But vote tallying has never been completed in a modern U.S. presidential election on election night.
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Judge rejects Republican effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes
At the heart of the case were Republican objections to drive-thru polling centers that allowed voters to drop off ballots without getting out of their cars, in response to the pandemic.
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Trump threatens legal action, Biden goes on offense as bitter campaign concludes
While the president airs his grievances at rallies and tweets about ‘violence in the streets,’ his challenger says, ‘We’re done with the chaos.’
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Biden leads Trump by double digits nationally, USC poll suggests
The margin has remained almost unchanging since summer.
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The Latest: Biden backers urge voters to deliver ballots in person, not by mail
The latest on the election from around the U.S.
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Election results may be slow to arrive in key races
Ranked-choice voting, an expected high turnout, record absentee voting and potential disruptions at the polls could produce delays in declaring winners, especially in top races.
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Nearly half of registered Mainers have voted, and absentee ballots keep pouring in
More than 477,000 absentee ballots had been received – by mail, drop box or in-person voting – as of Friday afternoon as a record number of Mainers use the process during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Trump tests limits of the law as Cabinet members fan out to key states
A law on the books since 1939 requires a division between political and official activities for all federal employees except the president and vice president, but that doesn’t seem to apply in the Trump administration.
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An Election Day role for National Guard? Maybe, but limited.
Unlike regular active-duty military, the Guard answers to its state’s governor, not to the president.
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Wisconsin Republican Party says hackers stole $2.3 million
The GOP’s account was being used to help re-elect President Trump in the key battleground state.