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US election 2020: When will we know the result – and could there be delays?

The coronavirus pandemic has seen an unprecedented number of voters register to cast their ballot by mail – raising the very real possibility that we may not know who has won the US election for several days. In 2016, Donald Trump was declared the winner of Wisconsin at 7.29am UK time on the day after […]

US Election 2020: The paths to power for Biden and Trump

The polls have consistently put Joe Biden significantly ahead of Donald Trump at state and national level – but how could Trump still win? Have the pollsters got it all wrong again? What does Biden need to do? Is chat about a landslide crazy talk? Will we even get a result on the night? Or […]

US Election 2020: The paths to power for Biden and Trump

The polls have consistently put Joe Biden significantly ahead of Donald Trump at state and national level – but how could Trump still win? Have the pollsters got it all wrong again? What does Biden need to do? Is chat about a landslide crazy talk? Will we even get a result on the night? Or […]

WeChat parent Tencent joins fight against Trump ban to protect data

WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – Tencent Holdings said it will join a lawsuit that users of its WeChat app filed against the US government, but only to ensure that proprietary business information is kept confidential. The court filing Monday (Nov 2) marks the first time the Chinese company is publicly engaging in a legal battle that has […]

US election 2020: How Trump and Biden are spending last 24-hours before voting closes

Donald Trump and Joe Biden are making their last-ditch appeals to voters, as they dash between battleground states crucial to winning the White House. The US president is using the final 24 hours before election day to hold rallies in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. His Democrat challenger is focusing on Ohio and Pennsylvania, […]

Canadian soldier buried in Netherlands during WWII identified after 75 years

The Defence Department says it’s identified remains of a Canadian soldier buried in a cemetery in the Netherlands near the end of the Second World War. Trooper Henry George Johnston’s identity was confirmed under a program dedicated to identifying newly found skeletal remains and Canadian service members buried in nameless graves. Johnston was buried as […]

Students Vote and Work the Polls, Despite the Pandemic

Historically, most young Americans don’t vote. In the 2016 presidential election, fewer than half of eligible voters between 18 and 29 cast a ballot. This year, that might be changing. Young voters are showing rare levels of enthusiasm, even as college students face new obstacles. “The pandemic has upturned both how people vote and how […]

California’s Role in Historic Voter Turnout

Good morning. More than 10.5 million Californians have already cast their ballots, about 72 percent of the total turnout in 2016, according to the U.S. Elections Project. Some 88 percent of eligible Californians — a record of more than 22 million people — were registered to vote as of the middle of last month, the […]

Boy, 18, with Down syndrome shouts 'I'm a grown up!' after voting for first time

An 18 year-old boy with Down syndrome excitedly exclaimed: ‘I’m a grown up!’ after casting his first ever vote for this year’s US presidential election. Dameon Moulton posted an absentee ballot close to his home in Powder Springs, Georgia, on Wednesday, accompanied by his mother Amanda Moulton. Dameon said afterwards that he felt ‘excited’ and […]