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State representatives stand during the Pledge of Allegiance in the Iowa House chambers in Des Moines, Iowa, in June. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption

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Are You Watching Your State Lawmaker Elections? Here's Why You Should

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Demonstrators hold placards reading "BLACK LIVES MATTER," "Walter Wallace JR." and DEFUND PPD" as they gather in protest near the location where Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man, was killed by two police officers in Philadelphia. Police officers said he was armed with a knife. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption

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President Trump's executive order issued earlier this month would make it easier for the federal government to fire career civil servants. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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'A Huge Attack': Critics Decry Trump Order That Makes Firing Federal Workers Easier

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Dr. Warren Hern's clinic in Boulder, Colo., photographed on Monday, June 1, 2009. Hern said a ballot initiative to ban abortion after 22 weeks in Colorado would prohibit about 95% of the procedures performed at the clinic. Ed Andrieski/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption

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Colorado Abortion Ban Could Be Felt Nationwide

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People line up to vote at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds on October 30, 2020 in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

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Voters cast their early ballots for the 2020 Presidential election at Madison Square Garden on October 30 in New York City. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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What To Expect On Election Day — And In The Days After

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