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- Supreme Court to Allow Counting of Absentee Ballots Past Election Day in PA, NC
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- Hurricane Zeta Is Fifth Named Storm to Strike Louisiana During Record 2020 Season
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- Family of Walter Wallace Jr. Demands Justice After Fatal Police Shooting
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- Amy Coney Barrett Sworn In, Giving SCOTUS Heavy Conservative Majority Ahead of Pivotal Cases
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ColumnOct 29, 2020Count on the National Popular Vote, Not the Electoral College
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Two of the last three presidencies, Trump’s included, have gone to the candidate who lost the popular vote. Modern voters are joining together, state by state, to overcome the historical aberration of the Electoral College.
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