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Election 2024, Nation / World, Politics

Highest-altitude U.S. voters to cast their ballots from space

by Ruby Mellen The Washington Post October 30, 2024October 30, 2024

Astronauts on the International Space Station, including 2 who are stuck there after a Boeing Starliner malfunctioned, said they intended to vote from orbit.

Election 2024, Nation / World, Politics

Majority of swing-state voters say they fear violence if Trump loses

by Colby Itkowitz, Dan Keating, Emily Guskin, Scott Clement The Washington Post October 30, 2024November 3, 2024

A poll found that two-thirds of voters in states likely to decide the election do not think Donald Trump would accept defeat.

Election 2024, Local & State, News, Politics

Trump wins student mock election in Maine

by Randy Billings October 30, 2024November 3, 2024

Maine students have predicted the winner of every presidential election since 2008, but they missed the mark in the 2020 U.S. Senate race by voting against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.

Election 2024, Nation / World, Politics

Harris urges voters to reject Trump’s efforts to sow division and fear

by ZEKE MILLER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press October 29, 2024November 3, 2024

Kamala Harris is urging voters to reject Donald Trump’s efforts to sow division and fear, declaring, ‘It doesn’t have to be this way.’

Election 2024, Nation / World, Politics

Harris promises to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump

by ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent October 29, 2024November 3, 2024

Kamala Harris aimed to make a broader case for why voters should reject Donald Trump and consider what she offers, and encouraged the crowd to visualize their divergent futures hanging in the balance on Election Day.

Election 2024, Lewiston-Auburn

Gov. Janet Mills urges voters in Lewiston to ‘reject the politics of despair’

by Steve Collins October 29, 2024October 29, 2024

Mills touts Kamala Harris and hits Donald Trump during a Tuesday campaign stop in Lewiston.

Election 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics

First presidential election since Jan. 6 attack will test Congress’ new guardrails

by LISA MASCARO Associated Press October 29, 2024November 3, 2024

After Jan. 6, Congress set out to shore up the the peaceful transfer of presidential power and prevent a repeat of the unprecedented period when Donald Trump refused to concede defeat to Joe Biden.

Election 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics

Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults ‘was a lovefest’

by ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, MICHELLE L. PRICE and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press October 29, 2024November 3, 2024

Kamala Harris’ campaign and many who watched have criticized the racist comments targeting Latinos, Black people, Jews and Palestinians, along with sexist insults directed at Harris and others.