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28 Oct

The coronavirus pandemic has upended all aspects of the 2020 election, from campaigning to voting to counting ballots. Here’s how the Covid Election will be decided — at a safe distance, from behind masks, without handshakes, hugs or high-fives. nyti.ms/2HHUMbS

Candidates all over the country are making their final pitch while navigating a coronavirus surge. They’re contemplating a new theory that political strategists haven’t considered: Might voters actually like politicians better if they keep their distance? nyti.ms/2HHUMbS

“All we’re missing is the asteroid landing with flesh-eating zombies, and our year will be complete,” said Paul Lux, the supervisor of elections in Okaloosa County, Florida, and one of the nearly nine million Americans to contract the coronavirus. nyti.ms/2HHUMbS

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28 Oct

The chief executives of Google, Facebook and Twitter are testifying before a Senate committee today about their content moderation practices. Watch live: nyti.ms/3e4BKZ7

Senate Republicans accused Facebook, Google and Twitter of selective censorship. Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s chief executive, was questioned about instances in which the platform had labeled President Trump’s tweets.
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Democrats questioned the tech chief executives on Wednesday about their efforts to stem the spread of disinformation and extremism. They focused on insufficient action by the tech platforms against misinformation that interferes with the election. nyti.ms/34Bb2o7

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28 Oct

It's easy to guess who someone with a “MAGA” hat or Biden-Harris tote voted for. But Cool Whip or loose eggs?

We wondered if it was possible to identify Trump and Biden voters based on what's in their refrigerators.

Take our quiz to see how you do 👇 nyti.ms/3e2UpVc

We asked a representative sample of U.S. residents whom they’re planning to vote for — and whether they'd open their refrigerators and take a picture. Hundreds did. We excluded images from nonvoters, undecided voters and split households.

Here's a look at some of them.

Here's Fridge #1. Take a close look. nyti.ms/31SkP7r

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27 Oct

Voters from battleground states that will likely decide who wins the Electoral College have made up about half of the more than 64 million ballots that have been cast so far.

Here's our analysis of where early votes have been cast. nyti.ms/37TlXv4

Voters in states Joe Biden is expected to win have outpaced those where President Trump is favored.

And early votes in battleground states outpace those in places that heavily favor either candidate. nyti.ms/37TlXv4

Early votes in the battleground states account for more than half of those states’ total votes in 2016.

Across the U.S., voters have already cast about 46% of the total vote counted in the 2016 election. nyti.ms/37TlXv4

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26 Oct

The data reveals, for the first time, when Joe Biden decisively overtook President Trump in the money race: the day Sen. Kamala Harris joined the ticket.

It also shows how Biden collected more money than Trump on all but two days in the last two months. nyti.ms/3jwizZt

For years, affluent and college-educated voters, mostly white, had been the Republican Party's base.

But under President Trump, Republicans have hemorrhaged support from white voters with college degrees — harming the party’s electoral prospects and its economic bottom line.

In ZIP codes with a median household income of at least $100,000, Joe Biden smashed President Trump in fund-raising, $486 million to only $167 million — accounting for almost his entire financial edge.

In the rest of the country, the two were knotted closely together.

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26 Oct

The New York City Board of Elections is staffed almost entirely by relatives and friends of political leaders, even the computer programmers. More than a dozen current and former employees said that ineptitude is common and accountability is rare. nyti.ms/34snN42

New York is the only state in the country with local election boards whose staffers are chosen almost entirely by Democratic and Republican Party bosses, and the board in New York City illustrates the pitfalls. nyti.ms/34snN42

Some staffers read or watch Netflix at the office, the employees said. Others regularly fail to show up for work, with no fear of discipline. Several employees said some staffers punch in and then leave to go shopping or to the gym. nyti.ms/34snN42

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