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Take our poll: What issues in the 2024 elections matter most to feds?

Our latest reader survey asks feds what issues they’re tracking mostly closely come Nov. 5.

By Molly Weisner

3 weeks ago

Troops aim to be made ‘first-class voters’ with new DARPA tech

The technology proposal from VotingWorks would change the game with portable one-stop voting stations for troops stationed far from home.

By Hope Hodge Seck

2 months ago

Is it too late to vote absentee in Georgia runoff for US Senate?

Overseas U.S. citizens and military can request and receive the ballot electronically, but you must mail the ballot back.

By Karen Jowers

17 months ago

Is it too late to vote by absentee ballot?

You need to act quickly to make sure you meet your state's deadlines.

By Karen Jowers

18 months ago

Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census

According to critics, that damage includes a failed effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census questionnaire and a Trump order to figure out who is a citizen and who is in the U.S. illegally.

3 years ago

Ex-postal worker charged with tossing absentee ballots in Kentucky

Approximately 111 general election absentee ballots were found in dumpster.

4 years ago

How feds can balance work and election day

Agency leaders have been encouraged to grant excused absences for employees that require more time to get to the polls.

By Jessie Bur

4 years ago

Voting in person Nov. 3? Expect drive-thrus, sports arenas

Voting will look a little different this November. States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and possibly even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the coronavirus pandemic and fears about mail-in ballots failing to arrive in time to count.

4 years ago

NY wants court to declare mail disruptions unconstitutional

New York’s attorney general added Tuesday to the growing pile of lawsuits seeking to halt disruptions to the U.S. Postal Service ahead of November’s presidential election, saying several communities in her state have gone some days without mail.

4 years ago

DeJoy tells lawmakers that Trump attacks on mail-in ballots ‘not helpful’

Testifying on Capitol Hill, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy denied that recent changes at the Postal Service are linked to the November elections.

4 years ago

Postal Service halts some changes amid outcry, lawsuits

Facing mounting public pressure and a crush of state lawsuits, President Donald Trump's new postmaster general says he is halting some operational changes to mail delivery that critics blame for widespread delays and warn could disrupt the November election.

4 years ago

Post office machine removals spark election concerns, suit

As mail voting takes center stage this election because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials in Massachusetts are voicing concern about the ability of the U.S. Postal Service to carry out its duties.

4 years ago