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2020 Presidential Election Running Updates

Tia Vasudeva and Sabrina Xue | November 4, 2020

November 4, 1:34 p.m.: Biden wins Wisconsin, Trump campaign to request recount As of 1:30 p.m., the New York Times has reported that Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes will go to Democratic candidate...

Mail-in Mayhem

Dylan Barbee, Matthew Mcgowan, and Thea Surya | November 3, 2020

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, protocols for mail-in voting have been put into place in Lake County in order to provide a safer alternative to in-person voting. All states across the...

Ban Block for TikTok

Dwija Ramesh and Lance Locker | November 2, 2020

On October 30, President Trump’s executive order banning the social media app TikTok was blocked by a Pennsylvania judge’s preliminary injunction. This decision was in response to the app’s appeal...

Final Presidential Debate: The Last Attempt at Turning the Tide

Malini Pillai | November 2, 2020

On Thursday, October 22, the final presidential debate was held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, between Former Vice President and Democratic candidate Joe Biden and current Republican President,...

Biden Town Hall: Clarification and compromise

Helen Oriatti-Bruns | October 21, 2020

On Thursday, October 15, former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden fielded questions from voters in a televised town hall discussion. The town hall, which was originally supposed...

Vice Presidential Debate: Flies and Fact-checking

Helen Oriatti-Burns | October 11, 2020

On Wednesday, October 7, the only vice presidential debate between Senator Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence was a civil dialogue between candidates. Both candidates criticized the other’s...

A Strange Start

Gaurish Lakhanpal and Greycen Ren | October 9, 2020

As Estella Yan ’23 logs into Zoom, she mentally prepares herself for another day of remote learning. During the school day, Yan joins seven separate Zoom meetings for each of her 37 minute long classes....

Censoring Socials

Jasmine Sun, Lance Locker, and Ally Flynn | October 9, 2020

While freedom has long been a deeply valued virtue, recent events—including the politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic—have called into question how unchecked free expression from prominent figures...

Register to Vote!

Katie Lee | October 9, 2020

Presidential Debate 1: Chaos and Controversy

Collin Fan, Griffin Brown, and Surya Sethi | October 3, 2020

On Tuesday, September 29, the first presidential debate between Democratic candidate Joe Biden and current Republican President Donald Trump was full of controversy, interruption, and fiery moments. As...

This Presidential Election’s Battleground States

Surya Sethi, Griffin Brown, and Collin Fan | October 2, 2020

This November 3, voters will decide the future of America, and that future lies in the hands of Joe Biden or Donald Trump. With so much on the line in this Presidential election, many Americans are changing...

2020 Election at Stevenson

Griffin Brown | October 2, 2020

The Political Action Club prepares for the upcoming election as some of its key figures remind students why youth involvement in politics is so important. With the United States presidential...