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TCAT to Run Free Rides on Election Day
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On Nov. 3, all TCAT bus routes will run during their normal service period, bringing riders to their designated polls for free.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/category/news/election2020/page/4/)
On Nov. 3, all TCAT bus routes will run during their normal service period, bringing riders to their designated polls for free.
Congressional candidates Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Tracy Mitrano J.D. ’95 went head-to-head, debating over COVID-19 responses, police reform and early voting.
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The race for New York’s 23rd Congressional District turned to mudslinging last week as incumbent Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) accused his opponent, Tracy Mitrano J.D. ’95, of running an “anti-police campaign,” despite Mitrano’s multiple assertions that she is a supporter of law enforcement and against defunding the police. This is the second election where Mitrano and Reed are facing off for the western New York congressional seat. The change in tone comes as protests against police violence and, this weekend, protests in support of police, sweep Ithaca. The accusation came after revelations that an organizer with the Mitrano campaign posted the following on Instagram: “Fuck Tom Reed, fuck cops, fuck capitalism, fuck Trump.” Reed campaign communications director Abbey Daugherty called the comments “hateful and offensive” and claimed them as proof that “what truly motivates Mitrano [is] … a hatred of our law enforcement community and our capitalist system.”
Mitrano said that she only met the organizer once and that “the statements made in the post do not in any way represent me or my values,” in an Oct.
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Prof. Doug Kriner, government, moderated a panel that featured Marc Lacey ’87, national editor of The New York Times, and an array of government professors who shared their perspectives on the trends of the looming election.
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A Cornellian is vying against three other Congressmembers for the assistant House Speakership.
Democrat candidate for Congress Tracy Mitrano J.D. ’95 sent a cease and desist letter after Rep. Tom Reed’s campaign circulated what she calls a “patently false” attack ad.
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