Elections
The latest Elections coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Politics section.
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Harris and Trump are tested by the Mideast, Helene and the port strike in the campaign’s final weeks
A trio of new trials — a devastating hurricane, expanding conflict in the Mideast and a dockworkers strike that threatens the U.S. economy — are looming over the final weeks of the presidential campaign and could help shape the public mood as voters decide between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
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Harris hands out meals, consoles families as she surveys Hurricane Helene devastation in Georgia
Biden surveys the storm's aftermath in the Carolinas
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Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’
Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday that offers new evidence from the landmark criminal case against the former president.
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Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate
In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other's running mates and sought to shore up their campaigns' vulnerabilities at a time of renewed fears of a regional war in the Middle East and sadness over devastation from Hurricane Helene.
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Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene
Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia.
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Donald Trump suggests ‘one rough hour’ of policing will end theft
Donald Trump has suggested that "one rough hour" of law enforcement action would tamp down retail theft, an echo of his longstanding support for more aggressive and potentially violent policing.
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Harris trolls Trump at Vegas rally and LA fundraiser, says her crowds are ‘pretty big’
Vice President Kamala Harris poked at Donald Trump over crowd sizes, his refusal to debate again and his privileged background on Sunday as she hauled in campaign cash in California and held a raucous rally at the same Nevada venue where the Republican nominee had appeared just two weeks ago.
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Hamilton County voters have until Oct. 7 to register for presidential election
Tennesseans must register to vote by Oct. 7 if they want to cast a ballot in the November general election.
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What is ballot gathering? And what are the laws around this controversial practice?
Ballot gathering or ballot collecting is a practice in where a voter completes an absentee ballot, places it in a sealed, signed envelope and entrusts it to another person who then drops it off at a mail center or a designated ballot drop-off location.
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Trump lists his grievances in a Wisconsin speech intended to link Harris to illegal immigration
Former President Donald Trump meandered Saturday through a list of grievances against Vice President Kamala Harris and other issues during an event intended to link his Democratic opponent to illegal border crossings.
