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Why election security experts really like paper records

by Tracey Samuelson
Aug 22, 2018
Our aging voting systems are vulnerable, but can Congress act fast enough to be effective?
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What Rust Belt voters expect from Donald Trump

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 9, 2016
The jobs their candidate promised ... but how?
Supporters pledge allegiance to the flag before Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in October at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
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How voters feel about the economy

by Marketplace Staff
Nov 9, 2016
We look at exit poll data to see how issues fared along political lines.
A subway commuter reads a newspaper featuring the U.S. election results in New York on November 9.
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In the hospital? You still may be able to vote

by Dan Gorenstein
Nov 7, 2016
Some states have emergency absentee ballots to help those who are sick.
Patients at hospitals in more than a dozen states can access emergency absentee ballots.
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Why Election Day isn’t a federal holiday

by Janet Nguyen
Nov 2, 2016
Some say having the day off to vote will improve voter turnout, but it’s a tough sell to Congress and companies.
An early voter poses with a wrist band at a polling station in Chicago, Illinois. 
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Using its powers for good: Facebook's voter sign-up campaign

by Gigi Douban
Oct 13, 2016
A short campaign in September resulted in thousands now registered to vote.
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Finding unregistered voters can be a costly process

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 6, 2016
In many places it costs a lot to register voters who are not already signed up to vote, and that leaves a lot of people out of the democratic process.
Eunice Warren, a New Georgia Project volunteer, waves a clipboard at people entering a Wal-Mart outside Atlanta, as part of a voter registration effort. 
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Take Tuesday: The campaign to make Election Day a work holiday

by David Brancaccio
Aug 23, 2016
A campaign is trying to increase voter turnout by pushing companies to give their employees the day off to vote.
In many other countries, elections happen on the weekends.
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The cost to vote can be thousands of dollars

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 2, 2016
The path to citizenship — and the right to vote — can be lengthy and expensive
Citizenship candidates take the Oath of Allegiance to the US during a naturalization ceremony on June 20, 2016 in Washington, DC. 
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Why party platforms still matter in an election

by Marketplace Staff
Jul 29, 2016
What are the economic issues in the GOP and Democrats’ policy roadmaps and why should voters care?
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