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Election 2020, ADVISORY

Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 4 years, 4 months AGO
| September 14, 2020 1:03 PM

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:

TRUMP-FOREIGN POLICY: In the past two weeks, President Donald Trump has notched a string of diplomatic wins that he’s showcasing to voters ahead of the election, yet his report card on the most serious threats to U.S. national security shows an incomplete. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 4 p.m.

ELECTION 2020 -TRUMP RALLIES - President Donald Trump and his campaign are openly defying health and safety guidelines aimed at containing the coronavirus as his rallies grow in size, calling them “peaceful protests” protected by the First Amendment. While Democratic governors have urged the president to reconsider, they haven’t gone all-out to block them. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 5 p.m.

ELECTION 2020-BALLOT POSTAGE: Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose faces his last chance Monday to get the necessary clearance to stamp voter’s fall ballots before it’s logistically impossible. The decision falls to a powerful legislative committee whose members have been under intense pressure, including from two former Ohio governors. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 3 p.m.

ELECTION 2020 - BIDEN-LEGAL TEAM: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is assembling a team of top lawyers in anticipation of court challenges to the election process that could ultimately determine who wins the race for the White House. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 3 p.m.

SENT/DEVELOPING:

ELECTION 2020: President Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden focused their presidential battle on the wildfire-scorched West Coast Monday, with Trump meeting fire officials in California while Biden declared the fires and recent extreme weather underscore an urgent need to address climate change. SENT: 930 words, photos. Will be updated.

ELECTION 2020 -FLORIDA: Florida is the nation’s leading presidential battleground, and there’s mounting anxiety among Democrats that Joe Biden’s standing among Latinos in the state is slipping. That could give President Donald Trump a crucial opening in Florida, a must-win for Republicans. SENT: 1350 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 -DEMOCRATS-VOTING: Democrats are unveiling new operations to try to make it easier for their voters to cast ballots. On Monday they launched an upgrade to their website which allows people to register online, request mail ballots digitally or via printouts and even learn how to upload their signature to speed processing. SENT: 640 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 -CONGRESS-VIRTUAL CAMPAIGNS: Different tactics are underway in a pandemic election year unlike any other as candidates try to win over voters in down-ballot races that will determine control of Congress. SENT: 1000 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 – WATCH: Presidential politics move fast. What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign. SENT: 925 words, photos.

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020-ELECTORAL COLLEGE: One of the quirks of the U.S. election process is that one candidate can win the popular vote but another can win the electoral vote and thus the presidency. SENT: 430 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 – SPENDING: President Donald Trump’s massive campaign war chest was supposed to finance an onslaught of attacks that would destroy Joe Biden’s chance of winning in November. But after months of profligate spending, the attacks did little to diminish the Democratic nominee’s standing. Trump’s formidable cash advantage has evaporated. And it is Biden who outspent Trump on TV by nearly double over the past month, advertising data shows. SENT: 1080 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 - WISCONSIN - ABSENTEE: The Green Party’s candidates for president and vice president are demanding that that Wisconsin Supreme Court rule immediately to have them placed on the state’s ballot. The state’s highest court on Thursday ordered a halt to the mailing of all absentee ballots while it considers a legal challenge brought by Green presidential candidate Howie Hawkins and his running mate Angela Walker. SENT: 400 words, photos.

AP VIDEO:

AP Video is covering the President Trump and Joe Biden's remarks on the wildfires. at 9/11 Broadcast and online edits are planned.

AP Video will also feature analysis by AP reporters on the day’s campaign developments. Broadcast edits are expected by 4 p.m.

AP PHOTOS:

AP Photos is covering President Trump in California and Arizona, and Joe Biden's events in Delaware, including morning vote in that state's primary and his afternoon remarks on the wildfires.

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.

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