Campaigns & Elections

A woman casts her ballot at a polling station for the South Carolina primary in Indian Land, South Carolina, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

FixGov

2020: The Year of the Woman Voter

Friday, August 7, 2020

"I voted" stickers are on display for voters in the U.S. presidential election at Grace Episcopal Church in The Plains, Virginia, U.S., November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - HT1ECB8183K3O

FixGov

Universal Voting: Your questions, our answers

E.J. Dionne, Jr., Megan Bell, Amber Herrle, Shane P. Singh, Allegra Chapman, Joshua Douglas, Miles Rapoport, and Whitney Quesenbery

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Caleb Kirkland, (R) gets his ballot from machine judge Pio Sancez during the primary election at Sonoma Elementary School in Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Paul Ratje

FixGov

Election night? Think again—election month might be more like it

Elaine Kamarck

Tuesday, August 4, 2020

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Election integrity and security in the era of COVID-19

2:00 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

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Reports

Representative Shirley Chisholm, Representative Lauren Underwood, and Representative Ludmya "Mia" Love.

Essay

To protect Black women and save America from itself, elect Black women

Andre M. Perry

Monday, July 27, 2020

A person holding up a sign that says "Count every vote."

Campaigns & Elections

Lift Every Voice: The Urgency of Universal Civic Duty Voting

Monday, July 20, 2020

UNITED STATES - APRIL 28: A voter casts a ballot at a drop box for either Democrat Kweisi Mfume or Republican Kimberly Klacik in the election to fill the remainder of the late Rep. Elijah CummingsÕ term near Edmondson High School in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Voting by mail in a pandemic: A state-by-state scorecard

Elaine Kamarck, Yousef Ibreak, Amanda Powers, and Chris Stewart

August 2020

A man bowls in a nearly empty bowling alley inside McCall's Tavern at Spanish Springs Town Square, amid coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in The Villages, Florida, U.S. March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Yana Paskova

Social Issues

Bowling with Trump

Mark Fabian, Robert Breunig, and Jan-Emmanuel De Neve

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

California voters cast their ballots in the March 3 Super Tuesday primary as new voting procedures and technology are used to make voting easier and more secure in Santa Ana, California, U.S., February 24, 2020. Picture taken February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Campaigns & Elections

Super Tuesday’s demographic diversity will finally test Democratic candidates’ viability

William H. Frey

Friday, February 28, 2020

Blog Posts

U.S. President Donald Trump steps from Air Force One as he arrives at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in Morrrisville, North Carolina, U.S., July 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

FixGov

Is President Trump already a lame duck president?

Elaine Kamarck

Monday, July 27, 2020

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Africa in Focus

Africa in the news: Election updates, Ethiopia begins to fill the GERD, and Sudan’s democratic transition moves forward

Chris Heitzig

Saturday, July 25, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Stickers saying "I Voted Today" are given out to voters in the Democratic primary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo

FixGov

Why shouldn’t voting be mandatory?

Amber Herrle and E.J. Dionne, Jr.

Friday, July 24, 2020

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What’s in Biden’s $2 trillion climate plan?

Joseph W. Kane and Adrianna Pita

Friday, July 24, 2020

Voters line up prior to the opening of the polls on the day of the primary election in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., June 23, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston

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What should states learn from Tuesday’s primaries for the November elections?

Elaine Kamarck and Adrianna Pita

Friday, June 26, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders announces that he will be continuing his campaign for U.S. president at least through his March 15 debate with former Vice President Joe Biden as he holds a news conference in Burlington, Vermont, U.S. March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

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Election 2020: How coronavirus is changing politics and public opinion

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