Election 2020

New data from the PEW Research Center suggests that nearly 80% of registered voters say the economy is a very important issue in this election. LX News was joined by Tony Nitti, a partner with RubinBrown’s Tax Services Group, to break down President Trump and Joe Biden’s tax plans and how each will affect you and the economy.

A Boston man faced a judge Monday for allegedly setting fire to a ballot box in Copley Square over the weekend, police said. Boston police said they arrested Worldy Armand, 39, Sunday at around 10:50 p.m. and said he was the suspect in the incident, which resulted in 35 ballots being damaged — some of which cannot be used. The…

Nevada officials are fining a northern county and an airport a total of more than $5,500 for allowing a campaign event for President Donald Trump in September that drew thousands of people, despite a 50-person crowd limit over the pandemic.

With so much controversy over voting and a fair amount of disinformation around the 2020 election, how can you consume election results responsibly?

Eric Orr, a graffiti pioneer, made his ‘Rappin’ Max Robot’ character the star of his ‘I Voted” election sticker. To find and share a digital version of Orr’s sticker on social media, search ‘LXtion2020’ on Giphy.

Eric Orr is a graffiti pioneer and the creator of the first hip hop comic book, “Rappin’ Max Robot.” Orr describes his early days collaborating with the iconic ‘80s street artist Keith Haring and how that experience reminds him of the importance of voting. To find his sticker – and all of our artist-created “I Voted” stickers – search “LXtion2020” on Giphy.

Sixty million Americans have already voted in the 2020 election so far, with two-thirds of those votes coming from mail-in ballots. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain breaks down this huge surge in early voting.

It’s not often a senatorial race in Maine gathers national headlines. But that changed in 2019 when Susan Collins announced her vote for Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, drawing the ire of Democrats hoping she would go against her party and scuttle his nomination. Now Collins, a 24-year senator, is in for the fight of her political life...

It’s all in the numbers. Texas has 38 electoral votes. Hopeful that shifting demographics and a booming population will eventually hand them that electoral jackpot, Texas is the rainbow Democrats have chased for years.

President Trump and Mitch McConnell have rushed to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court in record time. But they’ve dragged their feet so badly on filling Federal Election Commission seats, the board has had to shut down all official business – in an election year. There’s a lot at stake in the election. Too bad the watchdogs can’t do...

The two opposing candidates to be the next governor of Utah have teamed up to appear in an unorthodox campaign video to show the country that they can work together despite their differences and debate issues without degrading each other’s character. Republican Lieutenant Gov. Spencer Cox and his Democratic challenger Chris Peterson joined LX News to discuss...

Someone set fire to a ballot drop box in Boston’s Copley Square early Sunday morning, police said, prompting a search for the arson suspect and calls for increased security amid ongoing early voting in Massachusetts.

Artist and muralist Brian Barneclo used animation for a lighter approach to his redesign of the “I Voted” sticker. To find our entire collection of artist-created “I Voted” stickers, search “LXtion2020” on Giphy.

We’ve pulled out our Donald Trump and Joe Biden action figures to reenact the most talked about moment from the final presidential debate. In this exchange, Trump and Biden disagreed about how closely the president has compared himself to Abraham Lincoln.

There’s a national movement afoot to make Daylight Saving Time permanent – but its fate rests with the politicians who hold state and federal offices. And if you needed any more reasons to vote, many of those politicians are on your ballot this fall.

President Trump and Joe Biden faced off in their final debate Thursday night. Katie Sanders of PolitiFact helps us fact check some of the questionable claims made by the candidates.

The U.S. government announced this week that Iran was likely behind threatening emails received by people across the country that appeared to come from a far-right extremist group called the “Proud Boys” ordering them to vote for President Trump. LX News was joined by Randy Pestana of FIU’s Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Kristen Clarke of the National Lawyers’...

Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, and have stolen data from at least two servers.

One person, one vote is the democratic ideal. So why is the American system of voting still based on the Electoral College? In this opinion piece from The New York Times, Jesse Wegman explains the myths that keep us clinging to this system of voting – and why it may be finally time to let them go.

Mosaic artist Bailey Aaland recreated the iconic “I Voted” button using glass. To find our entire collection of artist-created “I Voted” stickers, search “LXtion2020” on Giphy.