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Fact check: Whats true about the 2020 election, vote counting, Electoral College Ella Lee, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT False claims about the election process are spreading online in wake of the 2020 vote. The USA TODAY Fact Check team is dedicated to verifying claims and fighting misinformation. Heres a list of recent fact-checks related to the 2020 election: © AP Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump are on opposite sides of the vote-by-mail issue...

Updated 1/22/2021 9:54 PM Mount Prospect village board candidates Terri Gens and Peggy Pissarreck said they feel vindicated after the towns electoral board finalized a ruling Tuesday allowing them to remain on the April 6 ballot. "This ruling confirms we followed the law," Gens said.   The candidates nominating petitions were challenged by former Trustee Steven Polit and village resident Tom Manion, who alleged Gens and Pissarreck violated village code by having two candidates on one signature...

Media Companys Investigation Into Voter Fraud Nets an Arrest   AUSTIN, TX — An investigation by Project Veritas whose reporters went undercover with hidden cameras to expose an alleged ballot harvesting scheme in San Antonio has resulted in an arrest, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Wednesday morning. Rachel Rodriguez, who was featured in the PV videos, was arrested for election fraud, illegal voting, unlawfully assisting people voting by mail, and unlawfully possessing an official b...

Adobe Stock PITTSBURGH – Due to a federal judge’s ruling on Tuesday, the state senator for Pennsylvania’s 45th District comprising parts of both Allegheny and Westmoreland counties will in fact be Democratic incumbent Jim Brewster. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan denied an attempt from the campaign of Republican state Senate challenger Nicole Ziccarelli to throw out mail-in ballots submitted in Allegheny County...

WBGZ Radio 1/11/2021 | By Kevin Bessler - Illinois Radio Network Illinoisans are closer at-home liquor delivery after state lawmakers made legislation allowing it one of the first measures considered in the lame duck session.  The House Executive Committee forwarded the bill to the House Floor Friday . If enacted, the bill would make the rules guiding home delivery of alcohol uniform across the state, and create a third-party facilitator license. Alec Laird, Vice President of government relat...

Illinoisans are closer at-home liquor delivery after state lawmakers made legislation allowing it one of the first measures considered in the lame duck session. The House Executive Committee forwarded the bill to the Ho...

With over 81 million votes, Biden received the most votes of any presidential candidate in history. It is also true that he won a record-low number of counties – but counties vary by population size, so those wins dont correlate with the popular vote. People vote, not places, and Biden won the most populous counties in the country, according to a Census Bureau report. Its also disingenuous to suggest Bidens small campaign events indicated a lack of support, given the ongoing viral pande...

MARIE ALBIGES www.SpotlightPa.org (EDITOR’S NOTE; This article is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. This article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat’s republishing policy.) Democrats and Republicans in the Pennsylvania legislature haven’t agreed on much when it comes to the 2020 election — only that change is needed. Those changes will be hotly debated during the General Assembly’s next...

Stefanik to object to election results in four states North country congresswoman Elise Stefanik speaks Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention. (Source: CBS) By Scott Atkinson | January 6, 2021 at 12:05 PM EST - Updated January 6 at 1:33 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWNY) - North country congresswoman Elise Stefanik will join more than a hundred other Republicans in the House of Representatives today in contesting the results of November’s presidential election. Specifically,...

Rouzer, Tillis are on opposite sides of certifying electoral votes Rep. David Rouzer (NC-7) and Sen. Thom Tillis, both Republicans from North Carolina, are on opposing sides when it comes to voting to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. (Source: David Rouzer, Thom Tillis) By Jon Evans | January 6, 2021 at 1:40 PM EST - Updated January 6 at 1:50 PM WASHINGTON, D.C. (WECT) - Rep. David Rouzer and Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina are on opposite sides of Wednesd...