In seven states and D.C., voters went to the polls or mailed in ballots—or tried to.
Brittany Gibson
Brittany Gibson is a former writing fellow at The American Prospect. She now works at Politico.
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Voting Rights Lawsuits Multiply Across the Country
Access to absentee ballots and ensuring a fair count have suddenly become newly important, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Many Varieties of Voter Suppression
America’s decentralized election system fails voters in a common way.
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‘What Keeps Me Up at Night Is the Partisanship’
An interview with Washington’s Republican Secretary of State Kim Wyman, who runs the state’s universal vote-by-mail system
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The Dire Economic Plight of College Students
Ineligible for most federal relief and with no jobs to graduate into, young people are on the brink of crisis.
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When It Comes to Coronavirus Deaths, Race Matters
Pre-existing racial disparities in access to healthy environments have made COVID-19 particularly deadly to African Americans.
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What South Carolina’s Absentee Voting System Shows the U.S.
A look at how the state can disenfranchise voters who mail in ballots, which will become more critical as vote-by-mail expands
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Preparing for a Slow Vote Count
Think Iowa took forever? If the coronavirus compels mass voting by mail in November, counting the ballots will take some time.
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A Frustrating, Dangerous Election Day in Wisconsin
Countless voters are disenfranchised as voting is forced to be held in the middle of a pandemic.
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Wisconsin Improbably Still Planning In-Person Voting Next Week
The presidential primary, for now, will go forward on April 7, despite the coronavirus outbreak.
