COVID-19 is big factor for voters in key state of Pennsylvania
The latest CBS News Battleground Tracker shows Joe Biden is still ahead in Pennsylvania.
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The latest CBS News Battleground Tracker shows Joe Biden is still ahead in Pennsylvania.
The surprise move comes with just a little bit over a month until the general election on November 3.
There are still more people registered as Democrats than Republicans in the battleground states of Florida, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Republicans are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled in Democrats’ favor on a number of election-related cases. State Attorney General Josh Shapiro joined ""Red & Blue"" to discuss some of the decisions, as well as the president's reaction to voting security in the state.
Few states are as important to the outcome of the presidential election as Pennsylvania. Election officials in the Keystone State fear the victor could be determined by the fate of so-called "naked ballots," which are turned in without a privacy envelope. CBS News campaign reporter Zak Hudak joined CBSN from Pittsburgh to discuss.
The state supreme court ruled in mid-September that mail ballots should be counted if received within three days after Election Day, if they're postmarked by November 3.
Republicans have sought to capitalize on Mr. Trump's nominees to the Supreme Court.
President Trump used the finding to try to cast doubt on the safety of mail ballots, but much remains unknown about why the nine in Luzerne County were cast aside.
There's fear about mail-in voting in Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state. If voters don't follow the instructions precisely, many ballots could be thrown out. Major Garrett has more on our series, "America Decides 2020: Counting Your Vote."
At his rally in Pittsburgh Tuesday, President Trump elicited cheers and laughter from supporters as he recounted the story of police pushing aside a reporter "like he was a little bag of popcorn." He called it a "beautiful sight," considering "the crap we've all had to take so long." Watch his remarks.
President Trump held a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night. Mr. Trump said Republicans have great "unity," except for a couple of Republican senators who said the Senate shouldn't vote on a nominee before the election. Watch his remarks here.
Polling shows former Vice President Joe Biden is leading President Trump slightly in the state.
Republicans have registered seven times more voters in Pennsylvania than Democrats have since 2016, according to a new Politico article. The author of that article, Holly Otterbein, joined CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss.
Bill Whitaker reports on the battle over rules for mail-in voting in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania that could impact who wins the state and the presidency. See the story, Sunday.
Restrictions on poll monitoring activity have been lifted for the first presidential election since 1980, raising fears of voter intimidation.
Anticipating a historic surge of mail-in ballots this November, local election officials are ramping up preparation to meet the demands. Some states are looking into changing laws to make processing easier. Major Garrett reports.
"We're a fellowship – a fellowship of the fish chair," one member said.
President Trump held a rally in Wisconsin while Joe Biden had a CNN Town Hall-style event in Pennsylvania.
The ruling comes days the state Supreme Court in another battleground state, Wisconsin, also ruled the Green Party won't be on the ballot there.
Sunday, we premiere our 53rd season with an interview with former national security adviser retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, a report on voting by mail, and a profile of LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron.
Pennsylvania is one of the most hotly contested states in the 2020 presidential election. But, with seven weeks left in the campaign, the ballot still hasn't been finalized due to a court challenge, and requests to vote by mail are soaring amid the coronavirus. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett joins "Red and Blue" to discuss how the state is preparing for an influx of mail-in ballots.
This year, Bucks County in Pennsylvania is expecting at least 200,000, possibly 250,000, absentee ballots.
Bucks County, outside of Philadelphia, is the fourth largest in Pennsylvania. Like the rest of the state, it is bracing for a massive increase in mail-in ballots. Major Garrett sees how officials are preparing.
No one was harmed, as the man turned out to be a rogue photographer.
President Trump and Joe Biden both paid tribute to the victims of 9/11 on Friday, the 19th anniversary of the terror attacks. CBS News White House correspondent Ben Tracy joined CBSN's Lana Zak to discuss the day's events.