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Judge rejects bid to invalidate Georgia votes as Trump lawyers bar public from listening

by Associated Press January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Lawyers representing Georgia blast the case, saying in court documents that ‘a barrage of allegations and suits does not undermine the facts and should not undermine our democracy.’

Election 2020, Nation / World, Politics

Dividing party, Trump’s Republican allies poised to challenge Biden’s win

by LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press January 5, 2021January 14, 2021

The president sees Wednesday’s joint session of Congress as one of his final attempts to overturn his loss, even though there is no credible path for that to happen.

Election 2020, Nation / World, Politics

How Congress will count Electoral College votes Wednesday

by MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Wednesday’s congressional joint session to count electoral votes is taking on added importance this year

Nation / World, Politics

Josh Hawley says ‘Antifa scumbags’ terrorized his family’s Virginia home. Protesters say they held a peaceful vigil.

by Teo Armus The Washington Post January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Demonstrators with the group Shutdown DC, which organized the protest, denied Hawley’s claims that they engaged in any vandalism outside his house on Monday night.

Election 2020, Nation / World, Politics

Georgia counting votes in tight runoffs that will determine who controls Senate

by STEVE PEOPLES, BILL BARROW and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press January 5, 2021January 6, 2021

The pivotal runoffs transformed Georgia, once a solidly Republican state, into one of the nation’s battlegrounds in the final days of the Trump presidency.

Maine, News, Politics

Maine lawmakers seek more than a dozen changes to state election laws

by Scott Thistle January 5, 2021January 5, 2021

Lawmakers from both parties are proposing reforms that could change the way Maine votes, including modifications made in 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19.

Maine, News, Politics

Shenna Bellows sworn in as Maine’s first female secretary of state

by Associated Press January 4, 2021January 4, 2021

Also taking the oath of office Monday were Attorney General Aaron Frey, Treasurer Henry Beck and Matthew Dunlap, who changed jobs from secretary of state to state auditor.