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There’s a lot of talk right now about how we get our vote to the ballot box. Is in-person or mail-in voting safer? Are dead people voting? And why don’t we vote online? Here’s what you need to know about how we vote, explained with some of our favorite old-school video games.

President Donald Trump suggested in a tweet on Thursday that the 2020 elections should be delayed. But he can’t make that decisions as it requires an act of Congress.

Maine election officials are using computers to run another round of tabulations Tuesday to determine the final vote tallies in a Republican primary for a U.S. House seat. Former state Rep. Dale Crafts won the first round of voting on Election Day and both of his opponents, Adrienne Bennett and Eric Brakey, conceded and threw their support behind him...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Thursday to make it easier for hundreds of thousands of convicted felons in Florida to vote if they haven’t paid all their court fines.

Hundreds of thousands of Hong Kongers have voted in an unofficial two-day primary election held by the city’s pro-democracy camp as it gears up to field candidates for an upcoming legislative poll

If you plan to vote in Massachusetts’ Sept. 1 primary election or the Nov. 3 general election, you have many new options this year. “No voter will have to choose between worrying about their health and voting,” Secretary of State Bill Galvin said. With COVID-19 still a major concern, especially in the fall, Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a law that dramatically...

With COVID-19 still a major concern, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed a law that establishes a vote-by-mail option, expands early voting and beefs up safety at polling places.

Kentucky and New York held primaries on Tuesday, but the results of the closest races won’t be known for another week

The ballot has long been the essential instrument of democracy.

Long lines, problems with voting machines and a lack of primary ballots were some of the problems reported during primary elections in Georgia on Tuesday.

Suffragists fighting for the right to vote 100 years ago found themselves hemmed in by the Spanish flu of 1918, their rallies and other gatherings cancelled as they tried to convince lawmakers of their cause. Historians celebrating the milestone this year during the coronavirus pandemic have a new appreciation for what those women accomplished.

The Massachusetts State Legislature approved a bill to allow mail-in voting options amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Some lawmakers want Congress to allow remote voting in the House and Senate as the coronavirus spreads around the country.

Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin filed new legislation that would give mail-in ballots to all voters in the September and November elections.

Election officials in some states are scaling back or eliminating opportunities for people to cast ballots in person in favor of voting exclusively by mail, as an effort to address concerns about voting during a global pandemic

The movement for voting by mail is growing amid the coronavirus crisis. Here’s how it might work in the coronavirus crisis.

A voter initiative led by Michelle Obama has come out in support of making it easier for people to register to vote and cast ballots during the coronavirus pandemic

Voters donning masks and gloves waited on long lines to cast their ballot as Wisconsin held its primary election on Tuesday despite a statewide stay-at-home order.

As the coronavirus pandemic knocks primary election after primary election off schedule, Democrats argue the outbreak shows the country needs to move toward one of their longtime goals — widespread voting by mail — to protect the November election.

The mayor of Kansas City struggled to vote Tuesday in the Missouri presidential primary.