2021 Voting Series

Pro-Trump supporters breeched security and entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election electoral vote certification. Even after the riot, election subversion is not an animating issue for most voters.

Politics & Government

Democrats are worried about U.S. democracy. They've got limited tools to protect it

7:00am November 06, 2021

by Mara Liasson

Democrats and some anti-Trump Republicans are panicked about the impact of the ex-president's election lies on American democracy. They see worst-case scenarios looming — but few, if any, solutions.

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Activists have held rallies near the White House to put pressure on President Biden to do more to protect voting rights.

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Voting rights activists say Democrats in Washington need to do their job

9:20am November 05, 2021

by Juana Summers

Organizers say they're doing all they can to fight back against restrictive voting laws and turn out voters. But they also say they haven't yet gotten much help from Democrats in Washington, D.C.

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Election workers accept mail-in ballots from voters at a drive-thru site in Houston during the 2020 election. Houston's Harris County experimented with new voting methods during the 2020 race — ideas that were later prohibited by GOP lawmakers.

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The 2020 vote and its aftermath have left many election workers beleaguered

5:00am November 05, 2021

by Ashley Lopez

At the same time, in Texas, an increasing number of counties are rethinking who should run elections altogether.

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Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., is running to become Georgia secretary of state and has the endorsement of former President Donald Trump. The current secretary, Brad Raffensperger, notably refused Trump's entreaties to overturn the state's 2020 election.

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After attacks on the 2020 election, secretary of state races take on new urgency

5:00am November 04, 2021

by Stephen Fowler

In swing states like Georgia, Arizona and Michigan, pro-Trump Republican primary candidates for secretary of state have embraced falsehoods about the systems they want to oversee.

Voters fill in their ballots at a polling place in New York City on Tuesday.

Politics & Government

New Yorkers vote against a potential expansion of ballot access for the state

10:54pm November 03, 2021

by Ryan Finnerty

New York voters soundly rejected constitutional amendments that would have allowed for same-day voter registration and universal absentee voting in future elections.

New York ballot measures would authorize lawmakers to enact same-day voter registration and no-excuse absentee voting.

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New York voters have their say on expanding access to the ballot

5:04am November 02, 2021

by Ryan Finnerty

While other states move to restrict voting, in New York ballot measures would authorize state lawmakers to enact same-day voter registration and no-excuse absentee voting.

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin casts his ballot early, in September. Youngkin has walked a tight rope on voting issues ahead of Tuesday's election.

Politics & Government

Republicans want more eyes on election workers. Experts worry about their intent

2:16pm November 01, 2021

by Miles Parks

Normally, more involvement in democracy is a good thing. But officials worry people could be motivated to take their election watcher roles too far.

Most Americans trust that elections are fair. But only a third of Republicans agree, a poll finds.

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Most Americans trust elections are fair, but sharp divides exist, a new poll finds

8:24am November 01, 2021

by Domenico Montanaro

Many Republicans appear to have bought into Trump's lies about widespread election fraud. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds that just a third of GOP voters say they trust elections are fair.