Temps return to near-normal levels before Nicole sends widespread rain into the region Veterans Day.

The six candidates running for Danville City Council’s four seats

Six candidates for Danville City Council are vying for four seats, including Danville Mayor Alonzo Jones.

How to read your social media feeds on Election Day

Voters in the U.S. who go on Twitter, TikTok, Facebook or other platforms to learn about Tuesday’s pivotal midterm elections are likely to encounter rumors, hearsay and misinformation.

EXPLAINER: The need-to-know basics for the U.S. midterm

If you’re tuning in now to Election Day in the U.S., voting in the midterm election ends when polls close on Tuesday.

Virginia General Election Results for Radford on Nov. 8, 2022

The 2022 General Election will be held on November 8. You can find results for Radford here.

Virginia General Election Results for Lynchburg on Nov. 8, 2022

The 2022 General Election will be held on November 8. You can find results for Lynchburg here.

Danville to offer free bus service on Election Day

The city of Danville announced that Danville Transit will offer free bus service on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Lynchburg City Council Candidates: The seven people running for three seats

Two of the seven candidates are currently on City Council.

When is the last day to vote? It depends on where you live

When is early voting over in the midterm elections.

1 week until Election Day, here’s where things stand in big Senate races

Much of the focus has shifted to the Senate, specifically a few select races that will decide control.

NY fitfully counts absentee ballots amid legal challenge

Republican election officials around New York refused to process absentee ballots amid a court challenge earlier this week.

EXPLAINER: Why does The Associated Press call US elections?

Why has The Associated Press tallied votes and declared winners in U.S. elections since the middle of the 19th century.

Why it's OK if we don't know results on election night

It’s the night of the election and polls have been closed for hours.

GOP voters told to hold onto mail ballots until Election Day

Republican activists who believe the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump have crafted a plan that, in their telling, will thwart cheating in this year’s midterm elections.

What’s on your ballot? View sample ballots for the 2022 Virginia general election

With in-person voting now underway across Virginia, we wanted to show you what your ballot will look like before you go to the polls to vote.

EXPLAINER: What to expect at polling places this year

Voting could feel different in this year's midterms, as the election falsehoods told by former President Donald Trump and many of his supporters have created a ripple effect across the country.

Here are key dates to know ahead of the 2022 Virginia general election

Election Day is a little under a month away, and those in the Commonwealth will soon be able to cast their vote for representatives for the U.S. Congress and candidates in local races as well.

Here’s your guide to the 2022 Virginia general election

Election Day is here, and we’re working for you on everything you need to know as you head to the polls.

What to know about Senate, House races with midterms approaching

Here’s an overview of where things stand in the Senate and House of Representatives with the election more than a month away.

Nevada county's plans to hand-count early ballots challenged

A rural county in Nevada where conspiracy theories about voting machines run deep is planning to start hand-counting its mail-in ballots two weeks before Election Day, but the process risks public release of early voting results.

In-person voting starts in Minnesota, 3 other early states

In-person voting for the midterm elections has started in Minnesota, South Dakota, Virginia and Wyoming, in a landscape that has changed since the pandemic drove a shift to mail balloting in the 2020 presidential contest.

Mail ballot fight persists in key states, sure to slow count

As Election Day approaches, the fight over mail-in ballots is back.

EXPLAINER: How mailed ballots slow results in Pennsylvania

Counting of mailed ballots in Pennsylvania is drawing renewed scrutiny amid a too-close-to-call U.S. Senate primary between Republicans David McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz. Former President Donald Trump blasted the state’s elections procedures on social media, even though there are no indications of any wrongdoing with those ballots other than a printing error that was slowing the tally in one county.

Judge: Same-sex marriage license denials violated rights

A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples, who were among those to whom she wouldn’t issue marriage licenses.

Judge declines to toss suits challenging Georgia voting law

A federal judge has rejected motions to dismiss eight lawsuits that challenge Georgia’s sweeping new election law.

Midterm elections are less than 1 year away. Here’s an early overview of what to expect in 2022.

For those who enjoyed a break from political ads for a little while, get used to them ramping up again after the holiday season, if not sooner.

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