It’s election season in the U.S. and this video gives you all the election vocabulary you need to understand the news and join election-related conversations with your friends and family. Typo in the IPA! This is right → polls [poʊlz] :)...

During the general election, presidential candidates and their running mates campaign across the country to gain voter support. Election Day is held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, with voters casting ballots...

It’s election season in the U.S. and this video gives you all the election vocabulary you need to understand the news and join election-related conversations with your friends and family. Typo in the IPA! This is right → polls [poʊlz] :)...

The right to vote is our single most important right as American citizens, and yet, many Americans fail to exercise this valuable right. The Election Process In America. Part 1

The four-way race is between Bill Finch, Scott Burns, Tyler Mack and Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox.

Connecticut is one of only 14 states where people must give a reason to cast an absentee ballot, like you're out of town or sick.

Three weeks before the November 3 presidential elections, voters have already mailed or dropped off ballots.

Long lines and problems with absentee ballots could foreshadow issues with November's pivotal presidential elections.

Unlike absentee ballots, voters can request an early mail ballot either in person or on the Board of Elections website without giving a specific reason for doing so.

Right now, the state constitution requires a reason to vote by mail. But voters could lift that restriction this year.

Among all the swing states, one is considered the biggest electoral college prize of all: Pennsylvania, with its 19 electoral votes up for grabs. (Scripps News)

Following the 2020 election there were rampant but unfounded claims of voter fraud. Since then, many states enacted changes to voting laws including in Georgia. (Scripps News)

Georgia's "Election Integrity Act of 2021" changes voter ID requirements, absentee ballots, early voting, the State Election Board, and more.

Newsy's Vote Smarter 2020 aims to provide you with all the information you'll need to safely and successfully cast your ballot this year.

State election workers are putting together a plan, one they say is constantly evolving to make sure voting is accessible in their counties.

Newsy spoke with several chief election officials who say they're taking the threat seriously but have yet to make emergency plans for November.

Jan.05 -- The results of Georgia’s two Senate runoffs will likely be known Wednesday morning. More than 3 million Georgians have already cast their ballots. Bloomberg's Emily Wilkins reports on Bloomberg Quicktake "Take Charge."

A Georgia voting rights expert told Newsy says there are protocols in place to prevent this.

The Jan. 5 runoff election in Georgia will determine majority control in the Senate.

Aug.06 -- With the coronavirus pandemic promising to last through the fall, a record number of Americans will be voting by mail this year. But mail-in voting is more contentious than ever, as President Trump continues to attack the...

According to the Chicago Clerk's Office, more than 1,200 detainees voted in Illinois' primary election already.

With the coronavirus pandemic ongoing, some states are improving ballot tracking and communication with voters for the November general election.

Vote-by-mail is one way to conduct a presidential election in November — and the practice is being put to the test well before then.

Student-led political groups who are normally a driving force behind getting out the college vote are shifting their playbooks.