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Field Organizing and Voter Mobilization from Home

Field Organizing and Voter Mobilization from Home

by Amanda Rooker | Oct 31, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON — With the COVID-19 pandemic raging across the country in the closing months of the presidential campaign, Democratic campaign workers have been forced off the trail and into their living rooms where they’ve cold called hundreds of people a day —...
VIDEO: Surge in Early Voting Indicates Record-Breaking Turnout

VIDEO: Surge in Early Voting Indicates Record-Breaking Turnout

by Amanda Rooker | Oct 31, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Topics

ROCKVILLE, MD — With three days left until Election Day, roughly 90 million people have cast their ballots early, more than 50% of overall turnout in the 2016 election. Long lines at early voting sites, huge increases of mail-in ballots, and polls showing sky-high...
For gun violence survivors, voting means much more than in past

For gun violence survivors, voting means much more than in past

by Karli Goldenberg | Oct 31, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured

WASHINGTON — On the night of February 25, 2018, then-19-year-old Kathy Pisabaj’s life changed forever. “My boyfriend was driving me home, and a man just came from the back of the car, shot straight toward the car and shot me,” Pisabaj said. At about 9:35 p.m. in...
VIDEO: Long lines for early voters in Fairfax County

VIDEO: Long lines for early voters in Fairfax County

by Alicia Diaz | Oct 30, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured

FAIRFAX, VA — Early in-person voters in Fairfax County, VA confronted long lines this week, which at times extended to two hours long. Last week, the Fairfax County NAACP released a statement demanding the Fairfax Board of Supervisors to make serious mitigations to...
USPS inspector general staff visited Madison this week; sorting machines now back on

USPS inspector general staff visited Madison this week; sorting machines now back on

by Nicholas Portuondo | Oct 29, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Politics

The U.S. Post Office’s inspector general sent staff to the Madison Post Office and other Wisconsin sites for audit work Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman for the Office of Inspector General. The inspection comes after U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin sent a letter last week...
Mental Health Cases Increase Amid COVID-19 and Election Concerns

Mental Health Cases Increase Amid COVID-19 and Election Concerns

by Jay Silver | Oct 29, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured

WASHINGTON — As COVID-19 cases increase and Election Day looms, Americans are experiencing more stress than they did four years ago. According to a survey released Oct. 7 by the Harris Poll on behalf of the APA, 67% of Americans said that the election adds...
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