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Election 2020, ADVISORY

Columbia Basin Herald | UPDATED 4 years, 4 months AGO
| September 28, 2020 12:06 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:

TRUMP-TAXES: Ethics experts say revelations that President Donald Trump is personally liable for more than $400 million in debt cast a shadow over his presidency and raise concerns that he could be manipulated to sway U.S. policy by organizations and individuals he’s indebted to. UPCOMING: 900 words, photos by 5 p.m.

ELECTION 2020-ELECTORAL COLLEGE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is taking extraordinary steps to prepare for the 2020 election results, seeking to increase Democrats’ hold on state delegations whose electors could decide a disputed election. It’s one of several moves being made ahead of an election unlike any other. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 4:30 p.m.

ELECTION 2020-DEBATE: Debates like Tuesday’s between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are one of the most hyped aspects of a presidential campaign. But in a harshly divided era, can they really persuade voters? UPCOMING: 850 words, photos by 5 p.m.

ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-QUESTIONS: Five key questions heading into Tuesday’s first debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. UPCOMING: 700 words by 4 p.m., photos.

SUPREME COURT-VACANCY: Democrats are confronting the limits of their power as they fight against the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Unable to block President Donald Trump’s pick on their own, they are working to convince voters that Barrett’s nomination threatens the health care protections of the Affordable Care Act. UPCOMING: 800 words, photos by 5 p.m.

SENT/DEVELOPING:

ELECTION 2020-WATCH: What we’re watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign. SENT: 1000 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-TRUMP-TAX RETURNS: The bombshell revelations that President Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he ran for office and paid no income taxes at all in many others threaten to undercut a pillar of his appeal among blue-collar voters and provide a new opening for his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, on the eve of the first presidential debate. SENT: 1150 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-DEBATE-SCOTUS: President Trump and Joe Biden were already set to fight over nearly every top issue when they share a stage in Cleveland — but the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg means things may get even tenser, even faster. SENT: 1100 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-DEBATE MODERATOR: Chris Wallace isn’t giving any hints about how he’ll moderate the first presidential debate. But the veteran journalist and “Fox News Sunday” host — the only general election debate moderator with experience in the role — has a record that gives a pretty good idea of what he’ll be like. SENT: 990 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020-NORTH CAROLINA: President Trump’s push to inject new dynamics into the final weeks of the 2020 election is being overshadowed by the frightening realities of everyday life in the pandemic. SENT: 1250 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 -DEBATE - SPORTS BETTING: Betting Some of the country’s largest sports betting companies are offering free-to-play contests in which viewers predict what will happen at Tuesday’s presidential debate for a chance to win real money or prizes. SENT: 650 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 -FIRST TIME REFUGEE VOTERS: Tens of thousands of refugees fleeing wars and persecution who were welcomed into the U.S. are now American citizens voting the first time in what could be the most consequential presidential election of their lifetimes. SENT: 980 words, photos.

ELECTION 2020 -FACEBOOK -MISINFORMATION: Two of Facebook’s toughest critics on Capitol Hill have urged the social media platform to get serious about misinformation, voter suppression and hate speech ahead of the 2020 election. SENT: 400 words.

EXPLAINING ELECTION 2020: Today’s question for AP’s Vision 2020: Are absentee votes and mail-in votes different? SENT: 200 words, photo.

AP VIDEO:

AP Video is covering President Trump’s White House afternoon event on coronavirus testing. AP Video is also covering Kamala Harris who is campaigning in North Carolina. 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 President Trump at the White House and Kamala Harris in North Carolina. Photos is covering setup of Tuesday's first presidential debate in Cleveland.

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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