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As USPS Woes Persist, Some Embrace Drop Boxes

The big steel drop boxes, where people will be able to physically deposit their ballots, rather than mailing them in, are not even installed in Champaign County, Illinois yet, and county clerk Aaron Ammons says...

By Lissandra Villa

Young Leaders Give a Glimpse of What's to Come for Democrats at Virtual Convention

Former Vice President Joe Biden was nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee on Tuesday, as a parade of his old allies appeared onscreen for the second night of the virtual convention. Many are supporters who...

By Lissandra Villa

The Primaries Were a Mess. November Can Be Better

A report obtained exclusively by TIME explains how to fix the problems that plagued the primaries.

By Molly Ball and Lissandra Villa

The Pandemic Is Causing a Shortage of Poll Workers. Can States Recruit Enough By Election Day?

Denis Fortier, a retired education specialist from Lewiston, Me., has worked as a deputy election warden for several years. But both he and his wife Pauline, an election clerk, decided they weren’t comfortable working the...

By Lissandra Villa

New York Tries to Reset for November Election

New York state Senator Zellnor Myrie cast his ballot in person during the early vote period in his state’s June primary. He’d applied for an absentee ballot —which didn’t arrive in his mailbox until a...

By Lissandra Villa

Why Sen. Tim Scott Is Still Hopeful on Police Reform

Republicans and Democrats in Congress are still in active talks to reform policing on the federal level

By Lissandra Villa and Molly Ball

Will Thousands of Immigrants Get Citizenship In Time to Vote?

Eduarda Alvarez was planning to take a vacation with her husband this year to celebrate finally becoming a U.S. citizen.The retired nursing home staffer immigrated to the U.S. in 1986 from Nicaragua. She tried to...

By Lissandra Villa

Val Demings Is in the Mix to Become Joe Biden's Running Mate. Is Her Police Background an Asset or a Liability?

Val Demings' past as Orlando's top cop could be an asset in the Democratic veep stakes--or a liability

By Lissandra Villa

The Standoff Over in Trump's Backyard

Demonstrations over racial justice have continued in dozens of cities across the nation for the past several weeks, but few protest sites have illustrated the dissonance between the Trump Administration and the Black Lives Matter...

By Lissandra Villa

These are the Scenarios Worrying Election Officials

Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman is worried. In her state, counting ballots typically entails election officials working shoulder to shoulder, sometimes hundreds to a room. It’s a scene that’s nearly unimaginable in the era...

By Lissandra Villa

D.C. Protesters See a Watershed Moment

It started with a tweet. Philomena Wankenge, 22, wanted to organize a protest following George Floyd’s death. “Let’s make some noise,” she wrote on May 28, with a solidarity-fist emoji. She started a group chat,...

By Lissandra Villa/Washington and Brian Bennett/Washington

Why Protesters Want to Defund Police Departments

When you talk to activists who are pushing to defund police departments, there’s a specific word that comes up often: Reimagine. The idea that police are the only answer to preventing crime and protecting people...

By Lissandra Villa

'We All Have to Do Better'

Rep. Val Demings, a former police chief, said during Thursday's TIME100 Talks that she is watching how law enforcement is handling protests

By Lissandra Villa and Molly Ball

D.C. Protesters Say Trump Galvanizing Their Cause

If curfews and crackdowns were meant to lower protests' intensity, they’ve had the opposite effect

By Lissandra Villa and Brian Bennett

Minneapolis Protests Were Years in the Making

'If you talk to enough people in Minneapolis, it wasn't if this was going to happen. It was when,' one anti-racist activist tells TIME

By Josiah Bates and Lissandra Villa

Donald Trump is Waging War on Vote-By-Mail. The Facts Don't Support It

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson doesn’t follow the President of the United States on Twitter. She was sitting in her basement office eating breakfast May 20 when her staff called to inform her that...

By Lissandra Villa

Whitmer: Trump's Attacks Complicate COVID-19 Response

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said during Thursday's TIME100 Talks that partisanship is complicating the response to the coronavirus pandemic

By Lissandra Villa and Molly Ball

How Joe Biden Changed the 2020 Veepstakes

Biden's promise to pick a woman running mate and his description of himself as a "transition candidate" have intensified the process

By Lissandra Villa

Why Stacey Abrams Is Candid About Wanting to Be Vice President

Stacey Abrams took part in the TIME100 Talks Thursday and addressed her interest in serving as Joe Biden's running mate

By Lissandra Villa and Molly Ball

Justin Amash on Culture of the GOP

Rep. Justin Amash announced April 28 that he was launching an exploratory committee to seek the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination.There had long been buzz about a potential presidential run around Amash, who last year left...

By Lissandra Villa
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