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Decision 2020

GSA releasing funds for Biden transition team

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Money from the U.S. government for President-elect Joe Biden's transition team will be released from the General Service Administration, administrator Emily Murphy said Monday. Biden's team is now entitled to $7.3 million of resources and services available for a presidential transition Murphy said in a letter released by multiple news sources. Biden still projected winner Biden was declared the winner of the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election with 306 electoral votes to President Donald Trump's 232 votes. […]

todayNovember 23, 2020 2

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Five third-party races to follow in Tuesday’s election

While the mainstream media focuses on the duopoly candidates, there are other choices on the ballot. From Illinois to Wyoming, and from Arkansas to California, third-party candidates are in it to win it. They can also pose a serious electoral threat as a result. In some races, they're three-way races in hot contention. Others may be head-to-head against a Democrat or a Republican. In rare instances, the candidate is the only option on the ballot. As we count down with […]

todayNovember 2, 2020 12

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Montgomery County Clerk urges mail-in voters to not procrastinate

HILLSBORO -- It is important for voters to apply as soon as possible if they plan to vote by mail for the November 3 general election. Montgomery County Clerk Sandy Leitheiser could not press the importance of this enough. While the statutory deadline for receiving a mail-in ballot is October 29, Leitheiser is offering an extension. Through a partnership with other election authorities and state leadership, Leitheiser is working to get voters to apply much earlier. This is so that […]

todayOctober 23, 2020 4

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Belmont University in Nashville prepares for final Trump-Biden debate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (The Center Square) – In less than a week, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will face off for the second and final presidential debate before the Nov. 3 election – and the stage is set. The debate, organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates, will take place in the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville from 8 to 9:30 p.m. CDT on Thursday – 11 days before the election. “While the debate […]

todayOctober 17, 2020 1

Libertarian Ricky Harrington U.S. Senate

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EDITORIAL: Ark. U.S. Senate debate was the Harrington show due to Cotton no-show

Arkansas registered voters and Libertarians all over this country got to see a rare spectacle in politics Wednesday night. The spectacle: a one-man debate involving a Libertarian challenger to the current sitting Republican. That Republican, Tom Cotton, decided to decline and then no-show. That's right. For an entire hour and then roughly 15 minutes afterward for a press conference, the Arkansas PBS debate was the Ricky Dale Harrington, Jr. show. The lone opponent has grown to be a threat to […]

todayOctober 15, 2020 12

Breaking News

LIVE: Missouri gubernatorial forum underway

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Despite a delay as a result of Missouri Gov. Mike Parson testing positive for COVID-19 late last month, the show must go on. Regarding, the gubernatorial forum, that is. A news release from the Missouri Press Association Thursday states that they will hold their gubernatorial forum. The release states that it will take place at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9 at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia on the campus of the University of Missouri. KOMU 8 […]

todayOctober 9, 2020 5

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Voter access still a challenge for some Illinoisans with disabilities

CHICAGO -- The pandemic has pushed the issue of voter access to the forefront, but for Illinois' disability community, it's more than just another talking point. Voter turnout for people with disabilities was six percentage points lower than that of people without disabilities in the 2016 presidential election. Barry Taylor, vice president at Equip for Equality, said some people with disabilities don't cast a ballot due to accessibility challenges. "People with disabilities, just like anybody else, should be able to […]

todayOctober 6, 2020 1

Ballot Access News

Election ruling appeal case in Sangamon County not likely to happen soon

SPRINGFIELD -- Two women with links to the Jeanne Ives campaign just won't give up on tossing alternative choices off the ballot in November's general election. Frances Bixler and Mary Perkins are trying to contest that a Libertarian candidate running for Congress collected signatures from registered Democrats and Republicans. Their contest states that this should not be allowed. However, at the August 21 meeting of the Illinois State Board of Elections ballot certification meeting, the board did not agree with […]

todayOctober 3, 2020

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EDITORIAL: It’s time to push election code reforms in 2021 for Illinois

Illinois is not foreign to ridiculous election laws. As a matter of fact, they have the second-worst and second-most restrictive ballot access laws in the nation, second to Tennessee. Allow me to elaborate. Illinois v. Tennessee regarding ballot access laws In a normal election year, Illinois and Tennessee would require third-party candidates to collect ridiculous amounts of petition signatures to make the general election ballot. In Illinois, there is a 1% requirement based on the overall vote from the largest statewide […]

todaySeptember 30, 2020 6

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