Washington Roundup: Why To Watch College Voters In New Hampshire

Washington Roundup: Why To Watch College Voters In New Hampshire

By Newsy Staff

By Newsy Staff
February 10, 2020

February 10, 2020

A new law about residency may impact college-aged voters who want their voices heard in New Hampshire's primary.

SHOW TRANSCRIPT

Once a week, David Hawkings, editor-in-chief of The Fulcrum, walks us through the biggest stories out of Washington, D.C. Top of mind right now: A new law in New Hampshire could cause some college-aged voters to sit out. Why is that demographic so important to candidates?

For full election coverage visit Election 2020.

TRENDING IN Politics NEWS

A new state-issued voting machine is seen at Park Tavern used for the Georgia's primary election on Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Brynn Anderson / AP

Federal Authorities Fear Ransomware Threats To November Election

A subject receives a shot in a clinical trial study for a potential COVID-19 vaccine.

Russia Plans To Administer Mass COVID-19 Vaccination By October

Homeland Security Department headquarters in Washington

Susan Walsh / File / AP

Politico Report: Homeland Security Removing Top Intelligence Officer

President Trump standing in front of a section of border wall in Arizona

Evan Vucci / File / AP

Supreme Court Rules 5-4 To Resume Border Wall Construction

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Matthew Albence arrives for a Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing

Andrew Harnik / AP

ICE Acting Director Announces Retirement After Year On The Job

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Patrick Semansky / File / AP

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Discharged From Hospital

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Andrew Harnik / AP

Democrats Reject Offers To Extend $600 Jobless Benefit

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden smiles at a campaign event.

AP/ Andrew Harnik

Biden To Pick VP Next Week; Contenders Are Likely In The Dark, Too

A crowd gathers during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse Thursday, July 30, 2020

Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP

Oregon Local And State Officers Replace Federal Agents In Portland

John Minchillo / AP

Michael Cohen Reaches Deal To Publish Book About President Trump

U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider announces federal presence in Detroit

Federal Agents To Deploy To Cleveland, Detroit And Milwaukee

An empty classroom

KNXV-TV ABC15

Newsy Investigates: When COVID-19 Infects A Reopened School

President Donald Trump

AP/Evan Vucci

Both Major Parties Rebuke President Trump's Call To Delay Election

Barack Obama delivers speech at Rep. John Lewis' funeral

3 Former U.S. Presidents Pay Tribute To Rep. John Lewis

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Senators Question Secretary Mike Pompeo On Foreign Policy, Leadership

Woman receives a COVID-19 vaccination as part of a clinical trial

Hans Pennink // ASSOCIATED PRESS

Newsy Poll: Most Americans Interested In Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine

President Donald Trump

Evan Vucci / AP

Pres. Trump Suggests 2020 Election Delay, But That's Not In His Power

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg acknowledges the crowd

Patrick Semansky / AP

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Recovering After Non-Surgical Procedure

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Andrew Harnik / AP

Pelosi Imposes Face Mask Requirement For House Floor

Healthcare workers testing patients in their cars

John Locher / AP

U.S. Officials: Russian Agencies Spreading Coronavirus Disinformation

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff

Alex Brandon / AP

House Panel Gives All Chamber Members Access To Classified Information

U.S. Capitol building

Matt Rourke / AP

Report: States Warn New Unemployment Benefits Plan Could Cause Delays

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert

Patrick Semansky / AP

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert Tests Positive For The Coronavirus

Unionized hospitality workers wait in line in a basement garage to apply for unemployment benefits

Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP

California Weighs Its Own $600 Weekly Unemployment Support

Demonstrators protest in favor of DACA

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

New DACA Applications Will Be Rejected Amid Review Of Program's Repeal

Trump supporters on Election Night 2016.

Mary Altaffer / AP

How Americans Came To Expect Election Results On Election Night

Federal officers deploy tear gas and crowd control munitions at demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest

Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP

Trump Administration Agrees To Pull Federal Agents Out Of Portland

Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event.

