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An NBCLX analysis of early voting reports through Oct. 27 indicates only 13% of voting-age Americans under the age of 30 have cast ballots so far, and only 19% of those between the ages of 30 and 39. Comparatively, approximately 47% of all Americans 65 and older have cast ballots with a full week of voting left to go.

A man who refused to wear a face mask at an early voting site in Maryland was arrested Tuesday and faces misdemeanor charges, officials say.  Daniel Swain, 52, was charged with trespassing and failure to comply with a health emergency after an incident in Jarrettsville, about 30 miles northeast of Baltimore.  Harford County sheriff’s deputies were called to the...

Americans are worried about the Nov. 3 election, an anxiety many haven’t carried during years of largely peaceful displays of democracy.

Sixty percent of voters — nearly 70 million people — are projected to vote by mail nationwide during the coronavirus pandemic, NBC News reports. Those who study absentee rejection rates estimate that 1 percent to 2 percent of those votes — potentially more than 1 million — won’t count, which could make a difference in battleground states.

This is your chance to be counted in the 2020 election. These are the key voting deadlines to keep in mind as November 3 approaches.

Race has been a big topic of discussion ahead of this year’s presidential election. “I think there’s been kind of a widening acceptance that race is one of the central organizing features in politics,” said Wesleyan University Assistant Professor of Government Steven Moore. Moore has been studying the role that race and race relations play in voters’ choices. “I...

“If I don’t vote, I don’t have a voice,” said Jacqueline Rodriguez. The Rocky Hill preschool teacher plans to go to the polls on Election Day, but she’s still undecided on who she’ll vote for in the state and local elections. “I’m just looking at honesty.  Who’s really being honest, even though it’s hard to tell,” she explained. Plenty...

Connecticut voters are concerned about a number of issues that they say will bring them out to the polls on Election Day.

The United Way of Connecticut launched its voter engagement text campaign on Friday.

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins cast her ballot aboard the International Space Station, 253 miles above Earth. Rubins just began a six month stay aboard the ISS.

There’s a national movement afoot to make Daylight Saving Time permanent – but its fate rests with the politicians who hold state and federal offices. And if you needed any more reasons to vote, many of those politicians are on your ballot this fall.

Early voting in much of the country has meant hours-long waits at many polling places, but sports venues are emerging as bright spots.

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively are celebrating Reynolds’ first time voting in a U.S. election.

On Thursday night, voters in the third congressional district got a better look at their candidates. The debate at the JCC in Woodbridge had no audience and several other precautions were taken due to the pandemic. Rep. Rosa DeLauro is the Democrat and incumbent seeking a 16th term in Congress. Republican Margaret Streicker, a real estate executive, hopes to unseat…

The final day for early voter registration is less than a week away, and for those that don’t make the deadline, they will have to wait until Election Day for same-day registration.

One person, one vote is the democratic ideal. So why is the American system of voting still based on the Electoral College? In this opinion piece from The New York Times, Jesse Wegman explains the myths that keep us clinging to this system of voting – and why it may be finally time to let them go.

With America roiling over questions of racial justice and a divisive election just days away, the AP Road Trip team made its way to Mississippi, and the scene of an infamous 1964 triple murder of civil rights workers fighting for Black voting rights.

The Supreme Court has put on hold a lower court order that would have permitted curbside voting in Alabama in November.

Members of the College Republicans at Southern Connecticut State University went door to door Wednesday, leaving pamplets and information concerning voting and candidates. Frank Musante, a senior with the group, shared why it’s important for his group to go out and canvas. “The reason we still want to get out there to door knock and drop off our literature...

We’re just two weeks away from the next presidential election and there’s a group of voters that are excited to be able to have their opinions heard for the very first time — Generation Z. Some of these voters just turned 18 or 19 years old. They grew up in the age of school shootings and the #MeToo movement. There’s…