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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.

Virginia gubernatorial race is split over COVID-19 restrictions, race and the economy

9:27am October 31, 2021

by Asma Khalid

Eyes are on Virginia this week as voters elect a new governor. We hear from some in blue-leaning Arlington and in solidly-red Hanover about what's motivating them this election.

Low turnout among young voters in Japan may mean the ruling party stays in power

4:56pm October 29, 2021

by Anthony Kuhn

Japan heads to the polls soon, and the ruling party is counting on low turnout from apathetic young voters and independents in order to hang onto its parliamentary majority.

President Biden, right, reacts after speaking at a rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday in Arlington, Va. McAuliffe will face Republican Glenn Youngkin in the election on Nov. 2.

Virginia's race for governor is a test for Democrats' — and Trump's — staying power

11:26pm October 28, 2021

by Ben Paviour

Voters in Virginia will choose a new governor Tuesday. Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, is running for his seat again, while Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin is a first-time candidate.

Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman on Tuesday was named to a top post overseeing election security within the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

The Biden administration taps a top Republican official to lead election security

5:16pm October 26, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Kim Wyman vigorously pushed back against President Trump's unfounded claims of voter fraud and is widely seen as a mail-in ballot and security expert. She'll start her new role on Nov. 19.

Why hasn't South Carolina redrawn voter maps?

5:05pm October 26, 2021

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ACLU attorney Somil Trivedi and Slate reporter Mark Joseph Stern on a lawsuit against South Carolina's redistricting process and when new voting maps will be put in place.

The celebrity candidates in the 2022 Philippine presidential election

4:43pm October 25, 2021

by Julie McCarthy

2022's election to succeed outgoing Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte promises to be a star-studded spectacle.

Barbados elects its 1st president in a step towards shedding its colonial past

4:43pm October 25, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mackie Holder, consulate general of Barbados in New York, about Barbados transitioning to a republic.

Most of Texas' new districts are majority white, diluting power of voters of color

4:43pm October 19, 2021

by Andrew Schneider

Newly-drawn Congressional districts in Texas benefit white residents — even though it was the population growth among people of color that helped the state pick up two additional seats in Congress.

Redistricting reform advocates in Virginia pitched the creation of a new commission as a remedy to unfair political maps, like the ones shown on this poster from 2019, but the new group has struggled to reach consensus.

So far, flushing the 'toilet bowl' district is the cleanest part of Va. redistricting

5:08am October 19, 2021

by Ben Paviour

Virginia is in the midst of legislative elections, a race for governor and the redistricting process. All of the political excitement is taking a toll on state redistricting, which is at an impasse.