Election 2020

The Texas Secretary of State’s office announced on Thursday it has launched a “forensic audit” of the 2020 election in the two largest Democrat and two largest Republican counties – Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Collin counties.

As protesters decrying the results of the presidential election broke into the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., said members of Congress had been instructed to wear gas masks after tear gas was deployed in the rotunda.

With mounting desperation, President Donald Trump is declaring he will “fight like hell” to hold on to the presidency.

Sen. Josh Hawley’s announcement that he would object to the certification of some states’ Electoral College results on Jan. 6 sets up the day as a test of Republican loyalty to President Trump. NBCLX’s political reporter Noah Pransky explains why a last-minute protest by some House Republicans will make good TV drama, but won’t overturn the presidential results.

More than 100,000 legit voters likely had their legit ballots rejected this fall for messy signatures – and some states are pushing to increase those numbers next election. So NBCLX’s Noah Pransky explains why it’s so important we push our elected officials to carefully balance voter protections with voter fraud protections.

The Electoral College vote confirming Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election seems to have finally put the final nail in the coffin of President Trump’s re-election hopes. And it will likely be his vice president, Mike Pence, who will make his loss official when he is required to announce Biden’s Electoral College win before Congress on Jan. 6. NBCLX’s...

Kanye West burst into the 2020 campaign picture on July 4, with a tweet declaring his candidacy for president. But even though he qualified for the ballot in a dozen states, he failed to make any discernible impact on the race, garnering just 0.04% of votes nationally.

The Supreme Court has rejected Republicans’ last-gasp bid to reverse Pennsylvania’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the electoral battleground.

The internet’s favorite post-election moment from President Trump’s re-election campaign appears to have come with a price tag lighter than a bag of leaves: free.

Because more than half the states – including most of the key battlegrounds – don’t provide a grace period for ballots that arrive after Election Day, it is likely 25,000-50,000 ballots nationwide were ultimately rejected because of USPS problems.

While U.S. Postal Service workers likely delivered more than 99.9% of the country’s mail ballots in time to be counted this year, it also appears that tens of thousands were disenfranchised by postal delays.

Jimmy Fallon on President Donald Trump’s first post-election television interview. Plus, the first lady unveils the 2020 White House Christmas decorations.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would leave office if the Electoral College seats Joe Biden.

Election officials in Wisconsin have set up a 188,000-square-foot facility to handle the state’s recount. The recount was requested and paid for by the Trump campaign.

Are you one of the many who feel the Electoral College has just got to go? Well, here’s a few signs that may mean there’s hope yet.

While many Republicans argue the electoral college protects the interests of small states and rural voters, there are a number of reasons to believe change could be no more than a couple of elections away.

President Trump fired Chris Krebs, who headed election cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, on Tuesday after he debunked claims of fraud and hacking in the election. Nellie Gorbea, the Rhode Island secretary of state and an expert on election security, told LX News that his firing poses a danger to our country that goes beyond the election.

President Donald Trump continues to claim his defeat was a victory.

Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for President Donald Trump

The frenzy around Election week this year was just the latest evidence that U.S. partisan politics has become the equivalent of a national team sport. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky explains why trashing our opponents might be OK on the field, but not so much for our democracy.