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Democrats are planning to move quickly on one of the first bills of the new Congress, which would set federal election standards that would mandate early voting, same-day registration and other voting rights reforms

If a signature on a ballot doesn’t perfectly match the signature on the state’s voter roll – should that mail ballot count? And do elections offices even have experts qualified to determine if a signature is mismatched?

More than 100,000 legit voters likely had their legit ballots rejected this fall for messy signatures – and some states are pushing to increase those numbers next election. So NBCLX’s Noah Pransky explains why it’s so important we push our elected officials to carefully balance voter protections with voter fraud protections.

Women were a key factor in Joe Biden’s presidential victory; if only men had voted, Donald Trump would have won instead

The 2020 presidential election has officially hit the highest turnout in more than 50 years

One expert told NBC CT he believes that the legal challenges to the election will actually prove the system’s resiliency.

Two men were arrested Friday in Philadelphia after police received a tip from the FBI that they were making threats against the Philadelphia Convention Center, where votes are being counted.

Connecticut gets seven electoral votes. We spoke with two of the electors about their thoughts on the system and their responsiblity.

“In light of the pandemic it just seemed like a smart thing to do,” said Soloman Daniel of New Britain. Daniel was one of more than 650,000 Connecticut voters who cast their ballot through the mail or the ballot drop box this year. “The less roadblocks there are to voting, the more people you have voting,” said Daniel. Emergency COVID-19…

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill has proposed allowing “no excuse” absentee balloting and early voting in Connecticut permanently.

Secretary of the State Denise Merrill has proposed making ‘no excuse’ absentee balloting permanent in Connecticut.

A Clark County, Nev., elections official refuted claims from the Trump campaign that there were irregularities in the vote count. The Clark County official also said they expect to have most mail-in ballots counted by Saturday or Sunday.

In what has come to be known as #Sharpiegate, social media posts circulated Wednesday claiming election officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County provided voters with Sharpie pens that canceled out votes, specifically those for President Donald Trump

Georgia Voting System Implementation Manager Gabriel Sterling provides an update on the remaining votes to be counted in Georgia.

The protests came as the president insisted without evidence that there were major problems with the voting and the ballot counting, especially with mail-in votes, and as Republicans filed suit in various states over the election.

Approximately 659,000 Connecticut voters opted to cast absentee ballots because of the pandemic. So could large scale, no excuses, absentee balloting become the norm like it was during the pandemic?

In New Haven and North Haven, it’s the tale of two different areas that are minutes away from one another and yet, the two towns fall on opposite sides of the political spectrum. According to Connecticut’s Secretary of the State’s Office, 51% of the votes in North Haven went to President Donald Trump. However, in New Haven, nearly 81%...

Voting advocates said there were some challenges like long lines in parts of Connecticut Tuesday, but overall, things went very well.

As Connecticut voters take a breath after an unusual and consequential Election Day, a lot of them are taking stock in what they were a part of Tuesday. And they are also looking to the future. What’s On Your Mind? Call us at (860) 880-2844. On a chilly November day, many people in Connecticut did what they felt they had…

“You can’t just go knock on the door of the Supreme Court and say here I am take my case,” Attorney General William Tong said. As ballots across the country continue to be counted, Tong said contrary to President Donald Trump’s comments, there’s no case for fraud. “These are largely state law issues and to go to the Supreme...