A homeless man walks downtown in East Liverpool, Ohio. Efforts to register homeless voters in the state have relied on churches and shelters volunteering to receive mail-in ballots for people with no permanent address. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images After about a year of living in the streets of Cleveland, James Harrison checked into a hotel this summer which is part of a city program to protect high-risk homeless people during the pandemic. So when when volunteers held a voter registration drive at the motel, Harrison decided to fill out a form and register. “My vote […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/1d/1080614086_0:232:2164:1449_1200x675_80_0_0_9e89cf06a98e99f04a6ab1171c83b80b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009291080614162-trump-arrives-in-cleveland-for-first-2020-presidential-debate/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump has arrived in Cleveland, Ohio for the first presidential debate against his Democratic rival Joe Biden later on Tuesday, according to a White House pool report. The debate will start at 9:00 pm Eastern Time and run for 90 minutes without commercial interruption. The topics for tonight’s debate will be the Trump and Biden records, the Supreme Court, COVID-19, the economy, race and violence in US cities, and the integrity of the election. The two candidates will face each other again on 15 October in Miami and […]
As Cristina Laila reported earlier — Notre Dame on Monday withdrew from hosting a presidential debate scheduled for September 29 due to concerns over COVID-19. Notre Dame announced: After consultation with Dr. Mark Fox, St. Joseph County deputy health officer, and with the unanimous support of the Executive Committee of the University’s Board of Trustees, Father Jenkins made what he called “this difficult decision because the necessary health precautions would have greatly diminished the educational value of hosting the debate on our campus.” “I am grateful to the many members of the University community who have devoted countless hours planning this […]
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s administration will soon mandate masks in seven of the state’s counties struggling with a resurgent coronavirus in a decision that is likely to only further add to the tension brewing between the state’s GOP leader and his inner party critics. The list includes the three most populous counties in the state that have seen a rising number of cases in the weeks after allowing a gradual reopening of some businesses. The new order will apply to “red-alert counties,” and will cover indoor locations that are not a home and outdoor places where social distancing isn’t possible from […]
As Capitol Hill residents have cordoned off several city blocks and taken over a police precinct to set up the “Seattle People’s Department” in their “No-Cop Co-Op,” President Trump has threatened to use force to take back CHAZ if the city does not reassert control. Fifty years ago, an African-American mayor of the nation’s eighth largest city took similar action in the midst of a full-blown street war between police and black nationalists. The day after one of the deadliest nights in Cleveland history, Mayor Carl Stokes ordered the white police and national guardsmen to evacuate a six-mile region and allowed […]