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Ashley Lopez

Political Correspondent

Ashley Lopez is a political correspondent for NPR based in Austin, Texas. She joined NPR in May 2022. Prior to NPR, Lopez spent more than six years as a health care and politics reporter for KUT, Austin's public radio station. Before that, she was a political reporter for NPR Member stations in Florida and Kentucky. Lopez is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and grew up in Miami, Florida.

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Monday

Louisiana's Republican governor, Jeff Landry, called the state’s nonpartisan primary system a “relic of the past" and was behind an effort to change primary elections for certain offices. Michael Johnson/AP/Pool/The Advocate hide caption

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Why some Republican-led states are limiting who can vote in party primaries

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Friday

Tonya Morris, from Cincinnati, reacts during the presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at Tillie's Lounge on Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Cincinnati Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Roundup: Supreme Court's abortion, Jan. 6 rulings; Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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The set of the presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. John Bazemore/AP hide caption

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Biden struggled, Trump repeatedly lied, and CNN's moderators didn't fact-check.

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Wednesday

Georgia cheerleaders perform during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi in the Southeastern Conference Tournament Wednesday, March 11, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption

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Ahead of Thursday's presidential debate in Georgia, voters head to the pools.

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Tuesday

In this May 19, 2017 file photo, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange closes a window after greeting supporters from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption

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Julian Assange, who published war secrets and Dems' private emails, accepts plea deal

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Monday

The Arizona state seal on Thursday, May 2, 2024, at the Capitol in Phoenix. Matt York/AP hide caption

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Arizona's largest voting bloc? Folks who don't identify with either party.

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Tuesday

Border Patrol agents talk with migrants seeking asylum as they prepare them for transportation to be processed, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, near Dulzura, Calif. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption

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As President Biden and former President Donald Trump gear up for their first televised debate, a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds them tied among registered voters nationally. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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NPR June poll

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Thursday

An election worker prepares mail ballots at the Clark County Election Department on Nov. 8, 2022, in Las Vegas. The Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day, as state law permits. John Locher/AP hide caption

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GOP targets late-arriving ballots

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Saturday

Florida law makes it likely that Trump will retain voting rights despite conviction

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Thursday

A roll of "I Voted!" stickers are shown, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department in Doral, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption

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Fearing Criminal Penalties, Voter Registration Groups In Florida Scale Back

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Poder Latinx canvasser Humberto Orjuela helps Andres Navarro register to vote in a Presidente Supermarket parking lot in Orlando on April 20. New restrictions in Florida have made voter registration work more difficult for Poder Latinx and other third-party groups. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption

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Groups that register voters are feeling besieged by new state laws

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Wednesday

Friday

Joe Biden, left, embraces Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., during a Democratic presidential primary debate, Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H Elise Amendola/AP hide caption

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Will Debt Forgiveness And Gun Regulations Improve Biden's Standing Among The Young?

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Thursday

This is the Erie County Courthouse in Erie, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption

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Making Sense Of A Swing County: Erie, Pennsylvania

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Wednesday

Alabama state Sen. Vivian Davis Figures, D-Mobile, holds a copy of a GOP proposal at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Kim Chandler/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

Former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives for a GOP fundraiser, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption

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Monday

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., center, joined by, from left, Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., talks with reporters ahead of the debate and vote on supplemental aid to Israel, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Saturday

Joseph Yusuf plays basketball with his daughter, Jakayla Morton, 11, in Alexandria, Va., on March 29. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption

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Parents are struggling with high prices this year. It may shape how they vote

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Thursday

Parents listen for candidates proposing meaningful help for families with kids

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Tuesday

Employees test voting equipment at the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in Miami, in advance of the 2022 midterm elections. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption

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Abortion Heads To Florida's Ballot

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Friday

U.S. Army soldiers wear boots as they march in formation during a change of command ceremony, Monday, April 3, 2017, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

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Boots On The Ground?

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Crystal Mason, center, at the Tim Curry Justice Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 25, 2018. Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Voters arrive at a polling location as Arizonans cast their ballot on primary election day, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, in Guadalupe, Ariz. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption

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Almost every American lives in a state that offers the option to vote early

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