![Pelosi and US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin had been in negotiations about the stimulus for weeks - and Pelosi had set a deadline last week to have an agreement that could be voted on before Election Day [Erin Scott/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-01T164952Z_1262705076_RC2S9J9OR1W5_RTRMADP_3_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-USA-CONGRESS.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Donald Trump blasts House Speaker Democrat Nancy Pelosi and promises a stimulus bill after November 3.
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Al Jazeera asks the same key questions about the presidential election to voters across the United States.
![United States Postmaster Louis DeJoy, a Republican donor with no previous postal experience, presided over budget cuts that slowed service and triggered lawsuits [File: AP Photo/Nati Harnik]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/b884ca699a61469a99065a9266ea7680_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
The US Constitution does not guarantee any level of service when it comes to delivering mail-in...
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Al Jazeera asks the same key questions about the presidential election to voters across the United...
Understanding the US elections
![A man urges passersby to register to vote as demonstrators protest, on Thursday, June 4, 2020, near the White House in Washington over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis [AP Photo/Evan Vucci]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20156742384447.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Chris Helps of Earlham, Iowa, makes his way to the ballot box during early voting, October 20, 2020, in Adel, Iowa [Charlie Neibergall/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20294635377400.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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American Voter Series
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![Quardricos B Driskell's top election issue is addressing key concerns for the US [Courtesy of Quardricos B Driskell]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20201007_194851.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Maria Koegl, American Voter [Courtesy of Maria Koegl]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Maria-Koegl.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
![Aileen Garza's top election issue is Reproductive Rights [Courtesy of Aileen Garza]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC_1235.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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![Taylor Patterson's top election issues are healthcare and Tribal issues [Courtesy of Taylor Patterson]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Tahoe-Photo.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
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Al Jazeera’s American Voter series asks the same questions to voters across the US.
![Writer E Jean Carroll had sued United States President Donald Trump last November in a New York state court, after he denied having raped her [File: Carlo Allegri/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-21T230726Z_1781877076_RC28NJ9LY224_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-DEFAMATION-LAWSUIT.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
E Jean Carroll has accused Donald Trump of rape and is suing him for defamation over his denial.
![A man wearing a protective face mask as he walks by murals as the spread of COVID-19 continues in New York City [Shannon Stapleton/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Coronadeath.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Nearly half a million new infections have been reported in the US in the last week, according to a Reuters tally.
![Less than a week before Election Day, the CEOS of Twitter (left), Alphabet Inc (centre), and Facebook (right) are set to testify virtually before a Senate subcommittee [Jose Luis Magana, LM Otero, Jens Meyer/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20301617635706.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Alphabet Inc are testifying before a US Senate committee Wednesday.
![Florida resident Valentine Lugo casts his mail-in ballot at the Winter Garden Library polling station as early voting begins ahead of the election in Orlando, Florida, the United States [Octavio Jones/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Latin-voter.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Barrage of Spanish-language conspiracy theories has targeted Latino communities in Florida, a key battleground state.
![United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett arrives with President Donald Trump to take her oath of office to serve on the US Supreme Court at a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, the US [Jonathan Ernst/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020-10-27T040422Z_521342038_RC2SQJ9Q5L7X_RTRMADP_3_USA-COURT-BARRETT.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Barrett was formally sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts for the lifetime job in a private ceremony at the US court.
![Wall Street's main stock indexes opened flat on Tuesday as soaring coronavirus cases threaten an economic recovery and weigh down investor sentiment [File: Mike Segar/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/nyse-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
A new round of lockdowns to fight the spread of the coronavirus could spell disaster for the economic recovery.
![President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally near La Crosse, Wisconsin, a battleground state [Evan Vucci/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20301818322901.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
President Trump, campaigning in Wisconsin where COVID-19 cases are surging, says the pandemic is going away
![The coming Halloween holiday, the United States election and the coronavirus pandemic are combined in a 'VOTE' message outside a home in Los Angeles, California on October 26, 2020 [Chris Pizzello/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20300794331956.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Early voting surges as Donald Trump and Joe Biden barnstorm the nation in the final days of the presidential campaign.
![Democratic Senate candidate Jaime Harrison speaks at a campaign rally [Meg Kinnard/The Associated Press]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20292027310552.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Democrat Jamie Harrison was considered a long shot to beat Republican Lindsey Graham, but the race has tightened.
