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An election worker opens up a mail-in ballot before it's counted in the 2020 general election at the Dauphin County Administration Building, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Early voting, mail-in ballots upend, extend campaign

Just like the Christmas season, which now seems to start after Halloween, the practice of voting has expanded well beyond the first Tuesday in November. Thanks to rules changes in some states this year, it could last well beyond Election Day, too.

November 3, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally at Heinz Field, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Joe Biden pledges to ‘heal’ nation in final campaign swing

Joseph R. Biden closed out his 2020 presidential campaign Monday in Pennsylvania, saying that if elected he will seek to "heal" a nation that is reeling from the "chaos," "failures" and "irresponsibility" that have defined President Trump's first term.

November 2, 2020
John Legend performs live on stage at The Alliance for Children's Rights 28th Annual Dinner on March 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Legend dedicated his performance of "Never Break" at the Billboard Music Awards, aired Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, to his wife Chrissy Teigen, who recently announced she had a miscarriage. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

John Legend mocks pro-Trump rappers

Musician John Legend took aim Monday at some of the country's "former favorite rappers" that have rallied behind President Trump, joking at a rally for Joseph R. Biden that the pro-Trump rappers have formed "a new supergroup - it's called the sunken place."

November 2, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden stands with Lady Gaga, right, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Joe Biden campaigns with Lady Gaga in Pittsburgh

Joseph R. Biden is closing out his campaign Monday in Pittsburgh, where he's teaming up with Lady Gaga for his final drive-in rally and pushing back against the idea that President Trump has been a champion for Black voters.

November 2, 2020
Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally as he campaigns for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, at Turner Field in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Obama: Trump on a ‘COVID spreader tour’

Former President Barack Obama is delivering his final pitch to voters on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden, telling voters in Georgia Monday that President Trump is on a "COVID spreader tour" and that the state's GOP senators are "like Batman and Robin gone bad."

November 2, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden boards his campaign plane in Wilmington, Del., Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, to travel to Cleveland for a rally. Biden is holding rallies in Ohio and Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

UVA Center for Politics predicts Biden win

The University of Virginia's Center for Politics is forecasting that Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden will defeat President Trump in the 2020 presidential election.

November 2, 2020
Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, at Northwestern High School in Flint, Mich., Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Barack Obama: Donald Trump ‘cares about feeding his ego’ than protecting nation from COVID-19

Former President Barack Obama reunited Saturday with his loyal sidekick Joseph R. Biden on the trail for the first time as part of a final get-out-the-vote campaign blitz for Mr. Biden's own presidential bid, warning Michigan voters three days out from Election Day that President Trump is more interested in "feeding his ego" than making sure the nation is safe from the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

October 31, 2020
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at a campaign event Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Kamala Harris invokes McCain, ‘straight talk’ at Arizona rally

Sen. Kamala Harris, the 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee, invoked late Sen. John McCain Wednesday during a campaign swing through his adopted state of Arizona, kicking off her comments by saying she wanted to "start with a little straight talk" about President Trump and his failed response to the coronavirus.

October 28, 2020
In this file photo, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders approaches the stage at Kerrytown Market in Ann Arbor on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP) ** FILE **

Bernie Sanders vouching for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris

Sen. Bernard Sanders is hosting a "Fighting for a Living Wage" virtual rally featuring Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala D. Harris Thursday to rally grassroots activists behind her presidential running mate Joseph R. Biden and down-ballot Democrats, and advocate raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

October 28, 2020