Stories tagged: "voting"

Elections 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)
Elections 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.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil March 18, 2021 1:32 pm EDT
Voting In this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020 file photo, Wendy Gill inserts her absentee ballot at a drop-off box as the sun sets on Election Day outside City Hall in Warren, Mich. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Voting Republicans Want to Crack Down on the Measures That Made Voting Safer and Easier

A group of election officials including representatives of the federal cybersecurity agency called the 2020 presidential election the “most secure” election in U.S. history

Associated Press Associated Press December 28, 2020 3:53 pm EST
Elections Handyman Louis Peters, 64, stands outside a polling place in Marietta, Ga, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, the first day of Georgia's early voting period. (AP Photo/Jeff Martin)
Elections Georgians Need COVID Relief—And They’re Using Their Vote to Say It

"I think the stimulus is overdue,” said handyman Louis Peters, 64, who voted Monday on the first day of early-in-person balloting in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta.

Associated Press Associated Press December 16, 2020 10:48 am EST
Elections President-elect Joe Biden will claim his Electoral College victory today as state electors meet around the country.
Elections 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.

Associated Press Associated Press December 14, 2020 11:45 am EST
Commentary Voters stand in line in Georgia
Commentary The Racist Roots of Georgia’s Runoff Elections

Flipping these Senate seats will also send a strong signal to the state of Georgia that white supremacists can pass all of the voter suppression laws they want, but they will not out-vote us.

Nsenga Burton Nsenga Burton November 25, 2020 9:37 am EST

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Getty Images Elections Michigan’s County Clerks are Still Living Through the 2020 Election
Elections 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)
Elections 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.

Lara Grant Lara Grant November 13, 2020 12:45 pm EST
Elections Democratic nominee Joe Biden address the nation as states across the country continue counting votes in the 2020 election. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Elections ‘Keep the Faith, Folks’: On the Brink of Victory, Biden Urges Calm and Belief in America

Joe Biden reassured the United States about its democratic processes and offered condolences to victims of COVID-19. Trump was cut off by most major networks for lying.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil November 6, 2020 11:34 am EST