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The looming legal battle after Election DayRepublicans have already filed more than 90 lawsuits challenging voting rules and practices – before a single ballot has been counted. What clues these lawsuits hold about a looming legal...Resume46:51Nov 4, 2024
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Follow the money: The surprisingly legal way billionaires are shaping the 2024 electionThe Federal Elections Commission has issued rules that make coordination between campaigns and big donors legal and more direct. How's that shaping the 2024 election? We explore the connection between...Resume47:24Oct 29, 2024
Georgia election official Janelle King on the effort to change the state's election rulesThe Georgia Supreme Court has blocked the state's Republican-led election board from enforcing new election rules introduced just weeks before Election Day. We speak to Republican Janelle King, a board...Resume17:08Oct 29, 2024
