With key issues such as abortion, gun reform, inflation, legalizing marijuana, climate change and the war in Ukraine on the minds of voters, some experts suggest that 2022 could see a surge at the polls, even without a presidential election.
The Latino vote will be influential around the country as the number of eligible voters has swelled over the last five years, said Clarissa Martínez, vice president of the Latino vote initiative, Unidos. "We are currently the second largest group in the United States in which ne...
The Associated Press attended in-person and virtual court hearings for three of the Ohio defendants over the past two weeks. Each of the cases involved people with long ties to their community who acted alone, often under the mistaken impression they ...
Only around 600 out of millions of eligible voters [in Thailand] could cast their votes in the 2015 election. I don’t want to see a similar situation. The [Myanmar government] can’t just say Myanmar migrant workers have the right and they can cast ballots at Myanmar embassies. I don’...
The Black community makes up almost 14% of the population, and is projected to account for 14% of eligible voters in November, Pew found. A majority of both voter blocs voted in favor of Biden in 2020 – 92% of single-race Black, non-Hispanic voters and 59% of Hispanics and Latinos,...
Lo added that 76.7% of UW students who were eligible voted in the 2020 presidential election, according to anInstitute for Democracy and Higher Education Report. The school is looking to increase that number in 2024. “Voting is a habit tha...
“The refusal to count the 69 undated and incorrectly dated but timely received mail ballots submitted by otherwise eligible voters in the Special Election because of meaningless dating errors violates the fundamental right to vote recognized in and guaranteed by the free and equal elec...
“The younger voters are a key segment in this election,” said DiCamillo. A 30-point decline “is huge,” DiCamillo said, and underscores the concern among Democrats that many younger voters “may just decide not to vote.” Even if that wouldn’t cause Biden to...
“This action sends a clear message that the Justice Department will work to ensure that the rights of eligible voters are protected,” DOJ’s civil rights chief, Kristen Clarke, said in a statement. A similar pair of suits is pending in federal court in Alexandria, Va...
Several states already have mail-in voting in place, and this year many others are making it easier for Americans to vote without going to the polls, despite President Trump's vehement opposition to mail-in balloting. Each state has its own laws governing how and where voters can cast ballot...