USPS Postmaster has been accused of attempts to disrupt mail-in voting in service changes. He has denied this in Senate testimony.
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Jimmy Carter Tried to Make It Easier to Vote in 1977
In 1977 Jimmy Carter tried to ease voting for millions of Americans but the right stopped him using the same strategies it is deploying today.
Pelosi calls back House over Postal Service upheaval
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called the House back in session. Top on the agenda a move to block Trump’s overhaul of the USPS.
Bipartisan group of secretaries of state request meeting with Postmaster General DeJoy
The USPS is at the heart of growing tensions ahead of election day. A bipartisan group of Secretaries of State has called for a meeting with USPS head.
Disinformation is biggest threat to election security, experts tell Congress
Key experts have schooled he US Congress on where to expect the biggest threat to election this year. They pointed out disinformation in particular.
Biden will beat Trump, says historian who predicted every presidential race since 1984
Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted who will win the White House since 1984. His pick for winner in 2020 is presumptive democratic candidate Joe Biden.
House Republicans introduce legislation to give states $400 million for elections
Trump’s views against mail-in voting resonated in the GOP. This is changing with new Republican legislation to give states $400 million for elections.
‘Urgent and essential:’ How John Lewis’s death has renewed calls to protect voting rights
‘Urgent and essential’ is how the bill that would restore a crucial provision of the voting rights act promoted by the late John Lewis has been described.
Trump, Biden build legal armies for electoral battlefield
Many experts predict the 2020 election will be one of the most litigated in U.S. history. Trump and Biden are constituting legal armies in preparation.
Mitch McConnell’s complicated history on the Voting Rights Act
Of long-term senators, Mitch McConnell has perhaps the most complicated history with the voting rights act, one of an ideological distance from it with time.