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Election 2020, ADVISORY

Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 4 years, 4 months AGO
| September 24, 2020 1:06 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:

SUPREME COURT-VACANCY: President Donald Trump is closing in on his pick to fill a Supreme Court vacancy just weeks before Election Day. The selection of his third justice to the high court is infused with politics, as Trump aims to maximize the benefit before Nov. 3 and even secure an electoral backstop should the results be contested. UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 4 p.m.

ELECTION 2020-TIMELINE: The presidential election doesn’t end on Nov. 3. A look at the timeline for the transfer of power after Election Day. UPCOMING: 700 words, photo by 5 p.m.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP: President Donald Trump lays out his health care agenda amid growing uncertainty about the future of the Affordable Care Act, which he has vowed to replace but never did. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 6 p.m.

ELECTION 2020-WORKING CLASS: Joe Biden is leveraging his working class roots as he makes an appeal to voters who abandoned Democrats for Donald Trump four years ago UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 6 p.m.

SENT/DEVELOPING:

TRUMP-TRANSITION OF POWER: Congressional leaders from both parties swiftly push back after President Donald Trump declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election. Trump’s repeated attacks on the American system of voting and elections -- almost without comparison in the U.S. -- have forced lawmakers to take unprecedented steps to ensure he cannot ignore the outcome of the democratic process. SENT: 900 words, photos.

SUPREME COURT-GINSBURG MEMORIAL-TRUMP: President Donald Trump is jeered as he paid respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, with some in the crowd outside the court chanting, “Vote him out.” SENT: 570 words, photos, video.

ELECTION 2020-POSTAL SERVICE DELAYS: Data obtained by The Associated Press shows Postal Service districts across the nation are missing the agency’s own standards for on-time delivery as millions of Americans prepare to vote by mail. SENT: 990 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 -BIDEN-PROGRESSIVES: The Supreme Court vacancy is threatening to inflame old divides among Democrats. Some leading activists on the left are pressing Joe Biden to endorse expanding the number of justices should he win the White House and Democrats take control of the Senate. SENT: 880 words, photos.

ELECTION -2020 - NAKED BALLOTS: Democrats are scrambling in Pennsylvania to reduce the number of mail-in ballots that could be rejected because voters fail to put them in the required “secrecy envelope.” These mail ballots have been dubbed “naked ballots” and election officials fear that as many as 100,000 or more could be rejected in November. SENT: 600 words, photos.

ELECTION -2020 -POMPEO: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is ignoring criticism and forging ahead with events that have overtly political overtones ahead of the presidential election. Pompeo is casting aside a long tradition of the nation’s top diplomat shunning partisan politics. SENT: 810 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 - COLORADO -CHANNELING TRUMP: An unabashed, pistol-packing, social media-savvy and all-in-for-Donald Trump businesswoman has electrified the race to represent nearly half of Colorado’s landmass in Congress. SENT: 1100 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 -GEORGIA -CONGRESS: Five Democrats, an independent and a Libertarian will square off in a special election in Georgia’s 5th Congressional District. The winner will fill the vacancy left by the death of civil rights leader John Lewis in July after 34 years in Congress. SENT: 600 words, photos. Will be updated

AP VIDEO:

AP Video covered President Trump as he paid his respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. AP Video is also covering the president at a pair of rallies later today: Charlotte, NC at 4:30 p.m. and Jacksonville, FL at 7 p.m. Broadcast and online edits planned.

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 activities at the Supreme Court, including President Trump's visit this morning. Photos is also covering Trump’s events in North Carolina and Florida as well as Vice President Pence's campaign stops this afternoon in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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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