8 Rules That Govern Early In-Person Voting Across the 50 States
Explore the 8 statutory rules governing early in-person voting across all 50 states, from calendar windows and voter ID to ballot security and tabulation.
Tania C.
Edits our lists on elections and voting: registration rules, primaries, recounts, certification and the Electoral College. Works from state election codes, Federal Election Commission data and official results, and keeps every story to the rules and the record, never forecasts.
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9 Facts About How Vice Presidential Debates Started in 1976—and the Moments That Stood Out
How a 1975 FCC ruling and the 25th Amendment created televised vice presidential debates in 1976, plus the moments that defined five…
How Local Governments Recruit, Train, and Pay Election Day Poll Workers
How county election boards recruit, train, and pay neighborhood poll workers under state bipartisan balance mandates and federal tax rules.
Why North Dakota Is the Only State Without Voter Registration
Explore 6 facts about U.S. voter registration laws, federal exemptions under the NVRA and HAVA, and why North Dakota abolished registration in…
6 Ways Ballot Initiatives and Referendums Let Voters Bypass State Legislatures
How citizen ballot initiatives, popular veto referendums, signature thresholds, and single-subject rules work across the 26 states with direct democracy.
7 Facts About How One Tennessee Vote Ratified the 19th Amendment in August 1920
How Representative Harry T. Burn's decisive roll-call vote in the Tennessee House ratified the 19th Amendment in August 1920, through 7 documented…
6 Hurdles a Third-Party or Independent Candidate Must Clear to Get on State Ballots
Explore the 6 statutory hurdles—from decentralized signature quotas to sore loser laws—that third-party and independent candidates must clear for ballot access.
The Vetting and Nomination Process for Presidential Running Mates
How campaigns vet prospective vice presidents and how national conventions ratify the ticket, from the 1804 Twelfth Amendment to the 2024 conventions.
7 Ways the 26th Amendment Lowered the Voting Age to 18 in Record Time
How military conscription, Oregon v. Mitchell, and a looming $20 million dual-ballot crisis drove the 100-day ratification of the 26th Amendment in…
9 Ways the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act Changed Voting Rights—and Why State Barriers Remained
How the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act granted universal Native American citizenship while states used constitutional loopholes to block ballot access until 1962.