voter registration

Politics & Government

How to avoid scams among the flood of campaign messaging

4:00pm September 13, 2024

As with every big voting year, the North Carolina State Board of Elections is receiving complaints and questions from voters about mailers, texts and other campaign communications, says spokesman Patrick Gannon.

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Judge blocks tighter rule on same-day registration in North Carolina elections

1:50pm January 22, 2024

by Associated Press

A federal judge has blocked for now a new law approved by North Carolina lawmakers that tightens a rule on when a ballot cast by someone who is simultaneously registering to vote is removed from election counts.

Taylor Swift on the first night of her Eras tour, pictured earlier this year. The artist has often encouraged her fans to register to vote.

A Taylor Swift Instagram post helped drive a surge in voter registration

4:19pm September 22, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

More than 35,000 new voters registered at Vote.org after the singer posted a link on her Instagram Stories. "I've heard you raise your voices, and I know how powerful they are," Swift wrote.

Sen. Kamala Harris stands with attendees and participates in the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. hymn at their Annual Pink Ice Gala in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019.

Politics & Government

In Harris, Black Sororities And Fraternities Celebrate One Of Their Own

5:04pm November 09, 2020

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Lawrence C. Ross, author of The Divine Nine, explains why Black sororities showed up and showed out for Kamala Harris—and how Black Greek organizations have long pushed for enfranchisement.

An election worker uses an electronic pollbook to check voters at a polling station in the Echo Park Recreation Complex in Los Angeles on March 3, 2020.

Voter Websites In California And Florida Could Be Vulnerable To Hacks, Report Finds

12:08pm October 22, 2020

by Dina Temple-Raston

Cyber experts told the Department of Homeland Security in July that voter registration systems in California and Florida could be vulnerable to a hack, a closely-held report obtained by NPR reveals.

A homeless man walks downtown in East Liverpool, Ohio. Efforts to register homeless voters in the state have relied on churches and shelters volunteering to receive mail-in ballots for people with no permanent address.

In Cleveland, Homeless Get A Helping Hand With Mail-In Ballots

3:28pm October 14, 2020

by Taylor Haggerty

James Harrison is one of around 150 people now able to vote thanks to registration drives aimed at making sure the democratic process is accessible to everyone, regardless of housing status.

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"I voted" stickers at the Arlington Art Center in Arlington, Virginia. Several prominent Virginians including Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax are calling for an extension to the voter registration deadline.

Virginia Voter Registration Site Experiences Outage On Final Day To Register

9:36pm October 13, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Virginia election officials said the problem, which was caused by a severed fiber optic line, was fixed after nearly six hours. Several politicians called for the deadline to be extend.