Clinton and Trump Prepare for Possibility of Election Overtime

Clinton is assembling a voter protection program that has drawn thousands of lawyers agreeing to lend their time and expertise in battleground states, though the campaign isn't saying exactly how many or where. It is readying election observers in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, Iowa, Nevada and Arizona to assess any concerns -- including the potential for voter intimidation -- and to verify normal procedures.

City releases audio of Pulse nightclub gunman

A man who was adopted as a 3-year-old from South Korea almost four decades ago and flown to America is in detention awaiting deportation because of "the severity of his criminal history," U.S. Immigration and... A man who was adopted as a 3-year-old from South Korea almost four decades ago and flown to America is in detention awaiting deportation because of "the severity of his criminal history," U.S. Immigration and Customs... Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren't sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recordings released Monday after a... Police negotiators talking to the Orlando nightclub gunman at first weren't sure if the person they had on the phone was actually in the Pulse nightclub, according to audio recordings released Monday after a judge... A new study shows a wearable skin patch ... (more)

Competitive Ohio House race in Franklin County pits attorney, retired teacher

After months of presidential campaign fights over failing to release tax returns or deleting 33,000 emails, voters in the 23rd Ohio House District might find it refreshing to hear their legislative choices talk of access and transparency. When a potential voter answers the door, Democrat Lee Schreiner talks about his experience in education, and concludes with a message not typically heard from someone running for office.

Candidates for Supreme Court

HANNAH KITTLE The Marietta Times Bernita Freimann, co-owner of Whit's Frozen Custard, handed Supreme Court Republican Candidate Pat DeWine his frozen custard when he visited Marietta on Friday. Whit's Frozen Custard had a special visitor on Friday as Ohio Justice of the Supreme Court Republican Candidate Pat DeWine, current judge on the First District Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, swung by to grab some Buckeye Madness frozen custard and to talk to community members while on the campaign trail.

Dems seek halt to Ohio voting restrictions

Halfway between the start of early voting and Election Day in Ohio, an emergency motion was filed Tuesday with the U.S. Supreme Court to change some of the state's election laws back to the way they were. The Ohio Democratic Party and a pair of groups representing the homeless asked Justice Elena Kagan to stop Secretary of State Jon Husted from carrying out a pair of 2014 statutes requiring Ohioans to accurately complete five fields of information - name, address, date of birth, signature and partial Social Security number - on requests for absentee or provisional ballots.

Two weeks out: Democrats have the edge in the fight for the Senate

States that many thought would be the crux of their battle ground map, like Ohio and Florida, have moved down or completely off the list. But Democrats have successfully expanded the map enough so that they have multiple paths to the five seats they need for an outright majority - or four if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, which also looks increasingly likely.

Early voting data shows strengths for Trump and Clinton

Graphic shows early and absentee voting dates for the 2016 general election; 2c x 12 inches; 96.3 mm x 304 mm; WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton appears to be displaying strength in the crucial battleground states of North Carolina and Florida among voters casting ballots before Election Day, and may also be building an early vote advantage in Arizona and Colorado. Donald Trump, meanwhile, appears to be holding ground in Ohio, Iowa and Georgia, according to data compiled by The Associated Press.

For Trump, challenging an election loss would be tough

Donald Trump speaking at the Iowa Republican Party's 2015 Lincoln Dinner at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. If Donald Trump were to challenge the outcome of next month's presidential election, as he has hinted he might, he would face a difficult and expensive fight, according to election attorneys and a review of voting laws in key battleground states.

History shows bitter campaigns typically end with acceptance

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Delaware County Fair, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, in Delaware, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Delaware County Fair, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, in Delaware, Ohio.

Hillary’s VP, Sen. Tim Kaine, Tells Ohioans 2016 Election In…

Virginia Senator and Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate, Tim Kaine, spoke mid-morning at an early vote canvass launch event that attracted a couple hundred supporters who showed up in the affluent Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington, this reporter's high school Alma mater. The Clinton-Kaine campaign knows the power that lies in early voting, and Sen. Kaine, whose time in the Peace Corps in central American enabled him to lace parts of his talk in Spanish, told the attendees that the election was in the palm of their hands with just 20 days until America decides who the 45th President of the United States will be.

How weird is 2016? Texas is closer than Pennsylvania. Arizona is closer than Florida.

As I write -- a qualifier that seems particularly necessary given the flood of recent polling and the variance between them -- the twelve closest states in the 2016 contest according to the RealClearPolitics polling averages are: 1. Ohio, where Donald Trump leads by 0.5 points.

Super PAC ad compares Trumpa s rhetoric with a hatea that led to Matthew Sheparda s 1998 death

Priorities USA, Hillary Clinton's top-dollar super PAC, will begin airing an ad this week that compares Donald Trump's rhetoric with the "hate" that led to the 1998 killing of Matthew Shepard. The ad, which will run in Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida, Nevada, Iowa, Colorado and New Hampshire, features Judy Shepard, Matthew Shepard's mother, linking the "hate" that she says Trump shows at events with the anti-gay sentiment that led two men to kill her son because of his sexual orientation.