![A voter with disablity receives accommodation in the voting process.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Lin_Election-Day-05-e1604453886340-768x512.jpg)
With 59,000 votes cast during early voting, Onondaga County is poised to decide local, state and national races.
![Bella Lamothe, quarantined in the Alpha Chi Omega house, watches Election Day coverage as she takes notes for class.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/ms_democracyinaction_01-768x512.jpg)
As of Wednesday, the presidency remains unclear as key states like Pennsylvania and Michigan continue to count ballots.
![Anne Hayes submits her 2020 election ballot in Connecticut.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2020/Elections/ahayes_ballotbox_3x2-768x512.jpg)
Commentary: Why did I drive eight hours to cast my ballot in a state where my vote hardly matters? Because I still believe in Democracy.
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Onondaga County was one of 2,500 localities to receive a grant started by Mark Zuckerberg.
![Armond Center Early Voters Peter Cannavò and Helen Jacoby](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/gs_ArmondCenterEarlyVoting_03-768x512.jpg)
Over 59,000 citizens voted before Election Day at six polling locations across the county.
![Voters waited in line with their mail-in ballot applications outside of Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Penn., on October 26, 2020](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/News/2020/lp-Mary-BLM-3-768x512.jpg)
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, in-person voting totals continue to soar.
![Banabas, a Ugandan refugee](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Newshouse_Portrait_Mill_006-768x511.jpg)
Mbonimpa Banabas sought asylum 12 years ago, and now, he’s a community leader in Onondaga County.
![The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) announced today that Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.—home of the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate—will again host a presidential debate on Thurs., Oct. 22, 2020](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/slack-imgs-768x513.jpg)
Syracuse University students tune in to the final debate before Election Day.
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Commentary: How the military community actually deals with wartime — the good parts and the bad.
![Christopher Columbus Statue](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/gm_columbus_statue-1024x1024-1-e1603138831669-768x512.jpg)
Mayor Ben Walsh’s announcement to remove the statue sparked a larger argument about the impact of historic statues and the message they represent.