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The current Texas mail ballot envelope. At left, with NPR's added yellow highlight, is the section many voters missed to fill in required information. The section is hidden when the envelope flap is down. The new mail ballot envelope will have a red box a

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How Texas officials and voting groups are trying to limit mail ballot rejections

11:33am May 24, 2022

by Ashley Lopez

Nearly 25,000 mail ballots were rejected for Texas' March primaries. Officials say a design issue with the ballot return envelope was most responsible for the rejections.

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Trainee poll workers get put their paces at the Ottawa County Clerk office.

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The election system shuddered in 2020. Now, there are fears of an attack within

7:31am May 24, 2022

The election system shuddered in 2020 as Donald Trump sought to overturn the result. Now, election deniers and defenders have eyes on the nuts and bolts of the process itself.

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Here are the key primary election results from Alabama

5:00am May 24, 2022

Voting concludes Tuesday in the Alabama primary elections. Notable primaries include governor, U.S. Senate and House district races.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is expected to win Republican primary for Arkansas governor

7:00pm May 23, 2022

by Daniel Breen

Before her campaign even began, Sarah Huckabee Sanders nabbed an endorsement for her race for Arkansas governor from former President Donald Trump. She is the favorite to win the GOP primary Tuesday.

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Candidates make final pitches to Georgia voters ahead of primary elections

4:29pm May 23, 2022

by Rahul Bali

In Georgia's primary, one of the people everyone is talking about isn't on the ballot. Former President Trump has endorsed thirteen candidates there.

Republican candidates in Alabama primary are embracing Big Lie to align with Trump

4:29pm May 23, 2022

by Debbie Elliott

Deep-red Alabama has a primary on Tuesday. And Republican candidates are trying to prove they're aligned with Donald Trump by denying the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election.

A man looks at newly drawn congressional districts for Gwinnett County, Ga., at a meeting of county Democrats this month.

How 2 competitive districts in Georgia became a very red one and a very blue one

1:50pm May 23, 2022

by Sam Gringlas

Redrawn congressional maps pit two Democratic incumbents against each other in the Atlanta suburbs.

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A House Democrat's anti-abortion stance could cost him a seat

5:08pm May 22, 2022

by Danielle Kurtzleben

The only self-identified "pro-life" Democrat in the House is facing a primary runoff challenge in south Texas. The race is one test of whether the party has room for people against abortion rights.

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Politics chat: More aid to Ukraine; Penn. Republican primary likely to be recounted

8:12am May 22, 2022

by Mara Liasson

What more aid for Ukraine says about bipartisanship in Washington; Trump's primary endorsements; and how Democrats' hopes rest on the working class appeal of their Penn. Senate candidate.

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese speaks to supporters at a Labor Party event in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, May 22, 2022, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceding defeat to Albanese in a federal election.

Albanese elected Australia's leader in complex poll result

2:31am May 22, 2022

by The Associated Press

Australians awoke on Sunday to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the center-left Labor Party leader, though it remains unclear whether his party can form a majority government.