Andrew Harnik / AP

Biden To Announce Running Mate Next Week

A woman in a DACA rally

Damian Dovarganes / AP

Trump Administration Will Reject New DACA Applications

Attorney General William Barr testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.

AP/ Chip Somodevilla

House Dems Spar With Attorney General Barr Over Unrest, Roger Stone

The Dome of the U.S. Capitol building

Andrew Harnik / AP

Senate Republicans Unveil Their Stimulus Proposal

Joe Biden and President Donald Trump

Notre Dame Withdraws From Hosting Presidential Debate Due To COVID-19

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

Tony Gutierrez / AP

Texas Governor Extends Early Voting Amid Pandemic

President Donald Trump

AP Photo/Evan Vucci

President Trump Touts Vaccine Development On Visit To North Carolina

Capitol memorial service for Rep. John Lewis

Jonathan Ernst / AP

Congress Pays Respects To Late Rep. John Lewis

Immigrants seeking asylum hold hands as they leave a cafeteria at the ICE South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley.

AP Photo/Eric Gay

Immigrant Kids Remain In ICE Detention Despite Deadline To Free Them

Message on bike helmet protesting federal officers' presence

Federal Officers Deployed In Portland Reignite Nationwide Protests

President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien

Ross D. Franklin / AP

President's National Security Adviser Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Jefferson Davis Monument in Richmond, VA, June 2020

Virginia Politician Works To Rename Jefferson Davis Highway

The west front of the U.S. Capitol is photographed near dusk

Alex Brandon / AP

Senate Republicans Expected To Unveil Stimulus Plan Monday

Vote Here signs in front of a polling place

Election Security Experts Expect 'Chaos' Unless Action Taken Quickly

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar wearing a mask

Jacquelyn Martin / AP

HHS Secretary Azar Advocates For Masks To 'Avoid Further Shutdowns'

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Wang Wenbin gestures during a daily briefing

Mark Schiefelbein / AP

China Orders Closure Of U.S. Consulate In Western City Of Chengdu

Students at Oregon State University

Oregon State University

Struggling Universities Pay Lobbyists To Find More Coronavirus Aid

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House.

Evan Vucci / AP

President Trump Considers Pardoning Some Implicated In Mueller Probe

President Trump

Evan Vucci / AP

Pres. Trump Shakes Up Messaging And Campaign 100 Days Before Election

U.S. Capitol dome

Patrick Semansky / AP

Democrats Have An Edge In The 2020 Race For Congress

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing.

Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP

COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Renewed By Trump Administration

President Donald Trump

Evan Vucci / AP

President Trump Cancels Florida Segment Of GOP National Convention

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

Patrick Semansky / AP

Senate Republicans, White House Divided On Next Round Of Relief

John Minchillo / AP

Judge Orders Michael Cohen Released From Prison

Ijeoma "Golden" Kouadio, a winner of the diversity visa lottery, with her husband and two daughters.

Ijeoma "Golden" Kouadio

Thousands Of Green Card Lottery Winners Out Of Luck Due To Trump's Ban

AP/ Patrick Semansky

With 100 Days Until Election, Biden Has Widening Lead Over President

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House,

Evan Vucci / AP

House Votes To Repeal Controversial Trump Administration Travel Ban

Business shut down due to COVID-19

Weekly Unemployment Claims Report Shows First Increase In Four Months

View of the U.S. Capitol

Architect of the Capitol

Senate Republicans Set To Unveil Their Next Stimulus Proposal

President Donald Trump

Evan Vucci / AP

Pres. Trump Says Federal Agents Will Head To Chicago, Albuquerque

Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers greet migrants at an unofficial border crossing

Charles Krupa / AP

Canadian Court Rules Asylum Agreement With U.S. Invalid

Patrick Semansky / AP

Widespread Disagreement On Capitol Hill Over COVID-19 Relief Package

Extremism Experts Fear Violence Will Mar November Election

A "For Sale" sign in front of a home

Elaine Thompson / AP

U.S. Home Sales See Record Jump In June After 3-Month Decline

A man holding a Q sign waits in line with others to enter a campaign rally with President Donald Trump.

