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FILE - This combination of Sept. 29, 2020, file photos shows President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. Amid the tumult of the 2020 presidential campaign, one dynamic has remained constant: The Nov. 3 election offers voters a choice between substantially different policy paths. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

AP Viewers’ Guide: After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try again

MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press Oct 22, 2020

After meeting last month in perhaps the most chaotic debate in modern history, President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, will take the stage Thursday to give it another go. The bar to...

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FILE - This combination of Sept. 29, 2020, file photos shows President Donald Trump, left, and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. Amid the tumult of the 2020 presidential campaign, one dynamic has remained constant: The Nov. 3 election offers voters a choice between substantially different policy paths. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

UNF PORL releases poll results on presidential candidates, which method people will choose to vote

Nathan Turoff, Student Government Reporter Oct 20, 2020

UNF’s Public Opinion Research Lab (PORL) released the results of their election poll Tuesday, which shows Joe Biden with a small edge over Donald Trump, and some other interesting trends. According...

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Voters line up outside Beaches Library on Monday morning to cast their vote early. (Photo courtesy of Hannah Lee/ WOKV)

Early voting begins today for most of Northeast Florida. Here’s what you need to know.

Zach Yearwood, Managing Editor Oct 19, 2020

Featured Image courtesy of Hannah Lee/WOKV. The 2020 election cycle is nearing its climax and Monday marks the beginning of the early voting period for several states, including Florida.  Voters...

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Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is sworn in during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)

AP: Barrett facing senators on health care, legal precedent

MARK SHERMAN, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Oct 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is facing senators' questions Tuesday for the first time over her approach to health care, legal precedent and even the presidential election...

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Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence answer questions during the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)

AP FACT CHECK: Claims from Pence and Harris VP debate

Oct 7, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris tussled Wednesday in the first and only vice presidential debate before the Nov. 3 election, coming as the coronavirus sidelined President...

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WATCH: Kamala Harris and Mike Pence face-to-face in the VP debate at 9 p.m.

WATCH: Kamala Harris and Mike Pence face-to-face in the VP debate at 9 p.m.

Zach Yearwood, Managing Editor Oct 7, 2020

Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris are set to face off in the vice presidential debate tonight at 9 p.m. Click the link below to watch: https://www.nbcnews.com/video/oct-7-vice-presidential-debate-93112389804

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Members of the production crew inspect glass on stage which will serve as a barrier to protect the spread of COVID-19 as preparations take place for the vice presidential debate at the University of Utah, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, in Salt Lake City. The vice presidential debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., is scheduled for Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

AP: Pence-Harris debate to unfold as Trump recovers from virus

STEVE PEOPLES, KATHLEEN RONAYNE and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press Oct 7, 2020

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence and his Democratic challenger, California Sen. Kamala Harris, are set to face off in a debate that will offer starkly different visions for a country confronting...

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Today is the deadline to register to vote in Florida and a handful of other states — are you registered?

Erik Feliciano, Reporter Oct 5, 2020

Today, Oct. 5, marks the final day that you can register to participate in the 2020 Presidential Election in Florida and a handful of other states -- so if you have yet to register now is your last chance...

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President Donald Trump gestures while speaking during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

First presidential debate quickly goes off the rails

Zach Yearwood, Managing Editor Sep 30, 2020

Misleading statements, personal attacks and incomprehensible yelling in Tuesday night’s presidential debate gave people a glimpse of what the lead-up to Nov. 3 will look like -- and reminded us that...

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FILE - In this Aug. 10, 1993, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes the court oath from Chief Justice William Rehnquist, right, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Ginsburg's husband Martin holds the Bible and President Bill Clinton watches at left. The Supreme Court says Ginsburg has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

Analysis: The new Supreme Court vacancy could spell a political ‘nightmare’ for both parties

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor Sep 25, 2020

In May 2016, President Obama had nominated the Chief Judge of the D.C. Court of Appeals, Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court after the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. It was an election...

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Opinions

Opinion: States in Play

Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor Sep 21, 2020

It is Sept. 21, 2020 and the Election Day is 43 days away. Here, we give a broad overview of how the election is going and try to predict the outcomes of several crucial states in two sections. In...

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A look into the 2020 First Lady candidates

A look into the 2020 First Lady candidates

Zach Yearwood, Managing Editor Sep 10, 2020

With fewer than 60 days until the 2020 Presidential Election, we know—for the most part—where both major party presidential candidates stand on issues and what they want to accomplish once they are...

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