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What's a ‘red' and ‘blue mirage,' and how election night vote counts make it hard to tell who will win
A big lead at some point on election night doesn’t always mean a candidate will win. That’s because different places and types of votes get counted at different speeds.
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Prop 36 explained: Criminal penalties
Proposition 36 would allow felony charges for possessing certain drugs and for thefts under $950 in California, if the defendant has two prior drug or theft convictions. NBCLA’s Conan Nolan explains.
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In states without abortion on the ballot, the issue is still driving votes
Most states with abortion bans don’t allow citizen-led ballot initiatives, but that hasn’t stopped activists from harnessing the backlash.
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Kamala Harris: This morning routine helps me work 15 hours a day—'no matter how little sleep I get'
As the U.S. vice president and a current presidential candidate, Kamala Harris’ workdays are lengthy — so she builds them around the same daily morning routine.
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Trump and Harris offer split-screen closing messages in dueling Milwaukee rallies
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris’ differing styles were on full display during dueling rallies Friday night in Milwaukee, the largest city in one of the nation’s most important swing states.
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How are voters feeling ahead of Election Day?
A new study finds that the 2024 election cycle has been so polarizing that it is leaving voters anxious. The Associated Press reported that two-thirds of voters felt anxious heading into Election Day. NBC Bay Area Raj Mathai spoke with Dr. Nina Vasan, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Stanford Medicine, to better understand how voters could be feeling.
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Presidential candidates fight to sway voters in battleground states
With four days to Election Day, both major parties are fighting until the end. Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are making stops in key battleground states in an effort to sway voters. Already, over 66.36 million ballots have been cast nationally. NBC Bay Area Raj Mathai spoke with Political Analyst Larry Gerston to better understand how the election is...
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Contra Costa County opens early voting centers ahead of Election Day
Voters swarmed early voting centers in Contra Costa County as many tried to cast their votes before Election Day.
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Contra Costa County opens early voting centers ahead of Election Day
Voters swarmed early voting centers in Contra Costa County as many tried to cast their votes before Election Day. Jodi Hernandez reports.
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Bay Area volunteers head to swing state of Nevada
Dozens of volunteers left the Bay Area on Friday and headed to the swing state of Nevada to help get out the vote just days before the Nov. 5 election.
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Bay Area volunteers head to swing state of Nevada
Dozens of volunteers left the Bay Area on Friday and headed to the swing state of Nevada to help get out the vote just days before the Nov. 5 election. Christie Smith reports.
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Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania voters who sent defective mail-in ballots to cast provisional ones in person
The Supreme Court on Friday handed a loss to Republicans by allowing Pennsylvania voters who sent mail-in ballots that were flagged as being potentially defective to submit a separate provisional in-person ballot.
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FBI links video falsely depicting voter fraud in Georgia to ‘Russian influence actors'
U.S. intelligence officials say a video that purports to show election fraud in Georgia is fake and the work of “Russian influence actors.”
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Trump team fully embraces RFK Jr.'s vaccine skepticism
Trump has promised Kennedy and his fringe views a prominent role in health policy if he wins.
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Prop 35 explained: Health care tax
Proposition 35 would provide permanent funding for Medi-Cal health care services. NBCLA’s Conan Nolan explains.
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Election betting is newly legal — and risks getting confused with polls
Wagers have been flooding in for weeks after a ruling opened the door to U.S. users placing bets on ballot outcomes, blurring the lines between elections and sports as court wrangling continues.
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How the House would pick the president in the event of an Electoral College tie
If no one gets 270 electoral votes, the House of Representative decides who wins the presidency, with each state delegation getting one vote.
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Trump attacks Liz Cheney, saying she wouldn't be a ‘war hawk' if ‘guns are trained on her face'
At a rambling event in Arizona late Thursday, the former president also said that vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “can do anything he wants” on health policy if Trump wins the election.
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Jennifer Lopez gets emotional in speech at Kamala Harris nevada rally
Jennifer Lopez is getting loud as she blasts the controversial joke made about Puerto Rico at a Trump rally and is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.