Fewer than 1 out of 5 states plan to automatically send ballots to all voters. Even in these states, in-person voting will remain an option.
Author: Joey Garrison, USA TODAY
Exclusive: Joe Biden and Democrats unveil details of DNC convention including nightly themes, ways to watch
‘Uniting America’ will be the DNC convention’s theme. Speakers include former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Experts held ‘war games’ on the Trump vs. Biden election. Their finding? Brace for a mess
A team of experts who gamed out the Nov. 3 election found an “alarming” risk of a contested outcome and the possibility of a constitutional crisis.
Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence overturned, new trial ordered for sentencing phase
A federal appeals court said the new trial for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will only decide whether he’s executed. He remains in prison for life.
‘He’s scaring our own voters’: Republicans run into a Donald Trump problem as they push mail voting
As Donald Trump rails on mail-voting, Republicans have had to work around the president’s harsh rhetoric to push the option.
Trump’s campaign to paint Biden as mentally unfit becomes a gamble
Some analysts believe the attacks could make Trump more vulnerable among senior voters as he’s already lost his grip on the voting bloc.
Go big or play it safe? Electoral map widens for Joe Biden and Democrats, but with risk
As Democrats push for Joe Biden to make plays in big states like Texas, Ohio and Georgia, the lessons of 2016 linger.
‘Grim resolve’: With Biden up big and the Senate in sight, Democrats still haunted by fear of letdown
Joe Biden has a larger lead over Donald Trump than Hillary Clinton did at this point in 2016. But Democrats have seen a lead slip away before.
Joe Biden comes out against ‘defund the police’ push amid mounting attacks from Trump after George Floyd protests
Joe Biden’s campaign said the former vice president does not support defunding police in the wake of protests after George Floyd’s death.
College admissions scandal: Ex-UCLA soccer coach pleads guilty to taking $200K in bribes
Jorge Salcedo, head soccer coach at UCLA from 2004 to 2019, will become the 33rd parent to plead guilty in the college admissions scandal.