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The secretary of state "canvasses" — accounts for the ballots cast, reconciles errors and confirms valid votes — and certifies the results on the fourth Monday after the election and issues the certificate of election. Recounts are triggered automatically if a canvass finds a race is within a 0.1% (one-tenth of 1%) margin of victory. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Wondering about recounts? They rarely overturn initial results. Here’s how different states re-tally the vote.

November 6, 2020 at 12:20 p.m.

Research conducted by the Associated Press found there have been at least 31 statewide recounts since 2000, only three of which changed the outcome of an election. Among those 31...

What if a state can’t agree which presidential candidate won? It’s happened before and voters don’t necessarily get the final word.

October 28, 2020 at 7:34 a.m.

Imagine this scenario: It's been weeks since Election Day, and in one state, it's not clear which presidential candidate won. In an initial count, the Democrat won by roughly 100...

Joe Biden, flanked by members of his Secret Service detail, speaks to media about the Breonna Taylor ruling and other topics before boards a plane at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C., on Sept. 23, 2020.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is on Joe Biden’s list of candidates for vice president

April 1, 2020 at 5:02 a.m.

Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who has drawn attention for her scrapes with President Donald Trump over the federal government's coronavirus response, is on Joe Biden's list of potential vice...

A supporter of presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks with others before a satellite caucus at the Drake University field house Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines. A satellite caucus is held for registered voters who cannot attend their precinct's caucus site.

Caucus tourists ask: Why should Iowans have all the fun?

February 4, 2020 at 1:49 p.m.

INDIANOLA, Iowa — In the days and weeks before the Democratic presidential primary's first contest in Iowa, some Iowans have been sheltering in their homes and not picking up the...

Un grupo de nuevos ciudadanos al juramentar como tales durante una ceremonia de naturalización que se llevó a cabo el 17 de septiembre de 2019 en el Rockefeller Center de la ciudad de Nueva York.

¿Quiénes podrían arruinar la reelección de Trump?

October 29, 2019 at 11:05 a.m.

Aquí es donde una nación cambia: el auditorio de escuela pública que se sirve también como una verdadera fábrica de ciudadanos. En el M.O. Campbell Educational Center, donde murales que...

Tiana Batiste Waddell speaks during a town hall community meeting on June 23, 2019, at Washington High School in South Bend, Ind. Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg faced criticism from angry black residents at the emotional town hall meeting, a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city.

At chaotic town hall, Pete Buttigieg calls for outside investigation of fatal police shooting in South Bend

June 23, 2019 at 10:50 p.m.

A town hall featuring Mayor Pete Buttigieg broke into near chaos Sunday afternoon as the Democratic presidential candidate tried to respond to community concerns over a white police officer killing...

Tina Tchen, shown in May 2017, was the former first lady's chief of staff and co-founded the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund.

Southern Poverty Law Center picks Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff Tina Tchen to investigate workplace complaints

August 22, 2019 at 10:45 a.m.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has tapped Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff to lead a “top-to-bottom” examination of its workplace culture, less than a week after the anti-hate nonprofit...

Southern Poverty Law Center co-founder Morris Dees, shown in 2011.

Southern Poverty Law Center fires co-founder Morris Dees, acknowledges workplace problems with women, people of color

August 22, 2019 at 10:43 a.m.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has fired its famed co-founder, Morris Dees, for misconduct, the nonprofit announced Thursday, a stunning development at the Montgomery, Ala., organization that became a bedrock...

<p>La guardia costera patrulla el río San Juan a las afueras de Jacksonville Landing en Jacksonville, Florida, el 26 de agosto de 2018. </p>

Varios muertos en un tiroteo masivo durante un torneo de videojuegos

May 15, 2019 at 11:27 a.m.

Varias personas murieron, incluido un sospechoso, luego de que un tirador abriera fuego durante un torneo de videojuegos en Jacksonville, Florida, según testigos y policías. El tiroteo fue parcialmente capturado...

The Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in 2017.

In lawsuit against Las Vegas massacre victims, MGM claims a Sept. 11-era terrorism law protects the company from lawsuits

December 12, 2018 at 9:37 p.m.

Over the last couple of days, dozens of survivors of last year’s mass shooting in Las Vegas have started to receive some startling legal notices. “A lawsuit has been filed...

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