This women-led workforce has spent months trying to show the public that it’s committed to running a secure election. False narratives about voter fraud risk undermining the effort.
In the final days of a historic presidential election, the vice president is underscoring the power of casting a ballot — with a boost from former first lady Michelle Obama.
“It’s time for America to sing a new song,” the singer said. “Are y’all ready to add your voice to the new American song?”
Experts say the efforts by Republicans, spread throughout multiple states, have been sowing public mistrust on whether noncitizens are voting.
The lawsuits risk adding more confusion to the behind-the-scenes labor of already-overburdened military spouses, 92 percent of whom are women.
Scrutiny on the Republican-majority State Election Board spotlights the ripple effects of public mistrust in elections — and could preview challenges elsewhere.
Election administrators and advocacy groups are working to keep voting accessible in areas impacted by the back-to-back hurricanes — while also combating false information.
Saying she'd vote for Harris but not endorse her was followed by online backlash, highlighting the “impossible” expectations around women pop stars.
With roughly a month to go until the presidential election, women on college campuses and women-led voting organizations talk about the realities of get-out-the-vote efforts.
The Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable has traveled around the state for “boot camps” aimed at better mobilizing Black women to get out the vote. They face roadblocks in a state with a deep history of voter suppression.