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Post-Election Panel Talks Through Waiting for Results

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College students, some voting in a presidential election for the first time, entered an extended waiting period to see who the next president of the United States will be. Voters submitted almost 64 million mail-in ballots for the 2020 election, according to The New York Times, and the time to […]

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Voters prioritize the impact of healthcare inequity during coronavirus pandemic

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With the pandemic raging across the United States, voters have prioritized two issues when casting their ballot: COVID-19 and healthcare. “COVID has made us all healthcare voters,” David Mitchell, founder of the advocacy group Patients for Affordable Drugs, said in an interview with The Guardian. Over 220,000 individuals have died […]

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Minority communities continue to gain representation in office

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When Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announced his running mate back in August, history was made. Sen. Kamala Harris of California, vice presidential candidate, is the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket. If elected on Nov. 3, Harris, who is also of South Asian descent, […]

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International students share perspective on the election

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As the 2020 election draws to a close, some of John Brown University’s international students have commented on their knowledge and thoughts of the electoral race. Three international students at JBU—Damaris Merino, junior international business major from El Salvador; Luis Galván, sophomore mechanical engineering major from Mexico; and Jens Keemers, […]