Matt Rourke / AP

Twitter Cracking Down On QAnon Conspiracy Theory Accounts

Richard Drew / AP

U.S. Agrees To Buy 100 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccine

Barack Obama and Joe Biden

AP/ Pablo Martinez Monsivais

Biden's Relationship With Obama Will Likely Influence His VP Pick

How One Alleged Fraudster Got Millions In Emergency PPP Loans

Federal officers use chemical irritants and crowd control munitions to disperse Black Lives Matter protesters

Noah Berger / AP

Trump Admin. Stands Firm In Sending Federal Agents To Portland

The flag of China flies outside the Chinese Consulate General Wednesday, July 22, 2020, in Houston.

David J. Phillip / AP

U.S. Orders China To Close Its Consulate In Houston

The Capitol dome

Architect of the Capitol

McConnell To Introduce GOP Stimulus Plan This Week

President Donald Trump

Evan Vucci / AP

Trump Memo Could Exclude Undocumented People From Apportionment Counts

Researcher handles blood samples in a vaccine trial at the University of Oxford

House Dems. Argue Trump Admin. Can't Be Trusted To Distribute Vaccine

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security are deployed to protect a federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon.

Doug Brown via AP

Former DHS Officials Blast Department's Show Of Force In Portland

Georgia state Sen. Nikema Williams

Georgia State Senate

State Sen. Nikema Williams Will Replace Lewis On November Ballot

New York Attorney General Letitia James

Richard Drew / AP

23 Attorneys General Sue Trump Administration Over Changes To ACA

AP/ Andrew Harnik

Biden Announces $775B Plan For Pre-K, Child And Elder Care

ACLU, Chicago Police Union Clash On Reported Federal Agent Deployment

A man holds a Soviet flag

Markus Schreiber / AP

Report Cites Russian Interference In Britain

Protest sign against federal officers

President Doubles Down On Sending Federal Officers To Major Cities

Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov

Musa Sadulayev / AP

U.S. Sanctions Chechen Leader Over Human Rights Violations

5-year-old Joseph Marotta

Serese Marotta

Surprise Hurdles Slowed The Last Big Vaccine Race

File photo of Rep. John Lewis.

J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Democrats Push To Pass Voting Rights Act In Honor Of John Lewis

People wait to speak with representatives from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission about unemployment claims.

Sue Ogrocki / AP

$600 Additional Virus Aid To End For Unemployed

The east face of the United States Capitol Building

Mark Tenally / AP

Discussions For Next Stimulus Bill Starting 'In Earnest' Monday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will resume in January.

Israeli Prime Minister's Corruption Trial To Resume In January

EU leaders at 2020 EU Summit

Francisco Seco / AP

EU Summit Continues For Third Day On COVID-19 Relief Funding

The Trump administration is pushing to cut funds for testing from the next relief bill

Trump Admin. Reportedly Wants Billions Less For Testing, Tracing

Rep. John Lewis

Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Dies

Workers at a coronavirus testing site in Florida

Leaked Task Force Document Highlights Splintered Federal Messaging

Immigrant mother and her child

ICE Has New Deadline To Release Children, Possibly Separating Families

House of Representatives

House Television via AP

No Consensus On 2nd Stimulus Package As Congress Prepares To Return

President Donald Trump

AP/Evan Vucci

President Trump Aims To Win Over Latino Voters For 2020 Election

A protester holds a "Defend DACA" sign in front of the Supreme Court

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

Trump Admin. Rejects New DACA Applicants Despite Supreme Court Order

AP/ Eduardo Munoz Alvarez

Principal And Congressional Candidate Wants To Keep NYC Schools Online

The Supreme Court is shown in Washington.

Andrew Harnik / AP

Supreme Court Blocks Some Florida Ex-Felons From Voting

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp

Georgia Governor Sues Atlanta Mayor Over Face Mask Mandate

Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AP

Jamaal Bowman Upsets Rep. Engel In N.Y. Democratic Primary

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton waves to delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention

Mary Altaffer / AP

U.S. Lawmakers Told Not To Travel To Democratic National Convention