Election 2020, ADVISORY
Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 4 years, 3 months AGO
Here are today’s plans for coverage of Election 2020. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan. Find the AP’s latest coverage in our Election 2020 hub. All times are Eastern.
UPCOMING:
ELECTION 2020-VOTING-MISINFORMATION: Social media influencers, partisan news outlets and politicians are driving the spread of misinformation around voting and the U.S. election as millions of Americans are casting ballots around the country, a group of misinformation researchers finds. UPCOMING: 600 words, photo, by 4 p.m.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-MELANIA TRUMP: President Donald Trump and his wife Melania got their positive COVID-19 tests on the same day. He’s already back to campaigning but there have been no sightings yet of the first lady. It’s been more than a week since she last updated the nation on her health and the White House has given no indication when her next public appearance might UPCOMING: 750 words, photos by 5 p.m.
ELECTION 2020-IOWA-ERNST: GOP Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is in a difficult reelection struggle. A devout supporter of Trump, who won comfortably here in 2016, she’s finding her fate tied directly to the president, who’s facing an uphill battle nationally and in some key battleground states. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 5 p.m.
SENT/DEVELOPING:
ELECTION 2020: With Election Day just three weeks away, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden concentrated Tuesday on battleground states both see as critical to clinching an Electoral College victory, tailoring their travel to best motivate voters who could cast cast potentially decisive ballots. SENT: 900 words, photos. Will be updated with Trump and Biden events.
ELECTION 2020-BIDEN-COURT PACKING: Joe Biden says he is “not a fan” of adding seats to the Supreme Court, after weeks of avoiding questions about the proposal that’s been pushed by progressives and used by Republicans to attack him. SENT: 430 words, photos.
SUPREME COURT -BARRETT: Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is telling senators she would bring no “agenda” to the court, batting back questions on abortion, gun rights and other hot-button issues. She also declined to commit to recusing herself from any cases that might arise from the Nov. 3 presidential election. SENT: 1050 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020 -MICHELLE OBAMA: A voter initiative led by Michelle Obama is partnering with a similar group founded by NBA star LeBron James and other prominent Black athletes and entertainers to sponsor events in major U.S. cities starting next week to generate excitement about voting early for the election. SENT: 365 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020 -VOTING NONPROFITS: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, on Tuesday donated an additional $100 million to helping local election offices prepare for November even as some conservatives are stepping up their efforts to stop the funds from being used. SENT: 530 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020- FAITH SUPER PAC: A group of prominent Christians from both sides of the aisle, including a past faith adviser to former President Barack Obama, is forming a political action committee designed to chip away at Christian support for President Trump in the final weeks of the 2020 campaign. SENT: 600 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020 -TRUMP -TEXAS-EVANGELICALS: An evangelical church in a Dallas suburb has emerged as a bastion for Republicans fighting to keep the diversifying state from flipping to Joe Biden. SENT: 1000 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020 -HARRIS: President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are increasingly raising baseless questions about rival Joe Biden’s health and alleging that his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, will really be in charge if Democrats win the White House. SENT: 930 words, photos.
TRUMP -RUSSIA -PROBE -WHERE-THINGS-STAND: The special counsel’s investigation into ties between Russia and President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign revealed damaging, or at least embarrassing, information about the president. Yet in the run-up to the 2020 election, it’s Trump and the Republicans who are talking about the probe while Democrats are largely silent. SENT: 1200 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020 -WISCONSIN -ABSENTEE: Democrats and their allies said Tuesday they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin that are received up to six days after the election can be counted — a move being fought by Republicans who have opposed other attempts across the country to expand voting. SENT: 800 words, photos.
ELECTION 2020-VOTING-TEXAS: Texas has seen record voter registration this year with competitive congressional and state legislative races on the line. The nation’s second most populous state has even hit the presidential radar as a potential battleground. But what it doesn’t have is expanded options to vote by mail. SENT: 980 words, photos.
AP VIDEO:
AP Video is covering day 2 of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Video also plans edits of Joe Biden's campaign stops in Florida and President Trump's rally in Pennsylvania.
AP Video features analysis by AP reporters on the day’s campaign developments. Edits are expected by 4 p.m.
AP PHOTOS:
AP photos is covering the Senate's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, as well as Biden in Florida and Trump in Pennsylvania.
INTERACTIVES/GRAPHICS:
ELECTION 2020-ADVANCE VOTING — Interactive guide. 2020 could be the first year in which more than half of voters cast their ballot for president before polls open on Election Day. AP is tracking these changes and has crafted an interactive guide giving you everything you need to know about early voting and mail-in ballots in each state. This guide will update dynamically as updated election rules and data are made available. Source: AP Election Services. Click for a preview