Mayor Lori Lightfoot unveiled Friday a security plan for Halloweens and Election Day. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times file The Office of Emergency Management and Communications will activate its emergency operations center and open a first-ever “Business Operations Center” next week.
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Take Five: Markets hoping for clear result in U.S. vote
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: In-person early voting in Milwaukee 1/ELECTION DAY Nov. 3 is election day in the world’s biggest economy, a vote that’s particularly fraught due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the candidates’ differing policy platforms and the potential for
What Makes a Man Manly? Trump and Biden Offer Competing Answers
If the 2016 election pitted feminism against machismo, this one asks voters to consider what masculinity means. President Trump, in his personality and policies, has presented himself as hypermasculine: tough, plain-spoken, the patriarch who is unafraid to offend and unapologetic
Trump officials tout progress on border wall before election
Top Trump administration officials visited Texas five days before Election Day to announce they have nearly completed 400 miles of U.S.-Mexico border wall, trying to show progress on perhaps the president’s best-known campaign promise four years ago. While most of
Races to Watch in California
ImageEarly voting, including voting by mail, in this election has shattered records in states across the country, including California, where more than 6.5 million ballots had been returned as of Monday. Credit…Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images In some ways, California
From Bolivia, Lessons for a Successful Election
LA PAZ, Bolivia — As nationalism, misinformation and the pandemic have emerged as threats to democracy — and a presidential election has roiled the United States — the relatively small nation of Bolivia, in political upheaval for most its 195-year
United Center to serve as voting super site on Election Day
The United Center will be an Election Day polling place for the first time. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file The center at 1901 W. Madison St. will be open to voters for the first time in the arena’s history Tuesday. Bulls,
‘Tsunamis of Misinformation’ Overwhelm Local Election Officials
The morning after last month’s presidential debate, the phones inside the Philadelphia election offices that Al Schmidt helps oversee rang off the hook. One caller asked whether President Trump’s comments hinting at rampant voter fraud in Philadelphia were true. Another
How Mail Votes Could Delay Election Results
It’s possible that we won’t know who won on election night. Why? Well, tens of millions of people are voting by mail this year, and counting each ballot involves numerous steps, many of them done by hand. And some critical
Days From Election, Police Killing of Black Man Roils Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — There is a grim familiarity to it all. In the final days of a bitter election, it is a reprise of the terrible images that the country has come to know all too well this year: The shaky
Live Results: Maine Presidential Primary 2020
Source: Election results and race calls from The Associated Press By Sarah Almukhtar, Michael Andre, Aliza Aufrichtig, Matthew Bloch, Larry Buchanan, Andrew Chavez, Nate Cohn, Annie Daniel, Andrew Fischer, Will Houp, Jonathan Huang, Josh Katz, Aaron Krolik, K.K. Rebecca Lai,
The 2020 Campaign Is the Most Expensive Ever (By a Lot)
The 2020 election has blown past previous records to become the most expensive campaign in American history, with the final tally for the battle for the White House and control of the Senate and the House expected to hit nearly
Biden’s Limited Campaign Schedule: Wise Tactic or Misguided Gamble?
WILMINGTON, Del. — On the Friday before Election Day, Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be in the Midwest, campaigning in both Iowa and Wisconsin as he presses his closing argument. In any other year, and for any other campaign, that
Don’t Panic If You Missed the Mail-in Ballot Deadline. Here’s How to Make Sure Your Vote Counts
The last day to confidently mail in an absentee ballot, in time to have it received by Election Day, November 3rd, has passed. (October 27th was the cutoff set by the Postal Service.) But don’t panic. If you, like millions
Mail in voting explained
Mail-in ballots as an option for voting in the 2020 US election are more important than ever, and the US Postal service will be handling a huge increase in ballots. Click here for more: https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2020/politics/mail-in-voting/ https://www.cnn.com/election/2020
Here are all of the uncontested races in the Illinois legislature this November
An early voter drops their General Election mail-in ballot in the secured drop box at Warren Park in the West Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side, Wednesday morning, Oct. 14, 2020. Illinois voters are left with little choice if
Black men’s votes courted, as some search for political home
For Phillip Agnew, engaging Black male voters ahead of the general election isn’t just about persuading them to choose former Vice President Joe Biden over incumbent Donald Trump. As an activist and organizer who gained acclaim after leading protests in
Suburban Cook voters can stop fretting over fate of mail ballots — but the final results? That’s another matter
An employee sorts through mailed in ballots at the Cook County Clerk Election Operation Center in Cicero on Tuesday. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times An online ballot tracking system showed many of those unaccounted for ballots to be located at a U.S.
Pushing Deep Into G.O.P. Turf, Democrats Are Poised to Expand House Majority
VERONA, N.Y. — Pushing further into Republican territory one week before Election Day, Democrats are poised to expand their majority in the House while Republicans, weighed down by President Trump’s low standing in crucial battlegrounds, are scrambling to offset losses.
YouTube to put warning labels on election-related videos
YouTube will add labels to election-related videos starting on Election Day to warn viewers that the results of the hotly contested vote may not be final. The move announced Tuesday is part of the Google-owned platform’s efforts to clamp down
Road to 270: John King breaks down latest numbers a week before Election Day
CNN’s John King examines the state of the race seven days out from Election Day with Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden leading in key battleground states. #CNN #News
A Week Before the Election, Time Is Running Out to Vote by Mail
WASHINGTON — With just a week to go before the election on Nov. 3, the window is rapidly closing for many people who still plan to cast an absentee ballot through the mail. The Postal Service has reported that on-time
Trump TV? This may be the President’s next act
With just days to go until the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump is an underdog to win a second term. This raises an interesting question: What will Trump do next? In his latest video, CNN’s Chris Cillizza explains how
Voters in Battleground States Are Driving Record Early Turnout
A week before Election Day, more than 64 million Americans have already voted — and about half of them are in the dozen or so competitive states that will ultimately decide who wins the Electoral College. Possibly even more significant,
Senate Confirms Barrett to the Supreme Court
Eight days before the presidential election, the Senate voted 52 to 48 to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative appeals court judge, to the nation’s top court.
Road to 270: Biden leading in these battleground states
CNN’s John King examines the state of the race eight days out from Election Day with Vice Presidential nominee Joe Biden leading in key battleground states. #CNN #News
Should You FedEx Your Ballot? No
With Election Day a week away, those who have waited until nearly the last minute to vote by mail may be considering turning to an express carrier, thinking that may expedite the process. But experts say voters should use either
Should You FedEx Your Mail-In Ballot?
With Election Day a week away, those who have waited until nearly the last minute to vote by mail may be considering turning to an express carrier, thinking that may expedite the process. But experts say voters should use either
`The books that see her through’: Winfrey suggests seven
With Election Day approaching and the pandemic ongoing, Oprah Winfrey is setting aside her usual book club recommendations and instead citing seven personal favorites, ranging from James Baldwin’s landmark essays in “The Fire Next Time” to Mary Oliver’s poetry collection
For transgender activists, election stokes hopes and fears
Among transgender-rights activists, there’s a powerful mix of hope and fear heading toward the Nov. 3 election. They’re yearning for President Donald Trump’s defeat but dreading the possibility that his administration might win four more years and continue targeting them