2020 Election

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Trump hits election integrity with unsupported complaints

WASHINGTON (AP) — With votes still being counted across the nation, President Donald Trump on Thursday sought to undermine confidence in the nation's election, making unsupported accusations from the White House about the integrity of the results in his race against Democrat Joe Biden. ...

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office: 4 inmates cast ballots in 2020 election

Four inmates voted from the Douglas County Jail in the 2020 general election, according to the sheriff’s office. As the Journal-World has reported, staff members at the jail helped inmates register and request advance ballots. Four additional inmates requested to register to vote, or ...

Republican gains in the Kansas Legislature will affect vetoes, new political maps and more

This week’s election set the stage for partisan fights in the Kansas Statehouse over things like redistricting, abortion, Medicaid expansion and pandemic-related aid. Democrats had hoped to crack the Republican supermajority in both chambers — thus taking away the GOP’s power to override ...

Kansas candidate who admitted to revenge porn wins state House seat

Updated story - ‘Hit’ tweet against Kansas governor has Democrats seeking ouster of 20-year-old TOPEKA (AP) — A Democratic candidate who admitted to circulating revenge porn and who was charged at the age of 14 with threatening to shoot a high school student has won a state House seat ...

Biden-Trump counting presses ahead 2 days after Election Day

Story updated at 4:02 p.m. Thursday WASHINGTON (AP) — Election officials in key battlegrounds pressed forward Thursday with presidential vote counting as Democrat Joe Biden urged patience and President Donald Trump pursued legal options with little success, insisting the processing of ...

Lead for Holland grows in race for Lawrence senate seat

Sen. Tom Holland saw his lead increase Wednesday as additional mail ballots were counted as part of the race for a state senate district that represents south Lawrence and the surrounding area. Holland, D-Baldwin City, had a lead of 748 votes over challenger Willie Dove, a Bonner Springs ...