The COVID-19 pandemic has given Tuesday’s election a different look. Polls close at 8 p.m.
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inElection 2020, Politics
Interactive Map: Plot each presidential candidate’s road to 270 electoral votes
Explore your own scenarios for the electoral vote: will states follow recent results, or do you foresee a new electoral landscape emerging?
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Posted inElection 2020, Perspective
Unmasking Maine’s Electoral College members
Even though I’m no Sherlock Holmes I thought I’d have an easier time figuring out their names. My amateur sleuthing — aided by Google — led nowhere. It took three days of persistent efforts including several direct inquiries to the Secretary of State’s Office to obtain the identities of the slates of each party’s current […]
Posted inElection 2020, Perspective, Politics
‘We don’t speculate’: How AP counts votes and calls races
As it has for more than 170 years, The Associated Press will count the vote and report the results of presidential, congressional and state elections on Nov. 3 and beyond
Posted inElection 2020, Perspective, Politics
Who formally declares the winner of the US presidential election?
Unlike many other countries, where the president or prime minister is chosen by direct popular vote, in the United States, a presidential candidate may win the popular vote and still not be elected to the nation’s highest office. The U.S. also differs from most other democracies in that it has no independent electoral commission to […]
Posted inLocal Sports
Watch Travis Roy speech at this year’s virtual high school hockey awards ceremony
Travis Roy was part of the 2020 Maine High School Hockey Class A Virtual Awards Ceremony on May 17.
Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, Politics
Analysis: Why Donald Trump pushes questions about Joe Biden’s son
President Donald Trump’s campaign is pushing a familiar line of attack against Democrat Joe Biden in the final days of the presidential campaign
Posted inElection 2020, Nation / World, Politics
Interactive Map: Early votes surpass 2016 totals
More people already have cast ballots in this year’s presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in big states has caused a surge in turnout in recent days.
Posted inOp-Eds, Perspective
‘Hey, Hey, Donald J., how many did you infect today?’
President Donald Trump seems to be using the Vietnam War playbook in dealing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Posted inPerspective, Politics
The Electoral College benefits whiter states
With a Supreme Court ruling rejecting one of the founders’ two reasons for creating the Electoral College, only one reason remains: racism.