An asteroid will pass close to Earth the day before the election

The object has only a tiny chance of reaching Earth's atmosphere — but NASA isn't worried.

• Aug 25, 2020

Officials urge patience on election night due to mail-in ballots

Waiting for the results may be the hardest part, but this year it won't mean something's gone wrong necessarily.

• Aug 18, 2020

Trump is "a uniter of Democrats," political expert says

The defection rate, or those who don't vote along party lines, will be "much lower" than in 2016, political science professor Larry Sabato predicts.

• Aug 13, 2020

Biden leads Trump in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

According to a CBS News Battleground Tracker poll, former Vice President Joe Biden is leading President Trump in both Pennsylvania and Wisconsin by six points in each state. The vast majority of voters in these two states say things in the U.S. are going badly. CBS News elections and surveys director Anthony Salvanto joins CBSN's Lana Zak with a look at the polling.

• Aug 9, 2020

Is a vaccine by Election Day possible?

President Trump says he is optimistic the U.S. could have a COVID-19 vaccine before November 3. Dr. David Agus joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss the likelihood there is a vaccine in the fall and address vaccine efficacy and safety concerns.

• Aug 7, 2020

How Trump's comments weigh on election

CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss President Trump's tweet raising the possibility of delaying the November election, which he does not have the authority to do. Plus, the implications of the president's attacks on mail-in voting.

• Jul 31, 2020

Trump trails Biden in new CBS News Battleground Tracker poll

With 100 days before the 2020 election, President Trump is behind former Vice President Joe Biden by 10 points in a new CBS News Battleground Tracker poll. CBS News White House correspondent Paula Reid joins CBSN's Laura Podesta to discuss how hyper-partisanship factors into the electorate and Congress' efforts to pass a new coronavirus relief package.

• Jul 26, 2020

How Election Night could turn into Election Week

Election officials across the country and in key battleground states say there could be a delay in reporting election results in November given the likely surge in mail-in absentee ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic. CBSN political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns spoke to CBSN's Tanya Rivero about what to expect.

• Jul 15, 2020

Election Day could turn into "Election Week" with rise in mail ballots

Election officials say the public should prepare now for the possibility of delayed election results in November.

• Jul 15, 2020

Coronavirus impacts 2020 race for Biden, Trump

CBS News elections and surveys director Anthony Salvanto has more on the 2020 race with the latest Battleground Tracker poll.

• Jul 12, 2020

Twitter makes Election Day a paid company holiday

Twitter workers in the U.S. and globally will have paid time off to vote in national elections, the company said.

• Jun 23, 2020

Law professor on voting during the pandemic

The United States will vote in November, in what may be its first presidential election during a pandemic. Law professor Kim Wehle joins "CBS This Morning" to discuss how the U.S. can and should prepare itself during this unprecedented time. Wehle is the author of the new book, "What You Need to Know About Voting and Why."

• Jun 19, 2020

Elections experts fear what primary mayhem may mean for November

Some states have successfully held primaries during the COVID pandemic, while others have been marred by long voting lines, technical snafus and confusion.

• Jun 19, 2020

17-year-olds can vote in Colorado primary

For the first time in Colorado, some 17-year-old residents can cast their votes in the state primary March 3, as long as they will turn 18 before Election Day in November. CBS Denver reports.

• Feb 20, 2020

Virginia nixes holiday honoring Confederate generals

Lee-Jackson Day honored two Confederate generals and was celebrated the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

• Feb 7, 2020

Democrats win control of House and Senate in Virginia

Democrats now control all three branches of government in Virginia for the first time in a generation

• Nov 6, 2019

Republican Tate Reeves wins Mississippi's governor's race

Tate defeated Democrat Jim Hood, the state's attorney general

• Nov 6, 2019

Russia will "be back" in 2020 election, Homeland Security official says

The Department of Homeland Security is working with thousands of local election jurisdictions and all 50 states to help shore up defenses and provide information about threats

• Nov 5, 2019

Three Meals: Iowa voters talk gun control and health care ahead of 2020

Several Democratic presidential candidates made their way to Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair over the weekend -- and Ed O'Keefe caught up with the state's voters

• Aug 19, 2019

2018 election results: Several races remain undecided - live updates

Democrats flipped enough Republican seats to get the majority in the House while Republicans added to their still-slim majority in the Senate. But there remain gubernatorial, House and Senate races that have not been called

• Nov 9, 2018

Cruz wins Texas Senate race, fending off challenge from O'Rourke

Young voters overwhelmingly supported O'Rourke, while white evangelicals strongly favored Cruz

• Nov 6, 2018

An hour-by-hour guide to the race to win the House

These are the races CBS News is tracking through Tuesday night that could flip control of the House — or reinforce Republicans' control of the chamber

• Nov 6, 2018

What Google and social media trends say about midterms

Exit polls are one thing, but what do social media and Google searches show us about candidates in some high-profile midterm races?

• Nov 6, 2018

In plea to vote, Parkland dad posts picture of daughter's grave

"Do not let this become your reality," Fred Guttenberg tweeted

• Nov 6, 2018

Midterm election is a "referendum on us," political experts say

CBS News contributor Bob Schieffer and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin say this election isn't necessarily a referendum on President Trump

• Nov 6, 2018

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