Election 2020
Battle for the Ballot: Voting machine hacks
There is no evidence, despite partisan claims to the contrary, that mail-in ballots are rife with voting fraud — but there are parts of the election system that security researchers say are at far greater risk for malicious activity. National elections like the one in November, when Americans will decide whether Donald Trump or Joe […]
Voter fraud myth persists despite constant failure to prove claims
TOPEKA, Kansas — Scott Moore had never heard of the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck program before election officials in Kansas and Florida exposed his personal information, along with 944 other Kansas voters. The now-defunct Crosscheck was designed to help county clerks clean up registration lists by looking for voters who had moved to neighboring states. […]
Trump returns to the White House, still infected with coronavirus
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Monday night departed Walter Reed National Military Hospital, where he had been treated for COVID-19, and arrived at the White House via the Marine One helicopter a short time later. According to the press pool, Trump emerged from Walter Reed and briefly stopped at the top of the hospital steps before […]
Commentary: Survey says?
This is where I reassure panicky Democrats and assorted anti-Trumpers that it’s all going to be okay. With under a month to go, the polls paint a reasonably optimistic picture of 2020’s electoral landscape. At this point in the column, readers are urged to refrain from having a glance at my then-seemingly-spot-on August 2004 piece […]
‘I just don’t trust the system any more’: Voters on edge as election nears
WASHINGTON—Widespread anxiety and confusion around voting, compounded by the pandemic that has spread to millions of Americans, including President Donald Trump. A vastly underfunded and decentralized electoral system that could take days and possibly weeks to certify results. Attempts to suppress voting, interfere with elections and cast doubt on the integrity of mail-in ballots — […]
Election 2020: Democrats look to Glynn to flip Clarksville senate seat
Historically, Senate District 22 has been represented by a Democrat, until Republican Mark Green won in 2012. Now, incumbent Sen. Bill Powers, R-Clarksville, and political newcomer Ronnie Glynn, D-Clarksville, are fighting to decide whether the seat will remain red or return to blue. Powers is no stranger to close races. He earned 53.6% to Democrat […]
Two Tennessee communities rank among top 50 Trump donors
Two Tennessee zip codes rank among the top 50 in the U.S. in amount of donations given to President Donald Trump. Brentwood zip code 37027 came in at number 29, with 1,736 donations for a total of $198,279. The average donation in 37027 was $114.. Green Hills zip code 37215 ranked 24th, with 825 donors […]
How do you win over Glen Casada voters? “Remind them of his record.”
It’s safe to say there’s no path to winning an election in Williamson County that doesn’t include Republican voters. Conservatives have dominated local politics for two decades in Tennessee’s wealthiest county, home to some of the state’s most powerful politicians, including Gov. Bill Lee and U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn. The political makeup of the 63rd […]
From the 901: Potential Supreme Court Justice is Rhodes College grad
The news that Rhodes College graduate Amy Coney Barrett is one of the top choices – and possibly the favorite – of President Donald Trump to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court came with pride tinged with sadness at her alma mater. As the debate rages nationally over whether the […]
Election Commission apologizes after error capitalized GOP Senators’ names
The Davidson County Election Commission apologized on Tuesday for what election administrator Jeff Roberts called a typographical error that led to the names of incumbent state Senators Steve Dickerson and Ferrell Haile’s names being capitalized on sample ballots sent to Nashville voters this week. Dickerson and Haile were the only candidates on the sample ballots […]
Congressional candidate Hale accused of broken promises and bounced checks
Christopher Hale has positioned himself as an ascending star in the Tennessee Democratic Party over the last two years, culminating in his victory in the District 4 Congressional primary in August. But at the same time the photogenic, hard-charging Hale has ridden a wave of clever social media posts to strong fundraising numbers for his […]