2016 Election

Two weeks ahead of Election Day 2020, Vermont has already seen roughly half the number of votes cast as it did in the last presidential contest. That follows the office of Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos sending ballots by mail to all active registered voters, in an attempt to keep crowds down on Election Day as a COVID-19 safety…

With two weeks left, Vermont has already seen half the number of ballots cast as it did in the last presidential election.

An election watchdog group says new documents from a former insider at a British data firm reveal illegal coordination between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and a billionaire-funded pro-Trump PAC

The British television network Channel 4 obtained voter files used by President Trump’s 2016 campaign, which showed that Black voters were placed in a category called “deterrence.” LX News spoke with Channel 4 investigative journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy about their findings.

It’s been more than three years since Russia’s sweeping and systematic effort to interfere in U.S. elections through disinformation on social media, stolen campaign emails and attacks on voting systems. U.S. officials have made advances in trying to prevent similar attacks from undermining the 2020 vote, but challenges remain. THEN: U.S. intelligence agencies say Russia was the only nation that significantly...

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he misspoke during his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. Trump said he does “accept” the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 election. Trump also said he needed to clarify that he didn’t see a reason why the meddling “wouldn’t be Russia.” Trump had said the opposite a...

Following a series of tweets President Trump sent over the weekend in response to the Parkland, Florida, shooting and the indictment of 13 Russian nationals who tried to sow discord in the 2016 U.S. election, the White House agreed that Russia tried to meddle with the 2016 election but maintained that there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump…

Democrat Hillary Clinton has jumped out to a nine-point lead in the battleground state of New Hampshire, while she’s tied with Republican Donald Trump in Nevada, according to two new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls. In New Hampshire, Clinton gets the support of 45 percent of likely voters, and Trump gets 36 percent. Libertarian Gary Johnson is at 10 percent...

Donald Trump campaigned Friday in North Carolina and Pennsylvania while Hillary Clinton was in Ohio. With the election less than 3 weeks away, the candidates are battling it out for the key swing-states. NBC News’ Brian Mooar reports.