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Meet the conservative women who are keeping their votes for Kamala Harris a secret
Polls show a historic gender gap in the 2024 election. Democrats are reminding conservative women: votes are a secret and they can vote for who they want, including Vice President Harris.
Minnesota law bans harassment, intimidation of election workers
With concerns about election-related violence on the rise, poll workers and election officials in Minnesota have some new legal protections. While there have been only sporadic problems in Minnesota, the measure was prompted by harassment elsewhere.
A Native-led nonprofit hopes for record turnout at the polls
As the Native vote gets more attention, organizers with the Make Voting a Tradition campaign help community members learn about the issues, register to vote and hear from some of the candidates running for office.
Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn't have left White House in 2020
On the final Sunday of a rollercoaster presidential contest, Republican nominee Donald Trump is asking voters in Pennsylvania again to make him leader of a “failed nation” while also unleashing a profane, conspiracy-laden rant asserting U.S. elections are not legitimate in the first place.
Trump will rally backers every day until the election in North Carolina, a swing state he won twice
Donald Trump will rally supporters in North Carolina every day until Tuesday’s election. That's a flurry of late activity in the only swing state that he won in both his 2016 and 2020 campaigns.
For the formerly incarcerated, voting for the first time is also about those who can't
Casting a ballot after serving in prison comes with joy and pain for the formerly incarcerated, particularly because not everyone has their rights restored after completing their sentence.