Stories tagged: "elections"


A couple fills out ballots together at the O.P. Owens Building on November 3, 2020  in Lumberton, North Carolina.  After a record-breaking turnout during the 2020 election, Democrats and Republicans are at odds over Democrats plans to expand voting access through the 'For the People Act.' (Photo by Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)
How North Carolina Became a Model for Democrats’ Nationwide Push to Expand Voting Access

Since Election Day, Republicans have filed hundreds of bills aimed at restricting voting access. But the federal ‘For The People Act’ would introduce sweeping, NC-like voting reforms nationwide.

Poll worker Rebecca Brandt, center, feeds a voting tabulation machine with absentee ballots in the gym at Sun Prairie High School on Nov. 3 in Sun Prairie. The entire gym was dedicated to counting the absentee ballots. (Photo by Andy Manis/Getty Images)
More Scrutiny, More Security—Head of WI Elections Addresses Unfounded Fraud Claims

Meagan Wolfe tells legislative Republicans the absentee balloting they now dislike is becoming more secure than in-person voting.

A voter drops off their mail-in ballot prior to the primary election, in Willow Grove, Montgomery County, May 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
PA Republicans Are Waging a War on Voting. The For the People Act Could Be the Solution.

As the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania Legislature works to pass voter suppression laws, Democrats in Congress have one chance to stop the assault on voting rights.

In this Dec. 5, 2020, file photo Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., speaks as President Donald Trump and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., listen at a campaign rally at Valdosta Regional Airport, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, in Valdosta, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Perdue and Loeffler Stand by Trump—Who’s Shown Time and Again He Doesn’t Care About Georgians

Both Georgia incumbent senators have campaigned on their loyalty to Trump.

President-elect Joe Biden will claim his Electoral College victory today as state electors meet around the country.
President-Elect Biden Wins Electoral College

After weeks of false claims and baseless lawsuits from Trump, state electors meet to make Biden's win official.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 26: President Donald Trump (Photo by Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty Images)
Trump Heads to Georgia in the Midst of GOP Civil War

It's not clear if the president's continued lies about a "rigged" election will help or hurt GOP efforts to get voters to turn out for the Jan. 5 run-off.

Democratic Senate candidates John Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are both heading to Georgia's Jan. 5 runoff election against Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler, respectively. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Everything You Need to Know About Voting in the Georgia Senate Runoff on Jan. 5

Jon Ossoff and Sen. David Perdue—as well as Rev. Raphael Warnock and Sen. Kelly Loeffler—are going head to head in Georgia's runoff election on Jan. 5. Here's everything you need to know about voting in the races.