Texas Supreme Court rejects petition to invalidate thousands of ballots in Harris County
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NOVEMBER 2, 2020: Donald Trump and Joe Biden are making their final campaign stops in battleground states. The Texas Supreme Court rejected a Republican petition to invalidate thousands of ballots in Harris County.
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Inside Elections updated ([link removed]) its race ratings on October 28, 2020:
* Texas moved from Tilt Republican to Toss Up.
* Georgia and North Carolina moved from Toss Up to Tilt Democratic.
The Cook Political Report updated ([link removed]) its race ratings on October 28, 2020:
* Texas moved from Leans Republican to Toss Up.
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“President Trump will again win Ohio. His impressive team has been on the ground here for more than a year while former Vice President Biden is late to show up in our state. Biden’s lack of clarity on fracking, his job-killing tax plan, and his embrace of the far left with Kamala Harris put him out of step with Ohio.”
- Alex Triantafilou, Hamilton County Republican chairman
“In 2020 Ohio slipped into the second tier of 'swing states' due to the mistaken belief that it is now a solidly red state. Not true, and Joe Biden will prove that this election when he wins the Buckeye State.
In 2016 Trump won thanks largely to his appeal in the Mahoning Valley area and the Democrats' failure to get out the Black vote. The same mistake will not be made twice. The long lines of voters across the state are Ohioans who want a president who addresses the pandemic and the lagging economy. Biden wins more out of default than direct appeal.”
- Mary Anne Sharkey, Cleveland-area political consultant
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As of Monday morning, 94 million early votes ([link removed]) had been cast in the general election, according to the United States Election Project. Two states have surpassed the total turnout in 2016 through early voting alone: Hawaii and Texas.
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The Texas Supreme Court ([link removed]) rejected ([link removed]) a Republican petition to invalidate 127,000 ballots cast at drive-through voting sites in Harris County that argued it was an illegal expansion of voting practices. A federal court is also hearing a separate but similar case on Monday.
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The Donald Trump ([link removed]) campaign is taking over the YouTube masthead ([link removed]) for the three days leading up to Election Day. The advertising space was secured nearly a year ago.
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Trump held rallies ([link removed]) in five states on Sunday: Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
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Trump is holding five more ([link removed]) campaign rallies on Monday across North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan (twice), and Wisconsin.
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Joe Biden ([link removed]) held two campaign events in Philadelphia ([link removed]) on Sunday: a “Soul to the Polls” event and drive-in rally.
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Biden is campaigning ([link removed]) in Pennsylvania and Ohio on Monday.
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Former President Barack Obama ([link removed]) is campaigning ([link removed]) in Atlanta and Miami for Biden on Monday.
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Biden released the names of more than 800 fundraisers ([link removed]) who raised $100,000 or more for the Biden campaign and its joint fundraising committees.
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Howie Hawkins ([link removed]) appeared ([link removed]) on The Proud Socialist with his running mate, Angela Nicole Walker, on Saturday.
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Jo Jorgensen ([link removed]) campaigned ([link removed]) in Iowa on Saturday and North Carolina on Sunday.
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* Bloomberg: Three Words That Haunt Joe Biden: ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ ([link removed])
* FiveThirtyEight: Exit Polls Can Be Misleading — Especially This Year ([link removed])
* The Palm Beach Post: What Trump, Biden need from Palm Beach County to win Florida ([link removed])
FLASHBACK: NOVEMBER 2, 2016
The Atlantic reported ([link removed]) , “Clinton has devoted little attention, beyond field organizing, to fortifying states where Trump is now making a late push amid the tailwind of tightening national polls. With Trump consolidating traditional Republican voters, Clinton faces the risk that she has overestimated her hold on the places most central to her strategy.”
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